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As I mentioned, Raymond is working on a new system for membership and locked posts that will allow us to move away from relying on Patreon for locked posts. He’s been working non-stop today and still needs to do a few things, but it won’t be ready today for a few reasons. The main one...
I haven’t been answering many comments you’ve been leaving on this new blog because I feel that when I enter a conversation, it stops, and that’s no fun. But I wanted to return to the idea of doing the Weekend Wonderings based on your questions and comments, as well as highlight some of the cool...
We hate Patreon as much as you do, so we are in the process of upgrading security of the store and creating a new way to log into paid posts. Raymond has been working non-stop since last week’s chaos, and he hopes to be done by Thursday afternoon. What this means is you may not...
This is just to testing out the membership plugin. Just a bit of this is visible to tantilise you but the rest of if won’t be visible until you have a subscription. And wow you should see the stuff below, it is tremendous. I can’t believe we are publishing such things....
It’s not a good idea to mix emulsified products like lotions or conditioners by hand. A lot of emulsifiers require high shear mixing or mixing with something like a stick or immersion blender. Mixing by hand won’t get the same results, and you may see a decrease or increase in viscosity or a lotion fail....