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Image Searching

Tim — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:05:05 +0000

This shouldn’t come as a surprise: using Yahoo! Image Search, photos from Flickr abound; using Google Image Search, not so much.

For example, a simple search for “Tilley hats” yields two Flickr photos on page 1 in Yahoo and more on every subsequent results page. Missing from the results (at least the first 5 pages) are any images from Picasa Web Albums.

The same search on Google doesn’t yeild a Flickr photo until page 3. The surprising thing is that the first Flickr photo is only two spots behind the first Picasa photo.

(Perhaps the most surprising result of all is the photo in the second row on the first page of Yahoo!s results.)

(Search results are based on a search conducted May 7, 2008.)

Ice Skating

Tim — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:45:47 +0000

Neither Sarah nor I have ice skated in who-knows-how-long, so we decided to the our 2 1/2 year-old to the ice rink. Surprisingly, none of us fell.

OK, Olivia kind of fell.

She did amazingly well considering rental skate boots aren’t comfortable and hers were a couple sizes big. Once laced up, I set her down and she walked to the rink.

On the ice was a little different. She wasn’t wobbly or shaky, but she did tense up. If you’ve skated you know that a tense, unyielding body doesn’t skate very well.

The big test for mom and dad was when Olivia was all done skating and we were on the far side of the rink. I had to carry her and skate 3/4 of the way around the ice rink. Did I mention that there were about a billion people on the ice?

See the few pictures we managed to take over on Flickr.

Late from the Party

Tim — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:40:19 +0000

By the way, more holiday and other photos are up.

Before and After — 20 years

Tim — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:40:25 +0000

Before…

After

No reason. Just thought I’d see.

How Am I Driving?

Tim — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:15:57 +0000

I just couldn’t resist taking a picture.

Last Blast

Tim — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:45:55 +0000

Labor Day marks many things, but many around here it means back-to-school. My classes actually started last week; Sarah has students returning this week.

To mark the seasons, I’ve uploaded a ton of photos, most from this past weekend’s trip to Harsen’s Island. Sarah’s family has a cottage there and we decided to have one last mini-vacation. The Schleicks and the Baats joined us for most of the short stay.

I’ve also uploaded some older pictures, including a couple from a trip to the zoo (see photo above) and another short trip that we made about a month ago to Grand Haven. We stayed in a cottage with my parents for a long weekend.

Storms

Tim — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:18:22 +0000

The past two nights we have seen some pretty powerful storms blow through the area. Last night I drove home from Ann Arbor and smack into this. The twilight sky got darker and darker until it went purple. The lightning strikes were amazing — but way too difficult to photograph using a phone while driving.

Birthday Photos

Tim — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:52:23 +0000

On Flickr

A Few Photos More

Tim — Fri, 18 May 2007 00:20:46 +0000

Just uploaded some more photos, a variety of stuff this time.

Photo Update

Tim — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:26 +0000

More photos of the super-cute photogenic girl have been posted.

Also, a few photos of the making of a birthday cake. Happy birthday to me and to my mom.