I’ve been testing some advertising on StumbleUpon lately for Cashboard. The numbers have been decent, so I decided to put a little more money into it.

Unfortunately StumbleUpon uses PayPal for their payment system. I made a payment on my account with them 3 days ago. It shows up in PayPal, but not on StumbleUpon. I’m guessing it’s a problem with their IPN notification system.

What’s even worse is two emails have gone unanswered. Has anyone else had a similar experience?

Update (6/25/07 1pm)

Looks like they just needed a kick in their ass. Mysteriously this morning the funds appeared and advertising was back on.

Power of the blog? Hrm….

I’ve really gotten into StumbleUpon. This is going to make me the internet equivalent of a couch potato.

Anyhow, here’s the straight dope of what I’ve come across in the past day.

• Sweetie Icons for your web site
  • Dope pixel-based icons for free.
• Box Widget
  • Sweet little flash widget for presenting your files anywhere you can paste HTML code.
• Stripe Generator
  • Ever wanted to created a striped background, but didn’t want to open Photoshop? You can do it here… Further proof that you can do pretty much anything on the internet.
• Web Design is 95% Typography
  • Beautiful article about typography and how it applies to web design.
  • Lists common mistakes designers make, and ideas for fixing things.
  • Recommends two kick ass books on typography as well.

...And, if you are a StumbleUpon junkie like me, add me as a friend.