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timmy
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Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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When something works well you never notice it, right?
There is someone who is very special to me that you never see here. He works very quietly away at something he enjoys.
He only comes here to the board when I force him to read a post. I mean force. He doesn't "do messageboards".
So writing anything TO him here is pointless.
Today he reminded me that "back office" stuff never gets recognition, nor praise. It just either works or it doesn't.
Let me list the back office stuff:- The changelog
- the fact that counters only display first time through so we have a true visitor count
- the site stats (which I see and you do not because they are hidden)
- the messageboard
- Haiku Alley
- Haiku of the Moment
- the protection around "The Story of Tim"
- The Site Search Engine
- ANY form
- the mailing list
- The title suggestioins when they were there for Chris and Nigel
- When I had a party, the party invite scheme
- Ideas unlimited. He has a new one for gay news items
- More. I must have missed LOADS
Sometimes I also fail to thank him.
That sucks.
This site would not exist in its current form without him. He is essential and is the unsung hero behind all of it. Sure it woudlbe an html based kluged site like it was before, but it would have NONE of the things that are fun, and we woudl all be at the mercy of some other messageboard provider like we were before.
Behind the scenes he has made me make it maintainable. Ensured that backups are taken. Everything a hugely skilled perosn would be expected to do. And he has done it.
So what would be appropriate?
This would be:
mailto:megaman@iomfats.org?subject=I never knew what you did">Email Megaman by clicking here and tell him what YOU get from his work. Email him. He won't read it here.
Then copy and paste what you have written here.
Do you want to know about him?
Well all that is public is that he is very shy, very sweet, enormously kind and generous, very brave indeed. I will add "good looking" too. He'll not believe me, but who cares? Brave as a lion. And I am proud as hell of him. To the few of you who know his bravery do NOT make that subject public here, and do not remind him of it in your emails.
Now write.
It is as much his site as mine.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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recognition
By: timmy on Tue, 22 October 2002 07:38 |
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ok, the email link fails. that's ok just mail him anyway
By: timmy on Tue, 22 October 2002 07:39 |
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Megaman!
By: Steve on Tue, 22 October 2002 10:50 |
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Re: recognition
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Re: recognition
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Re: recognition
By: ron on Tue, 22 October 2002 19:33 |
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email megaman@iomfats.org and tell him how great he is
By: timmy on Wed, 23 October 2002 22:25 |
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PPPPLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSSSS
By: timmy on Wed, 23 October 2002 22:30 |
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Okey Dokey
By: smith on Wed, 23 October 2002 23:57 |
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A Special Thanks to You!
By: kevin on Thu, 24 October 2002 00:39 |
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Remember - MM does NOT read this board, please EMAIL him.
By: Guest on Thu, 24 October 2002 01:49 |
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I did
By: smith on Thu, 24 October 2002 02:08 |
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Re: recognition
By: e on Thu, 24 October 2002 05:15 |
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