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Sunday, January 15, 2006
EXIF to the Rescue
A modern digital camera ensures that every picture contains some hidden data. It contains information in a format known as an Exchangeable Image File. This includes all sorts of useful bits such as camera type, aperture size and shutter speed. In the future, it'll most likely contain GPS data to make identifying outdoor locations a snap. More importantly for historians, as long as the device's time is set correctly, there's a date and time stamp too!
I have managed to begin scanning old photos so they can be stored online at A Box in the Attic on my Flickr account. The unfortunate thing is almost none of these pictures have date information. It's no problem if it's from a specific vacation, as I can check my records for the month and year. I've discovered that most can be problematic though.
Until my job here, I had taught in Dubai the longest. I arrived in the UAE in August 1991 and left in June 1996. My photos, during these years, were never organized. None have a printing date or handwritten information on the reverse side. The scan above is a good example. I know it was a party with college staff but I haven't a clue as to the exact year!
I have managed to begin scanning old photos so they can be stored online at A Box in the Attic on my Flickr account. The unfortunate thing is almost none of these pictures have date information. It's no problem if it's from a specific vacation, as I can check my records for the month and year. I've discovered that most can be problematic though.
Until my job here, I had taught in Dubai the longest. I arrived in the UAE in August 1991 and left in June 1996. My photos, during these years, were never organized. None have a printing date or handwritten information on the reverse side. The scan above is a good example. I know it was a party with college staff but I haven't a clue as to the exact year!
Friday, January 21, 2005
Not Crossing the Line
Apparently, I'll have a three-day weekend.
BCIT : : breaking news & alerts : : labour update
The labour dispute isn't with my union but we won't cross the picket lines set up by BCGEU Support Staff. As a contractor employee, I'll have the chance to reschedule classes. Yet, this will certainly throw a monkey wrench into my finely-tuned course schedule!
BCIT : : breaking news & alerts : : labour update
The labour dispute isn't with my union but we won't cross the picket lines set up by BCGEU Support Staff. As a contractor employee, I'll have the chance to reschedule classes. Yet, this will certainly throw a monkey wrench into my finely-tuned course schedule!
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Just Count to Ten
To further the scrapbook analogy in yesterday's entry, I went hunting on an old, backup-data CD. I decided to fix my sights on something written a decade ago. I was working in the United Arab Emirates at that time. I discovered a complete sub-folder of posters and promotional material that I'd created.
The Higher Colleges of Technology System allowed me a tremendous amount of freedom to explore computer communication. I ordered Galacticom's The Major BBS software which later morphed into Worldgroups. Many newcomers will not remember the days of computer Bulletin Board Systems and cranky, 2400 bps modems which could potentially interfere with a computer's serial mouse. By now, working in ANSI and RipScript is certainly a lot art too. All these were well before widespread adoption of the Internet. I spent far too many hours tweaking and supervising . . .
The ELECTRONIC FORUM Online!
I found this notice that I wrote in February 1995. It looks like a list of names of 'long-lost' colleagues. This should allow me to burn up a bit of processing time with Google today.
H.C.T. Staff Accounts are automatically deleted after five months of inactivity. Just log on frequently to keep your account up-to-date.
Abdulla Almarzoqi, Aladin Zayegh, Andre Corbeil, Andrew G Nagorski, Angela Rickett, Anne L. Andres, Athol Dixon, Aziz El-Mutwalli, Barbara Kelly, Basel Badran, Behjat Al-Yousuf, Bobby Mehta, Brenda Bates, Brian Edwards, Bridget Hayes, Carl Haigh, Cecile Blackett, Chadli Belabi, Chandra Sekhar, Charles Richardson, Cheryl Fernandes, Chris Laithwaite, Chris Maloney, Columba Mealy, Coreen Dolan, Dave Tinker, Debbie Bartlett, Dennis Campbell, Dennis Hurd, Dine Lahcen, Ed Gunal, Ed McLean, Farhan Mahmood, Fraser Robinson, Gamini Weerasekera, Gary Theal, Heather McLean, Helen Davies, Hildy Benham, Homa Bina, Hoor Azami, Humayun Qadri, Hung Tan, Iain Kelly, Iftikhar Hussain, Imad Ramadan, J. Gibson, Jamal Shehab, Jamila Qawi, Jill Marriott, Joe Lindsay, John Innanen, John Moran, Jonas Amoapim, Jonathan Wilde, Joseph Yang, Julie Powell, Kamal Karim, Karen Lanphear, Ken Nichol, Khalil Khouri, Kirk Dowswell, Krishna Udupi Diggavi, Larry Garrett, Lorin Ritchie, Lorraine Zaccheus, Mahesh Nileshwar, Marcia Hijaab, Margaret Power, Marilyn Murphy, Mark Derro, Martin Greenwood, Maureen Godfrey, Maureen Szulczewski, Melanie Cranko, Michael Cross, Michelle Hinckfuss, Mike Friganiotis, Mike McPherson, Mike Thompson, Moayyad Mohammad, Mohammed Darr, Nabil A. Mahmoud, Nabil Marshi, Nagwa Abou-El-Naga, Naima Shaikh, Naser Hachem Nasri, Nigel Corroon, Nigel Ingram, Omar Ahmed Bafaqih, P.M.Rajasekaran, Patricia Bosma, Paul Coulson, Paul Mace, Peter Morley, Philip Thornhill, Prakash Basrur, Richard Day, Richard Naccarato, Richard Roshay, Rob McTavish, Robert Fournier, Robyn McDowell, Roger Noujaim, Ronnie AlMeida, Saleem Raza, Sally Edwards, Samuel Shanks, Sanjeev Ananth, Shabbir Ali, Shankar Subramanian, Shoukath Ali, Sian Walters, Souad Al Chalabi, Stella Caudill. Steve Shorb, Steve Woodward, Suad Mannaa, Sue Crosby, Suhail Manzoor, Sundari Balasubramanian, Susanne McMahon, Suzie Nicholson, Talal Sadi, Terence Cooke, Valerie Clarey, Vanitha Swaminathan, Venkat Prithviraj, Ziad Yasmine.
The Higher Colleges of Technology System allowed me a tremendous amount of freedom to explore computer communication. I ordered Galacticom's The Major BBS software which later morphed into Worldgroups. Many newcomers will not remember the days of computer Bulletin Board Systems and cranky, 2400 bps modems which could potentially interfere with a computer's serial mouse. By now, working in ANSI and RipScript is certainly a lot art too. All these were well before widespread adoption of the Internet. I spent far too many hours tweaking and supervising . . .
I found this notice that I wrote in February 1995. It looks like a list of names of 'long-lost' colleagues. This should allow me to burn up a bit of processing time with Google today.
H.C.T. Staff Accounts are automatically deleted after five months of inactivity. Just log on frequently to keep your account up-to-date.
Abdulla Almarzoqi, Aladin Zayegh, Andre Corbeil, Andrew G Nagorski, Angela Rickett, Anne L. Andres, Athol Dixon, Aziz El-Mutwalli, Barbara Kelly, Basel Badran, Behjat Al-Yousuf, Bobby Mehta, Brenda Bates, Brian Edwards, Bridget Hayes, Carl Haigh, Cecile Blackett, Chadli Belabi, Chandra Sekhar, Charles Richardson, Cheryl Fernandes, Chris Laithwaite, Chris Maloney, Columba Mealy, Coreen Dolan, Dave Tinker, Debbie Bartlett, Dennis Campbell, Dennis Hurd, Dine Lahcen, Ed Gunal, Ed McLean, Farhan Mahmood, Fraser Robinson, Gamini Weerasekera, Gary Theal, Heather McLean, Helen Davies, Hildy Benham, Homa Bina, Hoor Azami, Humayun Qadri, Hung Tan, Iain Kelly, Iftikhar Hussain, Imad Ramadan, J. Gibson, Jamal Shehab, Jamila Qawi, Jill Marriott, Joe Lindsay, John Innanen, John Moran, Jonas Amoapim, Jonathan Wilde, Joseph Yang, Julie Powell, Kamal Karim, Karen Lanphear, Ken Nichol, Khalil Khouri, Kirk Dowswell, Krishna Udupi Diggavi, Larry Garrett, Lorin Ritchie, Lorraine Zaccheus, Mahesh Nileshwar, Marcia Hijaab, Margaret Power, Marilyn Murphy, Mark Derro, Martin Greenwood, Maureen Godfrey, Maureen Szulczewski, Melanie Cranko, Michael Cross, Michelle Hinckfuss, Mike Friganiotis, Mike McPherson, Mike Thompson, Moayyad Mohammad, Mohammed Darr, Nabil A. Mahmoud, Nabil Marshi, Nagwa Abou-El-Naga, Naima Shaikh, Naser Hachem Nasri, Nigel Corroon, Nigel Ingram, Omar Ahmed Bafaqih, P.M.Rajasekaran, Patricia Bosma, Paul Coulson, Paul Mace, Peter Morley, Philip Thornhill, Prakash Basrur, Richard Day, Richard Naccarato, Richard Roshay, Rob McTavish, Robert Fournier, Robyn McDowell, Roger Noujaim, Ronnie AlMeida, Saleem Raza, Sally Edwards, Samuel Shanks, Sanjeev Ananth, Shabbir Ali, Shankar Subramanian, Shoukath Ali, Sian Walters, Souad Al Chalabi, Stella Caudill. Steve Shorb, Steve Woodward, Suad Mannaa, Sue Crosby, Suhail Manzoor, Sundari Balasubramanian, Susanne McMahon, Suzie Nicholson, Talal Sadi, Terence Cooke, Valerie Clarey, Vanitha Swaminathan, Venkat Prithviraj, Ziad Yasmine.
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