Where has DCblogger been?

I'm so sorry to hear about both the theft of your computer and the devastating impact of the recession on your business.

Stick with the Mac; I say this as a decades-long, thoroughly disgruntled PC-microsoft user. Every time I need a new computer and contemplate the possibility of shifting to Mac, I chicken out, feeling too old to learn a whole new operating system.

You are an invaluable addition to Corrente.

I tried your link to Paypal, it doesn't seem to be working. We won't be able to help until that's fixed.

Until the one in the post is fixed, the right link can be found at DCB's other website here.

I just sent some cash your way DCB. You've done amazing work on single payer.

I also stickied the post so it doesn't get lost during the day.

wish I could do more

DCBlogger's donation page is set up so you don't have to join Paypal to donate. I know that's an issue for some.

(A small one; I'm laid off.)

Do you know about http://betamacs.com/ ? He buys machines from schools and such, and has pretty good turnover and better prices than elsewhere.

after I get off of work, DCblogger.

Sorry to hear you're having a rough time.

[Edit: OK. just sent you a little something. I hope it helps!]

that s*cks. I kicked in some ducats, wish it could be more.

actually, i've tried out the private messages system. here's hoping it went to you and not to somebody else accidentally [i am mouse-impaired some days].

in the cold with only library land PC access has been a major bummer. I'm waiting for T'giving weekend sales to see if some decent prices are on offer.

It's been quite interesting to note the difference between my first PC replacement (6 or 7 years ago) and now: Then, stores were falling all over themselves to outdo the others in terms of value and price reductions; now, it seems to be a very tight market. Like they're trying to use the downturn to retrain us consumers to buy..,.ulp!...at list or close to it!

I missed a decent deal when the clerk didn't tell me the rebates were expiring the next day--and I haven't seen anything as good since then. But I'm in PC land--Macscape may be much different (never did much discounting, right?).

Best wishes to you. So sorry for your loss...including, I imagine, lots of work output. Drat.

And here comes "Sleepy" putting us off line. Must hit save or all will be lost!

If I might be so bold as to suggest you laptop totin' folks investigate 'LoJack for Laptops'...I neve go anywhere without it.

one of my coworkers lost a laptop to a thief in Dallas in 2007.

I have been where you are, jawbone. It's not fun.

Now that I'm not there, though, I find I'm a lot less compulsive about blogging.

Not writing or editing, but blogging.

...about that link? I mean that website and that paypal page say nothing about DCBlogger, although it does indicate single-payer supporter.

I want to make sure my contribution gets to the right person.

Or, if anyone else can assure me that the link in BDBlue's post above is to DCBlogger's webpage; the link there does work, and thank-you for the information, BDBlue. I see that the link in the post is still getting an error message.

but have you considered Linux and/or OpenOffice?

maybe, depending on how computerly self-sufficient and hackerish you are. [I've been loaned one of these to experiment on, and so far I'm having fun with it. I do, however, have a mini as well, so I don't know how I'd feel about having this netbook as my only computer.]

Sorry for your loss. I'm down in income myself, and the thought that I'd lose a computer right now scares the living daylights out of me.