Miss Lynx ([info]misslynx) wrote,
@ 2004-12-29 17:02:00
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Current mood: hopeful

Helping in the way I'm best able at the moment
Latest tsunami death toll: 77,000. Expected to reach 100,000 before long. (Edit: it reached 114,000 24 hours after I wrote that)

Since I'm not in a position to monetarily donate to the relief efforts right now, I thought I'd try to make a contribution in the way I'm best able to: use a bit of graphic design skill, my web host's newly increased bandwidth limits, and the fact that a fair number of people read my journal to try and start a meme of my own on the topic. So, check this out...

(Edit: for those who feel the images in this original version are too graphic, there is an alternate version here which they should find less disturbing.)

TSUNAMI RELIEF - Click below to donate
Oxfam Canada Canadian Red Cross Unicef Canada World Vision Canada
Put this on your blog, journal or web site


My LJ layout seems to be messing with the spacing a bit, but it looks OK everywhere else I've tried it.

Get the Code

Yes, I'm hosting the images on my own site. My host recently tripled their already generous bandwidth allowances, so I think I should be OK on that front. I wasn't using anything close to my bandwidth limit before, and now there's more, so I might as well donate that to the relief effort.

Of course, if you want to download the images and put them on your own site, feel free. Or if you want to make more localized versions of it substituting UK or Australian or European or Asian or whatever URLs for the charities, that's fine too. You're welcome to adapt it to suit your needs - the important thing is just getting it out there and getting people donating. Hopefully this will spread far and wide, and do some good. Post it anywhere you want -- your journal, your userinfo page, communities you belong to, other blogs, discussion forums, your own web site... wherever!

Canadian Version (links to Canadian charity sites)



International Version (links to international charity sites)

Edit: Unicef USA turned out to be the only one in there that was US-specific, so I've update that to the international Unicef site, and now this version should work pretty much anywhere, though Canadians might still prefer to use the specifically Canadian version.)


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[info]seshen
2004-12-29 10:05 pm UTC (link)
It's at 80,000 now.

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[info]palemistress
2004-12-29 10:13 pm UTC (link)
Wow, that looks great. Thanks for doing that.

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[info]iskorpit
2004-12-29 10:44 pm UTC (link)
I emailed our mayor today asking for the city to make a donation. They gave water and supplies to us when the Walkerton disaster took place. I urge everyone to exert the same pressure on their local governments. It doesn't have to be a huge amount of money, medical supplies, water, food, etc. but everything will help.

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[info]thewronghands
2004-12-30 05:59 am UTC (link)
That's a great idea. [does the same] Thank you.

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[info]magickalmoon
2004-12-30 03:06 am UTC (link)
I'm linking it, but I'll put the images in my photobucket account to save your bandwidth (that's if you don't mind?)

Thanks for doing this..

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[info]misslynx
2004-12-30 03:30 am UTC (link)
Sure, no problem. I should probably edit it to add that people can certainly download the images and put them on their own server if they want, but they don't have to - my hosting account comes with a crazy amount of bandwidth, so while I'm usually not a fan of people hotlinking to my images, in this case I don't mind if they do.

By the way, if you want to do an Australian version and put in the URLs of your local versions of the various charities, that's fine too. People can adapt and modify this any way they want.

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[info]magickalmoon
2004-12-30 04:03 am UTC (link)
This URL is for Unicef and goes to a default "choose your country" page.. handy.

http://www.supportunicef.org/site/pp.asp?c=iuI1LdP0G&b=45523

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[info]vonne
2004-12-30 08:51 pm UTC (link)
If some one does adapt it to an Aussie one - I'll use that but I'll grab this one in the meantime. Thank you.

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[info]caitriona_nnc
2004-12-30 03:28 am UTC (link)
Thanks for doing this. I'm posting it now.

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[info]intotheheart
2004-12-30 04:19 am UTC (link)
Very good idea... I'm going to post it on my journal :) Hopefully it'll spread the word.

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[info]affliction
2004-12-30 04:41 am UTC (link)
Good call.

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[info]drui_en
2004-12-30 05:50 am UTC (link)
*posts this immediately*

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[info]thewronghands
2004-12-30 06:00 am UTC (link)
That's pretty awesome. Go you for doing something creative rather than just saying, "I'm broke, oh well" like so many people do.

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[info]northbard
2004-12-30 04:02 pm UTC (link)
gacked and posted. You just earned your fish. *hugs*

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[info]rednikki
2004-12-30 04:43 pm UTC (link)
And because of him, I did it too. Also, with your permission, I'd like to post it to the LJ community [info]nikkinewsnet.

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[info]misslynx
2004-12-30 05:14 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely. Spread it far and wide. No permission needed.

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[info]misslynx
2004-12-30 05:15 pm UTC (link)
Hmmm... Could having "earned my fish" be some kind of strange karmic fulfillment of that wish to be a seal that I expressed after visiting the aquarium in Niagara Falls? :-)

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[info]northbard
2004-12-30 05:39 pm UTC (link)
y'know...this ties in too well to a comment I made in another person's LJ about blowing a seal during a long drive..so..I'm gonna NOT finish this. :)

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[info]enfanteterribie
2004-12-30 06:37 pm UTC (link)
I posted it on mine as well. Thanks! :)

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[info]angelpunkrocker
2004-12-30 08:25 pm UTC (link)
I found this from someone on my friends list and want to thank you. I'm trying to raise money on my own, and get my work to donate money. I appreciate that you made this, thank you so much, you're wonderful.

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[info]morrigansraven
2004-12-30 08:52 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for doing this... it's a beautiful thing. :)

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[info]herbalgrrl
2004-12-30 08:53 pm UTC (link)
you rock

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[info]3stitches
2004-12-30 09:52 pm UTC (link)
Grabbed and posted. Thank you.

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[info]owllegory
2004-12-30 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Same here. Thanks.

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[info]raptorgirl
2004-12-30 10:08 pm UTC (link)
Thank you so much for doing this. Seriously. I posted it on my LJ, and I'm sending in my donation to UNICEF as soon as I find a stamp.

P.S. I found you through [info]firewench, who found you through someone else.

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[info]rowanf
2004-12-30 11:26 pm UTC (link)
What font did you use on the graphics? I'd like to do Childreach in place of World Vision. If that's okay. Great piece of work!

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[info]misslynx
2004-12-30 11:34 pm UTC (link)
Sure, make any changes you want! The font is just Verdana - I used that so that it would be easy for people to match if they wanted to make changes to it.

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[info]rowanf
2004-12-31 12:00 am UTC (link)
Thanks! If anyone else wants to use the childreach version, the gif is at http://www.conjure.com/LOG/childreach.gif

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[info]hedgewytchery
2004-12-30 11:26 pm UTC (link)
I am taking the code to use as well, thanks much!!!

-Dawn

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[info]lepke
2004-12-31 01:07 am UTC (link)
that made me want to donat more than your new one does...shouldn't something like this be hard hitting? (no pun intended)

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[info]back_in_black
2004-12-31 05:33 am UTC (link)
Thanks, I hijacked this for my yahoo group. I hope that's OK. Nice graphic design.

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[info]misslynx
2005-01-02 10:58 pm UTC (link)
Of course it's OK -- post anywhere you like! And thank you.

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[info]rachel_eurydice
2004-12-31 07:48 am UTC (link)
Hi--I saw this on a friend's journal. Just wanted to let you know that it prompted me to make a donation. Great idea!

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[info]misslynx
2005-01-02 10:59 pm UTC (link)
That's great to hear - thank you!

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[info]umpachki
2004-12-31 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Thank you for the code.

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[info]ballerinagirl93
2004-12-31 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Excellent idea. Thanks! Is up on my lj

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[info]jnieva1220
2004-12-31 11:38 pm UTC (link)
thank you for doing this.
i have put both your banners on my journal.

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[info]feriel_nad
2005-01-01 08:57 am UTC (link)
posted! =)

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[info]deliciouspear
2005-01-02 06:34 pm UTC (link)
If you like, I can host it on my site.
I have unlimited bandwidth.

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[info]misslynx
2005-01-02 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, but so far I'm doing OK. The domain the images are hosted on has blown through about 2 gb of bandwidth in the three days since the banner went out, but my monthly allotment is 264 gb, so I'm not worried yet.

However, I know how exponential growth can work with things like this, and if it does start to get out of control at some point, I may take you up on your offer. :-) I think there's a way to do an .htaccess redirect to automatically have requests to a particular directory point somewhere else...

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[info]butafli
2005-01-03 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Awesome!!

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[info]chasing_laura
2005-01-07 01:41 pm UTC (link)
Found you through a com: gacked, modified and posted, with many thanks : )

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[info]shes_sohaha
2005-01-08 09:59 pm UTC (link)
this is fantastic. thank you.

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[info]harborchaos
2005-01-09 07:28 pm UTC (link)
than you so, so, much for posting this.

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[info]harborchaos
2005-01-09 07:28 pm UTC (link)
minus the second comma...

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[info]goddessfrida
2005-01-13 10:13 pm UTC (link)
and it's an amazing way to help.

taking the banner. Thanks.

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[info]pink_candyland
2005-01-20 11:13 pm UTC (link)
OMG!!! Thank you sooo much...this is a GREAT way 2 get people 2 donate...wonderful idea...ur my hero! :)


P.S. i got this from my friend who was posting it during school... i just HAD 2 do the same!

-props 2 u!

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[info]tikigoddess79
2005-02-24 11:54 am UTC (link)
taking the banner- thanks for doing this!

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