Donate via our webstore set-up: You can donate via our webstore system, using the provided link below. You can pay by PayPal or cheque/money order, or by credit card, but via credit card is not that great for small donations, since our credit card processor and the credit card companies take about $4 right off the bat. So, the practical minimum here is 10 bucks, of which we will get about 6 bucks, the rest going to the other parties.
iTunes Music Store!
We now have an affiliation with iTunes Music store! Purchase a song or album from iTunes using our link and Apple will give us 5 percent of the sale. So that's a nickle a song to keep us rocking along! Here are the links:
Free Download: Single of the Week. Only at iTunes
 We are also affiliated with Amazon.com, so if you do shop there, you can shop through this link, and help support our work at the same time. We also have a page of Geek-related books up.
 And we also now have an Amazon.ca affiliation for our Canadian fans. :-)
 And we also now have an Amazon.UK affiliation for our UK fans!
What's a good number?
Well, any amount at all would be very much appreciated. Perhaps you think our work is worth a buck, perhaps worth a few dollars a month, or maybe more. Think about whether you would care at all if this website wasn't here, or our work not available for free viewing like it is. Would you miss this place?
Your support is very much appreciated and helps us Keep on Geekin'. When someone takes the time, energy, and moolah to give us a tip, we also receive a humungous emotional lift!
What will my donation be going towards?
It costs real money to keep our site up and running... our hardware, the hosting, the bandwidth and all the other costs of maintaining this site and its two creative human components. It's a lot of work, but chances are good we can keep doing this if we can get some support from the people who visit us each day, either via people buying our merchandise, or via donations.
We try to provide you with some pretty darn good entertainment and diversions. The Joy of Tech, AY2K, the polls, the rest of Geek Culture, the Forums, cool links, and a lot more. It is, in our humble opinion, pretty good stuff that looks great too.
If you enjoy our work and this site, and can spare a few bucks, then please, see if there's anything you would like at the webstore, or perhaps donate what you think we're worth to you. It's just pretty much just the two of us doing all this, and we work more than full-time to provide the content here. We'd like to continue doing it, ...you can help.
Why don't you just support the site via advertising?
We do get income from advertising, although that income averages just a few hundred dollars a month. We'd love to find more sponsors, and we don't think advertising has to be evil. If used properly, it can work great for all parties.
If you are interested in promoting your goods and services, we can offer some amazing advertising rates and a great market. We have and have had a number of great sponsors, from the ones you see everywhere, to smaller developers like RoadTools, Boinx Software, and Take Control Books, that realize the value of our great rates and audience. Or perhaps you'd just like to advertise your own site, your homepage, say hi to your girlfriend via a web banner, or sponsor the comics for a month or so. Just let us know, ... we are highly adaptable and would love to work with you! :-)
We don't expect to make a lot with donations, and we don't want to have to depend on them, but they do help, and in more ways than one. In all seriousness, the thought really does count. We know how much you have to care about something to make a donation, so when one does arrive, however small, that really perks up our spirits, and, quite honestly, makes our day. :-)
What else can I do?
There are lots of other things you can do to support our work, besides buying stuff, bookmarking us, and visiting us as often as you can. Tell some friends about the site, add our amazing self-updating thumbnail to your webpage, post a link on a message board, spread the word via word of mouth, write your favorite magazine and suggest they run the Joy of Tech, or gasp, even find us some advertising! With your help the fun will continue well into the future. :-)
Thanks!
How much have you made through these donations?
Here are some little progress bars that indicate how much we've received via donations lately.
| April/May 2008 |
  $40.00!
CSC sends us 10 bucks and a very nice letter including ... I am a Mac user, I even got .Mac subscribed, and I check your comic every day. I also got your dashboard widget. I am a big fan of yours... I wish you good luck all your life, and thanks for bringing us a smile about tech every day. Keep up the good work. Best Regards, Thanks CSC, we really appreciate that! 
Timo sends us 30 bucks! Wow, thanks Timo, that is really awesome of you! 
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| March 2008 |
$33.37!
Simon tips us again, and it's the very neat sum of $13.37! Message: Have some more money. WooT! Thanks again Simon!
Gerald sends us $15 big ones! Message: Keep the good things on ! Greetings from Marseille, France! Thanks Gerald! 
Peter sends us 5 bucks! Message: Dudes, I ran the "cracked iPhone" gag on my boss' Mac Plus almost 25 years ago -- a classic! Thanks! Ha ha! Thanks Peter! |
| January and February 2008 |
$9.34!
Simon again sends us the very Internet-y $4.04! Thanks again Simon!
Simon sends us $5.30! Thanks Simon! |
| December 2007 |
$215.24!
Omaha donates 10 bucks! Thanks Omaha!
Christopher sends us 5 bucks! Thanks Christopher!
Huong sends us 10 bucks! Many thanks!
Nate sends us a very geeky $10.24! (1024 is the maximum number of computer memory addresses that can be referenced with ten binary switches) Thank you Nate!! 
Nam sends an incredible 50 bucks! Thanks so much Nam! 
Damon sends us 20 bucks to help with bandwith! thanks Damon!
Richard sends us 10 buck to help with bandwidth! Thanks Richard!
A very special person who wishes to remain anonymous tips us 100 bucks! Message: A Merry Christmas and the best for the New Year! Thank you anonymous, that is so generous and very much appreciated!  |
| October 2007 |
$0.00!
Wow, nothing this month? Ouch! Thank goodness for our SuperFans! |
| September 2007 |
$51.00!
Tristan send us 20 bucks! Tristan, you are insanely great! Thanks AGAIN Tristan!
Martin sends us 20 bucks! Awesome, thank you Martin!
Robert S.sends in 10 bucks! Thanks Robert!
louis sends us a buck! Fantastic, thank you louis! |
| August 2007 |
$42.00!
Timo sends us 42 bucks! Fantastic, thank you Timo! |
| July 2007 |
$0.00!
OUCH! Thank goodness for our SuperFans! |
| June 2007 |
$100.00!
David B. sends us $100! Message: I know you do these retro b&w gags just to wind us all up ..How can I not say THANK YOU, keep doing it! Wow! Thanks David! |
| May 2007 |
$35.00!
Tristan sends us $20! Message: Hi Guys, Just saying how much I enjoyed the latest JOT. I too imagined what Al did with his three 30" displays when I saw it in Time magazine earlier this week. Guess I now know. Keep up the great work. Wow! Thanks AGAIN Tristan!
Terry B. sends five! Message: It's been a while, and this one really tickled me. But when, oh when, will we see a new TTBs cartoon? Hmmm, it has been too long! We'll see if the TTBs will JoT us soon!
Jessycat sends us 10 bucks with a hilarious message that really cheered us up. We love you Jessycat!  |
| April 2007 |
$20.00
Joseph P. sends us 20 big ones! Message: been reading for a while. donation spurred by the perfect insertion of johnny rotten lydon in the EMI/DRM comic. I'm sure I'm not the only one who heard the closing strains in my head ["I M N .... >raspberry<"] upon hearing the news? Thanks Joseph! Now we can Nevermind the Bollocks! |
| February 2007 |
$639.99!
Rolf send us 15 bucks! Message: Keep up the great work, guys! I visit your site nearly every day, and it's just great every time :-) Thanks Rolf, that is awesome.
Peter L. sends us 15 bucks! Thank you Peter!
Jay sends 10 bucks! Thank you Jay!
Seth sends twenty dollars! Thanks Seth!
Sweet! Timo sends 30 bucks!!!! Thanks Timo, that is awesome!
Wow! Ziad sends us 50 bucks!!!! Ziad, you rock! Thank you!!!!
WHOA! vmp sends us 100 dollars!!!!! Message: You guys rule. Thank you so much vmp, that is incredibly generous of you!
Christian sends us 14 dollars! Thank you!!
Brian T. donates 10 bucks and buys our book and makes it a Super Lucky book! Thanks Brian!
Sung Won Kim sends us five bucks! Thank you!
John S. sends us $20.00! Message: Keep up the good work! Thanks John!
James M sends us a twenty! Thanks James!
Whoa! Bart sends us 100 big ones! Message: Keep up the good work! Bart, that is awesome and so generous of you! Thank you so much!
David sends us 20 bucks! Thanks David!
Carl P. sends $20! Message: Keep up the good work! Thanks Carl!
James F. sends us 20 bucks! WooT! Thanks James!
Larry O. sends in 15 bucks! Thanks Larry!
Patrick G. sends in 15 dollars! Thank you Patrick!
Ernest sends in $14.99! Thank you Ernest!
Raphael sends 15 dollars! Thank you!
Thomas C. sends 25 dollars! Thank you Thomas!
John B. sends 25 bucks! Message: Keep up the great work! Your site's awesome! :-) Thanks John, that was awesome of you!
Ken F. spots us 5 buckaroos! Thanks Ken!
Laura D. gives us 10 bucks! Thanks Laura!
Shoosie sends 20 dollars! Message: Sorry to hear the bandwidth charges are eating you up. I hope this offsets at least a little of that. Keep up the great strip. It goes way beyond the mere "comic" and touches something in all of us. I'm not sure what... maybe our inner geeks. Or maybe just something perverse and unmentionable. In any case, here's 20 bucks. Stop touching me!!! ;^) LOL... and thanks for that!
Daniel C. sends us 10 bucks! Message: your happy and fresh stories and drawings make me smile every couple of days. and my girl friend looks exactly like your dancing babe! keep on the good work. from a french fan. Thanks Daniel... whoa! Please send pix of your girlfriend! :P
Jason F. sends us 10 bucks! Yay!
David V. donates 20 bucks! Thanks David!
Michael R. sends in a buck! Message: I had this left over in my PayPal account :) You gotta love a buck! Thanks Michael!
Carol sends 25 bucks! Thanks Carol!
Michael H. sends 10 bucks! Message: Love your comic, want to see it keep going. =) With your help it will!
David B. sends us 50 big bucks! Message: Joy of Tech is insanely hilarious!! Thanks again David! You rock!
Walter sends us 15 bucks! Thanks Walter!
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| December 2006 |
$60.00
Tristan P. generously donates 50 bucks! Thank you AGAIN Tristan!
and Ugh Mighty Club! send us 10 bucks in a Christmas Card... awesome! Thanks Ugh! |
| October 2006 |
$0.00
Hmmm, oh well, thank goodness for SuperFans! |
| September 2006 |
$10.00
C.K. H. sends in 10 bucks! Thanks C.K.! :-) |
| August 2006 |
$200.00
Anonymous has once again sent us $110 bucks!!! Message: Hope you all are well. This is just my (small) way of saying thanks for the laughs and please keep them coming. Still anonymous, still lurking, and still laughing after all these years. Please update AY2K, the prairie dog battle is unfinished. Thanks Anonymous, your continued support has been amazing and we really appreciate it. Hmmm, we'd better get to work on that next AY2K!. :-)
Bill H. sends us 20 bucks! Message: The Joy of Tech is wonderful, keep it coming! Thanks Bill! You are wonderful too. :-)
Our favorite geekette in the whole world sends us 20 bucks! Thanks Peebs! Message: Sorry I'm not around much anymore,but I still think of you guys. I loved the time machine comic. Keep up the good work. Thank you PB!
WOW! David B. sends us 50 big ones! Message: Ahahahahaha! Steven Sp. and One Red Paperclip! ..ahahaha! (Oh, and I liked that Miss Whoevershewas, er, "iPod Killer", on July 10th ..Grrrrr!) Thanks again David!!!!
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| June 2006 |
$14.00
Stephen Y. sends 10 bucks! In gratitude for your great work. The comic often brings a smile, sometimes I laugh out loud, as I did with the HP Sauce bottle today! - Thanks Stephen!
Gabriel send us 4 bucks! Thanks Gabriel! :-) |
| April 2006 |
$0.00
ouch! |
| March 2006 |
$11.00
Francis K. send 10 bucks! Message: Keep up the great work! I saved lots of the comics and use them as a picture folder screensaver on my Mac! :D Oh cool! Thanks Francis!
George H. sends us an almighty buck! Message: Hey Guys, Point well made! (although I'm already looking forward to the possible birthday supprises.. hehe) Here, have a dollar - don't spend it all at once! Cheers Thanks George! |
| December 2005 |
 $65.00
Too Cool to Quit sends us 20 bucks!!!! Message: Merry Christmas!! Wow, thanks Too Cool, that is really cool of you, and really generous! :D
Robert W. sends 15 bucks!!! Message: My wife and I love your comic. I hope there will be another book. Thanks Robert! We hope there's another so too.. let O'reilly know you want one!
The wonderful PB sends 15 bucks!! " Merry Christmas! Keep up all the good work at GC, but go out to lunch first. ;) Thanks PB! That is a real perk-us up. :-)
fredd sends us 15 bucks! Message: Just found your site, it's great. Merry xmas, fredd. Thank you fredd.. it's merrier already! |
| September 2005 |
$160.00!
Wow! David B sends us $50.00! Message: Haven't laughed so much in ages at the 'Squirting iPod' and 'X-Ray Specs' ..these used to be on the back of British kids' mags,too, in the 50s. (..I confess I bought 'Black Face Soap'..) ...David. Thanks David!
WHOA! anonymous has done it again and sent us 110 bucks! Message: As always, thanks for the clever commentary over the past year but I still despise the prairie dogs. Can Simon not put his wings to good use? Thanks anonymous, that is so generous of you... again!! |
| June 2005 |
| $230.30!
SuperFan RScottV sends in an additional 20 bucks! Wow, thanks RScott, that is really SUPER of you!
Tut-an-geek sends 30 big ones! Message: Thanks N+S! (Yes, I /finally/ got paypal!) Wow thanks Tut!!!
William C. sends 30 bucks! Message: Thanks for taking note of Jack Kilby's accomplishments. Jobs, Gates, and the others have clearly benefitted from standing on the shoulders of a giant... Thank you William, you are a giant to us!
Patrick send 25 bucks! Message: I've been a big JoT fan for years! I check your page every day hoping for a new strip... ;-) Here's a little something that should help defray the cost of the bandwidth I've used all these years... Wow! Thanks Patrick!!
Raymond P. gives $5.00! Thank you Raymond!
Keith T. donates 10 bucks! Message: keep up the good work! Thanks Keith, we can in part because of people like you!
C. Adam B. sends 5.30! Thank you C. Adam!
Damien send 5 dollars! Thanks Damien!
Cyril send us 30 bucks!! Thank you for your excellent job, I really love what you are doing.Cyril P. MacGeneration.com co-founder. Holy Dogcow! Thanks Cyril!
Mark C. sends $10.00! Message: Thanks for all the great moments. It's amazing how Joy of Tech keeps its finger on the pulse of geekdom. I love the PCB floor in the current Joy episode! The TTBs are hot!--someone there must have great taste. Keep sprinkling them into the Joy episodes when you get the chance. Wow thank you Mark!... yep I suspect you will be seeing more TTB in the JoT.
Our guardian angel Tristan sends $15.00! Message: Nice Steve Comic. Thank you AGAIN Tristan!
Jeff sends 10 bucks, with this wonderful message: You guys are incredible. Today's flash animation is the coolest thing you all have done yet. Keep up the INSANELY GREAT work. :) Aw shucks Jeff... thanks!!!!
Sergey from Moscow sends 15 bucks! Message: You guys are super cool. Sergey, you ROCK!
Karl send us 10 bucks! Thank you Karl!
Cliff sends us 10 bucks! Thanks Cliff!
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| February and March 2005 |
| nuthin'!
Ouch! Thank goodness for Superfans, or there would be no Joy in this world!
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| November 2004 |
$120.00!
Dana donates 20 bucks! Message: Love Your Work! Thanks for sharing it! Thank you for sharing Dana!
David D. donates 100 bucks! Thank you for JoT. I've been enjoying for years - time to make a contribution. Two cartoons in particular motivated me: 613 and 610. Thank you for a smile where so few can now be found. Wow, thank you David, that really made our week! |
| Sept/October/November 2004 |
$30.00!
Allan donates 30 bucks after we shut off pop-up ads in order to save people's santy... I hate pop ups too!! Thanks Allan! |
| August 2004 |
$120.00!
anonymous has done it again, and donated 110 bucks! Message: Thanks for: 1) the laughs this past year, 2) the JoT book earlier this year in the mail (signed/autographed with personalized message!), IMHO the current JoT comic is the coolest (for angryjungman and Steph). Simon has been freaked for a while; when you can, can you please make a AY2K update?... Heh heh, we will try to un-phreak Simon asap... wow, thank you again anonymous, that really made our day! :-)
Tristan does it again too! 20 bucks! Message: Love the latest comic. Glad to see Tim is covering for Steve in all ways possible. Thanks Tristan! |
| July 2004 |
$30.00!
Longtime fan and supporter Tristan donates 25 bucks! Thanks Tristan!
Jack H. strikes again and send us 5 bucks! Message:Greets from WWDC. Loved the "Spiderman" JoyOfTech from today. It would make a great poster (hint hint, nudge nudge). Thanks Jack, we think so too, it's now available! |
| May/June 2004 |
$0.00
It was a little bleak during this time period, but thanks to all who have bought merchandise. :) |
| April 2004 |
$160.00!
Jack H. sends $5.00! Message: Today's "Kill Bill" JoT is great! I'm sure, if it were a poster, many geeks like myself would buy it. *hint hint nudge nudge* Here's a little
donation in appreciation. Cool! Will do, thanks Jack!
Whoa!!! Eolake from maccreator.com sends us $50.00! Message:Good work. Wow, thank you Eolake! :happytears:
James S. sends us 50 big ones! Message:I hope this helps with your bandwidth costs. Thanks James, that will really help and wow, we really appreciate it!
Mighty macmcseboy donates 50 dollars! Message:Add this to bandwith fund ;-) Wow, thank you macmcseboy, that is really amazing of you!
William V sends us 5 bucks! Thank you William! :-) |
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