Archive for May, 2008
EBSQ Server Down
Another server is down and we’re currently investigating why. Hang tight, kids! We’ll report back soon…
ETA: Back up. Our tech folks think it was just a fluke with the new machine. Sorry about that!
Filed under: siteupdate | Closed
Tags: downtime, ebsq
How To Sell Art Part-Time
Yeah, I totally said that correctly.
How to go – PART time selling your art? You say, are you crazy woman? What the heck is she talking about?!
In the beginning, many artists focus on being able to create our art full time by:
- quitting our day job.
- make an income that’s good enough to live off [...]
Filed under: artbiz | Closed
Tags: artbiz, Inspiration, natashawescoat
We’re hoping you’re all off enjoying your long holiday weekend while we finish up with our server updates, including replacing the now-deceased server that caused the periodic downtime on the 22nd and 23rd. No ETA yet on when we’ll be up, but things are going well on our end and we hope to see y’all on the [...]
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Tags: apologies, downtime, siteupdate, update
Our downtime on May 22 & 23 was apparently due to hardware failure for one of our servers in our cluster. We are doing an emergency transfer to a new machine and taking the old boy offline. We’ll be offline during the process as we configure the new machine and do our testing, but we [...]
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Tags: apologies, downtime, ebsq, siteupdate, update
The tech team for our service provider are still chugging away trying to diagnose whatever is making our server cluster so unhappy. Since the problem is still unknown, there is no ETA as of yet.
In the interim, might I share an inspiring link?
Guest writer Clay Collins shared the following gem about great habits for creative people on Zen [...]
Filed under: Inspiration, siteupdate | Closed
Tags: downtime, Inspiration, linkspam, update
We’ve been experiencing some unexpected problems within our server cluster since roughly 11:30pm on May 22, 2008. We’ve been working with our service provider to locate what’s causing the downtime and resolve the issue, but we will probably be in a yo-yo like state of up and down until all bugs are firmly squashed.
Thanks for your [...]
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Tags: apologies, downtime, ebsq, siteupdate
Please raise your hand (via comments) if you’ve ever received multiple email notifications for a single EBSQ subscription payment receipt from PayPal. In the past two days, we’ve received reports from two members who have literally received hundreds and thinking back, I seem to recall someone else calling with the same concern that we were billing them over [...]
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Tags: apologies, ebsq, paypal
(This might be old news if you’re a regular on the EBSQ forums or if you are on our mailing list.)
If you’re an EBSQ member who also sells their art on Etsy, we recommend the following steps for success:
Don’t forget to include your Etsy id under “my external links” in your EBSQ profile tools
Be sure to [...]
Filed under: ebsqstreetteam | Closed
Tags: ebsq, etsy, marketing
This Month’s EBSQ Live:
Palette Knife Painting
hosted by EBSQ Self-Representing Artists and Aja Apa-Soura
Monday, May 12th, at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific)
EBSQ Chat Room
Memoirs of a Summer Breeze by Aja
Palette knives aren’t just for mixing paint! Please join Aja Apa-Soura of Sagittarius Gallery for this month’s LIVE Presentation as she demonstrates the use of the painting knife [...]
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Tags: demo, ebsq, ebsqlive, event, howto
EBSQ has just the thing for spring fever. This is 2008 - an even year, and that means the show calendar includes a plein air show. This year, the focus is on clouds so grab your gear, find the perfect spot and go to it. Make sure that the sky is at least 2/3 of you composition and enter [...]
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Tags: ebsq, exhibits
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