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Pardon our dust – we’re doing a massive update to the shopping cart!

The shopping cart has been having problems of late, you’ll select a flavor, try to add it to the cart, and you get an error. It sucks.

The problem is with the “theme” we are using for the cart – but the developer (who has been very nice and eager to be paid to fix problems) has suddenly decided that: nope, not his problem. So… today I’m switching themes.

That means that a lot of the store is going to be pretty janky for a few hours (or days) as I get all the functionality moved into the new theme. The result should be a lot cleaner and also will be more betterer for mobile users (which account for around 75% of the visitors to the site).

So – if the site looks weird and stuff isn’t where you think it should be: just wait for a bit, I should have it sorted out soon.

In the mean-time, did you know I added zip-up hoodies to the “shirts and gear” page? they’re REALLY nice, bought one myself and Keto Chow made a whole $0.07 on the transaction.

By |2020-02-22T08:17:47-07:00February 22nd, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

It has Arrived: 20% off Chocolate Peanut Butter

I asked my lovely wife if she was crazy this morning. Let me give you some context: we’ve been running sales on various flavors for the last several weeks and every time we’ve done them that particular flavor has sold like crazy. Chocolate Peanut Butter is my favorite flavor of Keto Chow and anyone who says differently is just lying to themselves (or allergic to peanuts). The thought of putting Chocolate Peanut Butter on sale frankly scares me, but she said to do it, so I’ll do it.

We’re talking $60 for a week, $10.30 for a day and $4.80 for a sample.

Here’s where it gets interesting though: The last several weeks I’ve been working on a new shopping cart that should make things moar fasterer. I’m not quite ready to pull down the old cart on thebairs.net but I’m not putting this sale on the old site, only on store.ketochow.xyz – so head on over there to get your tasty, tasty Chocolate Peanut Butter. Also, let me know if you see any problems.

Of note: the build-a-month and build-a-week bundles have been replaced with a bulk discount. Just add 4 (or 7) of them to your cart and you’ll see the discount right there. Should be far less confusing for new customers. I also haven’t gotten around to bitcoin payments yet and I’m still trying to figure out how to do subscriptions on the new site.

By |2016-09-12T13:53:47-06:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Keto Chow|Tags: , , |6 Comments

Credit Card payment via Stripe works again (sigh)

Last week when I was on vacation I spent one morning updating the plugins on my site. It was super fun to do over a cellular connection but that’s vacation. Somehow while I was doing the updates I managed to deactivate credit card payments using Stripe. That meant you could still pay via Paypal, Credit Card (again via Paypal but it’s confusing to look at), and Bitcoin. I noticed that sales were down a bit but I couldn’t figure out why.

Ever been half way through the day and discovered your pants were unzipped? I make it a policy to let people know if I see that. I feel like an old curmudgeon telling a girl that her dress is tucked into her nylons but I figure they would rather know. I know I do!

Anyway So it’s turned back on and everything is happy again.

By |2016-06-30T15:44:15-06:00June 30th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |2 Comments

Site fun, Sous Vide, Stronglifts Update

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Weight Lifting

Been having fun with the site lately. And by “fun” I mean it’s been wonky since Sunday when the two web/database servers were getting hammered hard, load average was up around 50+. (more…)

By |2021-09-20T13:22:53-06:00May 18th, 2016|Categories: Weight Lifting, Keto Chow News|Tags: , |4 Comments

Day 075 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 62 of 82 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 206.2
  • Blood ketones: <0.1 mmol/L

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Day 051 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)

This entry is part 42 of 82 in the series 100 days of keto
  • Weight: 205.5
  • Blood ketones: 0.1 mmol/L

Probably going to I.F. (Intermittent Fasting) until this afternoon, might not though – we’ll see if I get hungry or not. (more…)