I got a brief network thing going on too in the last five minutes or so. Just timeouts though, nothing interesting.

Should that error message say something like "cut and paste the error message above and send to dev@buffistas.org if it keeps happening" instead of just "where the $$?&(@#& are the developers?"?

Errors are trapped and written to a log. So there's no need to cut and paste.

I was wondering if the FAQ/links could carry a link to First Book and heiffer.org for preferred Buffistas charities? Is that ridiculous?

I was thinking of a few sentences to the effect of: these are beloved buffista charities. if you'd like to give a gift in honor of a beloved buffista, a donation to one of these organizations would be most appreciated. We like to save the world. A lot. If you're wondering about the appropriate livestock, a goat is always good.

You know, something like that, but better.

Allyson, you are a world class sweetheart.

We like to save the world. A lot.

This is really good. We would need something to explain, because the rest of the links page is all links about Buffy. I'd like to link to a few charities (and come to think about it, who's to stop me: WaterAid and the Screensaver Lifesaver), but one thing to worry about is that the charities linked to would seem to be endorsed by the Buffistas. That's not a problem for a link that turns out to be badfic, but I'm sure there are political or faith-based charities that some Buffistas would not want to be associated with.

heiffer.org

That's [link] What a weird name.

Well, the reason i picked those two is because there was a community-wide discussion about them, and they've been part of giving projects. I think those two ARE buffista endorsed. If we do a community project for RAINN or something, then that would be added. That's what I'm thinking.

Wow, I missed the heifer giving project entirely. Were we trying to buy some Buffista a good wife? If those charities aren't just two examples, but the only two (so far), that's another strike against putting it on the links page, where people would be free to submit their own. Yet it doesn't seem like an FAQ. We could find a spot to put it, maybe in its own little hardcoded box on the Links page.

The heifer project is hand in hand with the baby gift for Joss and Kai. We're donating a goat in their honor.

It's no big, I just thought it'd be sort of a cool way for people to be all philanthropic, and to sort of introduce us as charitible people. The latter aspect is what i thought would be attractive in the FAQ part.

Look. It's Joss. The man is obsessed with goats and dairy products. And perhaps their tangy love child: goat cheese. Anyway, Heifer is all about helping moppets in developing countries and gently mocking and/or supporting Joss' odd yet charming obsessions with GOATS!

I thought a while ago that the Huckleberry Foundation was going to be the preferred charity, but it seems to have fallen by the wayside.

People from ME definitely gave to it / attended a function for it / donated stuff to an auction. It's a charity that provides free medical care for young people who are runaways or homeless, I believe.

Last time I looked, I only found one webpage and it seemed to be a smalltime thing associated with only one hospital in LA, though. Maybe they're not organised online enough for it to be easy to donate?

I'd like it not to be forgotten though.