It has come to my attention that Green Gandalf, the tireless helper outer and writer and teacher of shader technology, is actually doing all his great work on a very old pc. I don't know how to do this, and I hope the mods allow this, but I think it would be nice for everyone in the community who has benefited from his work to chip in a few dollars towards an up to date rig. I've seen some stuff on the internet where you can donate to causes. Perhaps we can discuss the amount we'd like to raise, and GG could let us know what he prefers, AMD, or the other guys (guess which one I like). I know times are tough right now for everyone, and its hard to part with your hard earned cash, but think about how much more efficient GG would be at helping us out if he had a faster pc. Thoughts and comments
EDIT:
ok, its on! Everyone, MODERATORS IanM and Batvink have agreed to handle the donations, all you have to do is send some money, via Paypal, to IanM's Paypal account, using his email account:
www.paypal.com
click on the send money tab, enter in IanM's email, and follow the prompts
ian@matrix1.demon.co.uk
OR
through this website Batvink has setup:
(sorry Batvink, I should have did this edit along time ago. Please forgive me
)
http://www.devink.co.uk/gg/ggf.html
IanM will update the amounts on a daily basis, and I'll edit this here to reflect the current balance. I'd like to list everyone who contributes, but if you prefer to remain anonymous, that is ok as well.
Goal
$1,000.00 USD, 695.00GBP.
Approximate Current balance
861.95 USD, 603.32 GBP
Conversions according to this site:
http://www.xe.com
Contributors:
Cash Curtis II
IanM
BatVink
KISTech
Garzu
Benjamin
Super Nova
Chris K
draknir_
Roxas
Todd Riggins
pdq
Visigoth
Mistrel
Virtual Nomad
Sid Sinister
BillR
Lucifer
Scraggle
Nathaniel
Ron Erickson
trogdor
J_C
greenlig
peterJBE
Aralox
Mandread
Demon000
GeeBee
mr_d
Darth Vader
Terrorist Zero
Morcilla
DONATIONS ARE CLOSED.
Well, what a ride this was. We almost hit our goal. Very, very close. But, I'm sure GG can get something nice with that sum of money. All of you who donated, you did a good thing. I'm sure GG wil be able to crank out some really nice shaders with his new pc. And, even though we didn't quite make the goal, I'm sure he can get something much much better than his current pc.
So, everyone who donated, I salute you.