Well I'm having fun with my iPhone and it's helping me with my mapping project even though it doesn't always put images on the map correctly. I think that has more to do with other signals in the location throwing off the GPS. I'll get that sorted out, as it always seems to happen in particular areas - I'd say the mapping is spot on 90% of the time.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Storm Watch
Well I'm having fun with my iPhone and it's helping me with my mapping project even though it doesn't always put images on the map correctly. I think that has more to do with other signals in the location throwing off the GPS. I'll get that sorted out, as it always seems to happen in particular areas - I'd say the mapping is spot on 90% of the time.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Hombre del Sol
For me, it's nice to look at these from time to time (and believe me, that's not too often).
It's a review of where I've been, and gives me some ideas of where I can change. It's also amazing how much technology has changed. Even in the last five years. We can do so much more now. Just think.... where will we be in another five years?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Rise and Shine
Camera technology is so much better now, also you get better image control in post processing if you shoot in camera raw.
I do my best to send along a photo from my dark ages. Of course they are "as is", even though I do my best to do a bit of cleaning up of the images. You can't do too much more processing on these old jpg's though, as you will degrade them.
Anyway, just some random thoughts on old images.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Evening Shadows
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Trash
1. You can't fill out a time card
2. You have staff to send and receive email for you
3. You think budgets are something someone else is responsible for
4. You hire someone to help you with your calendar
5. You are never on time for a meeting or work
6. You are always bent over
7. You spend more time on vacation than working
8. You have an overbearing sense of entitlement
9. You need someone to answer the phone for you
10. You are the weakest link in your organization
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
When your luck runs out
Friday, October 10, 2008
iStockphoto
I continue to learn and value my association with this outstanding microstock agency.
Arlington Theatre
I've been playing with some software for the iPhone called Charlie. It's an application that works with flickr that gives you a nice and very functional interface in which to manage your account and images.
I have to say that I like the software. It's very easy to install, set-up, and use.
When it comes to uploading a photo I've noticed that it seems to remove the exif data (most of it anyway). It does keep the GPS data and does a nice job of getting uploaded images on your flickr map, but this is if you upload the image from where it was taken and just after taking it.
If you upload the image at a latter time, it will use the location and time that you make the upload from, which would put the image elsewhere on the map.
I could be wrong about this and there may be a setting that would keep the orinal photo location and use that whey you upload.
I know that when I've taken a photo with the phone and emailed it to myself and posted it later flickr saw the exif data including the location, but it didn't automatically use that data to map the image.
So, for the time being there's going to be a tradeoff. Map images myself and keep exif data, or upload just after taking an image and get an image automatically mapped sans most of the exif data.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Harbor Patrol
Just a knock off shot. I'm testing out the Charlie software for the iPhone to see how well it works. It's too early for a verdict, but I will share the fact that I tried this earlier and it indicated that I was taking pictures in the middle of a freeway.
I don't think that was the fault of of the Charlie software, it's where my phone thought I was standing. Lucky for me the phone was wrong.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Charlie for Flickr
This looks like the flickr app to use if you've got an iPhone. It's called Charlie and can be found in the app store.
Tech Support (revisited)
On October 3, 2008 - My computer at work was "fixed" by our IS Department. It took 13 months to for them to fix it, but it did get fixed.
The actual fix took less than 30 seconds to make, it was the waiting for them to do the work that was the hard part.
Go figure.
And people complain about government (and rightfully so).
If you want something done....
Morning Palms
I've been playing just a bit with the camera on the iPhone. It's not meant for serious photography, but it does serve a function. I like the fact that it adds GPS data and if you think about the subject matter and compose your photos with the limitations of the camera it works fine.
My next goal is to look into some blogger software fro the phone.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Beached
I'm not complaining. I was happy when I saw this boat on the beach, though the owners were not too happy about it.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Danger Ahead
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Burning Down the House
Lone Oak
And they are doing this for "main street"? Huh, they aren't listening. We don't want to throw good money after bad.
Knock it off already! You've done enough damage!