DonorsChoose Fundraiser:
Thank-you cards and notes have been trickling in from the DonorsChoose fundraiser last fall, most of which I haven't bothered to post. The latest batch had two pictures that were too good not to pass along, though: And:...
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Posted on May 1, 2008 8:50 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Ethan Zuckerman (who is on the Wikimedia Advisory Board) has a post discussing Wikipedia's recent fundraising drive, with some comparative numbers: In the past 17 days, the [Wikimedia] Foundation has raised over $478,000 in online gifts. That's a pretty amazing...
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Posted on November 8, 2007 9:22 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I got a thank-you email yesterday from the head of DonorsChoose, which I will quote here. Because, well, you're the ones who coughed up the cash, not me: Thanks in great part to the attention you generated, we made Internet...
Posted on November 8, 2007 7:25 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, the final numbers are in, one day late thanks to that bastard Colbert. The official Uncertain Principles DonorsChoose Challenge raised $3,607 from 48 donors over the last month, good for second place among ScienceBlogs blogs, in both categories. That's...
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Posted on November 2, 2007 7:46 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you've been putting off donating for some reason, today is your last chance to contribute to the ScienceBlogs DonorsChoose fundraiser, and my challenge entry in particular. Their server appears to be getting whacked at the moment, so you might...
Posted on October 31, 2007 7:51 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
An anonymous donor asks how to go about moving from a research position to a small college job.
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Posted on October 29, 2007 10:36 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The ScienceBlogs DonorsChoose challenge event runs through the end of this month, which means we'll take new contributions through the end of Wednesday. The Uncertain Principles challenge stands at $3,412 at the moment, which is terrific-- more than I realistically...
Posted on October 29, 2007 8:46 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
They're too cheap even to donate to DonorsChoose, and-- Oh. Wait. They are, aren't they? This is the worst fundraising idea ever....
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Posted on October 26, 2007 2:31 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A donor asks for a post on "the superiority of Commonwealth sports over the
US-favoured kind."
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Posted on October 26, 2007 11:14 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Blah blah, blah-blah blah blah blah-- blah (blah)-- blah, blah blah. Blah blah blah, blah blah, blah-blah blah. Chicken chicken chicken, chicken-chicken . Chicken, chicken chicken chicken. Chicken, chicken-chicken, chicken. Badger badger badger, badger badger badger. Badger, badger badger. Snake!!!...
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Posted on October 25, 2007 3:58 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
If you've got something you'd like to say to my readers, or something you'd really like to hear my dog's opinion on, make a donation.
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Posted on October 23, 2007 3:07 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Well, the DonorsChoose challenge came up short of the "stab myself with a fork" threshold by the Friday deadline, though the whole business turned out to be surprisingly effective. Go figure. At this point in things, militant atheist baiting is...
Posted on October 21, 2007 12:41 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
For those keeping score, the DonorsChoose Challenge stands at $3,262 right now. Only hours remain before this week's incentive deadline, so act quickly: For another $290, I'll stab myself with a fork. For another $540, I'll read and respectfully review...
Posted on October 19, 2007 11:38 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
How do I deal with the question of whether the students are doing the work themselves or Googling up old solutions? I deal with it by not caring about it.
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Posted on October 19, 2007 10:52 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, let's review the week in DonorsChoose fundraising: Atheist baiting netted about $60, from three donors. Appealing to your better nature brought in zip, zero, nil, nada. Not one person donated to the highlighted proposal after I posted that. Offering...
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Posted on October 18, 2007 9:50 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
That's exactly the sort of thing you won't have to read if I meet my Challenge goal by Friday. Or even get $1000 or 100 new donors by Friday, in which case I'll have to do a respectful review of...
Posted on October 17, 2007 11:17 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
"Prof. Orzel gives the impression of an everyday guy who just happens to have a vast but hidden knowledge of physics." (anonymous student evaluation comment)
