Second Update We did it! Thanks everyone for helping out! I’ll post a diary after I pick everything up!
Third Update: Here’s a post showing what we bought as well as tips on other tools of the trade. The package goes out tomorrow, except for the light and tripod which are being shipped separately by BestBuy.com as those parts weren’t at my local store.
Do you like the interviews we run at RedState? Moe Lane is becoming a specialist at those here, both live and over the phone. He worked hard to spend some time with our speakers at last year’s gathering in Atlanta, and also has taken time to travel to DC as events warrant. He’s also done work with phone interviews which give him a nationwide reach.
However he’s reached the limits of what his current technology can do. He’s been donated a new video camera which surely helps, but I’d like us to get together and get him the rest of what he needs. I’m proposing to buy him a new ‘netbook’ computer for interviews, set it up for him with the software he needs to do crystal-clear phone and Skype interviews, and send it to his home with a new microphone for his computer and extra lighting for his video camera.
I’m volunteering my time to do the software setup, but the hardware and the shipping cost money. So my hope is that we in the RedState community can raise the money we need to do this. The budget is as follows:
- $325 for the computer, plus the ridiculous California sales tax.
- $75 for a microphone for a computer, plus sales tax.
- $50 for a light for his existing video camera, plus sales tax.
- $50 for packing and shipping the above safely from California to Maryland.
The total is $500. If I go over budget, or if we don’t raise the whole budget, the rest is going to come out of my pocket. If I come under budget, I’ll send the remainder of what was donated to the RedState donation pool that Erick manages.
Yes, we could probably save a good $40 by having someone in another state buy the stuff, but then we’d spend that much shipping it to me to do the setup.
RedState in the past has sent our own eyes and ears to Iraq. I’m not asking for anything nearly so difficult. If you enjoy the way Moe is able to spotlight our candidates across the country, I hope you’ll help us out.
Thank you for your support.
Update: A huge thank you to all who have helped! We’re now over halfway there!
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Or do you want Moe to have to divine these interviews from the entrails of goats?
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Ron Robinson (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 7:00PM EST (link)For those of us who are outfitting ourselves similarly to prepare for 1012, could you post the equipment list (manufacturer, model, etc.) that you like? Especially the microphone and the light.
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 7:03PM EST (link)And thanks!
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Scope (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 7:52PM EST (link)I wish so much that I could do more, but, Obama made me unemployed, and, because I’m an old fart, all but unemployable. There are also some races that need help too, even in small dollars.
Thank you!
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 7:55PM EST (link)Obama’s crushing plenty of us, but we do what we can.
Thanks much!
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Wow
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 8:10PM EST (link)We’ve raised $340 already.
Call it $350: I’ll chip in the $10 Best Buy rewards coupon I just received.
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425
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 8:13PM EST (link)Almost there!
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Kicked ya 25
Erick Brockway (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:01PM EST (link)How much more?
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:07PM EST (link)Thanks much!
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I just kicked in $20
MathMom Friday, March 26th at 9:34PM EST (link)and need to apologize to Moe. Didn’t understand the situation.
Hey thanks
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:36PM EST (link)And I’ll make sure he sees!
30 to go!
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MathMom Friday, March 26th at 9:38PM EST (link)Pictures?
MathMom Friday, March 26th at 9:44PM EST (link)You gonna show us the setup so we know how to do this too? Post pics and instructions when you’re done?
I just sent you $50
izoneguy (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:46PM EST (link)Now get busy!!!
The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Now *that* is an excellent notion.
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 11:13PM EST (link)Moe, send me what you can on your current video camera and I’ll include it in my post.
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Count me in
Kevin Holtsberry (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:47PM EST (link)Are we over the top yet?
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There's $100...
Tanggor (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:48PM EST (link)…Which should put you over the top.
Use the rest to throw in something cool (Moe deserves it), or some other RS worthy cause.
If Moe (or any other folks in my RS family) ever needs someone to help him build a monster desktop, I’ll be happy to assist (two sons who are gamers – I had to learn fast). We just finished our fifth rig (in an Antec 1200 case) for my dad.
I’m just across the river in VA.
(Moe – come to the Red side of the river…).
Anyway, good luck.
Scott
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I'll make sure Moe is taken care of
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 10:16PM EST (link)Thank you sir.
Thanks everyone!
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Just sent my pound of flesh
mschmitt (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:53PM EST (link)Please earmark mine for a portion of the state taxes rather than embedded federal income taxes (I am a federalist, after all).
usque ad finem
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Jack_Savage (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:58PM EST (link)I go away for ten minutes and these guys have already kicked butt on Moe’s new set-up. What else do you need $ to buy? Looks like we’re all drinkin’, so I would strike while the iron was hot, brother…
Heh it's tempting
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 1:19PM EST (link)At this point I’d suggest people register for Austin, and then give to great candidates like DeVore, Rubio, Toomey, Haley, Handel, and more.
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Well
Wing Zero (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 9:59PM EST (link)I guess I was late to the party… but keep the money. Taxes and all…
1-21-09 – We are so screwed… Wait… maybe not just yet.
You guys are something else
Neil Stevens (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 10:15PM EST (link)Here I expected to need the Rec List to keep this on the front page for a few days to a week to get there.
And you all blew right by the goal in six hours.
Thank you. Thank you all.
Total raised: $650 in cash from 18 donors, plus the $10 I’m adding.
Going to Best Buy tomorrow to pick everything up. Pictures will be posted of course!
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Cool, so I guess you don't need any money from me?
Cheryl (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 10:57PM EST (link)Well, I’ll go register for the AustinRS gathering then
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Well the money for the Registration is good thing
Richard Mullins (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 11:39PM EST (link)I’m sure I might have that wicked rig going before then. Since, I drive to Austin, I have a System on me(even an LCD Monitor). I’m sure that more than a few parts will be bought local at Directron in Southwest Houston. Believe me, it’s going to be quite fast.
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Thank you all, very, very much.
Moe Lane (Diary) Friday, March 26th at 11:05PM EST (link)It is humbling to see this kind of support, this quickly, just so that you can hear me stammer at candidates. I’ll try to get you all your money’s worth.
This was a targeted fund drive with a goal; so if you haven’t contributed, please feel free to instead register for the RS Gathering (or to a candidate, if you have already). If you have any reserved money left over after that, well, I suppose that if I run into you in Austin I can’t stop you from buying me a beer.
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Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 12:52AM EST (link)I am sorry I didn’t get a chance to help out, I came late to the party – busy watching Duke PWN Purdue.
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I am sorry I am late to the game but I donated this morning....
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 6:42AM EST (link)and so there is now EXTRA
I was soooooo confused when donating over at Moe’s site and getting Neil’s name ( I panicked) and got my husband to look everything over to make sure it was correct and he said ALL WAS WELL (calm down…heh).
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 10:52AM EST (link)The tip jar in the MoeLane.com sidebar goes to me to pay for the hosting bill.
But the tipjar here went to me anyway because I’m the one going to Best Buy today to pick everything up.
Thank you!
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This reminds me of when many of us were putting gas in Fred's pickup truck
Scope (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 6:52AM EST (link)They would give the amount they needed to raise, and it always went over that amount. People are great.
I go this afternoon
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 10:56AM EST (link)We’ve pretty much decided what software I’m going to install. We figure what works for Coffee and Markets works pretty well, so we’ll just use that.
I’d set up what I use but.. well.. I’ll save that for the diary later.
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Neil, have to laugh about how you guys like to go
penguin2 (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 11:18AM EST (link)to Best Buy, Radio Shack, or other tech stores, hardware stores and auto parts stores. Glad someone does.
Have fun doing that kind of shopping; we know Moe has the best person setting things up for him.
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Oh I will, I will, heh
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 12:57PM EST (link)When I was a kid, every new computer buy was a big, big deal.
And while the novelty of that wears off some over the years, sometimes it’s still just good fun. Like when I had to buy my first printer a few weeks ago.
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Some times you just buy novelty in pieces
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 1:13PM EST (link)like my latest purchase of an Logitech Illuminated keyboard(it’s cool a Keyboard that can lite up[great at 3:00 when Vista updates itself and I have to log back in]). The novelty of the latest system isn’t quite there and I moving to bigger things. 8 GB of DDR2 isn’t the big thing, 8GB of DDR3 is the in thing right now. It costs lots of money to get what you want sometimes. Come to think of it, I’m shooting for 16GB(that’s going to cost a lot). BTW, you’ve said that you have problem with that Kodak printer, you might want to consider getting a Canon all in one. I’m having no problems with MX 330 right now and Cartridges aren’t all that expensive.
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Oh the Kodak worked out
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 1:18PM EST (link)It turns out updating the drivers made it work just great.
The drivers that came in the box were terrible is all.
I’m just glad to have stayed away from HP and Epson who are playing all sorts of games with the ink.
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The Canon's have been really nice with ink
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 11:31PM EST (link)The MX 330 is really good with Ink, better than any Epson I’ve had. Those crazy Epson’s turn into junk quickly. I don’t like HP’s lack of Quality. I hope you’ve gotten a better keyboard than the one that came with your mac. The Illuminated keyboard is the next big geeky thing since the Rollup keyboards in 1999/2000.
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I can't use most keyboards
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 11:51PM EST (link)I have to use a split layout or my wrists kill me.
So now I’m using the Kinesis Freestyle and I’m pretty happy with it.
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Logitech keyboards work out well
Richard Mullins (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:10PM EST (link)but the best thing is always posture on typing. Do that and you wouldn’t have problems. I’ve found over the years that Mice also contribute to hurt wrists as well. I think when September rolls around, I think I’ll have to teach you the right way to use it.
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You mean you aren't using...
mschmitt (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:15PM EST (link)… one of these yet?
usque ad finem
Oh yeah I fixed that years ago
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:41PM EST (link)I’m very, very picky about my chairs now for that very reason.
Been a long time since I used a mouse though. Right now I have a Kensington Expert Mouse, which of course isn’t one at all, heh.
Been a long time since I had the kind of wrist pain I was starting to get, simply because I’m so careful and picky about keyboards and chairs.
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The Logitech Anywhere MX is awesome
Richard Mullins (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 11:31PM EST (link)It’s wireless and doesn’t need a pad. The Expert Mouse is a lot like the old Logitech Marble Mouse. I never have the wrist pain and at this time, I don’t have a Chair. LCD monitor on a cart, Case on the floor and no chair. I really need to get one.
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I'm a really tough case
Neil Stevens (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 11:33PM EST (link)I spend many, many hours in this chair at this computer, being that I work from home.
If everything isn’t just right for my health, I’m in trouble.
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That's funny-Men will shop all day
Scope (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 7:07PM EST (link)if they could for tech stuff, but, the grocery store is almost a punishment.
How funny you would post this!
Bill S (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 12:03AM EST (link)My wife HATES going to Best Buy. I think she’d rather have someone beat her shins repeatedly with a baseball bat.
Me? Electronic gadgets are my world. Best Buy is nirvana.
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Sorry to be real late .....here is some extra
fpete13527 (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 11:36AM EST (link)Hopefully this will help replenish your emergency fund for future important need. Donating $50. now.
Plus I’m definitely donating to the beer fund in Austin:)
Great work on remotes and ongoing great posts.
Geez, Neil, I go away for a few hours and end up missing out on all the fun.
eburke (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 4:13PM EST (link)Oh well, I’m pretty sure Nikki can use the $50 that was going into the Neil/Moe technology fund.
Hope that’s ok, guys
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Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, March 27th at 5:17PM EST (link)They didn’t have any lights for Moe’s video camera, so I got everything for him but that.
We had extra budget so I got him some other little but useful utilities for his media work.
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I know I'm SOOO late but...
LisaDe (Diary) Sunday, March 28th at 1:26PM EST (link)I made a small contribution today anyway. I was closing my store down last week after 3 years, depressed and broke, but… somebody was smiling down on me and yesterday I was made an offer to renegotiate my lease and stay. It was an offer I couldn’t refuse! So, I felt like I needed to contribute somewhere, and so this was it.