News: 5 Days a Week Until Spring
Well, it’s like this guys… I’m out of pictures. Don’t panic! InsectPOD is NOT shutting down, but I need to start rationing pictures until Spring.
You may have noticed that I have throttled back pictures to 5 days a week. I have lots of spider pictures, and that leaves me with 4 slots per week to fill. I’m getting about 3 submissions per week, and I have between 3 and 10 photos of my own left to publish. At this point all I can do is hope for an early thaw.
(Actually, I live in a drought-beset area of the U.S., so to be perfectly honest I’m thrilled that there’s snow on the ground right now.)
I promise this won’t happen again next year. I started InsectPOD in Autumn of last year, and really had no idea how early and hard Winter would hit. (Winter of 2006/7 came very late and left us early; see previous comment about drought.) As soon as I can get out there and get bug photos again, I will, and I’ll make sure I’ve got photo reserves. Before next Winter I also plan to make it a little easier for you folks to submit images to the site so we can build up a huge collection here.
So, here’s the plan: I am going to throttle back to 5 days a week in order to ration photos until Spring. I currently have about 10 guest submissions to run as well. If I get over 30, I’ll start running 7 days again. So, those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, InsectPOD needs you now more than ever!
Also! In the “Dave is a dummy” category, I have lost an e-mail from one of my readers. One of you, and you know who you are, and I hope you’re still reading InsectPOD, sent me an e-mail with links to over 30 images in a photoblog. I switched e-mail clients a couple of months ago and somewhere along the line, it decided to start trashing e-mails older than a given date. Ugh! If you’re still reading this, PLEASE send me those links again!
Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
b13 said,
January 24, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Not sure if that’s me, but I’ll send what I can
And I still have to get you those butterfly/puppy pics. My wife can’t find her originals 
tceisele said,
January 25, 2008 @ 4:39 am
I didn’t realize you were so low! I just sent some, but my email from home gets a touch flaky with large attachments, so it takes a while. I’ll try to send you a couple every morning for a while.
Scott said,
January 25, 2008 @ 8:28 am
I’ll crank up the submissions if I can. I’ve only sent the one so far, but the winter here has been pretty mild (until recently).
Bill said,
January 25, 2008 @ 8:46 am
Well, it’s time for me to get off my duff and sort through my wife’s pictures. I should be able to find some good ones that my wife has taken.
David Brady said,
January 25, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
b13: It wasn’t you specifically, but I just got your e-mail. THANK YOU!
tceisele: I love you.
Scott: I love you.
Bill: I love you.
(b13: I love you, too, but I wanted to single you out for specific, additional praise.)
Thank you all!
Scott said,
January 25, 2008 @ 3:21 pm
Sent six your way.
MacNut said,
January 25, 2008 @ 11:31 pm
I’ll try and send some as well. They’ll have to be house insects though, since winter has taken up full residence where I’m at. I’ve got a large spider population in my basement so I should be able to send something you can use.
djfoobarmatt said,
January 28, 2008 @ 5:04 am
Seeing as it’s the middle of stinking hot summer down here in Aus, I’ll see what’s buzzing about in the back yard and send anything interesting your way too.