From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12754 invoked by alias); 18 Dec 2012 21:10:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 12729 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Dec 2012 21:10:17 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.74) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:10:07 +0000 Received: from pool-173-76-51-117.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.51.117] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Tl4QQ-000AKE-Mg for cygwin-talk@cygwin.com; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:10:06 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A45913C076 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:10:05 -0500 (EST) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX19Wb0aWNa0FXa+885ugPRnr Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:10:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Completely off-topic Message-ID: <20121218211005.GA22588@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: <20121218181522.GA14199@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2012-q4/txt/msg00008.txt.bz2 On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 02:48:54PM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: >On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Christopher Faylor <[snip]> wrote: >> [Well, maybe only 99.999% off-topic since I'm talking about something >> that I read and I'm a cygwin developer] >> >> One of my favorite comic strips is going web-only next month >> and the author is looking for funding: >> >> http://www.cowandboy.com/ >> >> I am going for the gold plan so I have some artwork to hang in my >> office. >> >> http://www.gocomics.com/cowandboy?ref=comics >> >> How cool would it be to raise enough money to have a Cygwin Hippo >> included in the comic? >> >> [Hey. Now this is only 99.998% off-topic] > >I think it is a cool idea. I would probably pitch in for this if you >or someone else setup a donation pool for it. I just emailed the author. Maybe we could earmark contributions for "Cygwin the Hippo" and if we hit $300 we'd get a new character. Or, maybe it would be better to see how much interest there is here first before having people commit to something. Anyone else interested? My son is a graphic artist so, besides being a big fan of the strip, I'm really interested in helping this guy out. cgf