Comments on: A few business matters… http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:46:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69087 Anonymous Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:06:38 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69087 I'm for a poll! I'm for a poll!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69086 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:32:12 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69086 Hello Ida, Thanks for chiming in (and for you very kind words). Maybe what we need to do is run a poll & see what everyone thinks about the new site & whether or not it should require a login. Hello Ida,

Thanks for chiming in (and for you very kind words). Maybe what we need to do is run a poll & see what everyone thinks about the new site & whether or not it should require a login.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69085 Anonymous Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:18:49 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69085 Hello Robin, We just so appreciate everything you do for us and for supplying this daily fix! I live in Kenya and work late almost every day. Time zone-wise NST is my reward near midnight - a gem to crown the day, the hot chocolate before bed. I agree it's a shame that ultimately archiving the comment-name match will be time-consuming and/or costly - but it seems there's nothing to do about that now. What you CAN do something about is: pls know that it would be NO effort to sign in again - I think most of us would prefer the exclusivity that would bring --- imagine those endless general comments diluting our aldehydes, cyphres and Chanel Beiges! Love, Ida Hello Robin, We just so appreciate everything you do for us and for supplying this daily fix! I live in Kenya and work late almost every day. Time zone-wise NST is my reward near midnight – a gem to crown the day, the hot chocolate before bed. I agree it's a shame that ultimately archiving the comment-name match will be time-consuming and/or costly – but it seems there's nothing to do about that now. What you CAN do something about is: pls know that it would be NO effort to sign in again – I think most of us would prefer the exclusivity that would bring — imagine those endless general comments diluting our aldehydes, cyphres and Chanel Beiges!

Love,

Ida

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69084 Anonymous Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:54:28 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69084 A, I'd state it if I knew. Someone told me the price could be in the 5 figures, but I've no idea if that is accurate or not, and frankly am so swamped just trying to get ready to move while keeping this going every day that I haven't had time to look into it -- and for that matter, just figuring out how/where to look into it would be time-consuming. It's already going to cost me to move. If someone appeared who could extract the site properly for Wordpress migration for say, $500, I'd take it, but 5 figures or -- even 4 figures! -- is out of the question. And don't worry, you don't need to shut up. I should have given WAY more thought to where I started blogging, but of course, hindsight is 20/20, right? A, I'd state it if I knew. Someone told me the price could be in the 5 figures, but I've no idea if that is accurate or not, and frankly am so swamped just trying to get ready to move while keeping this going every day that I haven't had time to look into it — and for that matter, just figuring out how/where to look into it would be time-consuming. It's already going to cost me to move. If someone appeared who could extract the site properly for WordPress migration for say, $500, I'd take it, but 5 figures or — even 4 figures! — is out of the question.
And don't worry, you don't need to shut up. I should have given WAY more thought to where I started blogging, but of course, hindsight is 20/20, right?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69083 Anonymous Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:46:53 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69083 Ah. Well I know you won't state publicly how much it would cost, but I just have two words for you: tip jar. Many of my favorite webcomics artists run tip jars through paypal on their sites. A couple of them have had one-time fundraisers in order to cover printing costs. Might be something to consider for the move. You have a lot of very grateful readers out here... Somehow this doesn't seem like your style, but I couldn't help making the suggestion. Shutting up now -- don't want to contribute to making you feel ill! Ah. Well I know you won't state publicly how much it would cost, but I just have two words for you: tip jar.

Many of my favorite webcomics artists run tip jars through paypal on their sites. A couple of them have had one-time fundraisers in order to cover printing costs. Might be something to consider for the move. You have a lot of very grateful readers out here…

Somehow this doesn't seem like your style, but I couldn't help making the suggestion. Shutting up now — don't want to contribute to making you feel ill!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69082 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:31:04 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69082 A, it literally makes me ill to think about it. I meant to move last year, and this is the reason I didn't. I've come to realize they're never going to fix it, & I've got to move on. I will have a copy of the site on my hard drive, and as I said, as I have time over the years I'll try to edit some of the names back in. I don't know what else I can do...if I could afford it, I'd hire a programmer who could extract the files properly, but I just can't afford that. A, it literally makes me ill to think about it. I meant to move last year, and this is the reason I didn't. I've come to realize they're never going to fix it, & I've got to move on. I will have a copy of the site on my hard drive, and as I said, as I have time over the years I'll try to edit some of the names back in. I don't know what else I can do…if I could afford it, I'd hire a programmer who could extract the files properly, but I just can't afford that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69081 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:24:10 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69081 Eesh, just read this exchange. I do think that will be a real loss of history and the archivist in me is squirming. Would it be possible to keep up the original NST as a mirror site somewhere, so that even if the names aren't publicly accessible we know they're out there...somewhere, LOL--? I'm always forgetting how unstable the 'net still is. Eesh, just read this exchange. I do think that will be a real loss of history and the archivist in me is squirming. Would it be possible to keep up the original NST as a mirror site somewhere, so that even if the names aren't publicly accessible we know they're out there…somewhere, LOL–?

I'm always forgetting how unstable the 'net still is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69080 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:45:18 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69080 It's a terrible shame. I can edit the names back in, and over a period of many years I might do that for some of the more popular reviews, but still... Trying not to focus on that since I can't change it. And thanks -- I know many people won't mind registering again, just seems sort of annoying. Will give it all more thought -- we won't move for at least another month. It's a terrible shame. I can edit the names back in, and over a period of many years I might do that for some of the more popular reviews, but still…

Trying not to focus on that since I can't change it. And thanks — I know many people won't mind registering again, just seems sort of annoying. Will give it all more thought — we won't move for at least another month.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69079 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:42:39 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69079 Oh no... That's a real shame. But the bright side is, no one will know all those old, idiotic comments are mine. And I don't mind re-registering, for what it's worth. Oh no… That's a real shame. But the bright side is, no one will know all those old, idiotic comments are mine.

And I don't mind re-registering, for what it's worth.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69078 Anonymous Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:22:57 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2009/01/12/a-few-business-matters/#comment-69078 There's certainly something to be said for restricting comments so that only people who really care enough to register are able to have their say. But on the other hand, there are so many people who've taken the time to register here and now they'd have to do it all over again, which seems rude. A bigger rudeness, which I will hate to even bring up -- a bug in the export program means that every single comment on this site will get attributed to "anonymous" on the new site. This makes me just sick, but there's nothing at all I can do about it :-( There's certainly something to be said for restricting comments so that only people who really care enough to register are able to have their say. But on the other hand, there are so many people who've taken the time to register here and now they'd have to do it all over again, which seems rude.

A bigger rudeness, which I will hate to even bring up — a bug in the export program means that every single comment on this site will get attributed to “anonymous” on the new site. This makes me just sick, but there's nothing at all I can do about it :-(

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