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Inhabitat » Ice Sculptures Mark 100 Days Until Copenhagen Climate Summit - http://www.inhabitat.com/2009...
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Iván Abrego, Kol Tregaskes and dafire liked this
Twistory Adds Your Tweets to Your Calendar - AppScout - http://www.appscout.com/2009...
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Sean Oliver, Rubin, Steve and 87 other people liked this
"Twistory supports Thunderbird, Google Calendar, Apple's iCal, and any other application that supports feeds using the iCalendar format. This means you can even download your Twitter posts to Microsoft Outlook or any other Web service you use to keep yourself organized. The service stays on top of your Twitter feed and adds your new tweets instantly, so it's not a one-time export that you have to repeat every time you say something new."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Would be nice for it to not be web-based. Or rather: Would be nice if someone makes some sort of script equivalent that could be run to create an ical file or something.
- Jalada
Hmmm well I've added the calendar feed to GCal, but nothing's showing up. It's not working for me on this end :(
- LANjackal
It's working now. Guess it took a while to import all my Tweets :)
- LANjackal
Cool idea :)
- Svartling
I had is for some months, but it laid a heavy load on the functioning of iCal. And I realized I never ever read them back or something. It was just cool it exists.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Twistory archiving of your Twitter updates to e.g. GoogleCalendar is better than nothing, though I find that the lack of back-link to the original Twitter status, as well as any links in the tweet not being clickable from the pop-up view in GCal are a major drawback. I have been importing my tweets into Tumblr (via the RSS feed), and it solves those two issues, though it's definitely...
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- Alex Schleber
Is there another way to sort/search my own Friendfeed (or Twitter) by date? I have Friendfeed going to Twitter, then Twistory, then Google Calendar already, but it skips some days.
- Kamilah Gill
Loving this mash
- Majento
Great，i try and share it
- 阿石
Great, I wish emails can be sorted out this way.
- TrafficBug
I've been using this for a while now and overall its pretty good, but then sometimes it just randomly stops working for a day or more. Probably a symptom of being a web-based product.
- LuluGirl896
from Viigo
I have used this for about a year, intersting to go back.
- Sean Oliver
Google Calendar に反映されレ無い日がある。
- Mrs.Hiromi
No sync with Google Calendar since last Tuesday. Is Twistory down?
- lelapin
I really like this. Been using it for quite awhile with GCal
- Melanie Reed
really a nice idea
- Ian Yang
Importing Tweets into GCal will be very useful. Now my public Calendar will be updated, as well as a hard copy synced to my iPhone calendar :)
- CannonGod
Being an INSANE iPhone fanboy I'm amazed to say that... *deep breath* I'm really digging my new Android phone!
dafire and rowlikeagirl liked this
Who is Edward Przydzial and Did He Issue a DMCA Takedown Notice over the Joker/Obama Image to Flickr? - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Iván Abrego, Grant Bierman, Kol Tregaskes and 15 other people liked this
sheesh, this story is getting crazier and crazier.
- Thomas Hawk
indeed
- sean percival
Wow. This is taking more or a soap opera turn lately.
- ChiliMac
Here's an easy little test. Create a LiveJournal post today. Tomorrow edit the post from today by adding another image to the bottom of the post. Wow I have just rewritten history!
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
yeah, the fact that he posted it to live journal in October is kind of meaningless given that you can edit an entry after the fact.
- Thomas Hawk
Very interesting! Nice detective work Thomas.
- Jeff P. Henderson
So looking through Edward's photo stream on Flickr, I see photos that were more than likely not shot by him. For instance http://www.flickr.com/photos... or http://www.flickr.com/photos... The second even says it's an AP photo in the description. All are listed with all rights reserved Copyright. Doesn't this violate Flickr's TOS?
- Jeff P. Henderson
Here is his Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Jeff P. Henderson
such an interesting developing event......love the detective work!
- dafire
Not sure why, but I find the idea of a Heavy Metal Republican a bit funny. :)
- Travis Koger
hardly topical anymore...
- sofarsoShawn
interesting.. traces back to Photobucket page http://bit.ly/DACQh for user detroit_01 AND here is the EXIF data showing the image was created December 25th 2008 Jeffrey's Exif viewer http://bit.ly/3tG2pP
- David Sanger
Just posted this update to my blog: Update: I received a reply back this morning from Przydzial to my Facebook message asking him if he filed the DMCA takedown notice against Firas and if he is claiming ownership to the Obama image. Here is his reply back to me: "i do not own the image. time magazine photographer does... i am the "creator" of said image not firas whatever. i posted them...
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- Mrsth
2nd update. I think I'm done with this one for a while. Update #2: I just received back a second reply facebook mail to my reasking Edward the question as to whether or not he filed this DMCA takedown notice and this is what he replied:"i'm finding you have already posted a blog about me, made your assumptions and printed all type of trash that has been deemed harassment. the links to...
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- Mrsth
Your first comment on this post TH is definitely ringing true. BTW did you know you were posting as your better half ;)
- Travis Koger
opps, I always forget to log her out and log myself back in when I'm working from home.
- Thomas Hawk
Well, so either Edward or Firas is lying. Based on all of the information I have read, it is not clear who is the actual author of the image. I wonder if we will ever find out?
- Jeff P. Henderson
Giant Coconut Crab (birgus latro) - http://www.magazine13.com/giant-c...
Kim, Alex, amygeek and 60 other people liked this
"The coconut crab, Birgus latro, is the largest land-living arthropod in the world, and is probably at the upper limit of how big terrestrial animals with exoskeletons can become in today’s atmosphere. The species inhabits the coastal forest regions of many Indo-Pacific islands, although localized extinction has occurred where the crab is sympatric with man. Generally nocturnal, they remain hidden during the day and emerge only on some nights to forage. Their body is divided into four regions; the cephalic lobe, forepart, trunk, and opisthosoma. It is a highly apomorphic hermit crab and is known for its ability to crack coconuts with its strong pincers to eat the contents. It is the only species of the genus Birgus."
- April Buchheit
from Bookmarklet
Man that's creepy.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
creepy, yes... but how's it taste?
- Jim in Real Time
Like coconut, I'm guessing. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
JESUS CHRIST, IT'S A COCONUT CRAB! GET IN THE CAR!!!
- Ladybug Heather
Wow! That is crazy. Cool creature
- Jim Goldstein
from iPhone
RUNN!!!
- AJ Batac
*cries*
- Derrick
You have to wonder at the first few people to look at that and say to one another "lets eat it"
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
They are VERY good to eat, one of my favorite foods from our sailing trip. The only problem is I'm a lobster fan myself so I went straight for the tail. It is filled with a brown goo I called butt butter.. it tastes like smokey peanut butter mixed with saltwater. The claws are fantastic.. better than lobster!! You have to be VERY careful they can snap your fingers off . You better be careful not to overfeed those cure little hermit crabs you all have.. cause that is what you will get!!
- Chris Myles
reminds me of the heads crabs in Half-Life. :)
- Bryan Lee
Heck yeah, I'd eat that :] That's the capybara of the arthropod world.
- Kamilah Gill
Freaking mutant creatures. *Looks for shotgun.*
- Danny Minick
They _climb trees_.
- Andrew C
THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! MUST HIDE!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
I never liked playing Half-Life to being with because of the creepy crabs. Now I know they're REAL.
- G. Sigh
Kill the zombies by shooting them in the head!
- Great Scott!
They can't eat you if you make them dead!
- ha3rvey (Ho)^3
want!
- Private Sanjeev
I wonder how fast are they... I would stare at it for hours.
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I wonder how much coconut flavour the meat has.
- Andrew C
Not much but it does soften the meat. It's the best darn arthropod meat I have ever tasted. hmm first time I've ever used arthropod and meat in the same sentence. When you kill them (machete into the soft under belly) nothing but coconut liquid comes out (the clear stuff not the milk). Anyone ever tried a coconut apple (the foam that forms inside after a coconut starts to sprout)? yumm!
- Chris Myles
Imagine having these for sashimi...
- imabonehead
This is where even a hammer makes no difference
- Jeunelle Foster
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! run! :)
- dafire
They mostly come at night, mostly.
- Adi
Nuke the sight from orbit - it's the only way to be sure.
- Great Scott!
Who is Edward Przydzial and Did He Issue a DMCA Takedown Notice over the Joker/Obama Image to Flickr? - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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dafire, Rob Haas and Jeff P. Henderson liked this
The Haunted Mansion - Nathan Schroder - http://www.mymodernmet.com/profile...
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Shendy Patricia, Anna Haro, Jami and 14 other people liked this
With dark, elaborate schemes lit up by antique chandeliers and candlelight, Nathan Schroder whisks us away to a far and distant land. It's natural to feel a bit disturbed in his haunted mansion; a place that is home to wild animals that we cannot tell are real or fake, and mischievous characters that look to be straight out of murder mystery novels. Nathan Schroder was born in 1973, in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. His parents brought him to Texas at a young age. After studying Psychology at The University of North Texas for 3 years, his professors saw his photographic work and stressed to him it was obvious this was his passion, not psychology. "I realized later that I really was much more interested in neurology than psychology. It's how the brain works that fascinates me, not why people do the things they do."
- Emma
from Bookmarklet
I love nathan schroder!
- esther ♥ ♫
Absolutely gorgeous!
- Nia
Jill says: "Sup?"
Yunus Tunak, ÉllbeeÇee, FFing Enigma (aka Tina) and 2 other people liked this
Goodbye, FFGIWHQ
Peter, Patrik Johansson, joneilortiz and 95 other people liked this
hehe cute bike.
- Bryan Lee
Seriously? :(
- Mona Nomura
GIW? GW = Global World?
- Chris Myles
Global International World
- Shannon Jiménez
wow that fluorescence would get me down.
- anna sauce
Well, we did pack up our things and go home...
- Kevin Fox
:(((((
- Anne Bouey
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."
- Brian Chang
Must be bittersweet.
- Mike Doeff
i can see why they took the money :)
- Robert Littlejohn
That was quick.. no messing around!!
- Chris Myles
they killed kenny...those bastards.
- Josh Haley
Good luck!
- Courtney Skay
That is history. Thanks for sharing.
- Rob Schieber
:/ damn! Well good luck. Remeber the Steve J's life, you can came back and buy the whole company =)
- siniradam
boo-urns ...
- David Kim
@Mike, yup. Bittersweet is a good way to put it. It was a great office, as was the one before it, and I'm sure the next one will be too. :)
- Dan Hsiao
Don't throw away the Fluff... FF will always share a special place with (f)F in my heart
- Mike Sego
{{{ HUG }}}
- Susan Beebe
from iPhone
Good luck Dan. I'm expecting great things from you guys in your new home.
- Mike Doeff
加油，再创辉煌！
- 阿石
Yeah, No pressure Dan, but we are all watching... haha. Sigh. Must be bittersweet.
- anna sauce
:-((
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Josh +1
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
a big hug. I just passed through it. it will come better.
- Eta
:-( Best of luck with Facebook, guys!
- Ladybug Heather
:(
- Roberto Bonini
facebook'un sıcak kollarına girince eski büroyu kapatıyosunuz tabi hibinolar
- şafak O
I think my wife has that bike!
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Aww. :(
- Tyson Key
Are you ALL just moving or are you all leaving the company?
- Keith Rowland
Caption Time - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Wulffy, LB - not a snow bunneh, ilter Kalkanci and 24 other people liked this
WUT U DOIN OVER DER?
- Alex Scoble
What do you mean i can't have the cheeseburger!
- Wizetux
"7...8...9...10! YAES."
- Brett Kelly
where's my pants?
- Trent Olson
TEH GUNN IZ GOOD!!1!
- Joe Silence
O CAPTIN, MUH CAPTIN!
- l0ckergn0me
Kitty Poise & Deportment Class
- Spidra Webster
Am I tall enough to ride the rollercoaster now?
- Kenton
Yo, That chipmunk keep lookin at me all weird iz gonna be a problem
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mere Cat Manor.
- Bryan Zirkel
GTFO! MA HOUSE FOO!
- nfan12
don' make me get all bipedal on your ass!
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
"go ahead..............I dare you"
- echostreamer
To Be.... Or not to be..
- Scratch5150
oh good call Scratch5150 - this definitely screams for a LOLCAT version of Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet ... "WAREZ U AT, JULEZ"
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
"letme see, what's on the other side of the GFW?"
- maona
My God, it's full of catnip.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
WUT HAZ BEN SEEN CANT HAZ BE UNSEEN!
- Josh Haley
OMG... Note Overload on flickr pic! CAN HAZ SEE TV NOW! WAIT, MUST TURN AROUND.
- Tim Hoeck
That's a fine example of quality taxidermy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Give me teh remotez it iz time for my favorite shoz Meerkat Manor"
- Geoff Schultz
DO ANYBODY NO WAREZ MY ROMEO?
- Mistletoe Glen
I FOUNDZ A HOOMAN VIAGRA BUT I ATED IT.
- Josh Haley
I can see clearly now....
- R. Ferguson
Oh Geez! I wish i hadn't seen it!
- maona
imgfave images
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Jordi Rivero, *Tiffany Diamond*, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and 20 other people liked this
It's a live action Tom and Jerry
- Ciaoenrico
Hehe!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Git Em! hehe love the kitty kitty :)
- The Catz Meow
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
run mouse, RUN, :o
- chaz2b
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I sooooo love this picture.... I still feel like the kitty in it.... come here mouse mouse mouse
- The Catz Meow
CATSTARE - http://www.misrule.org/friendf...
Andrizzle Gizzle, Derek van Vliet, Molly, New Ears :P and 157 other people liked this
NO, SIR. I HAVE *YOU* IN *MY* EYE.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from Bookmarklet
Must... hide.... but.... can't... move... hand.....
- Ladybug Heather
Damn I just flipped back to firefox and I got a cat staring at me. I'm now freaked out.
- Chris Rivait
Now that is a cat I'd have
- Mo Kargas
Shhhhh! It's trying to tell me something...
- Josh Haley
EXORCIST!!! aaaaaaaaahhhh!!
- Susan Beebe
holy freakin cow! so funny. :D
- vijay
redrum, redrum. (So much Awesome!)
- AJ Kohn
I have been annoying my WoW guild mates for months in the forums with this avatar. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Yikes.
- Steven Perez
I would like to meet that cat.
- Rochelle
I think that cat has already met you...
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
- Dave Martin
that cat is creeping me out. his eyes go right through me!
- BEX
catstare.gif FTW! This cat has been in our livingroom for an entire week.
- veo
this is why I'm a dog person.
- marthalib
Stares the crap out of that hamster.http://au.youtube.com/watch...
- Will Higgins™
I'd worry when I was sleeping if that cat lived in my house.
- Thomas Hawk
Freaks me out!
- Mike Reynolds
lolwut?!
- ax0n
woah! Have you joined the cat room yet?
- orionstarr
lolcats
- Noah David Simon
"I gonna kill you.."
- Kristian Salonen
I can't help but stare back at crazy kitteh every time this post pops up. Gah! lol!
- Carmen - Happy 2010!
Seriously. Would you people stop liking/commenting on this? It keeps popping up to the top of my stream and I have to stare at it again.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nothing wrong with that.
- Jordan Hofker
Sorry ^^" ...AGAIN, muhahahahaa!
- Kristian Salonen
Akiva: No problem.
- Chris Baskind
Ok, that would freak me out.
- Jason Shultz
I have seen this a million times on myspace for years... we all have I'm sure. it is just great to comment here because then we can snag new people that are stupid enough to comment. ....you were the one who posted it Akiva. Fresh Fish for the TROLLS... hey Igor... 86 likes here means the bounty is ours. mo ha ha ha ah Fresh fish were looking at the stupid cat.
- Noah David Simon
Let's convert everyone to Trollism! ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
now you know why kitty is paying attention
- Noah David Simon
STARING CAT IS STARING
- Akiva Moskovitz
I've already liked this!
- veo
creeptastic!
- CAJ, somewhere else
Sleep well, cameraman...sleep well...
- Craig Durling
I want to like this again.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
If it just raise its paw, it would be a perfect Maneki Neko (japanese beckoning cat - good luck symbol)
- Gilgamesh
I don't think that this cat wants you to have any good luck.
- Akiva Moskovitz
NOT AGAIN!
- Steven Perez
he is a mesmerist!!!
- Mauricio Businari
Happy Caturday !
- johnpiercy
O_O
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Go away, scary munchkin cat!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Is this a moving image fakery? I think the cat's head is CGI.
- Marg Uerite
"I know he didn't just call me a Ho?!"
- Carlton Hackett
I've got one thing you'll understand (Dr. Feelgood)/ he's not what you'd call a glamorous man (Dr. Feelgood)/ Got one thing that's easily understood (Dr. Fee lgood)/ He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
- Christopher Harley
NEVER FORGET
- Akiva Moskovitz
Augh! I hate those round-headed Japanese domestic cat breeds. Bleagh.
- Spidra Webster
*sniff* one of my first animated gif experiences on FF evar.
- Josh Haley
It's the only animated GIF I'll actually tolerate.
- Akiva Moskovitz
but...but...so many gifs!
- Josh Haley
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I want animation on my desktop, I'll grab a window and then whip it around the screen with my mouse.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It seems to be the only animated gif that doesn't crash my browser, too. COINCIDENCE?!
- joey
LOVE IT! Can't believe I missed this back in November.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
I feel so guilty about...something
- s t e v e
One of the Classics ,,
- johnpiercy
that cat freaks me out every time!
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
STILL THERE!
- Christopher Harley
geezus that's still freaky
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
New digital album format doesn't have a prayer - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
dafire and Leo Lincourt liked this
"Digital downloads free us from bundling practices that we never liked in the first place."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
Flickr = Censorship - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Chrys, Kol Tregaskes, MikeDeal / ZoneDancer and 30 other people liked this
Based on the above email it would seem that Flores' account was terminated because Flickr alleged that he was hosting photographs that were not his. But Flores tells a different story. When I contacted Flores about this issue he said, "I have been a professional freelance photographer for the last 10 years. All the content/images that were posted in my Flickr photostream were all my work, creation and intellectual property." Furthermore all photos in Flores' stream were watermarked with his own personal copyright information. It is hard for me to see how Flickr could make a mistake of deciding that these photos did not belong to Flores.
- Thomas Hawk
Not cool. Not cool at all!
- ChiliMac
Yahoo should be more careful. they're begging for users to export all their pics somewhere else. xC
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
In response to adoniel's thread on the forum: "Kevin (staff) says: Hello- this is best handled via Help by Email, not the Help Forum. Thanks." DUH-UH!! actually they never answered his emails. After a while their robots will start ignoring you too. ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
I still find it unbelievable in this day and age of blogging, Twitter, FF and instant communication (and distribution) of such poor customer service stories that Flickr/Yahoo continue to hide behind their wall of silence. Any other "brick & mortar" store would have long closed for business (or been sued) with such behavior. At least in a store you can physically speak to someone, and not have these e-mail bots or anonymous CS censors.
- Nils Sandin
This is just ridiculous. Flickr is seriously sucking and is currently making ANY other service look better. ;)
- Travis Koger
Calm down, Andrew. Your service Zooomr isn't exactly the shiniest around. My advice is to put some more time on getting Zooomr back on the road and stop bitching about Flickr all the time. It's getting boring.
- Rutger Blom
@Rutger, do you actually think that this post has anything to do with Zooomr?
- Travis Koger
@Travis, no. did I indicate that? I'm just tired of Andrew picking on Flickr all the time. It's like he is obsessed with it. I think he is out of line especially as he is the CEO of Zooomr.
- Rutger Blom
from email
@Rutger, Censorship and photographer's rights, generally, is an obsession with TH as far as I have seen. I have no problem with him paying out on flickr for this type of activity. It happens too often and something needs to be done about it. As for being CEO of Zooomr, I cannot recall the last time TH actually referred to Zooomr since 'the incident' and when Zooomr moved to Japan.
- Travis Koger
@Travis, what do you really know about those cases where Flickr accounts were being closed more than Andrew's assumptions? Don't you even for a minute consider the possibility that something more is involved?
- Rutger Blom
...and this is why I still associate Andrew with Zooomr: http://www.zooomr.com/about/
- Rutger Blom
@Rutger, I absolutely think about it. I have no problem with flickr enforcing their rules as per their T&Cs and in the cases where it is justified, fully support them... seriously. However from what I have seen, and guaranteed I have not seen it all, the flickr enforcers have done this too many times where it has been in error and their procedures and application functions makes it...
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- Travis Koger
Re the Zooomr about profile, check out the last time that was updated. If TH is still involved in a capacity there, fine. However I am really talking about the last time TH actually pushed Zooomr. I know that pre 'the incident' and the move he was all about flickr sucks, move to Zooomr, but I haven't seen that type of post in a very long time.
- Travis Koger
Rutger, re: Zooomr, it's sort of on autopilot at this point unfortunately. I had much larger plans for it originally as a way for photographers to enter into the stock photography market where the photographers actually got the bulk of the money but Kristopher and I had a difference of opinion about the future direction, he moved to Japan and I haven't talked to him in months. I sent...
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- Thomas Hawk
Not good at all!
- k00pa
By the way, I do think that one thing that the whole Zooomr experience has taught me is how absolute a hold and a monopoly Flickr has on the photosharing community as a whole. For better or for worse, Flickr is it. Because they could care less if they lose customers or not at this point they treat them very poorly. From censorship to deleting accounts to not responding to email...
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- Thomas Hawk
Is there any group on Flickr where this is discussed yet?
- gwendolen
There are lots of protests groups on Flickr gwendolen. They usually just end up mocked by flickr. We usually talk about these cases in DMU every time they come up. Here's the thread on this case there this time: http://www.flickr.com/groups...
- Thomas Hawk
Thanks for the link Thomas.
- gwendolen
Many of these cases also frequently show up in the Flickr Help forum as well, but Flickr usually locks the threads there as fast as they can in order to try and silence those who might be critical. In this case Flores posted in the Help Forum twice and both of the threads he posted in were locked by Flickr Staff.
- Thomas Hawk
I'm physically very far away from Flickr and their staff so I can't say anything about them, but the network in general feels very static and I certainly do not feel that warm welcome family feeling at Flickr as I feel on SmugMug. Flickr feels like an authority you shouldn't mess with. That said, it is the Flickr members that make the service. The social part of Flickr is still unique and can't be found anywhere else.
- Rutger Blom
from email
Troll?? Please go and hide somewhere. I respond in whatever way I want to whatever I want. If that is too upsetting for you block me, "dude". >
- Rutger Blom
from email
@Rutger, when I first read your original post mentioning TH's real name etc, I had the same thoughts as Sean that you were trolling. The fact that you stuck around to discuss changed my mind though, now I just think you have a different point of view. ;)
- Travis Koger
from iPhone
Not trolls but people with own opinions that have the guts to express how they feel and think write like that. That obviously upsets you and some others.
- Rutger Blom
from email
I'm no troll and I'm not trolling. I like and respect the author of this topic. Been following him on many networks for a long time and I'm very impressed by his photography. I got upset when I saw this topic this morning and reacted. That's all.
- Rutger Blom
from email
Who is Andrew?
- Peter
Peter, I'm pretty sure it's this guy: http://bit.ly/h9D6
- James Myatt
The Dunsmuir Estate’s No Photography Policy Sucks, Oh Yeah and So Does Their Bait and Switch Admission Scam - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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Владимир, John, Morton Fox and 23 other people liked this
It's like Hot Tuna's no audio/taping policy...when are these people gonna get it?...They might be able to stop it for now but eventually the equipment is going to get so good they can't step it...
- Tyler Sid
the thing that bums me out is that if you are going to have a no photography policy, you should make that information available both on your website and also at the ticket box office. Seems to me that they'd rather not discourage people from visiting with an unfriendly no photo policy but are more than happy to deny you that once your inside and have shelled out your money. Of course today was supposed to be a free family day too but apparently free means $18 to these folks.
- Thomas Hawk
And this bad publicity for them.. is gonna be more than $18 !! on a bettter note... did the kids have a good time?
- Rob Sellen :o)
actually the kids didn't really like it inside. They were bored and kept wanting to leave. They had a croquet set up outside though and my oldest son and I Jack played croquet there and he liked that part. They didn't want to stay very long after that though and wanted to get home so we left.
- Thomas Hawk
I was pretty bummed inside carrying my camera around and not being able to use it though so some of my negativity might have rubbed off on them.
- Thomas Hawk
aw well.. at least you know where to NOT take them next time ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
I can't understand why Dunsmuir would ban photography (unless it's flash photography of fragile objects). I agree with you that the policy should be clearly stated on all publicity (web, answering machine, ticket office, fliers).
- Spidra Webster
exactly, Rob, and so will a lot more people now that this report shows up on on the first page Google search results for "Dunsmuir Estate." At least other photographers won't be blindsided by their no photography policy going forward. I hope they change that though.
- Thomas Hawk
OUCH ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Spidra, it's typical proprietary BS. They dump you off at the end of the tour in their gift shop. They'd rather you buy their photos than take your own. It's too bad though because it's an interesting old house and I think a good strong set of images profiling their property on say Flickr would be good promotion for them, especially since they rent the house out for weddings and people considering that could get a better idea what the place was like that way.
- Thomas Hawk
They will learn the hard way now lol ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Yeah, that was the only reason I could figure. I haven't managed to get to the Dunsmuir in 20 years of living in the Bay Area. Wasn't sure how many postcards & books they had to flog. Still, every time I go to a museum, even major ones, they don't have pictures of the things I liked the most.
- Spidra Webster
The good news is that lots of museums are in fact coming around. More and more are opening up their permanent collections and liberalizing their photo policies. You used to not be able to take photos at the SFMOMA, now you can.
- Thomas Hawk
Spidra, I agree on that for sure. It means so much more to me to be able to shoot exactly what I see and what I want, and how I see it, than to buy somebody else's postcard in the gift shop. It's a far more meaningful experience and I probably wouldn't even have been put off as much by the bait and switch admission thing if I at least could have gotten that out of it.
- Thomas Hawk
So if you have a wedding there, are you not allowed photos of your wedding?
- Tristan Seligmann
Tristan, I'm sure you are. I can't imagine they'd prohibit that. But then again, who knows. Maybe they insist on it being their photographer or something and it's another way to extract more money out of people.
- Thomas Hawk
You know another interesting thing that I thought was funny about the whole thing was that on the tour they tell you that all the paintings are on loan from the Oakland Museum of California. Of course the Oakland Museum of California is a museum that allows photography.
- Thomas Hawk
I hope that this incident persuades them to change their no photo policy. Seems ridiculous to not allow it especially since they could not provide any valid reason for it. I'm also curious to hear their response to you being chared $18 on a 'Free' day.
- Jeff P. Henderson
The house looks beautiful from the outside. Seems like if they are strapped for cash, as most non profits are these days, that they would go out of their way to be nice to patrons. If I attended a Free event and really enjoyed the experience, I would consider giving them a donation, buying a membership or at least visiting again on a regular admission day.
- Jeff P. Henderson
So if they rent out the house for weddings, do they still have a no photography policy? Seems unlikely and quite arbitrary! (Sorry for the dupe comment, hadn't read Tristan's comment yet before posting.)
- Jeff P. Henderson
At least you paying the $18 has been beneficial to everyone else in that you have exposed another silly product of merchandization (is that a word ;)). Looking forward to seeing how this one will pan out. I HATE gift shops at the end of a tour and whilst I am happy to donate to to these types of institutions I would never 'donate' to gift shops as they should not be encouraged.
- Travis Koger
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+1 Scott
- James Myatt
The Dunsmuir Estate has responded to this post and have said that they'll issue a refund as well as that they are considering opening up the property to photography in the future. I updated my blog post on this with their emailed response.
- Thomas Hawk
good stuff. ;o) so the kids may get a better day out there next time, without dad being "grumpy" about not being able to use his arm...I mean camera. ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Did they say why they charged for the kids when their invite was free to 11 & under?
- Mrsth
they didn't say, they chalked it up to miscommunication with their ticket takers I think. A refund is on it's way in the mail.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas thanks for all you do to promote access to photographers.
- Alan Morris
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So pretty!
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My cat occasionally goes in the sink but he always sleeps under the sink, he never sleeps on beds or chairs :)
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Dang, beat me to it. "Luke, i am your toast"
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Silly kitteh wanted to tweet X)
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Awkward conjunction of terms; Baby Seal & Club.
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