Donations - Lets buy Brink a decent PC

[.Joe]

Is it too late to donate now?
I have 25 or 50 bucks I'd be willing to part with for the help he's given me.

BigEasy18:

It's never too late. Shawn is still upgrading his system. Paypal (credit or debit card) is the fastest way or you can use the mail in option in this thread. I'm sure your help would be appreciated.

 

[BigEasy18]

Ok I just sent $27.
I know it's not much but I hope it helps.

 

[.Joe]

Ok I just sent $27.
I know it's not much but I hope it helps.

On behalf of our administrators, thank you BigEasy18

Every donation helps.

I know there are many more members who can donate. I realize with today's economy donating can be more difficult. But, please consider the assistance you receive every day from the tutorials and the forums themselves. And consider a donation towards that assistance. Your help will also be appreciated.

Thank you to everyone who has donated so far

 

[Mr Smiley]

Grimreaper, Bare Foot Kid, BigEasy18 & Bubba

You are all very kind-hearted people. Thank you for helping a mate out.

Although I have never personally met or spoken with Shawn (yet!), I'm sure you'll agree that he has that wonderful quality of making all of us on this site feel very welcome and feel as though we do know him personally.

Without getting over philosophical, a line out of Dr Robert Schuller's "Selection Of Life Truths" sums this situation all up I think ...

"The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway!"

Neil

 

[grimreaper]

Thank you Mr. Smiley.

I was just reading what Bubba said about how there's so many people who receive help from Shawn, and other people and can't even donate $5, but at the same time, not one person is in the same boat financially.

Then I thought to myself, I'm building a new system for myself, putting my current system to shame, and the amount of $$ I plan to sink into it.:eek:
So, in conclusion, I thought it would be nice to donate again, after all what's another $ 20-30 you know, when I'm throwing major to my new system, and the likelihood of having a few problems may occur which I may need your help.
Thanx for letting me ramble on ..lol

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello everyone,

To all reading this; you have greatly benefitted from this site and especially from the assistance of Shawn Brink. Be it from direct assistance through a thread or from one of his excellent Tutorials.
I don't believe any donation is too small, do what you can. IT WILL BE APPRECIATED!
For those of you like me, without a debit/credit card the mail in address is posted below.
From all of us here at Vista Forums; THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

For the life of me I can't figure out how to have a "kinda sorta" super computer.
So I think we need to help Brink get that 10K HDD and the extra 4 GB RAM.
Today I put my money where my mouth is! I put another
25.00 in the post for this very purpose. That brings my total to 75.00 US.
Is there anyone else that will help out ??? Post here to let us know.

Shawn we'll work on the flame thrower next...

I would get a fast hard drive (10000 RPM), bump memory up to 8 GB RAM, add an exhaust pipe on top of the case that shoots flames.

I just saw Brinks new WEI score; http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/96219-window-experience-index-scores-30.html#post702593
We need to help him have a 5.9 all the way !!!

Later Ted

You can send money orders with "CASH" filled in on the "PAY TO THE ORDER OF" line to this address.
Be sure to include your member name you use on the forums so we can credit the correct supporter. As you will get a "Supporter" tag by your forum name.

Vista Forums
Shawn Brink Fund
Mail to address closed.

5 May 08

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello to all,

I would get a fast hard drive (10000 RPM), bump memory up to 8 GB RAM!

I don't believe there's no one here that wants to help get this accomplished!
Is there no one that has used his latest offering?

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/151606-vista-sp1-slipstream-installation-dvd.html

Especially this one,

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67717-take-ownership-file.html?ltr=T

and last but not least!

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/67567-administrator-account.html?ltr=A

Now granted, a lot of you have this knowledge without these Tutorials, but we all at one time or another offer them as instruction to others that come here seeking help!
The point is they would not be here to use if it were not for Shawn Brink!

I don't believe one little ole' HDD and a couple sticks of RAM is too much to ask to say thank you!

z3r010, what must we do as a community to accomplish this one small thing?
To ensure that Brink truly has a "SUPER" computer, the system "we" set out
as a community to help him achieve!

To finally get this ball rolling, I pledge another 25.00 US. It is the very least I can do
for someone that has been and continues to be THE shining light at Vistax64.com.

I reiterate no offering is too small, any and all help will be appreciated!

Thanks to all for your time and patience and most importantly thank you for your support.


Later Ted

 

[z3r010]

I'm in for another $50

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Helloz3r010,

With my first 25.00 and the 25.00 I am sending in the first post on 12 May and the
50.00 you have so graciously added, where does that leave us toward fulfilling this goal?

I'm in for another $50

Thank you John!


Later Ted

 

[garysgold]

I'll pony up another $20.00. In the mail on Monday.

Gary

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello Gary,

Thank you!

I'll pony up another $20.00. In the mail on Monday.

Gary

Later Ted

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello all,

I put the second 25.00 in the post today, 12 May.


Later Ted

 

[.Joe]

Please extend your thanks to Bare Foot Kid! I just recieved word that a $25.00 additional donation was received today via regular mail.

Thank you Ted! (Shawn thanks you too!)

 

[.Joe]

A note to thank everyone who's donated so plus an added thank you to Bare Foot Kid who's donated more than once.

Dig down deep, like Bare Foot Kid. Try and donate a second time. Shawn's computer upgrade is nearly complete and your extra donation now can help complete the job. Click on the donate button today and then post in this thread that you've donated again. If you mail in your donation (which all of them have been posted electronically) a thank you note will be posted as soon as your donation arrives. Every little bit helps. I appreciate Shawn's work, especially the SP1 Slipstream DVD tutorial, which is benefitting family members of mine. I'm sure the work he'll do in the future as this operating system evolves will be even more helpful.

Please help Shawn complete his computer upgrade. Donate again, today. And if you haven't donated, please seriously consider joining our supporter group. You'll get the exclusive supporter tag which is displayed on all your posts. It seperates you from the average member. And you'll be helping one of our administrators continue doing the excellent work that he does now and in the future.

 

[.Joe]

Please extend your thank you's to these members who've donated more than once!

Bare Foot Kid $25.00

Garysgold $20.00

You have my appreciation and I'm sure Shawn appreciates your generosity as well.

Thank you both

 

[garysgold]

Your very welcome and Thanks to all of you. This site is worth every penny. I think I've learned more here than from any book I ever bought. Great Site.

Gary

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

A note to thank everyone who's donated so far.

Try and donate a second time. Shawn's computer upgrade is nearly complete and your extra donation now can help complete the job. Click on the donate button today and then post in this thread that you've donated again. If you mail in your donation (which all of them have been posted electronically) a thank you note will be posted as soon as your donation arrives. Every little bit helps. I appreciate Shawn's work, especially the SP1 Slipstream DVD tutorial, which is benefitting family members of mine. I'm sure the work he'll do in the future as this operating system evolves will be even more helpful.

Please help Shawn complete his computer upgrade. Donate again, today. And if you haven't donated, please seriously consider joining our supporter group. You'll get the exclusive supporter tag which is displayed on all your posts. It seperates you from the average member. And you'll be helping one of our administrators continue doing the excellent work that he does now and in the future.

Any word yet as to how close we are to finishing up?


Thanks Ted

 

[z3r010]

Looks like we have enough Ted.

 

[Brink]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to thank you all again for everything that you all have done and put together in donations for my new fast system. With the latest donations, I will have enough for the rest to finish this beast of a system.

http://www.vistax64.com/general-discussion/110939-show-us-your-rig-6.html#post707756

Thank you all for you support and appreciation. You have no idea how much I appreciate this.

Shawn Brink


Future donations should revert back to this website to help John (z3r010) keep the server upgraded so that it does not under the traffic pressure.

 

[dmex]

Hey Shawn,

Glad we can help out

Steven