THE PASTA KING

by NicholasK.com

Soup.io - well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.

TypePad - Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.

Also warning that the auto-import on soup.io might not work. It didn’t work for me and other bloggers I know.

a while ago i reblogged a paypal tutorial with some extra info / warnings in the comments, but the site updated so i figured i’d make my own tutorial with all that extra info added in

 if you’re new to paypal, “Send & Request” is at the top of the page - click that and then select “Pay for goods or services”

paypal says they will take a cut of the money when it gets to me but it’s only 2.9%, meaning anywhere from a couple of cents to a buck with the rates i usually charge. if you wanna be nice you can add that 2.9% in but i don’t expect people to and i don’t mind if you don’t

MAKE SURE YOU SELECT “NO ADDRESS NEEDED”. if you select the other options paypal will think i’m shipping you physical goods and expect me to cough up proof that i did - and they’ll flag me if i don’t!

as mentioned in the photoset, i need to be very careful about what people mention in the payment notes so that paypal doesn’t think i’m up to any fishy business and lock me down for it. all i need is for you to tell me who you are (tumblr / DA / FA account name etc) so i know who’s sending me what. if your blog name is ballslappingsex69.tumblr.com then consider using a nickname.

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[EDIT] I NOW HAVE A TUTORIAL UP ON SENDING COMMISSIONERS INVOICES 

YOU HAVE TO USE BAKING SODA.

Throwing flour into a fire can cause it to combust and make the fire worse because FLOUR/SUGAR IS FLAMMABLE. One cup of flour into a grease fire can have the explosive force of dynamite.

the necromancer isn’t at all evil, keeps their reanimated cat as a companion

the ‘dark lord’ is woman who wears a floor length floral cloak and pink kitten heels

the orcs are highly intelligent and frequently engage in orc chess and deep philosophical debates

the elvish archer is the clumsiest, most inaccurate little shit ever

the bard writes deep emo poetry, constantly quoting sonnets by the most talented musicians of the era-  ‘fall out bard’ and ‘panic at the inn’

the mage only knows 3 spells- and they all involve cutlery

the intellectual character that finds the powerful relic/enchanted item/mysterious glowy thing is 120% done with all of it ‘for GODS sake, that is the SEVENTH DARK ORB THIS YEAR are yOU KIDDING’

the healer character is also the most ripped, usually ends up treating their own wounds more than anyone elses

the ‘deep broody’ character is actually mute the whole time but no one realises and thinks it’s just part of his moody persona until he has to fucking spell it out for them (literally), spends the whole story making exasperated faces and gestures

Soup.io - well-known alternative to Tumblr. Reblogging, post types, themes, collab blogs, dashboard, artsy, great community already there. Soup can auto-import everything you’ve posted on Tumblr.

TypePad - Includes reblogging. Dashboard and post types similar to Tumblr.

This is likely to be buggy and imperfect, and is definitely not totally optimized, but it is at least a start at fixing the atrocity that is the new reblog structure.

Your posts will look something like this:

Instructions:

SO I JUST DISCOVERED THIS SITE A FEW MINUTES AGO AND HERE’S WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT IT

OK? YEAH. YOU CAN SEARCH GEMSTONES BY COLOR AS WELL AS BY CUT, AND WHILE I THINK THE COLOR SEARCH IS PROBABLY MORE USEFUL, SEARCHING BY CUT IS PRETTY INTERESTING TOO

AND OF COURSE, IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND OF GEM YOU’RE LOOKING FOR, JUST REPEATEDLY REFRESH WHILE BORING YOUR EYES INTO THE “RANDOM GEMSTONE” CORNER

AND THEN, WHEN YOU GO TO A GEMSTONE’S PROFILE IT WILL GIVE YOU THESE

COLOR VARIATIONS!!!!

VARIATIONS OF THE GEMSTONE!!!

PHOTOS OF UNCUT SAMPLES!!!

AND OF COURSE A GIANT INDEX OF ALL THE GEMSTONES THEY HAVE INFO ON!!!!

THIS HAS BEEN A LOUD AND SOMEWHAT POORLY WRITTEN PSA!!!

by NicholasK.com

Have you ever been listening to Rainymood and thought, “Yeah, this is good … but it would be nice if I could customize the sound more, or if there was a little more choice.

Let me introduce you to MyNoise.

MyNoise is a customizable sounscape looper with so many options, even within each soundscape.  So say, for instance, you really love rain sounds when you write or study or relax.  Anything.  I know I’m a big fan of rain sounds.  They have a page for that.

But say you like really high, pattery rain, and LOTS of low thunder.  Here’s where MyNoise really stands out: you can customize that.  See those sliders with all the cute colors?  That is your equalizer. You can adjust the levels based on what you want to hear more and less of.  Here’s how it looks when you want high, pattery rain and low, rumbly thunder:

But say rain isn’t really your jam.  Say you want something a little more ambient, a little more background noise-y.  Something with people.  Well, they have customizable coffee house chatter that even has the levels listed for things like “kitchen,” “babble,” and “table”:

Or say you miss the ocean.

Or say you miss your cat.

Or say you miss your spaceship.

Or say you miss the dungeon where you and your team of scalawag adventurers used to explore and face off against, say, dragons.  In the dungeon.

This site is seriously so helpful, and those are just a fraction of every kind of sounscape the site has to offer.  The best part is that if you want to layer it with music (for instance, I’ll layer a playlist + rain + coffee shop if the scene I’m writing takes place in a coffee shop), you can adjust the master volume, meaning all of your layers stay at their respective volumes, just louder or quieter.