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2 billion photos on Flickr
I love social networking photo site flickr. (Owned by Yahoo.)
The picture above, Flickr confirmed via a phone call, is in fact the 2 billionth image uploaded to the site. The photo was taken by “yukesmooks” in Sydney on November 10th with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi. It has the beautifully minimalist title “Picture 098.” …
Flickr says 3-5 million new photos are uploaded to the site daily.
Update: Just as a point of comparison, Facebook has 4.1 billion photos (of drunked women) on their site.
Kelly and Lexi – Honeymoon photos
Lexi and Kelly were married this past summer in Whitehorse, Yukon. We had a terrific time there. THANKS.
Today Lexi posted some photos to Facebook, including this one from their kayak trip on the Inside Passage right after their wedding.
Sitka, Alaska: Facebook | Alexia McKinnon’s Photos – Honeymoon #1 – more photos
Yup, Lexi married this guy … and later in the Fall took a second trip to Hawaii.
After a great day of snorkeling at Hanauma Bay: Facebook | Alexia McKinnon’s Photos – Honeymoon # 2 Hawaii – more photos
Looks wonderful.
Shewchuks in Jamaica
Downtown Ronnie posted a few holiday pics on Facebook.
Kate was propositioned (or something) by these guys:
Ron Shewchuk’s Photos – Jamaica I
Facebook – mostly drunken young women
From the beginning, I’ve noted Facebook photos are mostly young females, well-dressed, usually with alcohol.
You KNOW this is going to cause grief long-term.
There’s very little anonymity on Facebook. Once something is posted, you cannot DELETE easily. It’s been backed-up somewhere.
Why do young women participate when it’s clear photos like this — and worse — will eventual published. (By their “friends”.)
I’m relieved we didn’t have Facebook when I was her age.
One opinion:
“People are perfectly happy to post these sorts of pictures because they recognise that alcohol-related embarrassment will actually improve their social standing.”
The ladettes who glorify their shameful drunken antics on Facebook | the Daily Mail
Obviously social networking is a winner. But I hope Google steps back to see how to do it with privacy and security in place by default.
beautiful thermal geology in Pamukkale, Turkey
Katrina sent me photos of a famous formation in Turkey. For hundreds of years tourists have used them as hot springs. Of course people were damaging the geology. They are protected now.
Hierapolis-Pamukkale was made a World Heritage Site in 1988.
larger original – flickr
more interesting photos of Pamukkale, Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province.
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The effect of this natural phenomenon leaves thick white layers of limestone and travertine cascading down the mountain slope resembling a frozen waterfall. …
Pamukkale is a famous tourist attraction of Turkey. Tourists travel from the coast of Antalya and the Aegean Sea to Pamukkale, it is also recognized as a World Heritage Sites together with Hierapolis. Only a few other places in the world resemble it, including the Mammoth Hot Springs in the USA and Huanglong in Sichuan Province of China (another UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Day of the Dead
In Mexico, November 1st is one of the biggest holidays of the year.
more photos – ABC
The day after The Day of the Dead, I call the Day of the Not Yet Dead.
Real Amber vs. Photoshopped Amber
Amber McArthur is a beautiful woman, one of my geek babes, host of the best Tech TV show of them all: Webnation out of Toronto.
This is well worth checking out …Real Amber vs. Photoshopped Amber
… Greg Danbrooke demonstrated how Photoshop is the real tool behind the perfection we see on magazine covers and billboards.
photos from Mexico – Lake Chapala
Chris wrote from Guadalajara, where he’s a coach with a travelling Cirque du Soleil show.
They made a trip down to Lake Chapala where my parents spent 2 winters. It’s a quiet Gringo enclave.
more Mexico and Chapala photos
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