My mom, an avid quilter, was recently persuaded to think seriously about selling her quilts. She proposed the idea of a website, and I jumped on board, eager to help out. After some research, I got Mom set up with a basic merchant PayPal account, and signed up with Yahoo webhosting. I expected that it would take a bit of effort to get a website up and running, but was pretty blown away at how easy the whole process was.
When I signed up with Yahoo, I used their pre-canned site-builder tool. They asked what kind of site I was creating, and basically pre-made a website which we then customized with our own text and images, and played around with the layouts. The coolest part is how easily it integrated in with PayPal automatically. Basically, in about 10 minutes of pointing and clicking, I had a fully functional online store up and running. Awesome.
The pre-canned solution stuff is good for probably 80% of anything anyone needs to get a basic site up and running. They also have a more hands-on SiteBuilder tool which has a bunch more templates which are more customizable. The geek in me wants to redo the site using the more in depth tool, but it might also be more trouble than it’s worth.
For now, check it out: http://www.ElkRidgeQuilts.com
I’ve always been impressed by Yahoo, and this experience only adds to that. I’m always fired up with things Just Work the way they are supposed to. I’m also proud of my mom for starting up her new business. Very exciting for her.
Who’d have thought baby quilts could be so much fun?
2008/08/22
2008/08/16
Trouble Brewing in La Costa...
So recently, Diana and I noticed that a nearby neighbor painted their house a really bright green color. It's right on the main street leading through our neighborhood, and it really sticks out.
As I drove home from work yesterday, I noticed a local news van parked on the hill next to her house. I got Allie, and we took a walk to investigate. The local "on the spot" reporter was there, and told me that they were doing a news story on the house. "On the color?" I asked. He said yep. I was VERY close to saying "Slow news day, eh?", but decided against it.
Anyways, here is the story. Watch it now.
Here's another story from the San Diego Union Tribune. The user comments are especially funny/troubling/sad. Not a lot of love for La Costa in the rest of San Diego.
I'd be interested to hear others opinion on this. I'll save mine for now...
As I drove home from work yesterday, I noticed a local news van parked on the hill next to her house. I got Allie, and we took a walk to investigate. The local "on the spot" reporter was there, and told me that they were doing a news story on the house. "On the color?" I asked. He said yep. I was VERY close to saying "Slow news day, eh?", but decided against it.
Anyways, here is the story. Watch it now.
Here's another story from the San Diego Union Tribune. The user comments are especially funny/troubling/sad. Not a lot of love for La Costa in the rest of San Diego.
I'd be interested to hear others opinion on this. I'll save mine for now...
2008/08/14
Ping pong is an Olympic sport.
That's just weird to me. I mean... ping pong?
I just watched some Fencing. I did some fencing in college, but I still had no idea what was going on. One thing that bothers me about fencing is that there appears to be a lot of influencing the judges. In some point, both fencers will hit each other, and immediately cheer and raise their arms and "celebrate" as if they scored the point. But it's all bunk, since they do so while looking at the judges, and waiting to hear who ACTUALLY scored the point. Pretty analogous to to taking a dive in soccer, I suppose.
In other news, we're back in our house, in spite of our kitchen not being 100% complete. Even though the finishing touches aren't there yet, it still looks awesome. We're both really happy with how things turned out. Pictures will follow when it's all put together.
More and more people are adding me as a friend on Facebook. I figure it's easier to not fight it and just open the floodgates. *sigh*
That's just weird to me. I mean... ping pong?
I just watched some Fencing. I did some fencing in college, but I still had no idea what was going on. One thing that bothers me about fencing is that there appears to be a lot of influencing the judges. In some point, both fencers will hit each other, and immediately cheer and raise their arms and "celebrate" as if they scored the point. But it's all bunk, since they do so while looking at the judges, and waiting to hear who ACTUALLY scored the point. Pretty analogous to to taking a dive in soccer, I suppose.
In other news, we're back in our house, in spite of our kitchen not being 100% complete. Even though the finishing touches aren't there yet, it still looks awesome. We're both really happy with how things turned out. Pictures will follow when it's all put together.
More and more people are adding me as a friend on Facebook. I figure it's easier to not fight it and just open the floodgates. *sigh*
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