IMPORTANT ADMIN ANNOUNCEMENT: Vote of thanks to Graham

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When we had to leave Greenspun last year, as it was becoming increasing unreliable, Graham offered to archive and transfer the boards as they then were, and basically reprogram Ilxor from the bottom up, for speed, effectiveness, flexibility and all manner of special features. This he has done, in fine style ? putting in MANY hours: now he is handing over guardianship of all things technical (to Alan, for the moment). I'm guessing not everyone on ILE or ILM caught the announcement, so I felt it should be flagged, just that that everyone's fully aware of this, and of quite how much he's done and how much we owe him.

So, this is just to stress my own gratitude and admiration for all he's done AND all that he's put up with, in ref.confusing requests, repeated demands and general thoughtless wear-and-tear at the hands of the Ilxor that Never Sleeps.. This whole machinery is something genuinely to be proud of, as you must surely know, Graham. The boards are a fickle shallow beast a great deal of the time, but I kind of love 'em, and you made them possible.

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

(bump new messages, for old times sake)

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I voiced my gratitude on the other thread, but I just wanted to do it again here. Thank you Graham for all of your hard work, I want you to know I appreciate it.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Cheers Graham from the idiots at Ask A Drunk. Thanks for letting us dwell on your box.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham is a #1 stunner and an utter, utter, star. IL* was always cool but in the latest incarnation these boards are the best things evah.

HOORAY FOR GRAHAM

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham, thank you for the boards and all the features. And, take it easy dude! Hope you stick around!

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham! Your programming makes ILx everything a message board could and should be!

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham doth roxors, he does. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I was just thinking what intuitive feats of architecture these boards are -- so simple and pleasing! Cheers Graham!

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

YAY FOR GRAHAM! -

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you Graham!

― mark p (Mark P), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

hurrah for graham! really appreciate the hard work you've done on this.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Many thanks, graham!

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I vote YAY!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

these boards are quite a wonder. we vote again 'thanks'

― milton, Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham, we all really appreciate your hard work.

― mei (mei), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks, Graham!

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you Graham!

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

We are all your children, Graham. Thanks.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham = THE BEST.

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham.

― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you for all yr hard work Graham.

― Andrew L (Andrew L), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

*clap, clap*

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks!

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham, I'm a fan of your post as well as your code.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Much better than the old board, I'm going to post again and again. Thanks!

― dleone (dleone), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:38 (twenty-two years ago)

was graham really in the two towers?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Gra'm 's the Man!
Many thanx Graham.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

raise your glasses!

― matthew james (matthew james), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

respect to the technical skillz of Graham

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Yea I second all that. Aside from the people on it, this board is really wonderful to use, really functional and efficient without bells and whistles and it crashes less than my fancy university's fancy email server! Yay Graham!

― Amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

nice work, Graham!

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Many long overdue thanks to Graham!

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

someone designed all this? worked hard? I thought it must've been a gift from the gods. cheers Graham!

― gaz (gaz), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 21:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham. You will be rewarded for this in the next life.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Many, many, many thanks, Graham.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.alancameron.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/photo/GrahamLees.jpg

The fella who comes up when you type "thanks Graham" into google images search says "You iz r0x0r. Thank you, Graham!"

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 22:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham
ILx = design elegance and efficiency
u r
the cats whiskers

― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham this is for you:

http://images.art.com/images/PRODUCTS/large/10024000/10024175.jpg

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

thank you graham, have a rest on yr much-deserved laurels :-)

― ron (ron), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

On behalf of the great and productive state of Oregon, home of spotted owls and a few old-growth trees, of deserts and fertile valleys, and of coastal towns where "The Goonies" was filmed, and on behalf of all the ILX0rs who reside within it, I cast my votes YEA on the proposition before the congess today.

― Chris P (Chris P), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 23:30 (twenty-two years ago)

You should be very, very proud of this beast, Graham. Have you thought about bundling it up in an install and reselling to people who want to run their own messageboards?

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 15 April 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

cheers,

You have crafted an elegant user interface that has vastly improved the usability of the boards. Thanks for the manhours, your work has increased the quality of my record collection greatly. Good luck to you in your future travels.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

THANX GRAHAM, WE LUV YOU!

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/bilder/images/21stcenturygirls.JPG

― The 21st Century Girls Are Rockin' Your World (Arthur), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 04:56 (twenty-two years ago)

We should call this grahamspun. I used to not like the ephemeralness of the "losenet" concept but in fact it makes it more like real people having conversations than the typical permanent thread sites. Many thanks to Graham, this is an awesome accomplishment.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Yay, Greenspun was good but 'Grahamspun' is awesome. A well deserved pat on the back I think.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i can only echo what's been said above. graham's done a fantastic job, hats off.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham smells of raspberries and god.

― alexfack (alexfack), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

grrrraham rocks. period

― zebedee (zebedee), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 11:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Wow, thanks a lot everyone.

(This is totally shameless, but if anyone else wants it, search my email address)

― Graham (graham), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:11 (twenty-two years ago)

What everyone said. Well-deserved praise. It's easy to take this board for granted because of how user-friendly it is.

― s woods, Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:16 (twenty-two years ago)

(Clarion, the stage fills with sundrie shades):

CHORUS:
From nook, from cove, from beastly lair
Where beasts do slumber, giants snore
Where voices, harpies, sprites of lore
In first a whisper, then a roar
(Like unto a huge vibrator)
Declare on high their board creator
Genius, master, king of worlds!
Incomparable geek, beloved of girls!
Code god who will not betray 'em!
Propellorhead, go forth and slay 'em!
The nerd is dead -- LONG LIVE THE GRAHAM!

― Momus (Momus), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham == Jesus.
Bow down before his august glory.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 12:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Big hugs from Atomic Kitten.

http://shopx.canoe.ca/shops/sunphoto/custom/Product/atomic.jpg

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 16 April 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

This site works so very well thanks to grrr-rrr-aham, his crispness. Bless you, mon, and please think about adding some more things to your wish list. We'll be grateful for a long time to come you know ... probably every time we use this place. Deep wells of thanks!

― bflaska, Thursday, 17 April 2003 02:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Thank you Graham for your work in creating this piece of wonderfulness in our lives and maintaining it with such responsiveness.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 17 April 2003 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks Graham.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 17 April 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

msp.sendString("thanks gee!\nm.",ilm.getResidentBadass("Graham"));

― msp, Thursday, 17 April 2003 05:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ballooninaboxusa.com/thanks.gif

― original bgm, Thursday, 17 April 2003 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

THANKS GRAHAM

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:13 (seventeen years ago)

http://i.volia.piccy.info/i/30/19/ff7e1d5a8b32fff995504ed9824c.jpeg

― Dom Passantino, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:14 (seventeen years ago)

a++

― banriquit, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

why

― El Tomboto, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:15 (seventeen years ago)

Never noticed it before, but Obie's neck looks kinda broken

― Dom Passantino, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:18 (seventeen years ago)

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