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Joe Gramm Author

Level 5

6,413 points

Pondini's Time Machine

Now that James Pond (Pondini) is no longer with us, I was wondering what was to come of the vast amount of knowledge at http://pondini.org/OSX/Home.html

Is there anyone in the ASC in line to inherit, so to speak, the site.

Is there a way to save all the info, other than creating dozens, if not more, PDF files comprised of all the different pages.

Just curious if anyone had any thoughts or knowledge about this.

iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Airport, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV3

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 9:56 AM

44 replies

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Nov 20, 2015 12:22 AM in response to Lexiepex

something wrong here.

it says:

if you are the owner call......

if you are a visitor return soon.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Nov 20, 2015 12:44 AM in response to Lexiepex

1-480-505-8855

GoDaddy Billing.

cubytus

Level 1

11 points

Nov 20, 2015 6:59 AM in response to MadMacs0

But who has the responsibility to manage the hosting now?

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Nov 21, 2015 12:07 AM in response to cubytus

According to the Registration, that would be James Pond, so I would guess that's who GoDaddy sent the bill to. That would mean it belongs to either his estate or, if settled, whoever inherited it.

cubytus

Level 1

11 points

Nov 21, 2015 7:31 AM in response to MadMacs0

I thought from reading the previous messages that some user here inherited it, and wanted to know it it was settled yet

7oby

Level 1

0 points

Nov 21, 2015 9:28 AM in response to Joe Gramm

I called the number to see if I could "donate" a payment, and the nice lady said if I didn't have the PIN or the last 4 of the previously used card, they can't get into the account to do anything, but understood my intent. The site has helped me many times over the years and I had no idea until now about James' passing.

Nov 21, 2015 10:42 AM in response to Joe Gramm

Y'all can use the Archive.Org web site — the Internet Archive — to access the contents of the Pondini.org web site.

Lexiepex

Level 6

14,102 points

Nov 21, 2015 1:46 PM in response to 7oby

I am willing to participate too, like many of us I presume.

This is probably a hiccup, only.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Nov 22, 2015 7:12 PM in response to Lexiepex

LexSchellings wrote:

This is probably a hiccup, only.

Apparently so, as it is back up today.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,233 points

Dec 6, 2017 9:39 PM in response to ted.underhill

I found somebody willing to host, but never heard back from the estate. I noticed the site was down over the weekend. If anybody finds a POC I'll hook them up.

Dec 23, 2017 5:30 PM in response to ted.underhill

I found a clone of the site here:

https://archive.is/5gwyq

It seems to work just fine.

Kappy

Level 10

361,879 points

Dec 23, 2017 8:11 PM in response to ted.underhill

What I have is this: Pondini's Time Machine FAQ.

Dec 23, 2017 11:25 PM in response to Kappy

That's better. When I searched for pondini.org at web.archive.org, for whatever reason I got the front page, but no links worked. Must've done something bone-headed.

Zarquon42

Level 1

104 points

Jan 6, 2018 10:14 AM in response to Bill Rising

Is the family no longer responding? Is there a way for us to pitch in and buy the domain from them?

Pondini's Time Machine