From: Evan
Subject: Contact Form Results
Found your Chrome bag reveiw and took a vacation on your site. I dig your writting man; very in my face. thats all I got. Don't scrutinize my blog. I'm a lazy bastered who hasn't updates the thing for months.Website: www.evansharp.ca
Thanks man... I like to call it as I see it. BTW no scrutinizing on my side as I too am a lazy bastard. Which gets me thinking that yes, I should really write more reviews. I have an opinion on most things I have bought that are cycling related and the truth is most things are a waste of money. They are too often more an exercise in branding rather anything you really need. Even the chrome bag.
Why do I say this? Because I make NO money doing this shit, if anything I lose lots in hosting cost, personal time, etc. You realize you buggers burn up over 20 gigs of bandwidth a month! Also notice that there are NO frickin' ads what so ever? I could sell out, but I decide to simply skip on other essentials such as eating.
Other News
Okay other news... I have changed how you access photos on FG. Instead of using flickr.com which is gradually putting on more restrictions as they go corporate, I have gone in house and done everything myself. I embedded a gallery2 WebApp. Notice the fancy search field below the handle bars? Now you can search for verbage OR pix.
Anyway, I have made all the originals from cycling events I attend freely available (with a creative commons 2.5 deed). I have enabled printing on all other photos, so you can get a hard copy if you desire. Also be patient as I move content from flickr over. It will be a while, so I left my embedded flickr account active.
Comments
Gallery 2 Embed eh? I also enjoy this solution over "the man" (aka Flickr
Yeah... FG is run entirely by open source:
1) Wordpress [wordpress.org] - Posts + site
2) Gallery2 [gallery.menalto.com] - Photos
3) WikiMedia [wikimedia.org] - how to
If anyone wants to pick my brains I have learned a lot about this shit over the last few years.
Other things
Speaking of the FG site, I have just introduced a small spattering of google ads. I am going a bit broke with hosting this shenanigans so I need to recover a little.
Any extra over hosting I will donate to Cycling Advocacy.
Also I enabled the digibugs printing through my gallery. So if there is any picture you really like and you wanted to give a little back, then by all means print away, the bigger the better I say! I get a decent cut of the profits. If anyone tries the service let me know how it goes. I still also need to figure out my price things so I may reduce the prices.
PS -> All bike advocacy photos I have still made the originals FREE to download. But if you would still like to donate then buy a print.
PSS -> I will be uploading some of my BETTER photos now that I have control over downloads so watch for a portfolio in the future.
PSSS -> I hope this ain't sellin' out... but right now I am having trouble affording rent!
PSSSS -> Pretty soon I think FG shirts will be in effect... but I need to find some service that uses Organic Cotton.