my thwarte ssl certificate expired and no one from thwarte notified me.
so i had to find out about it from someone who wanted to place an order today. it expired April 5, 2006. gadzooks. how many orders did i lose because of that?
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the color prints are looking fab. took a little bit of color management settings but i'm in good shape now. along with the infrared shots, i'm going to put some of the painted prints up for sale; and everyone in the family who's seen the painted dad in hot tub wants one (and even a couple of people who aren't in the family. i've been working on other painted ones in my spare time. the one thing i found was that it's better for me to start with a b&w negative or a digital shot that's been converted to b&w. if i try to paint a color shot i'm way too influenced by the existing colors.
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i also think that the tablet / pen (the cheap wacom) doesn't support "pen tilt" and i'm starting to think i need that.
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There are a bunch of interesting commercial photo opportunities coming my way. I'll write about them if they pan out. I am heading in new directions.
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Removed the Google ads from the blog. I think their presence was cramping my style.
The Google Ads in the blog seem harmless at first - when they start to bring in money - I at least - found that the stuff I was writing about became influenced by them. I mean - I know I was writing about colonoscopies for a long time - but I don't think that whoever reads this blog wants to know the best place for a virtual colonoscopy. Well, then maybe I shouldn't write about non-photography stuff. Nah.
2 comments:
Thawte was acquired by Verisign quite a while ago. That may be the reason for slip-ups.
As far ar Google Ads - I don't think there is any harm in them. If somebody wants to know more about colonoscopy then why not?
As far as shopping carts and payment solutions - check http://www.authorize.net/solutions/merchantsolutions/merchantservices/shoppingcartdirectory/
Eugene: ah. I didn't know that about Thwarte. That explains it.
I've switched to Paypal. The cart is simple to setup. It lacks some features which I may need, but I have to look into it more.
Google Ads: what I was trying to say was that when you are getting paid based on what you write - I found a subtle corrupting influence. In other words, if I write about Leica equipment I will get a fair amount of hits on the ads; but if I go off and talk about infrared - I'll get ads for night vision binoculars.
So it creeps into what you write. For now I'll keep them in the article section of the site.
The motto of Google is "do no evil" I think. But there is something pernicious about the ads when you go off topic and let's face it - most of my blog is off-topic.
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