This Art Form Is Going Straight To Hell

[Spyros]

1 hour ago, Northmount said:

That would be a good way to do it.  There are several reputable 3rd party hosts that have gone out of business or changed their policies.  PhotoBucket doesn't allow 3rd party hosting, and you will see that in several posts here.

Tom

The ones that went out of business, those were free, right?

[Northmount]

34 minutes ago, Spyros said:

The ones that went out of business, those were free, right?

Some were.  However that doesn't protect the integrity of posts here if yours changes any policies or is bought up by another outfit.  Also doesn't help if you decide to reorganize your files, or your account is closed at some date in the future.  I just see way too many threads that have become useless due to 3rd party hosting.  Some of the people who posted 3rd party links haven't been back here for years, so can't be reached to fix their posts.  Same can be said for some of those that have provided links to their own websites for patterns.  Their website no longer exists.  I was able to source the patterns for a couple projects recently where the fellow's site is gone, and it appears he may have passed away.  As luck would have it, I had downloaded one, and other members had downloaded the other, so they are now both available to all members again.  We really want to preserve the integrity of all threads for current and future members to access when looking for resources to help them.

Tom

 

[Spyros]

Tom yeah, look, I get it.  I was an admin in a photography forum and I feel your pain.  I'm quite confident my specific host is not going away* but i'll do it anyway.

*or I'm fkd to be honest

Edited August 12, 2020 by Spyros

[Handstitched]

well,  this topic changed pretty quick eh ?   

[fredk]

ach, just a glitch of a deviation.

Another deviation.

A while back I was reading on shipping out of Ulster. From the late 1600s to pre-WW1 just one port in Ulster was sending between 7 and 10 ships a day, 6 days of the week, each with around 100 tons of leather hides. At the time Ireland was forbidden to export live animals to Britain, so they sent dead ones in bits. Ulster still exports a vast amount of beef to Britain. But I've not found a tannery in Ulster at all. Every time I go asking about buying hides I get directed to 'leather' furniture shops. Nor can I find out what happens to all the hides. A friend who was once a butcher asked an abattoir for me. He got a non-answer that the 'skins' were mulched and went to a dog food factory and the bones were crushed and went to a plant (garden type) food factory.

From once having a very big leather industry Ulster - Northern Ireland, appears to have zilch now.

How does this meet the o/p remark/question? If there is no local leather industry its hard to get any new people interested in leather at any stage of its life (well, other than beeves on the hoof)

Edited August 12, 2020 by fredk

[chuck123wapati]

9 hours ago, Spyros said:

Tom yeah, look, I get it.  I was an admin in a photography forum and I feel your pain.  I'm quite confident my specific host is not going away* but i'll do it anyway.

*or I'm fkd to be honest

I used one of those sites once then one day i asked myself, why would I give someone else access to my property when i can easily keep it on a flash drive, don't need an update every week don't need another password and don't need someone using or stealing my photos because i have to agree to some fine print that so i can use something i don't really need. Guess what I unfkd myself lol. I can now just reach in my desk drawer and pull out my thousands of pictures and use them anywhere anytime.

[chuck123wapati]

45 minutes ago, fredk said:

ach, just a glitch of a deviation.

Another deviation.

A while back I was reading on shipping out of Ulster. From the late 1600s to pre-WW1 just one port in Ulster was sending between 7 and 10 ships a day, 6 days of the week, each with around 100 tons of leather hides. At the time Ireland was forbidden to export live animals to Britain, so they sent dead ones in bits. Ulster still exports a vast amount of beef to Britain. But I've not found a tannery in Ulster at all. Every time I go asking about buying hides I get directed to 'leather' furniture shops. Nor can I find out what happens to all the hides. A friend who was once a butcher asked an abattoir for me. He got a non-answer that the 'skins' were mulched and went to a dog food factory and the bones were crushed and went to a plant (garden type) food factory.

From once having a very big leather industry Ulster - Northern Ireland, appears to have zilch now.

How does this meet the o/p remark/question? If there is no local leather industry its hard to get any new people interested in leather at any stage of its life (well, other than beeves on the hoof)

And why every person needs to buy locally if possible so these cottage industries will restart. Everyone bitches about the rich upper crust having all the money all the while giving them their money instead of giving it to their hard working neighbors and community based businesses. 

[Spyros]

43 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

I used one of those sites once then one day i asked myself, why would I give someone else access to my property when i can easily keep it on a flash drive, don't need an update every week don't need another password and don't need someone using or stealing my photos because i have to agree to some fine print that so i can use something i don't really need. Guess what I unfkd myself lol. I can now just reach in my desk drawer and pull out my thousands of pictures and use them anywhere anytime.

Use them to do what?  Photos are for showing to people and the most practical way to do that is to host it somewhere, otherwise you have to upload it every time.   

Like I said in 15 years I never had a problem, but like everything else you have to be selective who you deal with.  Generally you get what you paid for... free is free for a reason.

Edited August 12, 2020 by Spyros

[chuck123wapati]

3 hours ago, Spyros said:

Use them to do what?  Photos are for showing to people and the most practical way to do that is to host it somewhere, otherwise you have to upload it every time.   

Like I said in 15 years I never had a problem, but like everything else you have to be selective who you deal with.  Generally you get what you paid for... free is free for a reason.

ummm show to people same as you they are pictures. Difference is I get to choose who sees them and when but to each his own right. I don't have to be selective at all I know where my desk drawer is and who gets into it. AND its "free".

[Spyros]

4 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

ummm show to people same as you they are pictures. Difference is I get to choose who sees them and when but to each his own right. I don't have to be selective at all I know where my desk drawer is and who gets into it. AND its "free".

Thats great, for the rest of us who don't want to walk people to our drawer, or upload it to an email every time we want to show a photo, there is always image hosting.