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The story of the horsey



100_0318, originally uploaded by silwenae.

10 years ago (doesn’t seem that long ago), I was working in Maryland, the first time I was in management.

Our Video Supervisor, Dave, made me this horse as a present, it was a hobby of his, when Alex was born.

Alex wasn’t a big rider, but Dave was one of the cooler guys I’ve worked with in all my time at retail. A bit older (especially older than me), he was one of the few that really made me feel welcome after we had moved cross country.

Zoe really likes to rock on the horse, as evident in the grin on her face. Every time she rides, it takes me back to those days, and I think of Dave, one of the best experiences I had for as long as I’ve been with the Company.

Zoe & The Flowers



DSC00040b, originally uploaded by silwenae.

Kelly was out at the housing association, and Zoe wanted to look at the flowers. A stranger happened to be out there and asked to take Zoe’s picture as Zoe looked at the flowers.

You can tell by the look on Zoe’s face she doesn’t know what to make of strangers.

Flickr continues to amaze

Flickr continues to amaze me. What did they do this time? If you had previously bought a Pro account, they have announced Pro users have been given a another year for free, and 2 Pro accounts to give away to friends. In addition, normal Flickr users have had their bandwidth and photo’s doubled, and Pro users have had their bandwidth doubled, and the price of a Pro account is now almost half of what it was last year.

I guess being bought by Yahoo was a good thing. God knows I’ve been very, very happy with Flickr, and this made my day.

Flickr! Acquired! By! Yahoo!

My favorite photo-sharing site, Flickr was acquired by Yahoo this week.

The link to the Flickr Blog has some interesting Q&As about what it means.

While I’m nervous about it, I’m not worried. I hope what they’re saying is true that Flickr will influence Yahoo more than Yahoo influencing Flickr.

Flickr is great for a few reasons:

It’s completely built on Open Source software.

Flickr’s use of Creative Commons

Flickr’s use of social networking to tag photos. (Search for “Packers” some time – you see some great shot of Lambeau during a game).

Flickr’s tools for integrating photos into blogs.

I’m very happy for Ludicorp. Good for them for building a site that works, people like, and being able to make some money for it.

CNet’s News.com did a great story on Flickr, tagging, and it’s acquisition.

Flickr Follow-up

Well, I went ahead and purchased a Pro account of Flickr for this weekend.

In testing the service out I used 99% of my allowed bandwidth (oops!). This jumps me from 10 MB of bandwidth to 1 gig. That should be plenty.

This should be fun, charging the new camera up now.