I've been feeling like complete shit for the past few days (obviously I guess), but this is probably the highlight of my week. I know you and the others have been involved with these issues, and that person, and those forums for far longer than I have been or could imagine to have been. But I get the frustrations you've felt over the year(s) because I've been there in my work life. So it feels really liberating. It's really dumb you couldn't have been involved or informed or whatever earlier on. Because look what you've done! You've saved everyone from a pretty shitty setup, fixed pretty much every issue except for the smilies, and even added some new things. And you did all of this learning and all of this work in your own time for a place that means a lot to all of us. I wish I could work with more people like you in real life, because I'd never have anything to complain about (wanna set up some vlans for me?). So yeah, what you've done is commendable.
I realize all this doesn't sound heavy metal and such, but I've been overly sappy the past few days. Thanks ave