Code push tonight

[mark]

EDIT: Rescheduled for later. Tonight is the season premiere of LOST. I don't think I can skip that.

This is a short notice announcement for a code push tonight at 10PM PST (0600 UTC). This is just under 5 hours from now.

Additionally, the payment system (the store, checkout, etc) will also be down for update. The shop will be down longer (up to a few hours) while we work on rolling out support for Google Checkout.

As always, I will update our @dreamwidth Twitter account and this community before I do it.

Comments

[cypher]

Awesome! I'm glad you've found a service to take over where paypal has failed.

[jaaaarne]

Google Checkout sounds like a nice option to replace PayPal. This is a good news. :)

[ilyena_sylph]

Whoot!

Glad to hear it!

[feathertail]

Payment being back online will be win. ^.^ I'm glad you all made it through this without compromising your principles (or our community / experience).

[baggyeyes]

EDIT: Rescheduled for later. Tonight is the season premiere of LOST. I don't think I can skip that.

One more reason to love Dreamwidth. This is a place filled with regular people.

[devilc]

Yes. This.

[ironed_orchid]

Yup.

[noxie]

Just my thoughts. ♥

[charamei]

Absolutely.

[lydiabell]

Ditto. I laughed so hard when I read that edit. :D

[denise]

Watching LOST is certainly a good reason to delay the code push! (Says the woman who's been rewatching Farscape all evening.)

[linaelyn]

I LOVE DREAMWIDTH'S PRIORITIES.

THAT IS ALL.

[absque_setentia]

MTE

[linaelyn]

Oh! And I just read the strikethru. YAY, finding a replacement for PayPal! I'm amazed at you folks and your rockin' integrity, seriously.

[lluvia]

You guys are awesome, as always. Thanks so much for all your hard work. ♥

[franzi1981]

Google Checkout? Really? WTF?

AFAIK, you HAVE to create an account in order to use it. I don't know about you, but I really don't want google to have my credit card information!!!!

Since I'm in Germany, that was my only hope to keep my account paid, as the other options are ridiculous. Guess I'll see what I'll do when it comes up for renewal in July.

[mark]

As I worked for Google for a year and am quite familiar with their privacy and data protection practices, I have to say that I am quite happy with Google to have my personal information.

However, if you are not, we will still continue to support money orders which can be obtained at any bank in any country. Just tell them you need a money order in US dollars and they will be able to set you up.

If you want more assistance, I'd be happy to ask one of our German volunteers to give you specific information on how to do that over there.

[snowsurrounded]

As much as I appreciate you guys sticking by your principles (seriously, I think you've been awesome through all of this)... I'd really like some other options, to be honest, since Google Checkout apparently doesn't support Maestro and I don't have any other cards. Don't really want to get a credit card just for this, and as franzi1981 said, paying extra and waiting ages for a money order to reach the US doesn't appeal much either.

[pauamma]

Which online payment services (if any) can you use (with or without your card)? Disclaimer: I'm not running DWS, and I can't promise that support for any of them will come (or indeed is feasible), but it would help not to tallk in generalities?

[copracat]

Season premiere of fave show > code push = YES.

I love you guys. You have your priorities right.

[triadruid]

Respectfully, I disagree.

[annalee]

And that is how you do transparency. Awesome.

Also, Hurley wins at life. Am I right? (haven't watched since second season, but I'm betting it's still true).

[cjmarsicano]

There is such a thing as too much TV. Outside of DVDs and the news I don't watch much - it takes too much time away from writing and practicing guitar!

[turlough]

And I thought you were the non-fannish half of this enterprise ;-)

[sophie]

o/~ Everyone's a little bit fannish, sometimes... o/~

[3cb]

Gnnnnnnn! First I have to wait a whole day because of the time difference and because apparently the season premiere is not a reason to get an extra day off from work, then I have to wait yet another day because my girlfriend is not here tonight and I don't want to watch it twice in two days, and then tomorrow I will have to go to all the trouble of making the abc website believe my computer's in the US. Darn thee, International Rights Agreement.

What did the code push do, anyway?

[somnolentblue]

Yay! I'm glad you found a way to process payments again. Thank you for extending paid acct time for those of us caught in the gap, and thank you for communicating with us about your decisions and the reasoning behind them (see the discussion below about google checkout, its limitations, and other current/future options). I appreciate it.

[subtext]

I approve of this. This is what working for yourself is all about! I mean, it's not like you won't do it afterward, so why not set your own hours? Awesome.

[tixagon]

Sorry, but I have to lol @ the edit. :)

[giveamouse]

I've not seen "Lost", but this is the kind of decision-making that prevents burnout, in the long term, so I'm happy that you made this call.

That said... don't you have a video recording thingie of some sort? If the show's any good, it's best not to schedule one's life around television's schedules.

I've made the sacrifice of not having cable, though, and never got around to getting a converter box to play broadcast TV, because I use Netflix. It's about 1/5th of the price of cable. The major sacrifice is being a season behind on most things, but I'm okay with that.

[mark]

I do have a recording device (PVR? DVR?) through my TV company. Usually we use that and I never watch TV shows "on time" -- but in this case, everybody else in the house wanted to watch it.

Since household social events are a little rare, I wanted to hang out with my wife and friends. :)