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Recursive google image search

Jason — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:22:49 +0000

Image paranoia

Jason — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:20:54 +0000

I repeatedly struggle with the seemingly trivial task of managing and organising a single master set of photos. I have photos from the last decade scattered all around different parts of my digital world. The online sites only seem to add another layer of complexity to the mix. Am I alone in this? Duplicates keep popping up, and I’m going to lay the blame on two main things;

1. A casual relationship between photo programs (swapping between iPhoto, lightroom and aperture), and
2. Paranoia over losing images.

Both of these have given me countless headaches! How can I corral these into a manageable bunch? It seems like I spend 2 days every 6 months pruning the duplicates, yet the cycle continues.

Is this common, or are you all that much better than I am at doing this?

Batch Convert Images in OS X

Jason — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:16:09 +0000

This post is more for my benefit than others, but you may in the end find it useful anyway. I’ve recently come across a handy batch conversion technique for switching image formats in a snap;1. Put a load of images in a folder2. Open the Terminal3. cd to the current directory4. type in

mkdir jpgs; sips -s format jpeg *.* –out jpgs

done.I found this one whilst looking for a quick and easy way to switch a folder of .pngs to .jpgs, without needing to download/purchase any additional software – and programming something quickly in Automator seemed like more work than was necessary!If you’re looking for other solutions to this problem, this page had a few other alternatives.Happy converting!

Circa 2001

Jason — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:44:48 +0000

Circa 2001, originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.

Wow time sure goes by fast..

Giant Soviet signs cut into forests

Jason — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:54:28 +0000

Just came across this remarkable post on Strange Harvest;“100 Years to Lenin”, made 1970, SiberiaGoogle mapswhich reminded me a lot of this post on cool crop circles from WebUrbanist;[images via: The Daily Mail + WIRED]

Offshore ft. SO-AD + SC

Jason — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:53:14 +0000

Here’s Offshore, SO-AD and supercolossal – all in one image;

Offshore ft. SO-AD @ Sydney Arch. Festival, originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.

Virtual curtain

Jason — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:45:25 +0000

[Via Yimmy's Yayo]

Sydney Laneway Festival

Jason — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:29:17 +0000

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Undersea Cablescape

Jason — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:41:15 +0000

This image caught my eye this afternoon;[Via Digg]Digging a little further brought up this image also;[Via The Guardian]I’d looked into this some time ago, noting the interdependance of continents on single connection points for their data resources, and this is a good example of that. The bottom image describes two separate incidents in which human sea activity disrupted data cable connections and resulted in major network shutdowns to entire regions. Whilst these events may occur fairly infrequently (I’d be interested to see some stats on the number of incidents in the last 30 years, or possibly just as interesting, stats on how frequently repair crews are scheduled for ‘routine maintenance’), the above images highlight an inherent weakness of the physical internet.Some thoughts come to mind;

Geographical regions as physical storage, or ‘plug-and-play’ Australia?
How do you actually lay/repair cables spanning entire oceans?
Is it possible to target a country’s umbilical data cord, in an act of piracy or terrorism-by-proxy?
What kind of intercontinental landscape has been created under our oceans? If raised, would this undersea network be visible from space?

Ihardlyknowher Flickr Viewer

Jason — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:10:50 +0000

Ihardlyknowher Flickr Viewer , originally uploaded by jason.mcdermott.

Above is a screenshot of my flickr viewer made possible by ihardlyknowher, a flickr-API application developed by Justin Ouellette, who also happens to have been behind the very cool muxtape and (worked at) vimeo. The site description reads;

‘If your Flickr URL is flickr.com/photos/yourname,find yourself at ihardlyknowher.com/yourname’

Ihardlyknowher is a very simple, minimal interface for viewing a Flickr users’ photos, with options to switch between large and small photos for varying bandwidths. Also available are a flickr user’s sets. It succeeds where the Flickr interface doesn’t – it just makes it simple and easy to view a set of photos without any extraneous branding or annoying GUI elements getting in the way.Seems like a breath of fresh air after being continuously frustrated by the Flickr interface (aside from the already mentioned GUI, something’s not quite right I just can’t put my finger on it..).