Sunday, March 9, 2008

Hey Now, You're a Flickr Star - NOT!


Tebow Magazine cover 4
Originally uploaded by luv2run
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:

Gators vs FAU - Tim Tebow Scores!

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