I have been encouraged. May bad punnage ensue: Recent RedBubble and Zazzle Sales

The ever-awesome GreekGeek actually bought the first unicorn shirt from this blog post. Someone paid money for my sense of humour. I'm in shock!

Sales I've made in the last month on Zazzle:

The Unicorn T-shirt, of course.

A Unicorn is a horse that... T-Shirt by Flynn_the_Cat

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A sheet of these barn owl postage stamps

Woodland Green: Barn Owl in Flight stamp by Flynn_the_Cat
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One of these prints (of course! I sell more of this than any other put together). It was also the only thing I sold in September which was very sad after August being relatively huge (mostly referral sales, but I actually earnt a volume bonus for the first time.)

Symbolic Flows - Colours of the Imagination by Flynn_the_Cat
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Dance of the Sea (COLOSSAL) by Flynn_the_Cat
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And this - I had to get my brother this kitty on a hoodie from RedBubble (we order from RedBubble because the shipping's free for me, being in Australia, if I order five shirts)

I remember being so pleased when I discovered that the 'Pussy Cat, pussy cat' rhyme was free to use :D

Cat and Mouse:Pussycat Rhyme by Flynn_the_Cat
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RedBubble Sales

I'm in mild shock - I didn't really think anyone ever bought anything from RedBubble, I just used it for its nicer and more official-looking gallery/portfolio set-up (and later to order my own stuff. Like t-shirts for my family, and stickers. THEY DO AWESOME STICKERS. I shall be selling them at the Armageddon convention in a couple of weeks :D )

The Stickers - they're die-cut from the t-shirt images, so have a small white edging around the actual colour because my transparent PNGs worked

Someone ordered this mermaid print from RedBubble last week which was a complete surprise and a great delight. I've also discovered that my RB account is set up in pounds *facepalm* (I never sold anything! I had no need to check!)

I'm linking the Zazzle image, because RedBubble isn't set up to allow that.

Blue Waters - print by Flynn_the_Cat
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And I sold a bunch of greeting cards!

Two of the Morning Flight mermaid, which I sold a poster of above, and one of the Blue Waters painting (directly above) and a Colours of the Imagination one, of which I also sold a poster later on Zazzle, listed above.. People like mermaids, it seems!

If you're curious about my Zazzle sales, I wrote this lens about what I've earnt so far (as I write this, nothing above has been included; it's relevant as of August 2010).

And this one compiles all the helpful lenses on Squidoo about using Zazzle.

I'm Writing This With Tears In My Eyes (Was Your Gmail Hacked Yet?)

I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,my family and I came down here to London, United Kingdom for a short vacation.unfortunately,we were mugged at the park of the hotel where we stayed,all cash and credit card were stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with us.

We've been to the Embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all and our flight leaves in few hours from now but we're having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the bills. Well I really need your financially assistance..Please, let me know if you can help us out?

Am freaked out at the moment!!

[My name].


Does this look familiar? I hope not, but an increasing number of people are getting this email from friends and family, colleagues and that random guy in high school who you really should take off your contacts. If someone you know uses Gmail, you may get this message.

I was told this story at work last week - a friend of one of my colleagues had this happen to them; they still haven't gotten back into their account.

And a couple of days ago it happened to GreekGeek, who (naturally, being a Squidooer) wrote a very good lens about their hacked Gmail

What happens next? They change the password locking you out, and all the backup options and secondary emails and send a message out to your entire guestbook - that message above. Should somebody care enough about you to reply, they'll be asked to send money. For much better explanations and what you can do about this (...there's very little), make sure to read "My Plight" - My Gmail Was Hacked, And I'm Not Alone!

Blessing GreekGeek: SEO and HTML

Right, time to start my attempt at actually blogging about some of the lenses I've blessed! I decided to start with GreekGeek because I keep blessing their lenses!

There's the old classics, like "Is Squidoo a Scam? An Honest Answer" which is a good introductory lens explaining how to get started on Squidoo and what you can earn.

And GreekGeeks Squidoo Tips: How To Get Your Lens Found is a useful lens explaining how to set up a good lens that deserves visits.

More recently, the Flapping Photo Gallery of DOOM is a fun way of pointing out just HOW ANNOYING the Photo Gallery module can be. I'd actually kept meaning to write a lens about this, because I use this module a lot, but I've procrastinated for months :D (And I have list of... well, dozens of things I'd like to write about)

And finally, Getting The Most Out of Squidoo's Traffic Stats explains how to interpret the dashboard, and what to do with that information.

Belatedly, that wretched person keeps writing more good lenses, thoroughly unbalancing my list of blessed lenses (eh, I'm behind anyway).

So more recently, I've blessed:

"My Plight" - My Gmail Was Hacked, And I'm Not Alone!

Hotlinking: What Is It, And Why Is It Bad?