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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

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cubytus

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Nov 19, 2015 8:37 PM in response to Lexiepex

Does anybody knows what became of the site? It is still referenced on Google's first page, so musn't be too far out of its renewal period.

MadMacs0

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Nov 19, 2015 10:06 PM in response to cubytus

As Alcuria mentioned above, the registration with GoDaddy was updated on October 22, 2015 and now expires November 08, 2018, so renewal should not be the problem. James is still listed as Registrant, Admin and Technical contacts with what appears to still be a valid phone number in Clermont, FL.

Happy is the primary POC on this subject, so perhaps he will tell us more.

cubytus

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Nov 19, 2015 10:15 PM in response to MadMacs0

Domain renewal and hosting renewal are independant. I hope Happy will tell us soon.

Lexiepex

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Nov 20, 2015 12:21 AM in response to MadMacs0

this what it says now:

Lexiepex

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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

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

1-480-505-8855

GoDaddy Billing.

cubytus

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

But who has the responsibility to manage the hosting now?

MadMacs0

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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.

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