Octopus Overlords

I was being lazy for a few days there, but I sent in my rent a few minutes ago.

I've been putting back $5/month for a few years now for the annual OO fund, but I think I'm going to double that. $10/month is still less than a streaming service, and OO is far more important to me than those are.

I have donated! I want a plaque in General Gaming that reads "Hepcat: A Golden God".

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:38 am I have donated! I want a plaque in General Gaming that reads "Hepcat: A Golden God".

You can have a brick outside the OO HQ (IE - somewhere near Fishpants' house.) It won't actually say anything on it, but it is your brick.

Sent! Can I have a Fishpants brick too?

Donation sent in.

Looking like we need a “whale” to hit the target on this. Who’s the resident whale again?

I wouldn't call myself a whale, but I will admit I have never helped out the site before. I just sent something to help close that gap.

Firestone is accounted for.

Just sent my donation in. Thanks for the work in keeping this up and running.

Funds sent.

I'll keep an eye, if we need to throw some more moola in, I will later in May.

RMC wrote: ↑Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:22 pm I'll keep an eye, if we need to throw some more moola in, I will later in May.

+1 though I can't break the bank top put us over the top. Money got unexpectedly very tight after I got hit.

I've got >$9.000 in accounts receivable and $200 on hand. Those numbers will reverse in a couple of weeks. I figure I owe 2 cents a post because every post is my 2 cents worth.

I'm watching the gap close slowly, I'll contribute again if needed next month.

Donation made and righteousness achieved.

Same.

We are pretty close to target, sorry I haven't updated it in a week or so - life has been hectic to say the least.

Done and done.

Thanks guys, raised $2055 of $2000 target; appreciate everyone pitching in. I will renew this weekend with our hosting provider.

Minor request, if possible.

Now that we're done with the Octopus Overlords annual pledge drive, can we remove the banner? I use a dark theme because I find pure white on a monitor to be fairly painful - it's essentially staring into a light bulb for me. The forum themes don't apply to the banner, so now every page is nice and dark - except for a bright, bright strip across it.

For sure, I'll do that now.

Thanks!

I don't mind it being there, I just wish it would match the themes.

Page says

This organization can't accept donations right now.

Odd not sure why it is saying that? I’ll check my links but it’s the same one I’ve used forever.

Fixed

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:25 pm I was being lazy for a few days there, but I sent in my rent a few minutes ago.

I've been putting back $5/month for a few years now for the annual OO fund, but I think I'm going to double that. $10/month is still less than a streaming service, and OO is far more important to me than those are.

I just sent in this year's rent.

Just submitted some bills.

Thanks for the remider. Submitted some moola.

Looks like we are still a little low, since we need 2k, and only have 500, is that accurate?

RMC wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 9:05 am Thanks for the remider. Submitted some moola.

Looks like we are still a little low, since we need 2k, and only have 500, is that accurate?

I believe the total is updated manually, so it's only going to be accurate right after TunaTrousers updates it.

I extracted my kilogram of flesh. If you guys don't step up your games, I expect a refund.

done

Donated. Don't know how I missed it up until this point. Chipped in about a month earlier last year.

Donation made!

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Just noticed the funds are in CAD after I donated in USD, which will probably result in 2 conversions and whatever they skim off the top. Oh well.

Sorry guys, I can only donate a pittance this year, as I am currently unemployed. Not that I have ever been a big donor, but it will be less this year. I will post proportionally less.

Appeased. So long, and thanks for all the fishpants!

Thanks everyone - yes the donation total is updated manually so not real time. We are almost there though, I'll update again when I am back from a business trip this week.

My plan this time around is to look at what is "on sale" with our provider and get more bang for the buck (either a newer server with better capabilities for the same price, or something more affordable and extend out the renewal over a year). To do the migration I will likely get the new server online in the month of June so I can ensure I have the environment ready the way I want it and avoid the pain points I have with this one currently under the default OVH install (namely the damn root partition being far too small considering the amount of disk space on the array, and running a supported kernel on OVH - currently we are on Rocky Linux as Centos Stream was not what I wanted to maintain but I am rethinking that).

Anyhow more to come, I'll make sure you guys are updated on where we are at - I still think it's crazy that we all spend as much time on this board in the world of Internetz. Having a month of overlap between old/new will allow me to plink away at this as time allows without crunching on a weekend to make it all work.