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Question to followers: what are some good, free solutions for hosting media for your site? I can't afford supporter mode. For my photographs and videos I've used flickr and youtube respectively, but I'm wondering if there are any good general solutions
time for an update
pastelshoal
4 years ago
Very true! A revamp even. I want to make the site a bit more clean and populated but its hard to find the time
"I feel less and less the need to be introspective...as I make positive changes in my life, I stray further from things I used to consider worthwhile." I feel it
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"it's ok, be easy on yourself, go home, do something that you actually like. but there is nothing i want to do." god that's so relatable. you have a really nice site and writing style! i enjoyed reading through it
Hey thanks so much for linking my site! I haven't been on neocities in a while so I didn't notice it. When I finally get around to making a links page I'll definitely put yours on it!
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Any chances you're an Ansel Adams fan? :-D
pastelshoal
6 years ago
Very much so :) If I had all the time in the world, I might try to do photography like he did. However as it stands, I don't have the patience to put as much work into my photos as he did! Still, he's definitely one of my biggest inspirations.
nbodyproblem
6 years ago
He's pretty rad. And your photos are already at a pretty high standard, too! I find the b/w ones stronger, but color photography is a whole different dimension. I couldn't do what you do with it.
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nbodyproblem
6 years ago
Also, on the translated lit text: There are genuine efforts by some groups to acknowledge translators as authors themselves and credit them accordingly. Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, when translated to German, was 500 pages longer (that's probably owed to the German language; I don't believe the translator invented new parts) and took around 5 years in total because the translator was so thorough.
nbodyproblem
6 years ago
I'd be behind mentioning the translators as co-authors because it would establish that a novel changing languages also changes in style and content.
pastelshoal
6 years ago
Yeah, there is definitely a totally different methodology behind colour and I have only really experimented with it. I took a look at your page, and I think your polaroids are excellent, most of my stuff is from me being in the right place at the right time but you're out there doing creative things with the medium and that's really cool. Not to mention your paintings and drawings, which are lovely.
pastelshoal
6 years ago
And yeah, for sure we should start to acknowledge translators more than the often small acknowledgement on the first page of a novel.
nbodyproblem
6 years ago
Thank you! I'm an avid collector or old polaroid cameras and I just love the fragility of the photographs. It's like playing with a portable chemistry set. And well, my drawings - working on a bunch of new ones right now. Let's see where that goes.
I think you can still embed google drive videos to your website? So there's a lot of storage space there, but if you wanted something public-facing then maybe try vimeo?
there's also a way to host files in GitHub. (it's a little clunky, but if you can make it work, it's a nice way to get some free storage)