Going Full Time

Lately I have been pondering ways to spend more time working on Tobacco Reviews, and the thing that keeps popping up is how to pay my bills. I have enough ideas and projects for Tobacco Reviews to make a full time job out of it, but as it stands, there is no way to support [...]

More On Industry News

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I have been traveling and haven’t had as much time to devote to Tobacco Reviews as I’d like - gotta pay those bills, you know.
I have been reading all of the comments and suggestions as to the possibility of opening up this little blog to more types [...]

NASPC 2008 Swap/Sell Show, Columbus, OH

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Ratings vs. Reviews - Cast Your Vote

Given the comments on the recent thread about ratings and reviews, I thought it was only prudent to allow you to decide how we proceed on this issue. I have put up a new poll for you to vote on whether or not we should scrap the rating of tobacco blends entirely or not.
Personally, I [...]

Potential New Feature: Industry News Source

In discussing what new or additional things you would like to see this blog cover, one of the big ideas was for this blog to become a source of “inside” news from the pipe and tobacco world. I have a few thoughts I would like to throw out about that idea and get your reaction [...]

What Would You Like To See?

Since so many people have started reading this blog, I am considering widening the scope a bit and posting more than just technical bits about the Tobacco Reviews site here. Before I do so however, I thought I’d make sure that was something you wanted.
So tell me, what sort of things would you like to [...]

Rating Without Reviewing

Ben writes in to ask:
…how exactly does the scoring system work? Can someone rate a blend by stars without posting a written review?
The answer is a bit complex, but it comes to this: yes and no.
“No” because unfortunately, it doesn’t, at the moment, work that way, for reasons that can only be described as silly. [...]