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― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:08 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.rotovibe.com/images/huntington/109_0943.jpg

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:11 (twenty years ago) link

Where is that Spencer? I want to go there, flip the room over, and dance on the lighted tiles.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:20 (twenty years ago) link

haha, It's the Huntington near Pasadena. You can almost make out The Blue Boy on the right.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:28 (twenty years ago) link

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-09-26%2014.31.36%20-0700/Image-4FD73064100211D9.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:32 (twenty years ago) link

Kind of a private affair, really. Don't click at work,though.

― Bloody Old Guy, Friday, 1 October 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link

that is horrifying... clicked at work... i sit in front of an old man who reads over my shoulder... very awkward... my own fault, really.

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

Jesus.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link

People always click at work. Even when you tell them not to! Sorry, firstworldman. Did the old man over your shoulder happen to notice?

― Bloody Old Guy, Friday, 1 October 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://www.amtexoil.com/city.jpg

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link

xpost - i kind of hope he did notice to be honest

needs a reason to stop looking

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://www.amtexoil.com/colors.jpg

please work? what's the size limit?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:49 (twenty years ago) link

hmm.... fuck

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:49 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.amtexoil.com/et.jpg

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 21:51 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.amtexoil.com/window.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/strip.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/shelley.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/or.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/fair.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/colors.jpg

http://www.amtexoil.com/city.jpg

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 22:09 (twenty years ago) link

lots of those photos are really really great, fwm.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:07 (twenty years ago) link

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wadh1786/water.jpg

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:12 (twenty years ago) link

The ET one and the dancer one especially.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:20 (twenty years ago) link

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/tagsarelames.jpg

― zappi (joni), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:32 (twenty years ago) link

thanks gravel : )
o the joy of a digicam

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:32 (twenty years ago) link

I go to the Standard sometimes!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:33 (twenty years ago) link

my computer got sick last week

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/tron1.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/comp1.jpg

― zappi (joni), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link

more computer sickness

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/comp2.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/comp3.jpg

― zappi (joni), Friday, 1 October 2004 23:45 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.geocities.jp/tfkyg294/dogpants.jpg

― Laura E (laurae55), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:19 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.geocities.jp/tfkyg294/nonsense.jpg

― Laura E (laurae55), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:20 (twenty years ago) link

Just to be predictable...

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-09-28%2018.54.03%20-0700/Image-FE40F6E111B911D9.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.geocities.jp/tfkyg294/sunrise1.jpg

― Laura E (laurae55), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:28 (twenty years ago) link

Here;s a few:

http://home.att.net/~o.nate/whitney.jpg
http://home.att.net/~o.nate/sinatra.jpg
http://home.att.net/~o.nate/tobacco.jpg
http://home.att.net/~o.nate/river.jpg

― o. nate (onate), Saturday, 2 October 2004 01:50 (twenty years ago) link

firstworldman: Your pictures are... stunning. Stunningly beautiful, that is.

zappi: Your pictures remind me of Nick Rhodes' Interference!!

Laura E: That bit of Engrish is PRICELESS. *applause*

I need to take some more pictures. Now that I've actually got a regular camera back up and running, which is good, because I got SO TIRED of one-time-use only cameras.

― Ever-Ready Daisy Chain (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 2 October 2004 03:24 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.amgmedia.com/freephotos/pencil.jpg
http://www.oshmans.com/graphics/product_images/p612205reg.jpg
http://www.briski.us/Backpacking/gear/towel.jpg

― oops (Oops), Saturday, 2 October 2004 05:56 (twenty years ago) link

First world man, where is this again:??

If I'm not mistaken, that's the place I've been to once before and can't remember the frickin' name of and have tried several times to remember!

― fez, Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:01 (twenty years ago) link

I'm cheating too as this was last year:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/Lidodoor.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 2 October 2004 15:20 (twenty years ago) link

http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/graflady.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/BayBridge.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/Gas.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/devilchild.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/Gherkin.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/Candy.jpg

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Sunday, 3 October 2004 21:34 (twenty years ago) link

Haha! So much for formatting.

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Sunday, 3 October 2004 21:35 (twenty years ago) link

i miss london. and i am here. for now

― the great doxology of heckmondwike town (gareth), Sunday, 3 October 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/Thames.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/ghostbed.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/babicakes.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/jovi.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~saellow/parctree.jpg

― Tous Les Garcons S'Appellent Little Lord Travolta (nordicskilla), Sunday, 3 October 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link

spencer: i love the standard when i have money... otherwise $17 johnnie walker does not suit me well.
daisy: thank you very much
fez: the pictures are from these places in this order, as i'm not sure which one you were referring to:
lake powell
oakland bridge
rooftop of the standard hotel, downtown la
rooftop of the standard hotel, downtown la
muni bus, san francisco
orange county fair
orange county fair
downtown la skyline

more to come today

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:40 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/jel2004/pepsi.jpg

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:45 (twenty years ago) link

http://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0409_london/stratfordcarnival.jpg

Carnival band and dancers, Straford Shopping Centre, East London, Sat 25 Aug 2004

― Brigadier Rainham Steele, Mrs (blueski), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:08 (twenty years ago) link

http://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0409_london/epping.jpg

Epping Tube station, Sat 25 Aug 2004

― Brigadier Rainham Steele, Mrs (blueski), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0409_london/eppingmysterytower.jpg

mysterious tower, epping

― Brigadier Rainham Steele, Mrs (blueski), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/chrisnvicky/park1stoct04.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v413/chrisnvicky/park21stoct04.jpg
the park from our bedroom window, 1st Oct 04

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago) link

Venice Sept 04:

http://static.photobox.co.uk/public/images/09/90/12780990.s.jpg?ch=3&rr=22:41:04

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:25 (twenty years ago) link

http://static.photobox.co.uk/public/images/09/93/12780993.s.jpg?ch=3&rr=22:41:05
http://static.photobox.co.uk/public/images/10/14/12781014.s.jpg?ch=3&rr=22:41:44
http://static.photobox.co.uk/public/images/10/23/12781023.s.jpg?ch=3&rr=22:41:50
http://static.photobox.co.uk/public/images/09/99/12780999.s.jpg?ch=3&rr=22:41:09

― Vicky (Vicky), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago) link

Mine was the West Indies cricket team and a Pepsi cart.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.amtexoil.com/bar.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/bulbs.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/circles.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/facepaint.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/faces.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/flowers.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/mirror.jpg
http://www.amtexoil.com/tree.jpg

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 4 October 2004 17:36 (twenty years ago) link

zappi, what program were you using to generate those images?

― firstworldman (firstworldman), Monday, 4 October 2004 17:50 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.geocities.jp/tfkyg294/itisgreat.jpg

― Laura E (laurae55), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/kitka-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/feather-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/our-lady-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/weld-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/e-blur-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/e-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/rch-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/photos/use-risk-s.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:47 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/renart/tiburon.bmp

― Nemo (JND), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v131/renart/cow.bmp

― Nemo (JND), Monday, 4 October 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/ggbridgefog.jpg
ihttp://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/sealions1.jpg
http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/sunlightmuirwoods.jpg
http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/sangregoriostatebeach.jpg
ihttp://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~bshurb/lunacrap!/sangregorio3.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Monday, 4 October 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/mouse1.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/mouse2.jpg

― zappi (joni), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago) link

oops
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/mouse1.jpg http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/mouse2.jpg

― zappi (joni), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:07 (twenty years ago) link

also, the only time i've wished i still eat meat recently was when i saw this in a window yesterday.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jo.bhosle/pictures/piewich.jpg

― zappi (joni), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:09 (twenty years ago) link

fwoah....

― Remy (x Jeremy), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 03:50 (twenty years ago) link

Laura, I take it you live in Japan.

http://www.engrish.com

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 03:57 (twenty years ago) link

http://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0409_london/pentonsunset.jpg

Sunset at Pentonville Heights/The Chapel Bar - venue for Club Popular, Sep 30 2004

― Senor Embargo (blueski), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:10 (twenty years ago) link

http://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0410_london/oldstreetrainbow2.jpg

Evening rainbow over Old Street, Oct 5 2004

― Senor Embargo (blueski), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:11 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0410_london/oldstsunset.jpg

Sunset, Old Street, Oct 5 2004

ihttp://base58.com/pics/_myphotos/0410_london/stmarys.jpg

Sunset, St Mark's Church, Oct 5 2004

― Senor Embargo (blueski), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 09:12 (twenty years ago) link

What beautiful pix! Luna, I put the sun through the trees photo on my desktop. :-D

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 13:36 (twenty years ago) link

Sarah, if you need a bigger version so it isn't streched out looking, I have one.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link

(and awww... thank you!)

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 15:58 (twenty years ago) link

Pentonville Heights/The Chapel Bar -

Ha! I recognize that place. I've been to Chapel Hill exactly once with my little brother, and we must've driven through that intersection 36 times looking for a parking spot.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 16:45 (twenty years ago) link

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-10-06%2010.43.00%20-0700/Image-1527F1E617BE11D9.jpg

ihttp://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-10-06%2010.43.00%20-0700/Image-1527FF2F17BE11D9.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-10-06%2010.43.00%20-0700/Image-15280C5917BE11D9.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 18:40 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/85-no-exit-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/buildings-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/empire-top-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/fire-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/gate-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/halo-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/joey-ramone-place-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/water-tanks-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/west-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/wilco-sold-out-s.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 October 2004 19:53 (twenty years ago) link

Also a few taken while driving up 6th Ave, using a long exposure, out the side window:

http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/1-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/2-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/3-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/4-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/5-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/6-s.jpg
http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/7-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/long-exposure/8-s.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:05 (twenty years ago) link

Two last ones from dinner:
http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/water-s.jpg http://www.globalhermit.com/nyc-oct2004/wine-s.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:08 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/DSCF0094.jpg

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:16 (twenty years ago) link

ihttp://photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/?action=view¤t=DSCF0037.jpg

let's see if that one's worked

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:30 (twenty years ago) link

The first one was just too big (the image parser here only displays images up to a certain size). The second one seems to have been the non-public version of the URL.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link

http://photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/DSCF0037.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:32 (twenty years ago) link

Sorry about that. Thanks for putting the correct URL up.

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:42 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/ssands.jpg

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:45 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/graf.jpg

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 20:48 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/bruce.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/treefell/room.jpg

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 8 October 2004 21:00 (twenty years ago) link

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:53 (twenty years ago) link

(Larger versions of all of my pics available in the same directories as the ones posted, btw)

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago) link

those squiggles are great sean

but the ones above look to be victims of the resizing - all the diagonal lines look horrible (i think using cubic interpolation when resizing will help)

pics from birfday:

http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/circle.jpg
http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/bulbous.jpg
http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/lewes.jpg
http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/tb1.jpg
http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/tb2.jpg
http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/wharf1.jpg

older:

http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/sky2.jpg

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 11 October 2004 08:17 (twenty years ago) link

and another:

http://home.clara.net/koogy/photos/centre_point_s.jpg

― koogs (koogs), Monday, 11 October 2004 08:18 (twenty years ago) link

i love long exposure night time shots

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/pics/Rio/taxi.jpg

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/pics/carpark1.jpg

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/pics/m11.jpg

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/pics/mroad1.jpg

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Monday, 11 October 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago) link

but the ones above look to be victims of the resizing - all the diagonal lines look horrible (i think using cubic interpolation when resizing will help)

I'll try that...but yeah, they were coming down from 6.3 megapixel images. The larger versions in the directory should look better...just didn't want to put the really large ones here cause they'd blow out the screen.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 14:45 (twenty years ago) link

Hm, actually cubic made them even worse. I'd better look into this further.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago) link

I love these squiggles! What camera do you use Sean?

― Ratchet (nordicskilla), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:28 (twenty years ago) link

It's a Nikon D70, on shutter-priority and set to 15 second exposure (mostly).

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago) link

Email it to me, luna!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 11 October 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago) link

Nice mailbox with the flames, Sean. Where were these taken?

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago) link

That was east of Toronto, north of the 401 somewhere. Can't remember the specific place though!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago) link

http://homepage.mac.com/alexinnyc/.Pictures/Photo%20Album%20Pictures/2004-10-10%2018.56.14%20-0700/Image-86521EAA1B2711D9.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.setel.com/~ccprek/pics/missing.jpg

― Dale Panopticalis (cprek), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/ilm/seun.jpg

http://www.sleeve-notes.com/ilm/vix.jpg

― Tannenbaum Schmidt (Nik), Monday, 11 October 2004 17:40 (twenty years ago) link

Probably too big to display here and lacking people, but recent-ish...

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/NEW0016.jpg
ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/WorldOfPop.jpg
ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/NEW0008.jpg
ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/NEW0019.jpg
ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/NEW0007.jpg
ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v426/Pernfors88/General/698d273f.jpg

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 15 October 2004 16:11 (twenty years ago) link

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago) link

Larger versions:
http://www.globalhermit.com/autumn2004/

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 17 October 2004 22:04 (twenty years ago) link

Took a shortcut today and found an entire alley filled with excellent graffiti:
http://www.globalhermit.com/graffiti

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link

Your photos are fantastic, Sean.

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 08:48 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.rotovibe.com/images/hollywood_garage.jpg

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 19 October 2004 23:11 (twenty years ago) link

Thanks Michael!

Here's a few more taken yesterday:

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 24 October 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago) link

Larger versions here: http://www.globalhermit.com/niagara2004/

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Sunday, 24 October 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/jel2004/twoheads.jpg

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 24 October 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago) link

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