[LAU] OFF TOPIC - Passing The Hat

We have a talented mixing engineer in our midst that has fallen on some hard times and been unable to find employment in this crappy economy. He is a Linux user and a long-standing member of our community. He's been wanting to do set up a rig at home so he can mix people's music for a fee. To help him get up and running I'm taking collections to build him a computer and set it up properly for using Ardour and the rest of the wonderful apps we have at our disposal and then send it on to him. I'm pretty sure I can set him up nicely for sub $300. I just don't have enough cash to pay it out of my own pocket. So if you are interested in helping a great guy become a productive member of our community then please help out by kicking in a few bucks. He's requested that we don't send him money directly because he would probably spend it on rent right now. So if you could Paypal me at PipeManMusic(a)gmail.com or use the Paypal link on http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com I would appreciate it. Also, if you all ready have a capable machine you could donate to the cause that would be welcome too, however, please keep in mind I'm trying to set him up properly so he can use large numbers of tracks and plugins, so no outdated hardware please. If you think of this post as tasteless and offensive then I apologize in advance and hope you understand a guy trying to help out another guy out. Thanks so much for reading, Daniel Worth Host The Open Source Musician Podcast http://opensourcemusician.com