What Happens When You Use Up 1Gb for Photos on Blogspot?

While I was uploading typecast photos for my previous post, I got the message from Blogger that I had used up my allotted 1Gig for picture storage.
"Well, that's it, Teeritz, ya ran it for just over a year and now it's full. Shut it down", I thought to myself.

I mustn't have read the fine print when I signed up for Blogger, because I knew nothing about a storage limit. And so, I signed up for 25 Gigs of space for $2.49 a month.

Later that day, I began wondering how the rest of you do it. Those of you who've been blogging for years or have blogs that are photo heavy.

Is there some secret meeting place or handshake that I need to know in order to keep posting up pics without paying for the privilege? Or is this it? In retrospect, I suppose Blogger has to eat too.

Thoughts?
Suggestions?
Ideas?
Threats!!??

Thanks for reading.


***typecast on a circa 2008 Lenovo T410***

Typewritten Gift For My Wife...After a Fashion. (Special Thanks to Yves Saint-Laurent)

There have been a few fashion documetaries released in recent years. This one on YSL is similar to "Valentino:The Last Emperor" (2008) in that it focusses just as much on the personal lives of the designers as it does on their work. And as such, we are left with films that are part-fashion history and part-love story. It is a credit to the directors of these films in particular because they treat their subjects with reverence and respect. It would have been all too easy to treat the subject of haute couture fashion with irony and contempt, but that is not what these two documentaries were all about.

It was tricky getting the red and blue ribbons lined up correctly and they didn't turn out as perfectly as I would have liked. Apologies for the poor photo. The red and blue don't show up as vibrantly as they should.
And sorry for all the typos.

Emergency Post! - The Fisher Cap-O-Matic Space Pen

The above is an AG-7, which is similar to the pens used by NASA astronauts. I ain't crazy about the pattern on the barrel of this one.

* Here's Bill's post that inspired me to write this one;

http://offountainpenstypewriters.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/doing-unthinkable.html

These are the two that I tend to use the most. The steel one is my daily carry, along with whatever fountain pen I feel like using on the day. The brass model bears the scars of a few years of daily use.

The ends of these pens are pretty nice to hold. These ridges make for a nice grip with no slippage. They're not an overly heavy pen, either, which would explain the $12.oo price. A great value-for-money.

Dig that crazy ringed Saturn engraving on the end of the clip!

I opened up the pen after I wrote this. It actually has a Bold refill in it. These days, I tend to get a couple of months out of each refill, since I do a lot of incidental writing throughout the day.

By the way, I agree with some of you who say that Rhodia makes better papers than Moleskine. I made the switch from one to the other a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. While the Moleskines look really cool, they aren't as fountain pen friendly as the Rhodia notepads.

Thanks, all, and my apologies for the poor quality typecast pics.

"What'll it be, pal?"- In the Mood For a Drink.

The above is a small 50ml (like in hotel mini-bars) bottle of Jack. It was sitting on my old bookshelf back at my mother's house since around 1991. Time to empty this sucker.

Thanks for reading, all!

EDIT (three hours later) : Ah what the hell, here's the link to the recipe;

http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/most-popular-mixed-drink-0609

Might as well make it easier for y'all.

***typecast on a circa 1955 Remington Quiet-Riter***

Typewriter Day 2012- I Didn't Get Up To Much, Besides Work.

*Special thanks to that swell dame I married who took the pictures. I had to crop out my shiny, hairless scalp, which accounts for the tight shots of my hands working the keys.

Happy Typewriter Day, folks, and thanks for reading!

What's This Guy So Happy About? - A Magazine Ad With a Typewriter In It.

The ad as it appears on page 61 of US GQ magazine, May 2012.

Yeah, I too can do the typewriter-and-wristwatch schtick. Just not as well as a team of photographers and stylists.

The Typewriter Collection No. 11- Olympia Splendid 99, circa 1965 (?) EDIT- 17/6/12: Could be a 1960. (Thanks, Rob B!)

EDIT: Actually, I don't have an Olympia SM4. I have a SM2 and a SM3. What was I thinking?

The paint-work is still intact on the ribbon vibrator coverplate. The platen is in wonderful condition. I can't help but wonder if this was used much over the years. You can see the scars on the coverplate where the typebars have struck it, suggesting that this machine has had some usage, but overall, it's in pretty good shape.

I haven't figured out the colour of this thing yet. Very dark blue in some lighting, very dark grey in others.

The platen knobs are intact without any hairline cracks or chips. Man, I still can't figure out the colour of this thing!
Of course, my crappy photos aren't helping.

Another typewriter with a low Groma Kolibriesque profile. Very flat, very light. This machine has satisfied my urge for something like a Hermes Baby Rocket or Empire Aristocrat.
Looking at this typewriter now, it almost seems like Olympia took the SM2 design and starved it down to 'heroin-chic supermodel' proportions. Much like the way that a Porsche 911 has always looked to me like a Volkwagen Beetle that went on an extreme weight-loss program.

The typeslugs are pretty clean, but could probably do with a light brush-off. Lower-case 'e', I'm looking at you.

The margin adjustments are very similar to those on my Groma Kolibri. It's a pretty efficient system.