While I was !listening to your raw podcast, I thought, "Brandon's washing dishes", before you confirmed this. No problem! Your over-all volume is a little low; I had to max out vlc to get it comfortable.

Re: funding #FOSS was chatting about this with a friend over dinner during #libreplanet conference. He proposed a "users' union", with feedback from dues-paying members getting extra attention. Paying and non-paying users would benefit equally. Sounds like the Patrion model?