Zoo 2
Tue Jan 06, 2009 08:47 (UTC -5)Yesterday, while my friends were moving back to their dorms/apartments and getting ready for classes, I was still at home, checking out Miami Metrozoo with my mom and my sister and my friend Amanda. It brought back memories of the last time I visited, which was a few years ago. I didn’t bring my camera then, but I did this time. I’m glad I did. I think this trip made me realize that I should have a Flickr account. I’ll see what I can do about that.
I’m going back to school shortly, so instead of me writing stuff, here are a few pictures.
A white tiger and two regular tigers lick each other in the shade. Yes, my descriptions of animals are so majestic.
A zebra eats hay.
This is me standing in front of a giraffe. The original photo is pretty underexposed, but I managed to touch it up so satisfactorily that I think I’ll write a tutorial about how I did it.
An African elephant. It actually was kind of red like that over most of its body. I guess it was dirty.
There were quite a few tanks of marine animals as well. This is a stingray or some other kind of ray.
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative mapping project. It’s the Wikipedia of maps. It sounds like a cool idea, especially because the maps are licensed under a generous Creative Commons license, but I wouldn’t rely on them for navigation.
Grooveshark is a site that allows you to listen to music for free online. It’s slightly well-known at the University of Florida because it’s based right there in Gainesville. Their PR guy spoke at a Florida Free Culture meeting last semester and explained how the site was run. It was pretty interesting. Now you don’t have to go to YouTube to get that song you don’t have a copy of out of your head.
8 comments
#1 by Andrea: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:42 (UTC -5)
You should get a photobucket. I have one!
#2 by Kirsten: Tue Jan 06, 2009 15:19 (UTC -5)
You should totally get a flickr account – more social networking and a place to store photos! And I must say that your photos are very good.
#3 by Jordon Kalilich: Tue Jan 06, 2009 20:39 (UTC -5)
Thanks, Andrea and Kirsten. Flickr is classier than Photobucket, in my opinion. It’s got the social aspect – comments, tagging, and what not – and I like that users can specify that their photos are released under a Creative Commons license. A lot of great pictures have been added to Wikipedia that way, and who knows how many photos I’ve taken that Wikipedians (and everyone else) might find useful?
#4 by Andrea: Tue Jan 06, 2009 21:01 (UTC -5)
Flickr has a small posting limit, which turns me off.
#5 by Jordon Kalilich: Tue Jan 06, 2009 21:02 (UTC -5)
What do you mean?
#6 by kristen: Tue Jan 06, 2009 21:09 (UTC -5)
the giraffe is actual size.
#7 by Daniel: Tue Jan 06, 2009 23:45 (UTC -5)
100 mb up per month, for a free account.
Pro is $22 ish per year, and unlimited uploads. That’s what she means.
#8 by Jordon Kalilich: Tue Jan 06, 2009 23:51 (UTC -5)
Oh, I had no idea. Is there a limit to how many photos you can have with a free account?