This should really be in BST, or Site Discussion, however:
As many of you know, I recently took up work at ON3P skis in Portland, leaving my home of Seattle to pursue a life in the ski world. Starting and running a small business is an absolute ton of work, especially when it involves a group of dedicated individuals passionate about what they make and rigid to the highest standard of quality. Basically, what that boils down to is that I've slept in my bed once (1 time). My belongings have sat in their moving boxes in my room since I moved here in September. We do not have weekends. We do not go home from work.
Recently, my computer started a long, drawn out descent into compu-death. It started freezing about 30 minutes after it was turned on. Now, it boots to the safe mode prompt screen and then jams. It was built in 2003, theres too much old, outdated and broken on it to continue fixing it. Living without a computer down here is getting next to impossible, I need one for replying to emails and orders and shipments. I dont have the time or money right now to throw down for the system I really want, and I dont have many high hopes in asking NS, but if anyone has any sort of desktop/laptop they would part with for cheap to help a mod in need, I would forever be in your debt. No, this would not deem you immune to the banhammer. Theres a good chance too that your donation would become a ON3P office server, so if its anything, your old clunker could become the hub of our company, which I believe, is claimable.
Thanks for anything you can offer guys, and hope you all are having a great season!