Future Hi Needs Your Support

Future Hi is soon approaching it's one year anniversary. In that time the site has grown in size and popularity. In order to keep it going, there are some bills coming due. In the ten years I've been on the net, I've managed to pay all the bills required to host websites, blogs, etc. This time is different. I'm in grad school now and between the cost of school and my resultant lower income I'm in a crunch to get the bills paid for both the domain name and hosting for another year.

Additionally, I'm looking to move Future Hi to a new hosting provider who offers more bandwith for less cost. Currently this site gets uncomfortably close to the limit of 6GB of transfer each month. I have found a great hosting provider that offers 80GB/month of transfer for only $8/month, or $96 a year. This is a great deal! Better, this provider is rated number #1 in the world two years running. What that means for Future Hi is we could start hosting high quality content, such as audio recordings, video, music, and even a radio station (which I've been contemplating for a long time).

Mark Pesce approached me a few months ago looking for a good place to host some high-bandwidth content. If we can transfer Future Hi to this new provider, then we can offer that space for Mark to host it for the rest of us. There are lots of other things we can do with that space too. I'm looking to add a wiki, forums, and maybe a chat room. I think if Future Hi can meet these goals, it will become an even better site for everyone, and probably attract a lot more people.

There are several other projects in the works. I've been hard at work getting online a psychedelic classic that is been out of print for 25 years. The author has also been dead almost that long. It's a stunning and heartfelt work and deserves to see the light of day. It's also one of the few psychedelic books written by a women. I've put up the introduction and first chapter, so you can see.

Marcia Moore: Journeys Into the Bright World

So if you can donate I would be very grateful. I'm looking for money donations in any quantity you wish to give. I promise you, all this money will go directly to keeping Future Hi alive and growing. Even if you can only donate $5, that will help. If you can donate $10 or even $20, that would be even better. I'm hoping to raise about $200, with a maximum of $300. Once that limit is reached, no more donations will be accepted. If we reach $300, the extra money will go to those of you want to help me with the technical end of things. I already have one volunteer who has graciously offered his skill and time. He isn't asking for anything, but a little money can go a long way.

So please if you can donate something, we will appreciate it greatly. All donors will get an honorable mention on the site, unless you request anonyminity.

To donate, just click on the paypal button here, or on the bottom right hand column.

Posted by paul at December 23, 2004 02:32 AM | TrackBack