ok i was kindly referred to gratipay, earlier today, as a way to help sustain living expenses whilst these projects are being expanded and completed. i set up a profile here, if anyone would like to help:

https://gratipay.com/luke.leighton/

also, this is why those testimonials are important, as i can place a link on that profile page, and anyone reading it can then check that i am actually doing what i say that i am committed to achieving.

... have another go, alexander :)

l.