Fara Shimbo on fri 30 jan 04
Good morning, all,
I have been reading all the postings about Crystallieri.Org.
I would to address some of the issues raised.
Why does this site have a splash page?
--Because it's a museum, and I thought a splash page might
serve as a proper introduction. I don't normally use them
on websites but I thought that it was called for in this
case. Think of it as a signal to slow down, show a little
patience, and be ready to give a some time and consideration
to the exhibitors. They've worked very hard not only to learn
crystalline glazing and take pictures, but to put up with me,
which is not easy.
Why did this site have a pseudo-email address?
Because I have five websites actively working now, some of
which have been active for many, many years. This means my
email addresses have been harvested over and over again and
I get over 400 pieces of spam every day. Most of it gets
filtered out but I still have to check that, because some
legitimate mail gets caught as well. I was hoping to have
just one email box that isn't full of junk. I would like
to give a hearty thanks to Maurice Weitman who sent me a
terrific way to make the mailto: show up and function correctly
in whatever browser you're using without being easily harvested.
Why does the website load slowly for some of you?
No idea. I have fixed wireless service and it loads in a
snap for me. But again, here I have a choice. I can give you
small, compressed pictures that load in a trice if you've got
a slow or excessively busy service, or I can put up bigger,
clearer pictures that do justice to the exhibitors.
Why doesn't it say who the curator is?
Why does it matter? If I ask you, "Whose works are hanging
in the Metropolitain Museum," or "Whose works are in the
MOMA" (at least if you're from New York) you'll know. If
I ask you, "Who's the curator of the Met?" chances are you
won't even care. That's the way, I feel, it -should- be.
I didn't put my name anywhere because it just doesn't matter.
But there is no "they" or "those people;" there is only a
nasty old bat from Brooklyn who does websites to relax.
What does matter, at least to me, is the quality of the work
presented by the various exhibitors. Right now there are
seven, apart from me, and the works they've sent are worth
by far a few seconds wait to view them.
And that's all I have to say on the subject.
Hang in there, everyone,
Fa
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Fara Shimbo, Master Crystalliere, Certified Public Nuisance
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Shimbo Pottery, PO Box 41, Hygiene, CO 80533 USA 720.272.0442
Crystalline-Ceramics.Info ShimboPottery.com Crystallieri.Org
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Ellie Blair on fri 30 jan 04
I for one want to thank you for giving people a chance to see =
crystalline potters. I feel fortunate that you took the time to put =
this site together. It is an opportunity for some of us who aren't as =
fortunate as to have our own website. We can let people see our work =
and hopefully get some feedback as well. This site allows exposure to =
potters that may not have any other means.
Great work Fara and thank you
Ellie Blair
Blair Pottery
Lawrence, Kansas 66047
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From: Fara Shimbo=20
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG=20
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 7:07 AM
Subject: Bad Websites, Splash Pages, and oh yeah, content...
Good morning, all,
I have been reading all the postings about Crystallieri.Org.
I would to address some of the issues raised.
Why does this site have a splash page?
--Because it's a museum, and I thought a splash page might
serve as a proper introduction. I don't normally use them
on websites but I thought that it was called for in this
case. Think of it as a signal to slow down, show a little
patience, and be ready to give a some time and consideration
to the exhibitors. They've worked very hard not only to learn
crystalline glazing and take pictures, but to put up with me,
which is not easy.
Why did this site have a pseudo-email address?
Because I have five websites actively working now, some of
which have been active for many, many years. This means my
email addresses have been harvested over and over again and
I get over 400 pieces of spam every day. Most of it gets
filtered out but I still have to check that, because some
legitimate mail gets caught as well. I was hoping to have
just one email box that isn't full of junk. I would like
to give a hearty thanks to Maurice Weitman who sent me a
terrific way to make the mailto: show up and function correctly
in whatever browser you're using without being easily harvested.
Why does the website load slowly for some of you?
No idea. I have fixed wireless service and it loads in a
snap for me. But again, here I have a choice. I can give you
small, compressed pictures that load in a trice if you've got
a slow or excessively busy service, or I can put up bigger,
clearer pictures that do justice to the exhibitors.
Why doesn't it say who the curator is?
Why does it matter? If I ask you, "Whose works are hanging
in the Metropolitain Museum," or "Whose works are in the
MOMA" (at least if you're from New York) you'll know. If
I ask you, "Who's the curator of the Met?" chances are you
won't even care. That's the way, I feel, it -should- be.
I didn't put my name anywhere because it just doesn't matter.
But there is no "they" or "those people;" there is only a
nasty old bat from Brooklyn who does websites to relax.
What does matter, at least to me, is the quality of the work
presented by the various exhibitors. Right now there are
seven, apart from me, and the works they've sent are worth
by far a few seconds wait to view them.
And that's all I have to say on the subject.
Hang in there, everyone,
Fa
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Crystalline-Ceramics.Info ShimboPottery.com Crystallieri.Org
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Bob Masta on sat 31 jan 04
Fara Shimbo
wrote:
> Why did this site have a pseudo-email address?
> Because I have five websites actively working now, some
> of which have been active for many, many years. This
> means my email addresses have been harvested over and
> over again and I get over 400 pieces of spam every day.
> Most of it gets filtered out but I still have to check
> that, because some legitimate mail gets caught as well.
> I was hoping to have just one email box that isn't full
> of junk. I would like to give a hearty thanks to Maurice
> Weitman who sent me a terrific way to make the mailto:
> show up and function correctly in whatever browser you're
> using without being easily harvested.
I had the same problem with automatic harvesting. There is
a simple, low-tech solution: Don't use a Mailto link.
Instead, display an *image* of your Email address. The
harvesters only understand text, and specifically scan for
Mailto links. If you are concerned that they will get smart
enough to understand images, you can always make it
more difficult by adding a distracting background like
some secure password sites do. But I was able to totally
stop a flow of 150-200 spams per day just by changing
the address and only showing it as a simple GIF.
Just a thought: We're *all* gonna be in trouble when they
start mining the Clayart archives!
Robert Masta
dqatech@daqarta.com
D A Q A R T A
Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis
Shareware from Interstellar Research
www.daqarta.com
Maurice Weitman on sat 31 jan 04
At 11:59 AM -0500 on 1/31/04, masta@umich.edu wrote:
>[...] There is
>a simple, low-tech solution: Don't use a Mailto link.
>Instead, display an *image* of your Email address.
Actually, Fa's method of handling the masking of her address from
harvesters was even simpler and lower-tech.
But the complaint about that method was that one could not click on
something to initiate a new, blank message in one's email client.
>Just a thought: We're *all* gonna be in trouble when they
>start mining the Clayart archives!
Uhhh... "they" have been mining clayart archives for several years, it appears.
My momud1 address is only used on clayart, and, despite filtering, I
get many spam messages to that address. I'd say it took about a
month for them to begin.
Regards,
Maurice
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