Just another silly song about Flickr's Explore algorithm, which is supposed to select 500 photos each day which have the most "interestingness". This one is to the tune of "My Favorite Things":
Sunsets and meerkats and pandas and kittens!
Rainbows and macros and babies with mittens!
HDR pictures of flowers in Spring!
These are a few of Explore's favorite things!
It's funny how some people get offended when their photos don't get selected for Explore. Folks, it's a computer program, not a human being. And it is definitely not an award for photographic excellence, so don't take it personally!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Aliens on Vacation
When going thru some old photos, I discovered one that I had taken on Pensacola Beach. This beach house has what looks like a space ship on top. After doing some research, I found that it is actually a Futuro home, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the 1960's. When I saw this creation, I assumed that it was one of a kind, but there are others out there. I've added a lot more info under the photo on my Flickr site, so click on the photo and read all about it.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Hey Now, You're a Flickr Star - NOT!
I've got almost 1500 photos on Flickr, and this crappy cell phone photo that I took of a magazine with Tim Tebow on the cover has gotten the most hits.
So I was lying in bed last night, and the Smash Mouth song "Hey Now You're a Rock Star" popped into my head. And then alternate lyrics started popping into my head too. Argggh, I hate it when that happens! So here is the result, tho it might not make sense unless you are involved with the Flickr photo service, and you are familiar with Flickr Explore and the Interestingness algorithm:
Somebody once told me that Flickr will ignore me
I ain't got any interesting stuff
EXPLORE just doesn't love me, and award pools don't invite me
Cuz my Flickr friends don't comment enough
Well the views start coming and they don't stop coming
Used "Tebow" as a tag and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense to get seven hundred hits
On a cell phone picture that ain't worth sh*t
:-)
True story: It all started when I was in the grocery store last fall and noticed a bunch of football magazines with Tim Tebow on the cover. Didn't have my camera with me, so I took cell phone photos and emailed them to Flickr. Actually I only got 699 hits, but rounded up to fit the lyrics.
And for what it's worth, I do have a better photo of Tim Tebow:
So I was lying in bed last night, and the Smash Mouth song "Hey Now You're a Rock Star" popped into my head. And then alternate lyrics started popping into my head too. Argggh, I hate it when that happens! So here is the result, tho it might not make sense unless you are involved with the Flickr photo service, and you are familiar with Flickr Explore and the Interestingness algorithm:
Somebody once told me that Flickr will ignore me
I ain't got any interesting stuff
EXPLORE just doesn't love me, and award pools don't invite me
Cuz my Flickr friends don't comment enough
Well the views start coming and they don't stop coming
Used "Tebow" as a tag and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense to get seven hundred hits
On a cell phone picture that ain't worth sh*t
:-)
True story: It all started when I was in the grocery store last fall and noticed a bunch of football magazines with Tim Tebow on the cover. Didn't have my camera with me, so I took cell phone photos and emailed them to Flickr. Actually I only got 699 hits, but rounded up to fit the lyrics.
And for what it's worth, I do have a better photo of Tim Tebow:
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