Living in the Ethereal World

You Know You Need to Get a Life When...

2008-05-01T05:15:22Z

...My phone just spell-corrected "fuck" to "fsck."

There's a First (and, I Hope, Last) Time for Everything...

2008-04-15T05:20:45Z

A novel seat-partner annoyance on my ORD-FLL flight tonight -- a special case of the "I have no idea of where my personal space ends and if I bump into you, even repeatedly, there's no need to apologize" syndrome...

The gray-haired suit next to me was watching Bon Jovi and Metallica videos in his laptop...

AND PLAYING AIR GUITAR!

Unbiased Reporting

2008-04-13T05:21:23Z

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24036106/

Because, you know, the worst thing about cancer is, it's oogy.

qnetter @ 2008-04-01T17:45:00

2008-04-02T00:48:31Z

From the Paradise Pier hotel at Disney's California Adventure...

Because otherwise they might think the disco is open...

Last Exit? No Sleep? Last Chance...

2008-03-31T19:44:55Z

Damn, I was trying so hard to work Brooklyn in there.

Anyway, it's the last day of "ask-me-anything" month (to be followed, of course, by "ask-me-anything eleven months")... so have at it. Answers screened this time -- tell me in the question if you wish it unscreened.

Q.E.D.

2008-03-17T16:44:05Z

Everyone's a Critic...

2008-03-17T09:12:33Z

It's not my opinion, honest... but the universe seems to be disagreeing with badrobot's post...

SPRINGER - Time's Running Out

2008-01-27T19:23:19Z

Our tickets for Tuesday night's JERRY SPRINGER - THE OPERA - IN CONCERT at Carnegie Hall are still available. No reasonable offer I get by early enough Monday to overnight them to you -- including the cost of the overnight postage -- will be refused.

You Know It's MacWorld When...

2008-01-15T04:49:12Z

Euromeme

2008-01-13T21:49:45Z

You Belong in London

You belong in London, but you belong in many cities... Hong Kong, San Francisco, Sidney. You fit in almost anywhere.
And London is diverse and international enough to satisfy many of your tastes. From curry to Shakespeare, London (almost) has it all!

What European City Do You Belong In?

Cloud?!

2008-01-06T06:23:38Z

Your Birthdate: October 6

You tend to be a the rock in relationships - people depend on you.
Thoughtful and caring, you often put others needs first.
You aren't content to help those you know... you want to give to the world.
An idealist, you strive for positive change and dream about how much better things could be.

Your strength: Your intuition

Your weakness: You put yourself last

Your power color: Rose

Your power symbol: Cloud

Your power month: June

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

The Candidate Meme

2008-01-06T06:21:18Z

No real surprises here, except perhaps for the #1 match -- but it definitely illustrates how comfortable I can be with ANY of the Democrats and NONE of the Re-thug-licans.

88% Chris Dodd
88% Dennis Kucinich
87% Mike Gravel
85% Hillary Clinton
85% Barack Obama
83% John Edwards
81% Joe Biden
73% Bill Richardson
38% Rudy Giuliani
25% John McCain
22% Ron Paul
20% Tom Tancredo
17% Mitt Romney
17% Mike Huckabee
7% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Whitish Christmas in Seattle? What's next?

2008-01-01T05:30:12Z

A truly white New Year's in Goshen, IN...

Your Past Follows You...

2007-12-20T22:04:27Z

...or: "Thank you, Google AdWords -- now I know how much I'm worth... at least, to my former employer and current competitor..."

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

2007-12-11T08:02:39Z

...as Hanukkah Harry (and his clones) stand by. On Moische! On Herschel! On Schlomo!

An End-of-Year Message from QueerNet and Online Policy Group

2007-12-10T07:42:00Z

Many of you are aware that I've been involved in hosting online web, mail and list services -- first specifically for queer/LGBT, HIV, and BDSM communities as the QueerNet Project since 1991, and since 2001, to wider audiences of interest and access need under the auspices of Online Policy Group. We are in need of support as much or more than at any other time in our near-17-year existence; the notice I sent out to our direct clients and to the subscribers to lists I host can be found below.

Please read, and help if you can possibly do so. And if you don't mind, please link to it and pass it on.

(Comments screened so you can reach me privately if you need to.)

*****

Another year has nearly passed, and once again, we seize this opportunity to look back at what we've accomplished this year, and where we've fallen short... and to ask you and your friends and organizations to help us continue providing services. for another year, and to improve them.

Online Policy Group and its hosting services, including the QueerNet Project, are supported entirely by donations. As Internet users have become accustomed to commercial messages and content restrictions, it's become more difficult for us to fund our activities entirely by donation. We sought the assistance of foundations this year, but were unable to find public donations that were willing to fund infrastructure that supports multiple communities and projects -- they are looking to fund direct delivery organizations and projects, in more narrowly-defined areas.

And so, this year, for the first time since we started non-profit donation-supported services in the mid-1990s, we have raised significantly less money than we've spent, and have had to keep the organization supplying services using significant donations from the OPG board itself, over and above our usual contributions. And this is despite the fact that we have cut our operating costs back from approximately $40k to under $12k a year, while keeping hosting services in operation.

Further, we have not replaced our servers in longer than their typical service lifecycle, and we've suffered outages as a direct result. Typical production servers are kept in use for three years; our newer system is approaching the five-year mark, and the older one is approaching eight years. Hardware and software errors resulting from this extended upgrade cycle are responsible for the vast majority of downtime suffered this year. Server replacement would cost us an additional $5k or so; we could then rehabilitate the existing systems at minimal cost, which would also provide us with standby capacity to reduce downtime even further.

If we can raise $15k to $18k, here's what we can do in 2008:
- Pay our monthly service bills
- Upgrade our servers and provide standby capability
- Update the OPG website and restore online support request capability
- Upgrade our list/community services with newer, easier-to-use software

And if we cannot, here's what we can do in 2008:
- At some point, turn the lights out.

If you're interested in our continuing to provide email, list and website hosting services to yourself, your community, and other communities in need of access -- or, as we say, One Internet with Equal Access for All -- here's how you can help: with a donation by check, money order, credit card (or other payment via PayPal), vested stock, or usable equipment.

For details about stock and equipment donation, see http://www.onlinepolicy.org/donate/

To donate by check or money order, please make your item payable to Online Policy Group and mail it to:

Online Policy Group
5212 19th Ave NE
Seattle WA 98105

(Some checks received this year have gone unprocessed and returned, due to lack of accounting support. It is now possible for us to handle deposits properly. But if it is at all possible, please make donations via PayPal, as documented below -- this requires significantly less processing for us, and ultimately, costs us less for typical donations, even once the service fee is withheld.)

You can make a one-time payment via PayPal to donate@onlinepolicy.org. But if you can afford to, our operation works best when we can determine an ongoing stream of income -- so we wecome your signing up at http://www.onlinepolicy.org/donate/ for a monthly contribution.

Online Policy Group is a registered non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the US tax code, and as a result, contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by the IRS. (And if your employer offers donation matching, or your organization raises funds for non-profits, please consider supplementing your donation with these sources.)

None of our staff is paid (with the exception of some accounting assistance), so nearly every dollar you give goes to keeping us up and providing services. Please help keep us on the air -- and turning up the volume -- for another year.

Thank you.
Roger B.A. Klorese
President, Online Policy Group
Founder, QueerNet Project

Have they been talking to my boss? Or just my haterz?

2007-12-05T18:32:20Z

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More Fun than You Can Shake a Speare At...

2007-11-11T01:22:21Z

Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts! Unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top full
Of direst qnetter.

Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?

From the "aren't they dead yet?" department...

2007-10-25T05:27:04Z

At the New Corporate Masters' user conference closing night party:

Cheap Trick live.

Theater Inquiry

2007-10-09T23:15:08Z

If we were to happen to be in NYC on Saturday, November 3, and could see one play or musical, what would you recommend?

Irony...

2007-10-07T01:30:15Z

We're sitting waiting for the light to change, and it's already yellow in the crossing direction, when a guy comes barreling across the street in front of us...

..wearing a "Choose Life" t-shirt.

Another Concept

2007-10-07T01:21:04Z

Returning from brunch today -- thanks, uppityfaggot for the HotDishy goodness:

DisilluionMint Gum -- the flavor doesn't last very long at all.

Meme-itty-moo

2007-08-09T08:45:20Z

You Are 92% NYC

Congratulations, you are truly a New Yorker. You've seen it all, and you're more than a little cynical.

How NYC Are You?

Conversations You Don't Hear Anywhere Else But Comic-Con...

2007-07-27T15:59:10Z

Writer: "Do you want to meet Chewbacca?"
Actor: "Yeah, that's the real Chewbacca."
Actress: "I know Chewbacca's mother."
Actor: "No, you don't, you know Jar Jar Binks' mother."

No Surprises...

2007-07-27T06:34:27Z