I take the liberty to forward below message from Ryuji, I am not sure if he is still on this list ..(I suppose not, els he could have posted this himself). I think that his web side as well his contribution has been/are very valuable so if people can help him out on his problem, that would be great! Best, Cor > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryuji Suzuki [mailto:rs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: dinsdag 11 september 2007 5:35 > To: alt-photo-process-l@xxxxxxxx > Subject: Beware of Silvergrain! > > I personally don't run the business aspect at all, but I > occasionally check business records and also enjoy reading > customer comments, etc. So far, I know their pricing is very > reasonable and the customer feedback has been 100% positive. > So, as far as I can see as the licenser of the formulas and > brand name, the business aspect has nothing to do with the > subject line of this posting. > > I have finally recovered, tho only partially, from the heart > attack made by the server management company that disappeared > without any warning. Like you read on Nature and Pubmed > database, red wine has been particularly effective on this > one. So I have started to work on restoring the site contents > from the most recent AVAILABLE backup. The thing is that the > most recent available backup is too old and it is something > I'm reluctant to show to the world again. But I have no > choice, after seeing so many emails requesting to put the site > back up. The site design also changed considerably, but the > most recent backup is before all these major changes. > > So I thought to ask... since many people offered help... > > When you see the site back up, please compare the date of your > local copy and see if it's newer than what's on the restored > site. A lot of lost work was made in May through August of > this year. If you have a page that's newer than the restored > page, I want a copy of it, please. Please mail such material > to rs+web@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I can handle HTML, plain text and > PDF most easily. Just attach them or use tar or zip and then > attach. The volume of emails I handle is pretty large and I > appreciate you use this address (rs+web) that goes into a > separate folder that I check when I work on the web site. > > I have a few important deadlines in my non-photographic life > in next few months, and so I can't promise much on "when" > aspect but I'll slowly work on updating the site and > re-implementing the updates I made previously. But until then, > please use my website carefully... the shit's old. > > Meanwhile, I've also got some comments about ebay from people > who got same or similar experience... They recommend to be > persistent in sending complaints to ebay and request to > reinstate my account. Well, see below for what I have to say. > > P.S. My work is in this: > > http://www.tremont647.com/fashion.html > > If you live in Boston area, please check it out... > -- > Ryuji Suzuki > http://silvergrain.org > "I'm as mad as hell and I am not going to take this any more." > (Peter Finch as Howard Beale, Network, 1976) ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.