{"id":104,"date":"2025-10-10T16:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/?page_id=104"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:41:48","slug":"membership-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/index.php\/membership-options\/","title":{"rendered":"This blog is private. Sort of&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Please <a href=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/wp-login.php\">log in<\/a> to your account to read posts here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">New here? You might want to start with <a href=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/10\/introduction-to-blog\/\">the first \"intro\" post<\/a>, which can be read by anyone, with or without an account. Then you can consider the options listed below for creating a new account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">Reader: $5\/month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This allows you to read my blog. Wait, what? Who pays anything at all to read a blog? Well, maybe you, if you would be entertained, informed, or maybe enlightened by living vicariously through me as I wander the world while holding down a full-time (remote) job. But if this still sounds ridiculous, you won't get any argument from me, just a suggestion to read the <a href=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/index.php\/why-a-paywall\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6\">paywall explanation<\/a>. (Hint: It's not about money.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"hiker@just-stuart.com\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick-subscriptions\" \/>\n <!-- Instant Payment Notification & Return Page Details -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"notify_url\" value=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/?s2member_paypal_notify=1\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cancel_return\" value=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"return\" value=\"https:\/\/nomad.snakestu.com\/?s2member_paypal_return=1&amp;s2member_paypal_return_tra=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\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"rm\" value=\"2\" \/>\n <!-- Configures Basic Checkout Fields -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"lc\" value=\"\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"no_shipping\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"no_note\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"custom\" value=\"nomad.snakestu.com\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_style\" value=\"paypal\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"charset\" value=\"utf-8\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"Reader (basic access to read posts)\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_number\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <!-- Configures s2Member's Unique Invoice ID\/Code  -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"invoice\" value=\"6a30d2cf94b26~216.73.217.70\" \/>\n <!-- Identifies\/Updates An Existing User\/Member (when\/if applicable)  -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on0\" value=\"Originating Domain\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"os0\" value=\"nomad.snakestu.com\" \/>\n <!-- Identifies The Customer's IP Address For Tracking -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"on1\" value=\"Customer IP Address\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"os1\" value=\"216.73.217.70\" \/>\n <!-- Controls Modify Behavior At PayPal Checkout -->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"modify\" value=\"0\" \/>\n <!-- Customizes Prices, Payments & Billing Cycle -->\n <!--<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"amount\" value=\"5.00\" \/>-->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"src\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"srt\" value=\"\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"sra\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <!--<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"a1\" value=\"0.00\" \/>-->\n <!--<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"p1\" value=\"0\" \/>-->\n <!--<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"t1\" value=\"D\" \/>-->\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"a3\" value=\"5.00\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"p3\" value=\"1\" \/>\n <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"t3\" value=\"M\" \/>\n <!-- Displays The PayPal Image Button -->\n <input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_xpressCheckout.gif\" style=\"width:auto; height:auto; border:0;\" alt=\"PayPal\" \/>\n<\/form><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"border-top-width:2px\">Caffeinator: $10\/month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">You want to read my blog\u2026 <em>and<\/em> buy me a coffee once a month? Or more often, if I go for the cheap stuff? I love you! (OK, no wedding plans now, let's not take things too far.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Granting yourself the Caffeinator label allows you to read my blog and send me DMs. That\u2026 doesn't sound like something I would pay extra for. Are you sure? I recommend a lower tier, and there's only one, so the choice should be easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But, hey! You do you, as the saying goes. I do like my coffee\u2026 and espresso-based drinks, even if that just means straight espresso. (Too few people seem to recognize the value of this. Pumpkin spice\u2026 what? 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Who would pass up on having their name sent to my paltry online following for $120K\/year?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Me. Yep, that would be me. 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