We apologize for the delay. Certain portions of this update took longer to finalize than anticipated, and other ambitious pieces have been pushed back to a later date. Your patience and understanding is appreciated.
The donations we've received since the last update have kept us out of the red until now, and we're very thankful for the community's support. That said, the site's funds have begun to dwindle once more. Your help is still needed, so consider this update a call to action. It's also a herald of change.
Since the loss of PayPal as a convenient source of direct donations, we've struggled to find reliable methods of keeping the site afloat. The introduction of The What.CD Online Store has proven valuable, but due to international shipping costs, the number of parties involved in bringing a given design idea from inception to completion, and the fact that not everyone is interested in What.CD gear, there's only so much that can be expected from it.
This financial need has continued to grow over time. The first reason for this growth is obvious: bills. As our population and traffic increase, so do our monthly costs. The second reason for this growth is intermittent and less obvious: hardware. Because we own our servers, we must contend with server upgrades and replacements, all of which can prove very expensive. A number of server components currently require upgrades.