We are deliberating around here. Well, rather, I am deliberating... about this blog of mine...
You see, up until now, it's been a bit of a lark. Some fun. A way to be creative. AND to have a tidy corner in my world that no-one else in the house can make untidy. What else is it? An escape. A pretty place. All-in-all, a rather nice place to be.
And it still is.
BUT...
These pics of mine have caught up with me...
You see, they're big. Big mumma files. Up til now that's been not a worry, not even worth a thought (except maybe as a passing question from Mr Smarty-see-into-the-future-pants). They've uploaded onto blogspot, maybe a little slowly, but only enough to allow me to savour my cup of tea. Size hasn't been a problem;-) But it seems that now it is. These pics, they take up a lot of space. And Google has decided I've filled my space. All 1G of it. Hmmm. I believe them. Yes, I do. My back-up system is telling me the same thing...
BUT...
Now Google wants me to pay for the space I'm taking up with my pics. We're not talking huge dollars, less than a magazine subscription in fact. Or actually. As the littlest one now says. Actually, it's not big money. However this little blog was for fun, not money. And it's so far been just all about fun...
Oh, there are ways around it. There (nearly) always are, aren't there? To solve this one I could resize all of my pics before uploading them....hmmm. Depends how you value your time hey? A mag subscription or a lot of time spent resizing pics...
So, this is my deliberation. I've now spent a whole 24 hours deliberating. And there's still no decision. I've slept on it. And now I've resized (nearly) a post's worth of pics... Am not sure if I like how they look... Like resizing them makes them lose a little something... Feel free to add your thoughts to my deliberation via a comment (please!)... yours in deliberation...
I'll be the one staring at the sky/clouds/trees...
BTW - This is the gum tree in our backyard. An aussie gem of a tree :-) Not that I'm biased or anything!
If these pics are some you have downsized they still look good to me. Like the nifty edges! After all, it's not a photo competition - your lookers and readers still get the gist of things.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it is possible, but drop box gives you 2Gb free then you could link them so that the pics came from somewhere else. Maybe. Skydrive gives you 7Gb which should be about 7,000 pics at 1Mb per pic. A 1Mb jpeg or png pic is larger than you can see on most screens without zooming in. Do your cropping etc first, then make the pic the right size, say 40cm wide.
ReplyDeleteEmma, give The smaller pics a go and if you're still not happy with them after a while go for the subscription. Jx
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