this has taken a few days longer than i intended and there are reasons for that which are not ideal. in short: pretty much right as i went on vacation i broke my computer in a way that should have been a total loss and it’s currently in the shop for repairs. i do not have an ETA on when i can expect it back. this wouldn’t be such an issue but then on vacation my phone began to throw battery errors and is now basically bricked. luckily, i have a backup computer which i can work from for most things–and i’m typing this from here. this should at least allow me to keep some eyes on the website that i haven’t been able to previously, although not at the same convenience as usual.
but obviously this means i don’t have a few things currently: my main computer or my phone–and maybe not the money to cover these expenses. i am currently on the hook for what is going to be at least $270 and to say the least that is not a trivial amount of money for me. i hope to have that covered but i’m not sure i do.
i will hopefully know by the end of the week what the total cost of all of this is (and hopefully have my computer back by then). i’m also hoping a simple manual battery replacement will solve my phone’s problems in that time (i’ve placed an order which should come in tomorrow). but the circumstances are overall–and as you might be able to tell–not great
Asking your community for help before dropping hundreds of dollars isn’t a physical or non physical issue.
As I said in my replies. The internet is vast, there isn’t a remote possibility that they are near other beeple that would be willing to handle it?
If they were in illinois or southern wisconsin, I could have done it for free.
I have also remotely, through video call, walked people through replacing computer parts with no issues.
It doesn’t matter if it is a physical or software problem. There are alternatives to being hundreds of dollars in the red.