Sunday, February 14, 2010

Imgur makes photo sharing easy





Talk about web usability!

Imgur, the super popular image sharing site, is very easy, quick, and simple to use. The interface is uncluttered, and the coding makes it incredibly flexible.

For example, I browsed my Pictures on my computer, selected several at a time, and uploaded them in a flash. Then I grouped them into an album initially titled "All Your Vaspers Is Belong To Us". The URL to this album included the title.

But I decided to change the album title to "All Your Vaspers Are Belong To Us", substituting "are" for "is". This is based on the well known geek meme, the phrase "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" is a line in some old Japanese video game, meaning "we've captured all your military bases", but translated awkwardly.

When I edited the album title, the URL also changed, now using the new title, instead of the old title. This was unexpected, for usually, once a URL is assigned to a set of data, it cannot change.

Try out Imgur for yourself. Check out the cool photos people are uploading. Imgur may be the YouTube of images, and, like YouTube, it's getting criticism for indiscriminate file scraping, i.e., people "stealing" images for which they don't own the copyright.

Interview with the creator, designer, and coder of Imgur: "Meet Alan Schaaf".



Click on image below to see "All Your Vaspers Are Belong To Us" photo album.



Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Str8 Sounds how I became an ascetic VIDEO





Str8 Sounds "How I Became an Ascetic"

from "Songs from the Hermit Cave" CD.


Saturday, February 6, 2010

Str8 Sounds beyond the dimension of time VIDEO




Str8 Sounds "Beyond the Dimension of Time"

From "Forever is Almost Here" CD. Click image below for free mp3s:






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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Str8 Sounds "Psalm 46" VIDEO



Str8 Sounds "Psalm 46"

Psalms translation by Robert Alter. From "Eternal Majesty" CD. Click image below for free mp3s: