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...if u find me drawing, taking photographs, & tweaking fonts on photoshop...u know i'm solid!

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Important Security Notice from Patreon
October 1, 2015 02:38:24
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Important Security Notice from Patreon

Yesterday I learned that there was unauthorized access to a Patreon database containing user information. Our engineering team has since blocked this access and taken immediate measures to prevent future breaches. I am so sorry to our creators and their patrons for this breach of trust. The Patreon team and I are working especially hard right now to ensure the safety of the community.


There was unauthorized access to registered names, email addresses, posts, and some shipping addresses. Additionally, some billing addresses that were added prior to 2014 were also accessed. We do not store full credit card numbers on our servers and no credit card numbers were compromised. Although accessed, all passwords, social security numbers and tax form information remain safely encrypted with a 2048-bit RSA key.  No specific action is required of our users, but as a precaution I recommend that all users update their passwords on Patreon.


Here are some technical details of the incident:


  • The unauthorized access was confirmed to have taken place on September 28th via a debug version of our website that was visible to the public. Once we identified this, we shut down the server and moved all of our non-production servers behind our firewall.

  • There was no unauthorized access of our production servers. The development server included a snapshot of our production database, which included encrypted data.

  • The development server did not have any private keys that would allow login access to any other server. We verified our authorization logs on our production servers to ensure that there was not any unauthorized access.

  • As a precaution, we have rotated our private keys and API keys that would allow access to third-party services that we use.

  • We protect our users’ passwords with a hashing scheme called ‘bcrypt’ and randomly salt each individual password. Bcrypt is non-reversible, so passwords cannot be “decrypted.” We do not store plaintext passwords anywhere.


As soon as we discovered this issue, our engineering team immediately prevented further access and is now conducting a rigorous investigation of our security systems. We are also engaging a 3rd party security firm to do a comprehensive internal security audit and will be implementing new tools and practices to ensure industry-leading security for our users and their data.


I take our creators’ and patrons’ privacy very seriously. It is our team’s mission to help creators get paid for the immeasurable value they provide to all of us, and earning your trust to provide that service in a safe and secure way is Patreon’s highest priority. Again, I sincerely apologize for this breach, and the team and I are making every effort to prevent something like this from happening in the future.


Jack Conte, CEO/Co-founder, Patreon

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Q: How do I reset my password?


If you log in using your email address, you can reset your password in the Patreon settings page. Under your personal information, click "Change Password." If you signed up through Facebook, you do not have a Patreon password and no action is necessary. 

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October 1, 2015 02:38:24

October 1, 2015 02:04:14
Patreon Q&A
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LYRICS per mikes Q I knew it was right To be alone tonight When I sat here and watched you cry And I don't feel anything I don't I have been frozen Fragile and afraid But still easy to manipulate L...
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October 1, 2015 02:04:14

A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1)
September 21, 2015 23:52:16
A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1) by StarTalk Radio
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https://soundcloud.com/startalk/a-conversation-with-edward-snowden-part-1
Neil deGrasse Tyson chats with whistleblower Edward Snowden via robotic telepresence from Moscow. In Part 1, they discuss Isaac Newton, knowledge and learning, the Periodic Table, encryption and pr...
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A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1)

In this week’s episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson chats with whistleblower Edward Snowden via robotic telepresence from Moscow. The two card-carrying members of the geek community discuss Isaac Newton, the difference between education and learning, and even how knowledge is created. They also dive into the Periodic Table and chemistry, before moving on to the more expected subjects of data compression, encryption and privacy. You’ll learn about the relationship between private contractors, the CIA, and the NSA, for whom Edward began working at only 16 years old. Edward explains why metadata tells the government much more about individuals than they claim, and why there’s a distinction between the voluntary disclosure of information and the involuntary subversion of individual intent. Part 1 ends with a conversation about Ben Franklin, the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the CIA’s oath of service, and government Standard Form 312, which is the agreement Snowden violated.

StarTalk Radio

September 21, 2015 23:52:16

James O'Connor This was a great geek to geek conversation! I loved Snowden's take on self-directed learning.

September 23, 2015 00:12:24 · Reply

Jennifer Wilkerson I'm always fascinated by this guy when he speaks, so many cool topics.

September 23, 2015 15:18:38 · Reply

One Shot network & Lore podcast
September 22, 2015 01:44:29
Patreon Podcast 018 - One Shot Podcast & Lore Podcast by Patreon
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https://soundcloud.com/patreon/patreon-podcast-018-one-shot-podcast-lore-podcast
The One Shot podcast network celebrates RPG gaming & actual plays of campaigns. www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast | Aaron Mahnke's Lore tells true life scary stories. www.patreon.com/lorepodcast The P...
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One Shot network & Lore podcast

Kat Kuhl & James D'Amato's One Shot podcast network celebrates RPG gaming & actual plays of campaigns.www.patreon.com/oneshotpodcast | Aaron Mahnke's Lore podcast tells true life scary stories.www.patreon.com/lorepodcast 

The Patreon Podcast is also available on: iTUNES | SOUNDCLOUD | RSS FEED

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September 22, 2015 01:44:29

Surprise Raku day! Fresh sculpture
September 22, 2015 04:46:11
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Surprise Raku day! Fresh sculpture

What should I name it???

The other day I was at the studio and someone was doing raku and had some extra room. So I quickly glazed this piece right out of the first kiln and got it fired up same day =) I've been saving up to do a whole bunch at once, but this was a perfect opportunity.

I did a time lapse video of making the ball on top. It really reminded me of making tissue paper pinatas in grade school. Still working on that video editing, and the piece is already done! Which is awesome because I hope to have it the gallery grand opening.


Have I gushed about this gallery yet? it's so awesome, I am so honored to have a piece displayed among the great artist's in there. I just want to work super hard and make the best work possible 

Chelsea Mae

September 22, 2015 04:46:11

craig warner Like a forest canopy.

September 22, 2015 04:54:54 · Reply

Duncan Wilson
September 22, 2015 12:23:30
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Duncan Wilson

Support for nearly a year, thanks Duncan!  This one is a detail of a life drawing sketch from late last week. I've just received some new pencils from a friend in Portugal and was testing them out - they make really nice lines.

Ben J Adams

September 22, 2015 12:23:30

Laurence Dea Dionne
September 22, 2015 12:27:01
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Laurence Dea Dionne

Hey, thanks for the love, Laurence! This is a sketch from last Wednesday, using a parallel pen by Pilot.   Still trying to get the hang of them, but really enjoy the line variations and contrast.  

Ben J Adams

September 22, 2015 12:27:01

calastrophe I absolutely love how this one turned out. Gorgeous. My new favorite.

September 22, 2015 12:49:19 · Reply

Ben J Adams Thanks Catastrophe - i really like it too, it's quite.

September 22, 2015 13:27:38 · Reply

Patron Meet and Greet - StarTalk Live! at NYC's Beacon Theater, 9/21/15
September 22, 2015 23:50:26
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Patron Meet and Greet - StarTalk Live! at NYC's Beacon Theater, 9/21/15

Here's a little gallery of schmoozing, signing, and selfies - taken in the green room of The Beacon Theater after last night's StarTalk Live!


"Meet and Greet" is available to patrons at the $50+ monthly level of support. For more photos, see our gallery: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1134709489877052.1073741835.179898892024788&type=3

StarTalk Radio

September 22, 2015 23:50:26

Nathan Scott Wish I could have attended!

September 23, 2015 01:12:26 · Reply

SpaceVR Looks like fun :)

September 23, 2015 03:03:56 · Reply

LIVE Drawing - "One Minute Later" Scarlet Witch VS Ultron
September 23, 2015 12:09:37
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LIVE Drawing - "One Minute Later" Scarlet Witch VS Ultron

Here's an update on last night's "1 Minute Later" themed commission featuring Scarlet Witch, Ultron, Capt America, Iron Man, Thor, Vision and Wonder Man. This is my take on what happens a minute after the scene in the original comic book cover - such an interesting artwork to work on! 


Catch me drawing LIVE at www.twitch.tv/rachtalin in 1hr. Come join me! ♥

Rachta Lin

September 23, 2015 12:09:37

Nieves W Pumarejo Blanco
September 23, 2015 13:33:47
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Nieves W Pumarejo Blanco

A quick study with soft carbon pencils - nice textures on the deep paper.  Thanks for the support, Nieves!

Ben J Adams

September 23, 2015 13:33:47

Flight of the Song A Day Navigator
September 23, 2015 13:56:20
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TimeHopper Fun With Words
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Flight of the Song A Day Navigator

Thanks so much for your feedback on last week's post. Josh Woodward put it this way: 


"Nobody has it all. The best you can do is to use your strengths to muscle your way around the weaknesses."


That's something that it's hard to remember. The other aspect of that equation is that you have to find people to collaborate with who have the strengths that you lack. Finding collaborators like that can be hard. There's a lot of obstacles. For one thing, everyone has their own stuff going on. I'm happy to spend a certain amount of time giving my expertise to friends and colleagues, but ultimately their thing is THEIR thing and my thing is MY thing. Casual collaboration only goes so far. I think all parties have to have skin in the game in order for collaboration to really take off.


I'm trying to get better at this, and find folks to work with who have the time and interest in throwing their lots in with me on a variety of projects. One of those projects is a Song A Day Navigator. The first step on my end was putting together the spreadsheet of every single song (which I had) with every single YouTube link (which I hadn't done before, duh). This gives us a very basic song a day data set that he can work with. Future data points in that spreadsheet would be: lyrics, links to buy, # of views, etc. But the next step for me is to figure out some interesting ways to NAVIGATE that data. I've come up with three so far. One of them is the image above: The Pick A Number system. I'm also attaching images for how I image a "Timehopper" version would look and one that's based on words.


My question to you: Are any of these three ways of looking at Song A Day particularly interesting to you? Can you think of other ways that would be more interesting to interact with this massive catalog of songs?


The person I'm working with is working on his own project that I don't TOTALLY understand, but it has to do with APIs. I think he's trying to make a thing that makes it super easy for anyone to make an API to go with a data set. The idea being, in the case of Song A Day, that he's going to create this API for interacting with all 2400+++ songs that other people can just take and run with. So if you had an idea of how you'd like to organize my catalog, and you just wanted to do it, you could. 


I'm really excited about it.

Jonathan Mann

September 23, 2015 13:56:20

Morning Scribbles # 373
September 23, 2015 14:56:22
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Morning Scribbles # 373

Morning Scribbles are back!  

Chris Ryniak

September 23, 2015 14:56:22

Laura Jolly Yay! And he looks so happy about it ^_^

September 23, 2015 14:59:49 · Reply

Gillian Rafsnider Welcome back! Hope you had a great trip :)

September 23, 2015 16:06:36 · Reply

Take the road moonlight travels
September 23, 2015 19:39:55
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Take the road moonlight travels

"As we pulled over, we watched as the waning crescent passed over the road, lighting up the highway, leading us to our destination...."


Want to know the story behind this photo? Or, want a peek at how this was post-processed? Become an Evergreen Patron to unlock the full Patreon feed. Join the community and find out why Every Moment has a Story...


Thank you all for your continued support! 

AJ Barse

September 23, 2015 19:39:55

Song Challenge: Key Changes
September 23, 2015 21:11:45
SONG CHALLENGE: KEY CHANGES
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqwKWN_CdcY
Get COSMOS! Bandcamp https://andrewhuang.bandcamp.com/album/cosmos iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/album/cosmos/id1039749802 Support my work on Patreon and be the first to get all my new music: htt...
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Song Challenge: Key Changes

"Nothing Was Your Fault" from Cosmos started with a simple drum beat (which it still opens with, in exactly the same form it had when I first put it down). As I started to play with adding chords though I gave myself the challenge of trying to come up with more unusual progressions. This led to a lot of modulation and eventually the decision that it should never rest in one key for more than three chords in a row. There was a lot of back and forth between coming up with the melodies and coming up with the chords that would go beneath them, which is not the way I normally work (usually it's one and then the other) but I'm quite pleased with the results. Hope you enjoy this, and if you want to play along, I put a ton of extra editing into getting all the chord names and piano fingerings on screen!


Thanks for supporting - you bring a lot of joy to working as an artist. xo

Andrew Huang

September 23, 2015 21:11:45

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Sierra Moore This is my favorite track from the album. I love the chord progressions!

September 23, 2015 22:03:27 · Reply

Jess Wagstrom I had no idea you played around with the chords like that, awesome! I'm really digging this album, by the way!

September 24, 2015 00:52:43 · Reply

Matt Good Really cool, highlights what a well written song this is. Do you have a specific way of going through keys like that? I've found perfect cadencing into it works well for me, but this just seems seamless and gives the track a modal feel at times (like the Ab chord in the chorus)

September 24, 2015 11:18:55 · Reply

Andrew Huang This was a mainly lot of experimentation and playing around. I did intentionally try to avoid many standard cadences as I wanted a more unpredictable feeling. A lot of extended chords were brought in to introduce the flavor of a new key, eg. in the chorus I could have gone from a Bbmaj7 to a C, but by making it a maj7 as well it takes it out of the key of F and it leaves you floating in this nebulous space for a bit - are we in C now? Or is it the IV of G? And then the Ab yanks us away to something new again...

September 24, 2015 18:49:31 · Reply

CRAYONS AND INK! :D Lillian Mouse!
September 23, 2015 22:11:49
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CRAYONS AND INK! :D Lillian Mouse!

Devi Ever

September 23, 2015 22:11:49

Today's Vase sideways seaweed
September 24, 2015 05:18:59
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Today's Vase sideways seaweed

So, having some technical difficulties with patreon and picture rotation, I'll fix it when it gets straightened out hehe


I collected some various sea plants washed up on the beach yesterday and collaged them into this vase, along with some more sand. Still in progress, I think I'm going to keep these two in white with some color in the plants on this one, maybe, but taking a break for my birthday tomorrow.


More stinky seaweed shapes coming up next week =)

Chelsea Mae

September 24, 2015 05:18:59

Morning Scribbles #374
September 24, 2015 12:40:32
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Morning Scribbles #374

Shark Suit!

Chris Ryniak

September 24, 2015 12:40:32

Laura Jolly Aww he's a tewwifying little monster! ^_^

September 24, 2015 12:59:34 · Reply

Leetters He's so sneeky!

September 24, 2015 15:55:46 · Reply

Taking the road moonlight travels
September 24, 2015 15:29:45
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Taking the road moonlight travels

Fresh patron supported photography now up-


National Geographic post:

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/6876906/


500px post:

https://500px.com/photo/122769511/taking-the-road-moonlight-travels-by-aj-barse


Thank you patrons for following me on my road less traveled! Thank you for continued support of this PNW artist! 


-AJ

AJ Barse

September 24, 2015 15:29:45

My Life Would Suck Without You
September 21, 2015 14:30:33
My Life Would Suck Without You- Nataly Dawn / Kelly Clarkson
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4_4aXXbiqE&feature=youtu.be
So I guess this is more of an Elliott-Smith-esque-rendition of My Life Would Suck. I guess??? Anyhow Happy Monday everybodies! Also if you like this, you can support my music at http://www.patreon....
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My Life Would Suck Without You

So THANKS to Dave Retan (one of my patrons) for recommending that I cover a Kelly Clarkson tune! I took some liberties with this one. Hope you enjoy. And I'm still keeping all y'all's recommendations in mind for future covers, while I work on the new album :D

Nataly Dawn

September 21, 2015 14:30:33

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Kenneth Plasa Great cover! :) Your version of the song is creating a very pleasant mood, which I really like! Well-done with the video, too!

September 21, 2015 23:29:14 · Reply

Nataly Dawn Thanks Kenneth. Jack likes to argue that the only difference between a Kelly Clarkson song and an Elliott Smith one is production. I think that's a bit of a stretch, but he scores a point on this one.

September 24, 2015 16:40:54 · Reply

Leetters oh so nice...i got goosebumps, Nat! hUg

September 22, 2015 11:37:23 · Reply

Nataly Dawn Aww... thanks!

September 24, 2015 16:41:03 · Reply

sara fosdick BTW i had an old chic band mate come from out of town yesterday and i was playing your solo work through my media room--no video--just the music. We talked a few minutes till she finally said--"Sara, Dude--Who is this incredible voice ?! Give me that thumb drive to drive back to austin with--i'll buy her album when i get home." She knew nothing of you or pomplamoose or patreon--so of course i educated her of your solo career. another BTW -- i heard you mention ART GARFUNKEL'S 'break away' album. I grew up on his harmonies thanks to my omniscient dad. Art has about 9 solo albums if you don't know---the best is 'watermark' --the entire album is full of songs written by JIMMY WEBB. But i am partial to 'breakaway' songs---'i only have eyes for you' and 'disney girls'. Dad is happy with full memory back now btw. If you don't know who Jimmy Webb is then you should do something about that !

September 22, 2015 20:29:20 · Reply

Nataly Dawn Going to check out Watermark. Thank you for that!

September 24, 2015 16:43:22 · Reply

Camping under a PNW Starry Night
August 26, 2015 04:53:39
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Camping under a PNW Starry Night

Fresh up on 500px

https://500px.com/photo/119557269/camping-under-a-pnw-starry-night-by-aj-barse PNW Starry Night Wispy clouds that brought with it, a thunder and lighting show.


Also, don't forget to vote for this shot in this year's Share the Experience photography contest

http://www.sharetheexperience.org/entry/23234809





AJ Barse

August 26, 2015 04:53:39

Chelsea Mae Awesome! This is such a hard shot to get

September 8, 2015 04:59:23 · Reply

AJ Barse Thanks Chelsea! It was especially difficult as about 3 hours after this shot, our camp was soaked from the HUGE thunder and lightning storm that those wispy clouds brought with it...

September 8, 2015 17:11:11 · Reply

Morning Scribbles #366
September 2, 2015 10:08:24
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Morning Scribbles #366

Meowl sees all!

Chris Ryniak

September 2, 2015 10:08:24

GumiPoni Good morning :) I'm diggin' the symmetry!

September 2, 2015 10:27:12 · Reply

Chris Ryniak Thanks! It takes all that I have to not make every drawing symmetrical. I have a thing for it myself.

September 2, 2015 12:01:05 · Reply

Laura Jolly He's a cute little Meowl! ^_^

September 2, 2015 12:07:52 · Reply

Morning Scribbles #367
September 3, 2015 12:09:52
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Morning Scribbles #367

Never Not Sleepy.

Chris Ryniak

September 3, 2015 12:09:52

Ahren Paulson I think you captured this one perfectly

September 3, 2015 14:39:54 · Reply

Kevinci GEnial!

September 4, 2015 00:42:04 · Reply

Laura Jolly But did he finish his homework? :/

September 4, 2015 02:54:32 · Reply

Baby Baby - an Amy Grant cover???
September 3, 2015 18:23:01
Baby Baby - Nataly Dawn covers Amy Grant
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gHevbG_CzE&feature=youtu.be
This is a cover of a song I used to dance around my living room to as a kid. Thanks to the patrons who make my music/life possible. To support my music go to http://www.patreon.com/natalydawn This ...
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Baby Baby - an Amy Grant cover???

Yup. That's right. I did it. Thanks to all of you guys for making this possible. WHAT IN THE WORLD SHOULD I COVER NEXT??? (That's a serious question. I need suggestions.)

Nataly Dawn

September 3, 2015 18:23:01

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Dark Swim Growing up my mom and sister were huge amy G fans. she got a lot of "air time" at our house.

September 9, 2015 03:46:31 · Reply

Joanna Larson You should do some tributes to The Wrecking Crew or Motown studios. The guys who wrote some of the best songs ever written. For inspirations watch two super awesome kick ass documentaries. 1. In the shadows of Motown. 2. The Wrecking Crew Your welcome:) Love baby baby! Brings me back!

September 9, 2015 16:39:28 · Reply

Birke Besides almost every song from "Elbow" the band "Jellyfish" came to my mind to recommend you for a possible cover...

September 22, 2015 10:21:42 · Reply

Baby Baby - mp3 and wav downloads
September 3, 2015 18:25:57
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Nataly Dawn

September 3, 2015 18:25:57

Morning Scribbles #368
September 4, 2015 11:04:03
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Morning Scribbles #368

Deerdog.

Chris Ryniak

September 4, 2015 11:04:03

Angella Powell Well, okay, I think I might have to change my sketch reward to this dandy deerdoggie. I'd adore one in real life, though those impromptu couch snuggles might be a bit dangerous ;)

September 4, 2015 13:01:13 · Reply

Laura Jolly Deerdog!! :D

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