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Submitted by Rick on Fri, 03/23/2007 - 3:40pm.

Fine people of Olympia and beyond: the time has come for OlyBlog to move to its new home on a server under the care of the kind and generous technicians at Zhonka! While Zhonka has offered to host OlyBlog free of charge (as a service to the community), I've suggested (and the docents agreed) that we should cover some of the costs associated with the transition. In particular, a consequence of the move is that we will need to do quite a lot of work redesigning the site. Such an investment will also result in more functionality and better reliability. If there was ever a time when your donation would really make a difference, it is now.



Update: I've disabled the ability of users to create new accounts. We're getting about 20 spam accounts per day. (Luckily, the newer version of Drupal we'll be using has filters -- yeah!) If you don't have an account and you really want to post something, just send it here and we'll post it.

We anticipate that the site will be taken off-line for a couple of days sometime next week for the move.

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How goes the fundraising?

Is the cash pouring in yet?

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So far...

...we've received 6 donations amounting to about $100.


When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
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Do we want to set a target

Do we want to set a target figure that will help with the transition?  I don't know what the costs are for the transition.  I can check in with my bookkeeper to see if our ship has come in yet.
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Programming is the biggest cost...

...and assuming that it takes something like 10-20 hrs. of work to redesign the site, and that the programmer gets a reasonable hourly rate, then we've still got some distance to go on our goal.


When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
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Switching to Zhonka?

Man I love the idea. I've hosted the majority of my personal and professional online websites with Zhonka. Great folks and a great company with a fierce sense of Oly pride and community. Dare I say hyperlocal? Zhonka and it's preceding incarnation as some of us know practically invented hyperlocal internet hosting services. I couldn't be happier that you've found each other. I'll check my account and hook up a donation ASAP.
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The Magic Number

Have we hit the magic number yet?

I know we can do it, after all, just think what OlyBlog means to so many people!

In the Course of Events

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Dig deep in those pockets,

Dig deep in those pockets, folks. Olympia needs OlyBlog. Left - Right - Libertarian - Authoritarian - Comical - Tragical - Historical - Surrealist - Caimanist - Breatharian, whatever, we're showing the rest of the country how do this kind of thing. I figure we have almost 1000 registered users. If we all gave only 5 bucks each, what a deal! Fox News, George W. (for What-me-worry?) Bush, assorted neo-Nazis, certain Olympia officials, lurking caimans, and assorted humorless individuals would love to see this site go down. Fight back and give up the coin of the realm to a good cause. Rick has given us an oasis of civility and give-and-take discussions in a wasteland of mindless spew and dogmatic sound bites. OlyBlog is something special. It's a part of us, let's give back to it.
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Slowly, slowly...

...we're inching closer. We've got 9 donations amounting to $160. I'm sure that we'll get some more help after payday.


When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
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I'll donate as soon as I can.

I'll donate as soon as I can.

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Help Olyblog meta-morf..

So we can all fly!


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Whats the good word? I see

Whats the good word? I see 244 reads and at $5 a piece... should be sitting pretty eh?

I am kinda surprised more of the frequent users/posters haven't chimed in on this thread in verbal support at least. You know who you are folks. If you like and use this community forum and it has some value to you chip in and kick down a couple bucks.
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technical support

I have some Drupal expertise, and lots and lots of web design experience, so I'd be happy to help on the technical end.  (This site is big enough that I don't know if I could swing free, but definitely reduced rates and such.)
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Thanks, E.

We're still not bringing in enough $$ yet. I'm holding out hope that people were just waiting for payday to toss in some cash


When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow
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Okay, okay...

I was waiting for the first of the month, and hoping no one would notice. I will chip in Monday, to the tune of "I really love this blog".
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Come on, folks. Pull a fiver or more out of your pocket.

Nuff said? 


"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. Eisenhower April 16, 1953
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