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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Select, Scan, and Upload
A big chore is easy if one does a bit at a time. I don't know why I don't train myself to scan just several old photos every day. Scanning one takes less than a minute. Then, getting 'em online and in The Old Box in an e-Attic takes about the same amount.After having been uploaded, the potential for sharing them is much greater than when they are languishing in the photo suitcase beneath my hanging sports coats.
On Diamond Head in Waikiki, Hawaii in April 1998
Saturday, March 10, 2007
All the Stars that Never Were ...
Perhaps it's the weather? Might it be a way to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder? It does seem that we've fallen into the routine of a short getaway in the spring with a long vacation in the autumn. For example, we've already made plane and hotel reservations for an upcoming break.
We'll go to Los Angeles from May 5th to 12th. There are a fair number of inexpensive tickets from Vancouver. Most, however, stop somewhere first. Having to wait in Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas, or even Phoenix wouldn't be fun. Therefore, when I spotted the direct Air Canada flights on Expedia, I scooped them up. We hope the Ramada near Universal is a good hotel. At least, it's really close to the subway. We like the idea of bucking the obvious and will try to do LA without a car!
I'm standing in the warm Hawaiian waters. Was that spring
vacation really nine years ago? It seems like yesterday.
Labels: Hawaii, travel planning
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Life's a Beach
One side-benefit from turning manic and neurotic due to Flickr, is I'm finally, if ever so slowly, paying attention to my photo suitcase. I've resolved to use a few minutes of my time each day to scan. I find getting the image off paper and into a digital file is quite satisfying. It's nice to get a photo out of a dark storage closet and out onto the Net. It's like I'm setting it free. I am liberating it.
The downside might be having such an abundance of pictures means I may become quite lazy with my blog entries. These weekly pages used to be mostly text and now they've become mostly jpg's. Of course this might all just be a phase.
We've been quite fortunate at being able to walk many different sandy beaches such as those in Bali, Phuket, Kenya, and the Maldives. All the Gulf countries had beaches. Although we visited, we really can't count Turkish beaches as we were there during the winter. Does Juhu Beach of Mumbai count? Of course, we been to most populated areas around the circumference of Sri Lanka. Yes there have been more; for example English Bay in Vancouver, and on the opposite side of the continent, Ft. Lauderdale.
The beach above did stand out for being a bit unique. This newly liberated photo was taken at Waikiki Beach in April of 1998. Now, after nearly eight years of languishing in the photo suitcase, it's available for viewing on computer screens world-wide. This beach was special because it was the only one where I could imagine Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) of Hawaii Five-O running around in a three-piece suit!
The downside might be having such an abundance of pictures means I may become quite lazy with my blog entries. These weekly pages used to be mostly text and now they've become mostly jpg's. Of course this might all just be a phase.
We've been quite fortunate at being able to walk many different sandy beaches such as those in Bali, Phuket, Kenya, and the Maldives. All the Gulf countries had beaches. Although we visited, we really can't count Turkish beaches as we were there during the winter. Does Juhu Beach of Mumbai count? Of course, we been to most populated areas around the circumference of Sri Lanka. Yes there have been more; for example English Bay in Vancouver, and on the opposite side of the continent, Ft. Lauderdale.
The beach above did stand out for being a bit unique. This newly liberated photo was taken at Waikiki Beach in April of 1998. Now, after nearly eight years of languishing in the photo suitcase, it's available for viewing on computer screens world-wide. This beach was special because it was the only one where I could imagine Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) of Hawaii Five-O running around in a three-piece suit!
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Ice is Nice
A few people incorrectly assume that the entire county of Canada stays frozen from August until May. Of course, out on the west coast, Vancouver is affected by the same weather patterns as the US Pacific Northwest. In the Lower Mainland, most winters pass without snow on the ground. Actually, it rarely even freezies due to cloud cover and frequent pineapple expresses. Those are wet weather systems which originate near Hawaii and pump warm, wet weather to our coast.
Last night was clear and cool. It was a degree or so below freezing. I just had to run to the balcony this morning and snap this picture which shows frost!
Last night was clear and cool. It was a degree or so below freezing. I just had to run to the balcony this morning and snap this picture which shows frost!
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
No Don Ho
Rather than actually think of something useful or meaningful to say today, I thought I'd scan a photo. (If I manage to scan one every so often then my suitcase full of aging photos will eventually be digitized, eh?) Here's a picture that was taken in 1998. We took a trip to Hawaii. This is a rental jeep in which we explored Oahu:
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