This morning I got three green lights in a row that are never all green, then I parallel parked perfectly in a tight space, so pretty sure everything today is going to be amazing.

@manton 🍀

@manton by the way, it's a bit unclear, but I decided to try out micro.blog again, not added payment info yet but is there a free trial somewhere? I thought I read there was like a 10 day one or something but I can't see anything...?

@manton - that thing you’ve been too scared to do/start. Do it. Today.

@Ianbradbury Yes!

@jglypt Thanks! We do require adding payment info (to discourage spammers) but there is a 10-day trial. You won't be charged until that is up and can cancel before.

@jglypt Thanks! We do require adding payment info (to discourage spammers) but there is a 10-day trial. You won’t be charged until that is up and can cancel before.

@manton thank you! Will add my info now and see if I use it over the next 10 days :D

@manton just to check, I'm in the UK, do you do the subs in £ rather than $? or maybe Stripe automatically converts it..

@jglypt It's automatically converted by Stripe, yes. We charge in the US dollar and whatever conversion needs to happen, happens.

@manton This means you can deploy Micro.blog updates at 5pm today and sign off for the weekend!

@manton I hope not parallel drift parking, like in this YTvideo. Although that would be epic.

@bobschulties I’m not feeling that lucky!

@renevanbelzen Wow, I don’t think my car is capable of that. 🙂

@manton Maybe you should try pushing to production on a Friday after all. 😆

@jglypt No, Stripe does not convert to your local currency. The card is charged in USD, and if your bank charges a fee for foreign currency transactions, that will cost extra.

When I upgraded to Pro, the fee was higher than the prorated difference amount.

@jglypt @manton
No, Stripe does not convert to your local currency. The card is charged in USD, and if your bank charges a fee for foreign currency transactions, that will cost extra.

When I upgraded to Pro, the fee was higher than the prorated difference amount.

@thosch @jglypt Ah, good to know, thanks. Sorry there was an extra fee! Wonder if there’s a way around that.

@manton
Fist I used the Mastercard from my bank. After I learned about the extra fees, I switched to my Wise Card. The exchange rate is slightly less favorable there, but there are no fees for foreign currencies.