Archive for June 22nd, 2006
You’d want to go back to sleep, that’s what.
A commercial for Folger’s coffee, shown here, linked from Andrew Coyne. Somebody at Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, must’ve had some Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory meets Up With People nightmares.
www.flickr.com/account/prefs/apioptout/
I was talking to someone recently about how programs that use Flickr’s API allow people access to large sizes of your Flickr photos even when you’ve chosen the setting NOT to make larger sizes available.
www.flickr.com/account/prefs/downloads/
This is something to keep in mind if you choose the setting: it won’t stop programs using Flickr’s API from letting people view (and download) larger versions of your photos, even the original file size. I’ve tested it using a plugin on my own site — every size is available, to anyone — but the plugin lets me choose whether to show the sizes links or not.
Opting out of API searches is just one measure. If you don’t want people to download larger resolutions of your photos, the only way to ensure this is to upload only small versions.
Just an FYI, if it concerns you.
When we commit words to a page, we leave something of ourselves to others. Our mortality gives way to a certain immortality, in the words that we use to describe our experiences, words that may be found long after we are gone. Words that may move, enlighten, shift attitudes, or affect others in some way.
I recently discovered the blog of a 33-year old woman who had cancer. By the time I made the discovery, she had just passed away. But her words remained. I read a few entries and was compelled to read more, but I didn’t have time and I forgot to bookmark it. I happened to come across the URL again by typing in the Canadian Cancer Society’s URL and Safari attempted to autofill it, which brought me to her site again. Her family says she requested that the blog be deleted on July 15, so I tried to find a way to archive it so I could read all her entries — the posts that I read were very absorbing. Thankfully, someone took the time to archive the whole thing, and I downloaded it to read later.
I randomly picked a post to read in the meantime, and it was this one:
Elegy for E. Smith, Two Years Too Late (link won’t work after July 15/06)
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