Happy 10th Anniversary of Geekhack

[xondat]

iMav's account was registered 10 years ago today, so I guess that makes today the 10th anniversary!

*I could be wrong.

[tp4tissue]

Happy thoughts

[ppp]

waow. Happy Birthday

[digi]

Congrats iMav, you're old as ****.

[tp4tissue]

Congrats iMav, you're old as ****.

You're too harsh digi.

maximum old , moderate ****..


hahahahahahahahhaaha

[noisyturtle]

He will tear down any wall with his fists.

[katushkin]

Holy ****. Happy Birthday geekhack!

[fohat.digs]

Time flies when you're having fun! I have been here 2/3 of that time.

When I joined, I had an original worn but quite serviceable Dell AT101W that I got new with a Dell system in 1997, a Northgate Omnikey of some sort with a couple of dead keys, and an IBM Model F XT with a Hagstrom in a translucent plastic kitchen storage box (that Ripster called "ghetto" when I posted a photo of it).

But my daily driver was still a Compaq SK-2800 (with media keys) that I had gotten with a Compaq system in the early-2000s.

[rowdy]

Yikes!

I've been here for a little over half the time.

Happy birthday GH!

Thank you iMav!

[pr0ximity]

Now we need a RF 10AE theme

[Belfong]

Happy Birthday Geekhack! You're a great place to hang out with.

[nmur]

wow happy bday

[romevi]

Here I am with as many keysets and artisans as the first year I got into keebs.

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

[Kellybear]

Happy birthday Geekhack!! I'm so glad for all the friends I've met (and money I've spent) :3

[xtrafrood]

Aww, GH still has baby teeth. Happy birthday Geekhack

[SBJ]

Happy birthday GH!

[HoffmanMyster]

Now we need a RF 10AE theme

+1 

[Coreda]

Daww, they grow so fast

[infiniti]

Happy Birthday to us!

[iMav]

Aww, GH still has baby teeth. Happy birthday Geekhack

Name an [english-speaking] keyboard enthusiast community that is older! 

[tp4tissue]

Aww, GH still has baby teeth. Happy birthday Geekhack

Name an [english-speaking] keyboard enthusiast community that is older! 

idk.... yahoo groups maybe? i don't even know what yahoo groups is,  i just know they're old.

[xtrafrood]

Aww, GH still has baby teeth. Happy birthday Geekhack

Name an [english-speaking] keyboard enthusiast community that is older! 

Touché! 

[sleepy916]

Happy 10th GH, I've wasted many hours on you.

[iMav]

Maybe all the folks that dropped their (monetary) support for GH could help us out...in honor of our 10th anniversary.  LOL

I'd love to do giveaways and so forth...but the honest truth is...despite all the money that is made from "vendors" and so forth on GH...I take a loss every month to keep this community up and running. 

[katushkin]

Maybe all the folks that dropped their (monetary) support for GH could help us out...in honor of our 10th anniversary.  LOL

I'd love to do giveaways and so forth...but the honest truth is...despite all the money that is made from "vendors" and so forth on GH...I take a loss every month to keep this community up and running.

Where's the thread gone? I will start a monthly donation going.

[dgneo]

Maybe all the folks that dropped their (monetary) support for GH could help us out...in honor of our 10th anniversary.  LOL

I'd love to do giveaways and so forth...but the honest truth is...despite all the money that is made from "vendors" and so forth on GH...I take a loss every month to keep this community up and running. 

To be honest I'd be much more inclined to donate if these forums were actually maintained. Letting SSL lapse, inactive mods/admins, super outdated wiki software, >> DEALS <<, Vendors who shouldn't be vendors in the first place, subforums for people who haven't been active in years, the list goes on.

[katushkin]

Do you not think all of those things are an effect of, and not a cause of, lack of donations?

[dgneo]

Do you not think all of those things are an effect of, and not a cause of, lack of donations?

Maybe letting SSL lapse as renewing SSL certs cost money, however I don't see a correlation between donating money and mods/admins starting to become active, seeing as they're not paid. Wiki software updates are free, and it doesn't cost money to clean up vendors and subforums.

[chuckdee]

Do you not think all of those things are an effect of, and not a cause of, lack of donations?

Maybe letting SSL lapse as renewing SSL certs cost money, however I don't see a correlation between donating money and mods/admins starting to become active, seeing as they're not paid. Wiki software updates are free, and it doesn't cost money to clean up vendors and subforums.

Money problems can make people lose interest.  I know if I was underwater like that and running this site, it wouldn't exist anymore.  Show interest and financial support, and perhaps it would be supported better.

* chuckdee shrugs

[xondat]

Maybe all the folks that dropped their (monetary) support for GH could help us out...in honor of our 10th anniversary.  LOL

I'd love to do giveaways and so forth...but the honest truth is...despite all the money that is made from "vendors" and so forth on GH...I take a loss every month to keep this community up and running. 

To be honest I'd be much more inclined to donate if these forums were actually maintained. Letting SSL lapse, inactive mods/admins, super outdated wiki software, >> DEALS <<, Vendors who shouldn't be vendors in the first place, subforums for people who haven't been active in years, the list goes on.

I want to agree, but it basically would be me saying "I'll donate if you fix everything I don't like".

However, I agree that the vendor/subforums need refreshing, and also inactive mods/admins. I don't think the mods/admins have changed since I've been on geekhack? New faces would be nice to have, and stuff would probably get done quicker.

Either way, I'll make sure to get a donation in after my next sale, as I'm guilty of using the website to host my buys.

[noisyturtle]

Maybe all the folks that dropped their (monetary) support for GH could help us out...in honor of our 10th anniversary.  LOL

I'd love to do giveaways and so forth...but the honest truth is...despite all the money that is made from "vendors" and so forth on GH...I take a loss every month to keep this community up and running.

Where's the thread gone? I will start a monthly donation going.

https://geekhack.org/donate.html

through good and bad GH's been there, suppose a donation is long overdue

[katushkin]

Ty dude. I found the thread about it as well at -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73331.0

I get paid tomorrow night so I will set something up then.

[rowdy]

Ty dude. I found the thread about it as well at -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73331.0

I get paid tomorrow night so I will set something up then.

TIL GH has a Facebook account!

Who maintains it?

Disclaimer: I do not have a Facebook account.

[HendyZone]

Ty dude. I found the thread about it as well at -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73331.0

I get paid tomorrow night so I will set something up then.

TIL GH has a Facebook account!

Who maintains it?

Disclaimer: I do not have a Facebook account.

There are 5 admin on the GH facebook group
Larry Herzog Jr. should be the creator

[rowdy]

Ty dude. I found the thread about it as well at -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=73331.0

I get paid tomorrow night so I will set something up then.

TIL GH has a Facebook account!

Who maintains it?

Disclaimer: I do not have a Facebook account.

There are 5 admin on the GH facebook group
Larry Herzog Jr. should be the creator

There's a familiar name

[ander]

H  A  P  P  Y      1  0  t  h      B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y      G  E  E  K  H  A  C  K    !  !

[romevi]

I'd donate.

[ander]

I'd donate.

I'll donate a kidney, in case someone's making dip for the party.

[rowdy]

I'd donate.

I'll donate a kidney, in case someone's making dip for the party.

One of yours?

[ddot]

Still think we need a way to recognize those that donate.  If iMav's still propping the site up out of his pocket, then just relying on that warm fuzzy feeling to drive donations obviously isn't working.  Giving people the chance to publicly stroke their own ego may encourage more donations.

[SBJ]

I'm pretty sure I've got an automatic donation thingy going atm.
Am happily supporting this site, as I use it A LOT.

[katushkin]

Still think we need a way to recognize those that donate.  If iMav's still propping the site up out of his pocket, then just relying on that warm fuzzy feeling to drive donations obviously isn't working.  Giving people the chance to publicly stroke their own ego may encourage more donations.

If you want some mort of recognition then you can always put it in as your personal text. I don't think people should be given any special privileges for donating as you are then just turning it into a club like DT. Maybe we could have an entry on someone's Ultimate Profile like "Geekhack supporter since:" but anything else is unneccesary IMO

I've just started a bronze level pledge, hopefully I can ramp it up in the future.

[rowdy]

Still think we need a way to recognize those that donate.  If iMav's still propping the site up out of his pocket, then just relying on that warm fuzzy feeling to drive donations obviously isn't working.  Giving people the chance to publicly stroke their own ego may encourage more donations.

If you want some mort of recognition then you can always put it in as your personal text. I don't think people should be given any special privileges for donating as you are then just turning it into a club like DT. Maybe we could have an entry on someone's Ultimate Profile like "Geekhack supporter since:" but anything else is unneccesary IMO

I've just started a bronze level pledge, hopefully I can ramp it up in the future.

There is a "group" for Destiny supporters - you can still seel teh custom icon under some users' names.

Maybe something similar?

Although we don't want to call people out for NOT donating, as not everyone is in a position to do so.