A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
Tag Clouds are a common feature of websites based on "folksonomies". At a glance, a casual viewer can see not only what interests that author, but the intensity of that interest. Take, for example, the following tag cloud from an anonymous Flickr user: The size of the font indicates the number of times that … Read More “Triple Tags and Cloud Clutter” »
Red, White, and Blue OK, so I lied. Here’s another that was added to the Nikon Stunning Gallery. This makes number 6. I’m surprised they accepted it since it was redone with HDR. There was no way I could get the bright blue sky balanced with the deep red maple leaves otherwise. [tags]Nikon, HDR, digital … Read More “Another Stunner” »
In the last post I mentioned discoveries in Flickr, which is a Yahoo company. It seems that Google has also been making noises about a product similar to Flickr. As reported on the Google Earth Blog, Picassa Web is now available in beta format. Furthermore, Google Earth can be used to geotag Picassa images directly. … Read More “Google Conquers the World” »
I’ve come across a couple of cool things on Flickr lately. First, user "aemkei" has created a cool new bookmarking applet that geotags photos. The interface is slick, and automatically creates the tags based on an address that has been input. The developer said that he is working on a way to generate the tags … Read More “Cool Flickr Discoveries” »
Jury duty yesterday, voting today – I guess I’ll pretend I’m a citizen or something. We voted as Republicans in this bastion of conservatism. Unfortunately, that’s about the only way we have any say in who will govern. It’s more a matter of strategic "voting against" rather than "voting for." Our governor (and former Furman … Read More “My civic duty – part 2” »
Laura has been called for jury duty many, many times. It seems I never get called — until now. Today was my first day of duty. Don’t worry, I’m not going to divulge any juicy details, and I’m not even going to mention the case. I don’t have to serve because I know one of … Read More “My civic duty” »
What do you call 500 bagpipes at the bottom of the ocean? A good start. When played correctly, and from a safe distance, the sound can be chilling. Up close and personal, it sounds like someone trying to run a bandsaw through a cat. Today we went to the first annual Highland Games at … Read More “I hate bagpipes. I really do” »
The Greenville News has done a much better job of covering this crime. It hasn’t gotten the headlines of the Souers case, but at least it’s not being relegated to a back page. I actually inquired about this, and received a response from Beth Padgett at the News. She pointed out that two days passed … Read More “Nishan Huff follow-up” »
This morning our preparations began in earnest for our trip to the British Isles later this summer. First, there was passport renewal, expedited to make sure they get here before departure. The process seemed much simpler than when I got m first passport years ago. Laura began looking online to make travel arrangements, and we … Read More “From England to Scotland” »
The news has been full of the murder of Tiffany Souers. Huge headlines in yesterday’s Greenville News proclaimed "Suspect Captured!", and today the headline told of Jerry Inman’s confession to the crime. In this morning’s paper, tucked away back on the third page of the Metro section, was the news of the murder of Nishan … Read More “Yes, but what about the others?” »