Gumroad

Gumroad is an easy way to add a micro-payment function to your blog, website, Facebook page, or Twitter — anywhere you can post a link. It allows you to quickly offer digital products — photos, videos, music, apps, PDFs — for small (or large) prices. It is not a marketplace, rather it generates a link that you post so that you can “sell where you share.” When a friend, fan, or follower purchases something off of your page, they get an email with a link for the download from Gumroad’s server. You can set your price anywhere from 0 and up. Gumroad’s cut is 5% + 25 cents per transaction, no setup or monthly fees. That’s a good deal if you are selling things for a few dollars, and better than other digital storefronts. Something priced as low as 99 cents means you get $.69 and Gumroad gets $.30.

For the past year I’ve been using Gumroad to sell a PDF version of my True Films guide to documentary movies for $.99 and the system works great.

-- KK

Gumroad

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April 12, 2013

If you've been waiting to buy BAH tickets, wait no more. They will likely sell out in another day or two.



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Tiny backyard pod for shedworking in Medieval English town

Lawyer Nicolas Oldham and his wife moved to the historic English village of Berkhamsted for the good schools for their children, but their jobs are still in London. To avoid the commute when possible, a few years ago Oldham began working from home a couple of days a week. At first he used the edge of the sofa as his office, but stepping on his kids toys and never being able to find a pen, was less than ideal.



A longtime fan of tiny shelters- in his backyard he has a shed, a greenhouse and a life-sized dollhouse-, Oldham decided to add an office pod. Though unlike his other humble shacks, he bought a ready-made Archipod that Treehugger's Lloyd Alter calls "a beautiful shed in a dome" and "more of a land yacht than a shed".



Like his shedworking compatriots Roald Dahl and Virginia Wolff, Oldham uses his small shelter to find the isolation he needs to work.



More info on original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/tiny-backyard-pod-for-shedworking-in-medieval-english-town/



Archipod: http://www.archipod.com/en-gb/index.php



Nicolas Oldham: http://www.mills-reeve.com/nicolas-oldham/



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Coat’s Portable Hugs Make You Feel Loved Wherever You Go

A hug is an almost universally loved gesture that can instantly convey comfort – but what do you do when you’re miles away from everyone you care to hug? This jacket, designed by Si Chan as part of a final project at the London College of Fashion, doles out constant surrogate hugs to keep you feeling warm and fuzzy.

The Hug Me Jacket features five sets of arms and hands encircling the wearer. Over the coat’s zipper, the hands join up in the front and appear to be holding one another in a gesture of friendship or love.

Can a coat like this really help to stave off loneliness when you’re away from those you care about? Maybe, maybe not…but it is a fashion statement that will not go unnoticed, no matter how many caring people are around you.

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