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Alright! This isn't technically a gardening question, but if you want to have gardening pictures to post, it IS a gardening question—so here it is?
Which photo hosting sites are you all using and why, and what do you like and what don't you like about the one you're using? Some day I'm just going to have to take that leap of faith that I will be able to figure it all out, so I guess maybe now is the time! I was thinking of using Picasa, but I've just spent a couple hours trying to figure out what's good and what's bad with the different sites, and, as near as I can tell, you can't post pictures on Picasa to forums. Well, somebody said you can, and gave directions on how to do it—but—hey, I don't even know how to get the pictures "out of" the camera and "into" the computer yet! (To me a blackberry is something you eat—so that gives you an idea about where I'm starting! Can you play poker with a media card?) So if I can't use Picasa to post pictures here, I guess that's out! Otherwise, generally speaking, people seem to think it's very good! I know a lot of people use Photobucket, and I didn't find any negative comments about that one—yet at least! Is everybody happy with Photobucket? I read that somebody who was using Flickr had their computer hacked! And I read some other generally negative things about it. All I want to be able to do is store the pictures in the computer, send them to friends in an email (as an actual picture, NOT an attachment or a link), and post (the right size) pictures here! Oh! And the BIG one! It has to be free! What are your recommendations,
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Photobucket is free. I've been on it for years and they just keep increasing the amount of free web space so I never get to the point where I have to pay. And I don't have any trouble linking to pics there. They give you the html to use to include a pic in a forum like this one. I've also used it to upload videos. If they allowed mp3's I'd be happy as a clam. But I'm a tad confused about the last part about email. The pictures aren't going to be stored on your computer with a hosting site like Photobucket. They'll be stored at Photobucket or who ever you choose to host your photos. You can probably include a pic in an email the way I include one in these forums - which involves a type of link. Or just send the pic directly from your computer using just your mail tool. |
Come on, Skybird, you can do it! I'm probably the most recent of the group to have posted a picture and I just learned to resize!! Like anything with these darn 'puters, it just takes doing it and then doing it again and not stopping (or I'll forget ;o). 1. log into Photobucket (the only one I know a little how to use) - I think it always starts with "images from my PC" in the "Upload to:" box Don't be like this little guy – you can do it! DigitS' |
the one that I always use is http://www.imageshack.us I've never had any problems, and it's very easy to use. If you can add an attachment to an e-mail, you can use this site. |
I use my own website. When I link to a photo here, it's one that's hosted on my site. But of course, I know that's too complicated for many people, so there's no point in explaining much more than that! |
Skybird, If you are only asking about sending an email photo to friends...do you have XP? It has a directory called MY PiCTURES where photos are usually downloaded. Or if you download from your camera, it may have software which creates a storage location of the pictures. Any pics on your computer can be sent "imbedded" in your email. Well, that depends upon the email service you are using too. If it has an "insert pic" option, this will allow a pic to automatically show up within the email body itself. For downsizing, usually the camera software on your computer will allow this. Or are you asking to actually change the size in inches. As for photo bucket, the only reason I use it is to post a pic here as I don't have a web site. Actually....we need more info as to what software, camera, photo management, you are using in order to answer this. There are easy ways to do what you want and am sure one of us can help. I definitely know that Steve can...he's a guru guy with the computer. |
Thank you Skybird for posting this question. I've never been able to figure the picture posting process out and I work with computers every day, so I really felt stupid. |
"Click the GardenWeb "Preview Message" and see for yourself! " This is such a handy little feature. If you make a typo in the link, you can just fix it until you can see the pic. I'm always doing multiple previews to fix things since I type the links in by hand (I prefer to do thumbnails linked to larger pics), and I type really really bad. With these modern "drag and drop" FTP programs that most people have on their computers, it's just as easy to use your own web space if you've got it. I've walked technophobes through it often enough. Photobucket is handy if you don't have web space, or your web space doesn't allow "hot links" to pics, or in my case - you ran out of web space. |
Whoa there! Thanks for all the comments, but most of you guys are WAAAY ahead of me! I have an Olympus Imagelink camera and I've been taking pictures! That's as far as I am! It comes with a little printer that I can plug the camera directly into if I want to print my own photos—which I probably don't! (Actually, I prefer a film camera, but I tried sticking my pictures into one of the drives to get them into the computer, and it didn't work! ;-) ) I have a computer! :-D It's a Dell with LOTS of space left, and I have XP and my ISP is AOL. What I'm trying to figure out at this point is WHICH photo hosting site I want to use so I can proceed and try to figure out all the rest of it! Once I decide on which photo hosting site I'm going to use and download it, THEN I need to figure out how to link the camera to the computer to download (?) The pictures into the photo hosting site so I can actually do something with them. Most people talk about Photobucket, but from what I've read about Picasa (google) it sounds really good—except for the fact that it's apparently difficult at best to post pictures to forums. So does anybody know anything about Picasa from personal experience? And I also read that Photobucket is going to be partnering with Adobe Photoshop, so that makes Photobucket sound pretty appealing. I don't want to download both of them. So the first question is: From your own personal experience, what's your opinion of Photobucket, Picasa, or any of the other free hosting sites. Pros and cons of any of them! THEN you can help me figure out how to get the pictures into the computer! I can't seem to find a drive that's big enough to get the whole camera in! ;-) The two main things I want to be able to use the hosting site for is to post the pictures here, and to be able to send them in emails—I think "embedding" them, like Emagin said, might be what I want to do—but I'm still not sure about the word. Glad to help Yago! I don't mind feeling dumb! I've just been putting this off because I didn't want to take the time to figure it all out! If you already have a hosting site, you're way ahead of me. And if you don't, follow along! Thanks for the help, all, |
Picasa and Photobucket are like apples and oranges. Picasa is something you download and use to organise and manipulate photos on your computer. Photobucket is not downloaded to your computer. It's just a place online you upload your pictures to. So - you need both. :-) I'm on my third Olympus. And XP is one of the operating systems we have in this house. Do you have a USB cable? I plug it into my computer, plug my camera into it. Turn on the camera and then it pretty much tells me what to do. If you get as far as plugging the camera into the computer, let us know. Depending on how new you camera software is, the instructions will be different. |
I was wrong - Picasa is BOTH. You can also sign up for free picture storage online, like Photobucket. From the looks of thing, Picasa might be the easiest way to go, since it's all meant to work together. Never personally used it though - I've got Adobe CS2 so don't need it. |
- Posted by singcharlene Zone 5 CO (My Page) on Mon, Apr 30, 07 at 13:28
Skybird, I'm very "simple" in my computer technology. Don't know if this will help, but this is my photo experience.... I have a Mac laptop computer. I download all of my photos directly from my digital camera with a USB cable into a program that came with my computer iPhoto, which stores my pics on my computer and I can send emails w/pics easily from there. I like it because I can organize just like you would a photo album by holiday, year, or whatever you choose. Once the photos are in my computer, I also download select photos to a free site Picturetrail.com ( I have two accounts-one for my music photos and one for gardening) where they store the photos for me and I can organize in photo albums with a journal for each album or even each photo. I do pay a small fee every year to Picturetrail to have an upgraded account. Once you get over the learning curve, it's pretty easy...if I can do...you can too! BUT, I don't know how to post actual photos on the Gardeweb forum from my Picturetrail accounts so I always have to use links. I'd like to know how but haven't taken the time to figure it out. |
Darn, Cnetter! I liked your first answer better! That would have made it easy! Next question! If I sign up for Photobucket and download my photos to that, can I post and email pictures from there without doing anything else? (Assuming I want to post them just as they are without editing them!) I do have a free version of Adobe Photoshop that came with the computer that I can use to edit them—IF I ever take the time to figure it all out (I've played with it a little bit)—and I'm assuming once they're downloaded (into whatever they get downloaded into) I can transfer them into Photoshop to change them and then transfer them back out to Photobucket or wherever if I want to! Supposedly when you download Picasa it searches your computer for all the pictures that are already in it anywhere and indexes them somehow so you can find them easily. That would be really good for me since whenever I've gotten pictures in the past, they've been saved wherever the "computer" decided to put them, and it can be lots of fun trying to find them sometimes when I want to! But I'm still concerned about whether or not I'd be able to post from Picasa to the forum. If I "join" Photobucket, will I be able to post pictures that are already in my computer (rather than just the ones I put in from the camera)? Maybe doing the Photobucket thing now (since I don't have to actually download anything), and considering Picasa for later would be the thing to do. Charlene, you're still way out in front of me! Slow down! I know I can do it 'cause when I got my first computer a friend went with to help me pick it out, but then she had to go home, so I took my new computer home, figured out how to install it, and turned it on! What fun! (Seriously! I was having a ball! As soon as I got online I sent her an email, and was jumping up and down happy!) And what I've learned in the last 7 years has been by just doing it! So I'm pretty darn proud of myself! Actually I had had computers before! Kinda! My first computer cost $20,000 (used) and had dual 8" floppy disk drives! You had to install MSDOS from a separate disk everytime you turned it on! Keep telling you I'm old! It was for my business, and was only used for accounts receivable. The WWW didn't even exist at that time! I wanted to keep that one as an electronic antique, but when I sold my house in Parker, it was too HUGE to keep anymore! The next one was considerably cheaper and had dual 5 1/4" floppy drives—still with no hard drive! That one we also used for doing daily orders via phone/modem, but still no WWW! So that was the knowledge I had when I was thrust—willingly—into the modern age! Now I can't even CONCEIVE of living without the web! Thanks again for the advice, all. Anyone have any negative comments about Photobucket? Skybird |
Sky, Here are the first steps: Look for a USB cable with your camera. It most likely is the same one being used for the printer (hopefully). If not, you will need one, they do not cost much and think they are a standard. 1. Plug the USB connection on the cable into your computer USB port (a rectangular slot for this). Check to see what folder the software is downloading to so you don't have to go hunting for them. Once they are on the computer, let us know and one of us can help from there. Notice I am offering everyone else's help without asking them. Sandy |
"If I sign up for Photobucket and download (upload) my photos to that, can I post and email pictures from there without doing anything else? (Assuming I want to post them just as they are without editing them!)" Yes - if they are small enough to fit into Photobucket's size requirement (1 mb) although you probably will want to make them smaller. Photobucket has a way of emailing a pic that's pretty easy. "I do have a free version of Adobe Photoshop that came with the computer that I can use to edit them—IF I ever take the time to figure it all out (I've played with it a little bit)—and I'm assuming once they're downloaded (into whatever they get downloaded into) I can transfer them into Photoshop to change them and then transfer them back out to Photobucket or wherever if I want to! " Yes to all that. The free version is quite good for what most people want it for. I still sometimes use it if I'm on a particular computer (six in this house). The only reason I have the expensive version of Photoshop, is because I do commercial websites for pay. Some of you have purchased from one of them. :-) "Supposedly when you download Picasa it searches your computer for all the pictures that are already in it anywhere and indexes them somehow so you can find them easily. That would be really good for me since whenever I've gotten pictures in the past, they've been saved wherever the "computer" decided to put them, and it can be lots of fun trying to find them sometimes when I want to! But I'm still concerned about whether or not I'd be able to post from Picasa to the forum." Don't know if it's worth it for just the search feature. Once you get good with XP's search feature, you won't need it. "If I "join" Photobucket, will I be able to post pictures that are already in my computer (rather than just the ones I put in from the camera)? " Yes, you can upload them all. Some of mine are scanned from prints. "Maybe doing the Photobucket thing now (since I don't have to actually download anything), and considering Picasa for later would be the thing to do. " Sounds good since it's free! |
I was just poking around on the Picasa web album site and they give you 1 GB of free space. Very nice! And if you run out of room, you can buy extra space quite cheap. I really like how they give you the HTML code to pop into a forum message, including the smaller thumbnail photo with a link. Picasa, Picasa, Picasa, that's what I'd do! Have fun! |
Wow, Steve! I just started responding to your last post, and then I saw the earlier one! So you posted that "awwwwww" thumbnail directly from Picassa? Wow! Double wow! Yippee! That's exactly what I want to do! And I'm sure if I can do that on RMG, I can do it in an email too. Double wow! Yippee! Eeeeeeeeha! I LOVE the way cnetter has been posting the pictures lately and you can just click on them to see the BIG version! I did the Picassa "tour," but I don't know enough about what I'm trying to do to know what I was looking at! One more question! Here's where the newbie dummy comes in! You say: "What I mean is, you copy the photos from your camera to your PC (which you can do in Picasa itself or separately and then view them with Picasa)" If I put the pictures from my camera into my computer but NOT into Picasa, where am I putting them??? Just into the AOL pictures file, or an adobe file, or where? I didn't know I COULD put them in the computer until I had a hosting site of some sort! Honest! So I could have just put them into the Photoshop version I have? But still not had a good way to post them? So in Photoshop I could have edited them and printed them and looked at them, but pretty much not much else? >>>>>time passes<<<<< Ok! Newbie here has just been looking at the camera and what all I have with it. I have an Olympus Advanced Manual disk, which I think is supposed to tell me how to work the camera! ;-) And I have an Olympus Master disk which I THINK may be a photo album/editing program like Photoshop! The few pages of English in the THICK instruction book say that to download the pictures to the computer I need to set up the printer (the camera docks on the printer) and load them thru the printer! It also says I need to load the Olympus Master program first! I think that may be only if I want to use the Olympus album program, so I don't think I need to do that! Do I? I sure don't want to have to mess with setting up this little printer that I'm never going to use anyway! I have the USB cable that came with it that plugs into the camera, and I have a USB port on the front of my CPU. Can I just plug the camera directly into the CPU and download them that way? Does anybody know? (The computer is only 2 years old, by the way) I haven't installed Picassa yet! Waiting for a few more answers. Thank you all for all the help! When I get this all going I know how dumb it's gonna seem that I didn't know how to do it, but ya gotta start somewhere! Skybird |
"I have the USB cable that came with it that plugs into the camera, and I have a USB port on the front of my CPU. Can I just plug the camera directly into the CPU and download them that way?" Yes!!! That's exactly what I do. Plug the USB into the PC. Plug the camera onto the USB. Turn the camera on. And something should happen! (A file system should show up on your computer). A menu may come up on your camera requesting some simple action (one of my cameras does this.) "If I put the pictures from my camera into my computer but NOT into Picasa, where am I putting them??? " |
ROFLOL---VERY loud! Quote: "And something should happen!" That's exactly what I'm scared of! You have to understand that the very last time I turned on my first HP computer, it started talking to me in rows and rows and rows of binary language! 0000011011000100100011110011110000111000100101110011111100000011001100 01! I know quite a bit of Latin, but I never learned Binar---even after listening to the Binars talking to each other on Star Trek! (I know a little bit of Fortran, but I bet there's nobody around who even knows what that is anymore!) Ever since then, almost every time I turn on my computer, I'm scared "SOMETHING is going to happen! There's still stuff in that computer I'd like to have---including pictures, but I'm scared if I turn it back on, SOMETHING will happen! LOL So will somebody come hold my hand and pray for me when I plug my camera in!!! (Still laughing!) I think I'm going to load Picassa before I try plugging in the camera, so should I somehow be given an option to download the pictures into that? But you still haven't caught on to how little I know, Cnetter! What's a directory? I'm not kidding! And where's a directory? That's probably where the pictures I've received from people that I can never find have gone---but where is "that?" (I've heard of jpg files!) STILL laughing, |
Ok. My spouse says I always assume people know more than they do when I explain things. I gotta quit doing that. To see a directory: What pops up is a directory. You'll have files and possibly more directories inside of this directory. Use the up button (green arrow on a yellow file folder) to travel up a level and see what's there. You can't break anything doing this. I had to know Fortran. I had to know various assembly lanquages. And I had to know binary. Don't know Latin, but my spouse sings stuff in it. |
Forgot to add that the directories inside a directory look like little yellow file folders. And I forget where I put stuff in my directories, like I forget where I put my glasses. So the search tool is reaaly really handy. To use this, click on "start" (that green button) Click on "Search" it has a little magnifying glass by it. Choose the type of thing you want to search for (pictures and photos would be a good choice). Wait a minute! If you know Fortran, you must be geeky enough to know what a directory is. You're a computer veteran. Are you pulling my leg? Why on earth did you learn Fortran? |
Okay, I have a question for Cnetter - - what did you mean when you said, "I do commercial websites for pay. Some of you have purchased from one of them. :-)" Some of us did what? where? who? and you know that because? (if'n it isn't asking too much . . .and since it's Skybird's thread, you can both ignore me.) DigitS' |
"and you know that because?" Because a couple people have said they ordered something online from a particular company. The name caught my eye. That site is gardening related. It might have been in another forum, but I noticed the folks were RMG folk. Don't worry, I'm not looking at anyone's purchases. :-) :-) I have to be careful due to GW policies. |
Ok, my teenagers have informed me directories are now called "folders". Really, I knew that, but am stuck with my old nomenclature. And my 17 year old says Picasa is really awsome but a memory hog. Nothing like a kid to make you feel obsolete. |
Ok, I was writing this while the two of you were chatting here, so this goes back to your 2206 post, Cnetter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know where all that stuff is! I just didn't know it was called a directory! To me it's just "all that stuff!" It's the little things that get you! :-) I think the terminology is what really throws me half the time. Thanks for taking the time to explain it for dummies! Just figured out that I have Corel Paint Shop too! It looks like that's where most of the pictures are that the "computer" has saved! And some in AOL, and some in Adobe! It will be nice to have access to all of them thru Picassa and not have to find them all over the place. The only Latin I know is horticultural Latin, and I had medical terminology a long time ago too, but I'm really glad to know what I do, because it really helps with spelling, and it's nice to be able to understand what you're reading when you do medical research about something. But I can't sing in it—mostly because I can't sing! ;-) We'll need to turn to Charlene for the singing around here! Maybe your husband would like to sing with Charlene! Or maybe not! The Fortran came up in the late 60's when my husband at the time was taking it in school, and I started going with him to the lab to keypunch his cards—which is how you told a computer what to do back then. When I started keypunching, I got really fascinated with what I was doing and started auditing the class with him and looking at his book—which was a terrible text, and a couple weeks later I started writing simple programs. It was fun! But I wouldn't want to do it for a living. Computers are too logical! I prefer the illogical logic of human beings! :-) The last program was a 20 year amortization program, and the first time I tried to run it I only had 3 syntax errors, but I had never learned syntax except for punching the cards, so I didn't feel too bad about that. When I fixed those and ran it, I only had one logic error! A human being would have known what I meant—so the computer should have too! The funny thing is my ex never got his do loop to work, and he was using different logic than mine (no surprise), so I couldn't help him figure out what was wrong—so he finally keypunched a card with his name on it and submitted my program as his own. So if that makes me a geek, I guess I am—but I'm a geek who doesn't know anything about today's computers. Understanding the basic concepts doesn't seem to help me figure out how to actually do things in real life! Can you actually program in binary? I understand the whole concept of it, but I can't quite make that leap of faith from the English programming languages to the "building blocks!" Kind of like I can't easily convert the basic computer logic information into performing everyday tasks. So, no, I'm not puttin' you on! The everyday things that I haven't run into and figured out before, I don't have a clue about! So thank you for the help! I love my Dell and I don't want to get it all messed up like my HP was! I think the HP had a genetically engineered virus that could very possibly have qualified as a weapon of mass destruction in the end! Ok! Question! I'll install Picassa tomorrow or the next day, and after I do, when I plug in the camera (holding my breath!), is it very likely that the little menu I'll see will give me the option of downloading the pictures into Picassa? I guess if it doesn't, I can just x out and unplug the camera again till I ask more questions! Sure am glad to have you guys here, |
I just looked, and I have over 61GB of space left on my hard drive, so I don't think having a "memory hog" will be a problem. And part of the reason I got a Dell is because I've been told that they're easy to add extra memory to if you ever need it! Tell your kids, thanks, |
"Can you actually program in binary?" Yes, but these days, C is considered a low level language (low is close to the machine, high is close to people). Aside from people who work with assemblers, compilers and chips, very few people work in binary. Well, maybe politicians (you're either wi us or agin us). Having 61 GB left on the drive doesn't help much with an application that's a memory hog. There's memory and there's memory. The 61 gig you have is drive space, permanent memory. The memory that is being hogged is transient, random memory. A certain amount of drive space can be faked into acting like random memory, but it's a fake, and the hogging still slows you down. |
"Well, maybe politicians (you're either wi us or agin us)." ROFL again! Ok, BP, now you did it! I'm lost again! Is installing Picassa going to way slow down the computer, and if it will, will it only be when I'm using Picassa, or will it be all the time? Will it affect anything else that I should worry about? Is there any way to look up transient/random memory to see how it might affect me? Do any of the figures on the Task Manager help? Physical memory--kernel memory--commit charge??? Is there somewhere else I can look? I suspect it wouldn't be a problem, because I really don't use a whole lot of applications and don't have a whole lot of stuff installed, but it drives me crazy when it's "thinking" slowly, so I don't want to do anything that's going to cause that to happen! Any comments or suggentions? |
"I'll install Picassa tomorrow or the next day, and after I do, when I plug in the camera (holding my breath!), is it very likely that the little menu I'll see will give me the option of downloading the pictures into Picassa? " Don't know, and my kid who has Picasa went to bed. I'm thinking it'll probably just load the pics into a directory/folder and then Picasa will find them and sort them all for you when you run it. Punch cards. Running batch jobs. Bad memories of dropping the cards on the floor while waiting in line for the card reader. Cards jamming in the blasted card reader. I did firmware/microcode for 15 years and in the early days I often rewrote parts of the binary on the hardware in the lab by tweaking bits to test a fix before going back to the office to rewrite the more readable (barely) assembly language. Fortunately, things evolved to where I could write in a real language! (C, C++) I like my Dell. I also like my Mac. |
My, everyone is up late tonite! BP just suggested above that installing Picassa might slow things down. Ask your kids tomorrow what they think of that possibility. Like it or not, they definitely know more than us adults! I'm going to bed! Nite all, |
How much RAM you got? "Do any of the figures on the Task Manager help?" If you bring up Task Manager and go under processes, it'll tell you how much memory it's using. You have to have Picasa running when you do this. If you want to wait, I can have Gen check on this on her computer, or maybe Steve can if he has it loaded. I've got too much running on this beast as it is so I'm not loading it. |
Skybird, If Picasa is a memory hog, it's only going to affect you while the computer is running Picasa. If you know the task manager, just look at physical memory an the total and available numbers there. If your total memory is at least 500,000 KB, then you're machine should be able to handle most photo manipulating software. If you find the available memory getting low, it may be time to restart the computer because some programs seem to hold on to memory after you close them down (it's called memory leaks). You mention having photos stored in Picasa or in Adobe or so on. It's not really that the program has photos stored in it. The photo files (they will be named something like P04070101.jpg) will be stored in a directory (or FOLDER as the new terminology goes) somewhere on your computer, and the different programs can each access the photos if they're just told where to look for them. It's possible some of your programs might have a preference to store photos in different folders, so the existing photos you have might not be all in the same place. But I think most programs created since Windows XP came out (what was it, five to seven years ago?) should look for photos in the My Pictures folder, which is inside the My Documents folder. I like to have my photos all in folders organized by month, so I'll have subfolders within My Pictures that are called things like 2007-04, for example, for all my April 2007 photos. You don't have to separate the files like that -- it's just something I do. I also have an Olympus camera. If it's like mine, it probably has the dial on top that has the little green arrow, and when you turn it to that setting, you can view all your photos on the camera. If that's true, then here's how you get the photos onto the PC. Make sure the camera is off. Plug in the USB cable to the camera and to the PC. Then turn the camera to that green arrow setting (if it's not a green arrow, it's whatever way you turn on the camera to preview all the photos you have on it). When you do that, your computer will recognize that it's attached and most likely Windows itself will pop up a little "wizard" that walks you through copying or moving the photos to your computer. I think it will ask you where you want to store them on the PC, and you can create a new folder in your My Pictures folder through the wizard. If you choose to copy them, they stay on the camera and on the PC. If you choose to move them, they are deleted from the camera after it copies them to the PC. When you run Picasa, it always does a quick search of the computer to see if there are new photos anywhere that it didn't see there before. If you copied or moved them as above, it will find them. I did mention earlier that you can copy the photos from within Picasa. If you want to do it that way, run Picasa, then click the import button in the upper left corner. Then turn on your camera (with it attached by USB cable as described above) and it should show up when you hit the "Select Device" button in the Picasa import screen. Then, you should see a tiny thumbnail version of all your photos on the camera on the left. You can either hit the "import all" button at the bottom or select a number of photos while holding the CTRL key and then click the "import selected" button. It will ask you for a folder name for the new photos and it will by default store that folder withing the My Pictures folder. Whew! Does that explain things OK? I think you're ready for an attempt now. |
I'll add one thing to my post above. I noticed Picasa did install an icon in the "tray" -- the area by the clock in the lower right corner of Windows. It's an automatic media detector (don't have time to figure out why it's good to have). Anyway, having that little program running constantly can take up some of your memory even when you're not running Picasa. So, I went into Picasa and turned that option off: go to Tools, Options, General, and uncheck the box that says "Automatically detect media". |
Wow! You guys are GREAT! Thank you so much Steve for taking the time to do that! That's exactly what I need, and I'm going to print it out so I can follow it step by step when I'm doing it the first couple times. Now you're getting down to dummy level! I definitely know the task manager! I keep it minimized anytime the computer is on so when I'm not doing anything and the computer starts thinking all by itself I can look and see what it's thinking about! I found a really good site where I can check to see what any particular process is if it's one I don't know. I really did freak out about what happened to my first computer, and if something starts going wrong with this one, I'm gonna head it off at the pass! In Physical Memory I have: Total - 514,124; Available - about 105,000; and System Cache - about 163,000. In Kernel Memory—if that matters—I don't have a clue what that one is: Total - about 42,000; Paged - about 34,000; Nonpaged - about 8100. I don't know how much of that matters, but I definitely have over the 500,000 physical memory you're talking about. As long as it's only Picassa that might be a little bit slow, I don't care. I clear my browser cache all the time—I HATE tracking cookies, and I haven't cleared my graphics for quite a while, so I'll do that first, and defragmenting is completely up to date, so that should all help a little bit. My little green arrow isn't right on top, Steve, but I found it! The on/off switch slides back and forth, and if you push it half way it's at the arrow. I haven't used that before. There's a quick view to use when the camera's on. But I did find a great Olympus site about my specific camera where there's a pdf copy of the "Advanced Manual." It's wonderful! I didn't get a printed copy of that with the camera—just the disc, which I've never even put in the computer to look at it! One thing it suggests that I hadn't thought of is to plug it in when you're doing something like this to save battery power. Sounds like a good idea to me! Thanks for mentioning about the difference between copying or moving them. I definitely want to keep them on the camera card too—just in case! Just like I have the negatives for all my "real" pictures. (Alright! I'm old! Photography is another much-loved avocation of mine—I have two Canon AE-1's that I have NEVER used on automatic, and I still use them for most of my pictures! Hope to start enlarging and framing some of them "some day!" Don't tell me about what all you can do with digital! I'm old!) I still don't know if my terminology is right here, but if I want to "save them in Picassa" then, I start Picassa first and then plug in the camera, is that right? And then there should be a yellow brick road to follow to put them into folders within the Picassa program? I'm thinking of people who send me yahoo albums, and I can do something similar in Picassa, can't I? Put them in folders and then move them around from folder to folder if I want to? Now that I have the basics of how to set the camera and that I can just plug the camera directly into the CPU, I think I'll be able to just figure it out as I go. I don't think I'll get it done till tonite or tomorrow—we might get rain this afternoon and I have to get outside to do some stuff first, but I'll be back with more questions if something isn't doing what I expect it to do! And if the computer blows up, I'll be off the web, but you'll hear me screaming—even in Utah! Cnetter, when I get Picassa installed, I'll go back to see how the Task Manager figures have changed. It'll be interesting! And if your daughter has any other comments about Picassa I would definitely be interested in them! Thank you all for the wonderful help! I never would have had the nerve to try to do it without all this! Skybird Just saw your last comment, Steve! Thank you! |
Sounds like you have 512 meg of ram. That used to be considered a lot, but it's not so much any more. If you usually do one thing at a time, it'll probably do fine with Picasa. If you're writing a letter, surfing the web, checking email, balancing the checkbook in Quicken, calling somebody on Skype all at the same time, you'll wish you had more ram. Defragmenting the drive helps a little, especially since Windows uses hard drive space to substitute for ram when it needs to, and it's faster if it's mostly contiguous. Some cameras store the pictures as jpegs right off the bat, and you can plug them in and access the pictures as if the camera is another drive. I actually had a camera that worked that way and doubled as an MP3 player. I didn't realize there were so many propeller heads on this forum. The talk for a while reminded me of an old Dilbert strip--"Zeros and ones? You had ones? I once had to write an entire database system using only zeros." |
Ok, I've installed Picassa but I can't find any URL's or any way to post a picture. I was about to download Picassa Web Albums, but is that the same thing I already have or is it something else I need to be able to post pictures to RMG? If I have it figured out right, I can email with what I've already installed, although I don't know how yet! Help, |
- Posted by singcharlene Zone 5 CO (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 07 at 0:52
Skybird- you're making progress! Stevation-I just have to say that is the sweetest baby. I want to kiss his chubby cheeks! Congrats on getting a boy after all those girls! |
Well I'm lost and I'm going to bed! I think I have everything downloaded that I need to, but don't know how to use it. I've signed in and created a "web album,"—at least the download manager says I have—but I can't find any way to do anything with it. Help says "You can link to your web album photos from your blog or website with the "Link this Album" function. After you are signed in, click "Link This Album" (in the album view), and a URL for your album will appear. For an email or IM, copy and paste the URL into your message." but I've clicked on everything I can find and can't find any place that says "Link This Album." Oh, and I emailed myself a picture, but it was sent as a link that had to be downloaded and saved in order to view it. I hate it when people send me pictures that I have to "save" just to look at them one time and then take the time to delete them so I'm not wasting extra space Need to figure out how to put the picture directly into the email. I'm discouraged! Skybird |
Skybird--I've never used it, but if those who have (or have kids who have) don't respond by the weekend, ping me and I'll download it and try to help. |
Thanks, BP. It's just that I've been working on it all nite and and was really, really hoping I'd be able to figure out how to post just one tiny little picture by now. But all I got was a headache! Oh, well! This too shall pass! Steve has already downloaded it, and I think when he gets around to seeing this, he'll be able to help. This is what happens when an Antique Geek tries to do something in the 21st century! ;-) Thank you again for the offer, |
Punch cards! Good grief... And to make it worse, I remember using them for programming. Mentioned to my son that they were one of the lost objects of his age. Then he reminded me that he too learned using them. I don't want to be old and am already there. |
Gen removed Picasa when she saw it slowed down her computer, so she's no help now. I'm wondering if a pop up is supposed to appear with the URL in it, but Steve will know for sure. When you email a pic from Photobucket, it sends a thumbnail that you can click on to see the bigger picture. You don't have to download it - it's shows up as a web page. But I find the interface to email the pic to be kludgy (sp), rather inflexible and less intuitive than it could be. So just using the html to include an image would be best. My brother-in-law uses Picasa and loves it, and he's in his middles sixties and not what I'd call computer literate. If you can see your images on your web album, you can use "properties" to get the URL. Just put the mouse on the pic. |
Skybird, I'm not trying to be flippant. It literally took me 1 minute using Tinypic.com (a Photobucket service) to post that picture - dial-up connection, lame operator, and all. I hardly have any idea what you folks are talking about but Tinypic is incredibly easy. Just don't put anything there that you don't want out in the public domain. And, it saves nothing for you nor permits editing. (The picture is from the GW heirloom forum. ;o) D'S' |
Well that was certainly fast and easy, DS! And you can just as easily email a link to the pic. And you don't even need an account to try it. Wow! (When choosing what to copy and paste here, the "html for websites" is the one to use for this forum rather than image code for message boards.) |
OK, let me try and help, Skybird. It sounds like you did upload some photos into a web album. Is that correct? Do you see your photos on the website that it takes you to, or do you have a blank web album? If you have trouble finding your web album, go to picasaweb.google.com and if you're not already signed in, sign in with the form at the right side of the page, using the username or email and password you set up yesterday. Once you're signed in, you should see a white area on the page that says "Albums" and you should see a small "thumbnail" photo that represents the album you created. Click on that photo and you should then see the album view, where there are small thumbnail photos in a row and over on the left it says the name of the album and it has some links over there like this: Edit Album Properties If you really want to link to your album, you can click that "Link to this Album" text and it will open up some other options. But I don't think that's what you really want to do. I think you'd really like to link to a specific picture that you can then post on GW. Here's how to do that: From that album view page described above, click on the photo you want to link to. Then, you should see a larger version of it. On the RIGHT of that screen, you'll see some links like this: Set as album cover Notice that "Link to this Photo" has a little black arrow next to it. Click the link, and it opens up a little shaded area on the page with these four items: Paste link in email or IM What you want is the "HTML to embed in website" (which includes embedding a photo in a post like here on GW). But first, you need to select the size of the thumbnail photo that you want to "embed" in a post here at GW. The one I posted earlier of my baby was the "small 288px" size. You can even choose a larger size if you want a full-sized photo in a post here so people don't have to click to view it bigger. Anyway, choose the size you want, then click in the text box underneath "HTML to embed in website" it should highlight all the text in that box. Then you need to either hit CTRL-C on your keyboard to copy that text or right click on the text box with your mouse and choose "copy" from the little popup menu. Once you have copied the HTML text, come back here and post it in a message, and when you hit the GW preview message button, you should see your small image in your post and it has a link so that when you click the image, it takes you to the photo on picasaweb.google.com. From there, anyone viewing your photo can choose to view your whole album by either clicking the right and left arrows above your photo or by clicking the "view album" link on that page. Now, if I'm wrong in thinking (hoping?) that you did get some photos uploaded to an album at picasaweb, we can go back a few steps and get that taken care of and then move on to the steps in this message. OK? |
Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou >>>giggling like an idiot!<<< Itworksitworksitworksitworksitworks! I knew it would be incredibly easy once I got it figured out! But I NEVER would have figured it out without you, Steve! Thank you sooooooo much for taking the time to write all that! And in such detail that even an Antique Geek could figure out. (I'm so excited I can't even type straight!) I don't know what was going on last nite, but I never got to that picasaweb home page. I just kept getting a little download window no matter what I clicked on! (Not that I would have known what to do if I HAD gotten there—but at least there would have been a chance!) It's soooo easy! Thankyouthankyouthankyou............... IloveyouIloveyouIloveyouIloveyouIloveyouIloveyou.....................but I won't tell your wife! >>>still giggling like an idiot<<< |
- Posted by luckybottom 5b (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 07 at 14:27
Skybird, You did it!!!!! To get the photo in to the body of your email you need to put the cursor where you want the photo to be, select Insert>Picture>find your file where the picture lives>dbl. click the picture and it will be in the body of your email. You need to know that how the system and software that someone has will effect how they will receive your email. Some won't get it at all and others will still have it come in as an attachment. Be sure you select Picture and not File. Thanks so much for staring this thread. It is so informative, interesting and now I have to check out Picasa. I have used Photobucket in the past but am always willing to learn something new. I did get some video I took of my husband doing his horse "thing" added to our website this year. |
Here is a link that might be useful: video of cutting horse
Very nice! I can almost hear the giggling from 600 miles away! - Steve |
Way cool video of "The Lovely Carmen Montana", Lucky. Ooh, another marmalade cat! Not as big as the twenty pounder holding me down right now. |
Ok, here's some technical stuff! As near as I can tell from the Task Manager or anything else, Picassa has not in any way slowed anything down or made any noticeable differences in using my computer. And Picassa itself seems to work very fast. From the Task Manager—figures before and after installing Picassa (I have fewer windows open today so some of the figures are actually higher): In Physical Memory: In Kernel Memory: That stuff doesn't really mean anything at all to me, but to some of you "real" geeks, it might! "Doing" videos might make more of a difference! As of now I don't plan to get into videos at all, so it looks like Picassa isn't going to have any negative effects on my computer. With your warning, Steve, I only installed an icon on the desktop and not in the tray (never knew what it was called before) or anywhere else. I've already got a couple icons down in the tray that I never use but don't know how to get rid of them. Funny! My computer keeps telling me there are unused icons on my desktop and do I want to get rid of them, but it never asks me that about the tray! I already know how to get rid of them on my desktop if I want to! Ok, NOW I have to shove my camera into one of the drives and get MY pictures in the computer! ;-) No, I haven't done that yet! Wanted to be sure what I was getting into first! But I think—oh, how I hope—it's going to be all downhill from here! Lucky, I tried playing around with the email thing, but when I did what you said it pulled up my Windows/AOL pictures and I'm hoping to figure out how to do it directly from Picassa now that I have it. I tried it three different ways from Picassa, and still don't have what I want to do. Well, actually the last one worked—kinda! The first two I tried just sent a link—but at least it wasn't an attachment—and the third one I sent (to myself), I never received! So it's in my outbox and DOES have the actual picture in the email, but I never received it! Weird! It's apparently stuck in an endless do-loop somewhere and zooming endlessly around the world! I tried to view your video, but as so often happens when I get videos, all I got was the audio and a blank screen! I don't know if it's a glitch in my computer or if I have a setting wrong or what, but sometimes videos run fine for me and sometimes I can't see them. Thank you all—Cnetter, BP, Digit, Lucky, Charlene, Olde Emaagin, and everyone else who chimed in further up the thread—and the BIG one, Steve. Yago, I hope you found something in here that helped! Come ask if it's still not making sense to you. We might get rain this afternoon again (it went west of me yesterday), so I need to get outside for a couple hours to get some stuff done! >>> I have a real live phobia about spiders, so when we went to the Butterfly Pavilion in Denver, I wanted to see if I could do this—and I did! That's MY hand it's crawling on! (click to enlarge) |
- Posted by singcharlene Zone 5 CO (My Page) on Wed, May 2, 07 at 23:26
On top of Pike's Peak Okay you guys have taught me how to post a picture from my pic hosting site Picturetrail.com but I can't figure out how to make it bigger? I'll keep playing. Thanks Skybird for inspiring me to learn too! |
Click on the picture. It links to a bigger version of it. |
You don't need to make it bigger, Charlene! We can! The same as Cnetter and I, if you click on the posted thumbnail, you get the BIG picture. Cute kid! I'm glad this thread helped some other people, but I really wasn't trying to inspire anybody. I was just really tired of running around with my digital camera--which I got so I could post pictures--and not being able to do anything with it! Still haven't had time to try to download my own pictures, but will soon. I want to post a couple pictures on the swap thread. Still feel like giggling, P.S. So you remember punch cards too, Emagin! Guess there's a bunch of us Oldie's but Goodie's around here! |
- Posted by highalttransplant z 4/5 CO (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 07 at 0:44
Skybird, that cat picture is adorable! Some kind soul on another forum walked me through the whole picture posting thing a while back, which is how I ended up using Photobucket. My pictures are always huge though. Now if only someone could explain how to resize it to the thumbnail size you guys are posting : ) |
"P.S. So you remember punch cards too, Emagin! Guess there's a bunch of us Oldie's but Goodie's around here!" I must be rally old then. When I was a freshman, the use of punch cards to register for classes was a selling point for them. |
Highalttransplant, I always just coded linked thumbnails by hand because I didn't know Photobucket had a tool that generates the code, and I don't have much trouble doing it. It turns out Photobucket can generate the html for you: What you want to do for a clickable thumbnail is #5, HTML clickable thumbnails for eBay, LiveJournal, MySpace, etc. Most folks just post their full sized pics. I got in the habit of posting thumbnails because a thread full of large pics can be really huge, and if there's a whole lot of responses with full sized pics, it could be painful for those on dial up. Here's an example of a thread with quite a few beautiful full sized pics - and this thread will probably get alot bigger: Shall we talk about slide rules next? :-) |
Slide rules? We need a separate post on these memories. Bet there are plenty of topics of yore. Thanks for the thumbnail info...have been too lazy to look it up. |
Those 2 hot links make me wonder how that's done, Cnetter. When I have more than 1 link for in a message, I sometimes can't decide which to include. Often, I'll just end up tossing them and pretending to be the voice of authority: "You should know that #A and #B and #C . . ." When, really, I hadn't a clue until finding the info a moment before. Or, there's a lot more somewhere on the 'net and someone else may benefit from seeing it. I don't want to get too carried away with GW posting (and you know I can ;o) but is the hot link somehow a GW feature? Pasting from MS Word doesn't do it. DigitS' |
Digit, The hot link is done kind of like the clickable thumbnail, only using words instead of a thumbnail image. Normally typing in an example on GW would just show up as a link instead of the html, but I found the html to show html (hopefully that made sense): This is how the link to the rose thread was done. (This may not work, GW keeps switching around what I've typed in the preview.) <a href="http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/roses/msg0508213226977.html?18">Roses A-Z, let's see your C's</a> One place to learn this step by step is: |
You can add more links in the Option box below by posting more than one message. This requires your changing the "Subject of Posting" box. I can add one letter to what is there and it lets me post a second contiquous post. Would be nice if we had the option for 2 or 3 links. |
- Posted by highalttransplant z 4/5 CO (My Page) on Sun, Jan 13, 08 at 19:02
Yippee!!! Congratulations, GJMancini! I remember how frustrated I was when I was trying to figure out how to post pictures, and how great it felt to view that first picture. Looking forward to many more from you! Bonnie |
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Mr Buffet is one of the major financial figures of his time. This biographer received co-operation from him and from many of his family, acquaintances and associates. The portrait that emerges is detailed and complex but coherentand convincing. It is also by no means flattering-as Mr Buffet requested, when faced with differing accounts the author frequently chose the less flattering one.
Consequently this book deserves a thoughtful and insightful review from a major economic publication such as The Economist. It is,therefore,an unfortunate reflection on The Economist's judgement that it published such a perfunctory and superficial review. A substantial portion of the review is not about the book at all but is a inaccurate rehearsal of other things known about Mr Buffet. A review of such an important book should never give the impression to the reader that the reviewer didn't actually read all of it-or, worse, failed to understand it. Despite its excessive length (the author should have used a more severe editor) the book is very readable, generally well-written and gives the reader a good understanding of the a man with a single-minded obsession with making money and the damage that this caused for family and friends.
If his money cannot make him happy let him consider donate all to charity. I wish to be his greatest Manager of his Charity.
Well, he is a shrewd person & a great survivor upto now.
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By comparison to this week's leader on the larger implications of the international bank bailout, "Capitalism at Bay," it seems to me that this article has remarkably little reader contributions. This is a pity, since this article can be viewed as an example of the other one—how somebody can still succeed in a changing capitalist environment. I was writing there that the conditions for success are today very similar to the ones in 1800s capitalism: thriftiness and a penchant for the Protestant ethic, as Max Weber would put it, and Adam Smith too—this latter in a slightly different wording, somewhat out of favour today.
There are differences, though: Mr Buffett does not care about what will happen after his demise, entrusting Mr Gates with the money he accumulated. This is a pity, since Mr Gates' foundation focuses more on humanitarian uses, rather than making the capitalist economy work, as Mr Buffett did with Goldman Sachs, and maybe with others. This makes me think that there will be no follower of him (at least at the head of his investing firm), and his art will die with him.
M. Canuck, He was emphasizing stockholder's equity section of the balance sheet, specifically Mr. Buffet's retained earnings. Of course, debits=credits so one wonders why he excluded the asset side? But accounting principles never went hand in hand with witty prose.
Munger and Buffett, in my opinion should be the poster men of US capitalism.They have made money by investing their insurance float (whose cost is 0 or very low, because of their excellent insurance operations) in great businesses usually at times of fear or at reasonable valuations.They have more importantly, AVOIDED making dumb mistakes.It would be a nice thing to read The Economist's article on Warren Buffett's prescient letter to shareholders in 2003. Berkshire was maybe the only major US corporation to unwind its derivatives portfolio about 5 years ago, which it inherited through Gen Re acquisition (it had great difficulty to unwind $400mn odd derivatives portfolio in a benign environment circa 2003).Munger has commented the that the main task of the CEO was to be Rational. If the heads of US financial institutions would have been rational rather than super-greedy maybe this crisis wouldn't have ever occurred.The duo's long horizon view and risk-averse attitude can be felt from Munger's comment 'that events in the next 50-60 years would be far worse than anything in the 20th century.'As the author of this article laments there is a lack of any serious analysis of Buffett's insurance operations and the contribution of his investments over the years to his stellar record in the popular financial media.Buffet has out-performed the S&P 500 by a huge margin over the years, and thus earned the sobriquet 'World's Greatest investor'. But I do feel that its quite plausible for the 'World's Best Investor' in 2050 beating any of the Asian Indices would be more crucial.Lastly, I feel that the bet that Buffet is now making on America would be the testament to the fact whether his success is a Black Swan event or the result of life lived with a mixture of Rationality, Decisiveness and Some Luck.(PS : Poor Charlie's Almanac is a great book for those who wish to learn a thing or two from these two Greats)
I think the authour may have meant for Mr. Buffett's Balance Sheet to have recorded more debits than credits. One would only hope for their Income Statement or bank account to have more credits.
Please hire me as a junior correspondent.
I wonder if it would be possible to have his input in to my meager financial investments?
I just finished the book and enjoyed it very much. It certainly does include all the people that contributed to his success and it does not gloss over his failings. It is really about a man with one great skill, the ability to make money. I am fascinated with him, but after reading the book I would never want to be him. All his money does not make him happy, and he would be the first to admit that.
Surely there would be able men and women who have contributed to the growth of Warren Buffett. Does Buffett talk about them ever? Any biography would be incomplete if it did not dwell on his dark side- his temper, his failings, his idiosyncrasies. Does the book have any of these nuggets?
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June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Attorney Ken Feinberg speaks about details of General Motors Co.'s program to compensate victims of accidents in Cobalts, Ions and other cars with faulty ignition switches.
Feinberg, hired by GM to make the payments, says the automaker will pay anyone who proves they were injured in a crash tied to the faulty switches in one of 2.59 million recalled cars, even if they were drunk or texting on their phone at the time of the accident. He speaks at a news conference in Washington. (Source: Bloomberg)


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They took my freaking kidney*
Over five years ago I wrote a post about my uterus and the discovery of my fibroid tumors. I had two small tumors embedded in my uterine wall and one small pedunuculated tumor on the outside of my uterus. The peduculated fibroid grows from a stalk on the outside of the uterus . . . and because it's just hanging there the tumor takes every opportunity it can to be as kinky as possible – twisting and turning and pinching and causing me all kinds of problems. They were small but still troublesome and the doctor tried this and that and this until we found something that worked and surgery was avoided and other than the occasion gerbil with sharp teeth invading my uterus, life was good again.
A few years ago I slowly started feeling really tired. All. The. Freaking. Time. I blamed it on fighting gas, getting old and gaining weight. The only logical thing to do, right?
Logical until one day not long ago I found myself in so much pain that I walked into the doctor's office saying I'm not leaving until you find out what's wrong with me. So, once again, I was in stirrups, staring at the ceiling and being felt up by instruments. Only this time I find out that Mr. Kinky is the size of a cantaloupe (9.8 cm) and the two embedded tumors are now baseballs and have brought few other rookies to play along.
Then with another "wham, bam thank you ma'am" I found myself in a baby blue hospital gown being rolled down a hallway by unicorns into the dark caves of Candy Mountain where I would have a hysterectomy. That was Tuesday.
And today, I remember it exactly as it happened. Aren't drugs wonderful?
I know exactly what you are thinking? RS, you did take a camera into surgery didn't you? Well, duh! Doesn't everyone. And the surgeon was kind enough to oblige my need to see the multiple ginormous hunks-o-tumor I was growing.
So let's get down to business and shun those non-believers.
They say everything is bigger in Texas. I reckon that makes everything in Gasland mega-make-believe-sized. I'd show you my stitches, but then you might tag me as porn. During the gutting process they discovered that Mr. Kinky Cantaloupe was more like Siamese grapefruit twins, the baseballs were more like racquetballs (inside the red thing know known as RS's Former Uterus) and they discovered a surprise litter of pedunulated gerbils. What is life without surprises?
So now it's Friday and I'm sitting here in Gasland doped up on Vicodin wondering if anything I'm typing is spelled correctly or coherent. I honestly doubt it because the meds give me double-vision. I have a real excuse this time so be nice.
For the next six weeks my running shoes will be on the shelf. Waiting. I hope when I recover fully, I start to feel better. Because right now I feel like poop. Feeling like poop doesn't make good for anything except more poop. It seems only fair that if I can grow giant tumors, I should be able to grow some super-hero running legs. I'll let you know how that is going in six weeks.
Alrighty then, I'm going to drift back to sleep with the soothing white noise sounds of compressors and fracking.
Oh, and in case you are wondering – having your gut ripped open and your innards pulled out – is a lot easier than fighting gas bastards.
*I reckon there needs some clarification – It's not really a kidney. Just ask Charlie.
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Ack! Can't believe that was invading space in your body. Running should feel so much better when you recover! Happy healing.
Hope you feel better soon! Thanks for the pics. I love pictures of people's guts. Ask Amy. She showed me hers as well. I could not have been more excited when I realized you were serious about posting graphic content. BTW, your post was very coherent for a woman hopped up on pain killers and recovering from major surgery. Well done!
get well soon x
OMG! I hope you get well soon and are back to running with superhuman running legs in 6 weeks.
Wow. Your post is very well written. Can I have some drugs too?
And I am so glad that you will feel better after this is all through. I will name our next goat after you.
I'm so glad they got the giant goober things out of you, Susan. I hope you are feeling better soon.
I can only imagine how much faster you'll run, without the tired feeling. Uh, and with 10 pounds of less weight to carry.
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OK, I can't believe you took photos! I hope you feel better without it.
I hated Vicodin when they put me on it – I was having nightmares when I was asleep and major mood swings when I was awake. Or, at least I was blaming the mood swings on the Vicodin…
Wow. I hope you told them "I told you so!" All the best for a fast recovery and faster running in Gasland.
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Congratulations on finding and dealing with this as you have. As someone recovering form 5 different surgeries in the last year and a half I can say, take your time and let your body heal. You'll be back on the race scene sooner than you can believe.
Good luck.
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I would like to know why having to surrender your girl parts is a right-of-passage for life in the gas patch.
Good lord…I will never again complain about being merely constipated..
Enjoy the haze
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That's all I can say.
OMG! I had my hysterectomy at age 28 after painful years of endo and painful scar tissue. Thankfully I never had monsters attached to my uterus. Instead, it is everywhere else nearby. As a veteran, take your time recovering. I ended up staying in the hospital for 4 days afterward and enjoyed every minute of it (especially the drugs!). Plus the use of a pillow on your lap is extremely helpful and lessens the pain of the incisions as well. Do check out Hystersisters.com as well. Great website!
Get well soon!
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Wow- I had no idea you had to have a hysterectomy. So sorry. And I don't mean because the gerbils will now be homeless.
I hope you feel better soon. And that you never feel bad again.
Your (other) Mom -
Get well.
Those were huge. HUGE! I'm glad the ugly bastards are out of your body. They don't deserve a body like yours.
Take care. Try not to get addicted to trashy television.
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"OMFG" is right. Those things are huge. I can't imagine how you must have been feeling.
I hope that you are feeling better and better each day.
Juls -
I'm going to have nightmares now.
Glad the misery will soon be behind you. Get well soon.
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Susan! I am so glad you went to the Dr. and demanded he take care of you. Those tumors are huge, sucking away your energy and giving you pain. I hope you recover as quickly as I. I can see why he couldn't perform a vaginal hysterectomy . Holy crap. Heal up and rest!
OMG! As a frustrated two-year-nursing-student turned teacher, that pic is amazing!!! Thank you for sharing! Now get better soon.
HOLY COW! I had kidney stones removed last fall by ultra-shock. I didn't mind the vicodin afterward. But, all that was nothing like this. Well, another picture to gross my sons out with…
Get well. No more PMS, eh? My mother in law had fibroids, but thankfully my wife has not had an issue with them. I have know some women who have gone through hell with endo.
Yikes. I am having mine done in June – I don't know that I'll have them take pics, though. Hope your recovery is quick & painless.
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o. m. g. that thing is huge. you're a trooper! Hang in there and feel better!
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One question: How much weight did you lose?!?!
REST UP!! Sending hugs and love!
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OMG. Please feel better Susan…I am so sorry. Hoping this will make you feel much better (how could it not?)!
Wow, I havent been here and a while and for some reason, I thought Id look you up in my google reader to see how you were doing and wham! Of course, its just like you to take pictures. Get well, the D/FW roads need you.
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Wow! That is quite a menagerie you had in there. So sorry; hope you're feeling better!
Oh Susan! You must have been in such severe pain! I hope you are feeling better soon and I am praying for you a speedy recovery. Please take care of yourself!
awww, poor RS. feel better soon!
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WOW, I would be amazed if something came out of my body like that. Heal fast. heal well.
OK. I am paying for being a totally shitty friend by reading this WAY later and being totally unprepared for those photos. Jeez louise honey no wonder you were in pain! Those things are HUGE! Very gross that you brought your camera but you're fabulous anyway.
Hope by now you are feeling a bit better? Happier? We've got to get our heads together and plan a race.
Love you! me
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During the week leading up to Occupy Austin's October 6 birthday, the group participated in the Cop Block's Chalk The Police Day of Action. We began by chalking at Austin City Hall, where the police monitor was in session and in honor of a recent court ruling that said bans from City Hall were unconstitutional.
#Chalkupy Continues in Austin |
By: Kit OConnell Wednesday October 17, 2012 7:00 pm |
Bans at Austin City Hall Ruled Unconstitutional (#OATX) |
By: Kit OConnell Thursday September 27, 2012 5:45 pm |
A policy which shaped the history of Occupy Austin has been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S District Court. The ruling comes just over a week before the group celebrates its first birthday on October 6.
On that day, Occupy Austin first encamped on the amphitheater steps outside Austin City Hall; because of a legal loophole, the camping and sleeping ban which applies to most of Austin did not apply at that site.


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Please help me find the tutorial with the rose on the side of a cake that has the floating petals.
I can't remember where I saw it.
Thanks for your help.
right here on cake central
http://cakecentral.com/a/petal-cake tutorial by ChrisJack1
Thanks sweettooth 101, but that is not the one I am searcing for. The rose is a large one that the petals
keep getting bigger and bigger then appear to seperate and appear floating/falling off the main large flower.
Sorry this might not be what you are looking for.
not sure if this is what youre looking for?
Thanks beachandsweets, that is the cake I was looking for. I saw a tutorial for it and now I can't find it.
Any help would be appreciated
I was able to find the tutorial. Thanks for helping me find it.
Love this community of helpful decorators.
where is the tutorial Pam57?
I found the information on the cake forum, posted May 4, 2012 under Rose Petal Cake.
Yes, I see that. What a beautiful cake. But where do you get started? Do you start with the center and work your way out? And how large would you say those petals are? Sorry for the questions.
Love this cake. I am thinking about doing it on a dummie.
Auntginn, I'm not really sure how it is done. I don't want to give you the wrong information.
Can someone that has made this cake answer the question?
Excellent tutorial by Kara Buntin.
Thanks Missy227, appreciate you taking the time to give us help.
Is there a way to save this thread to find it later


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Known for its vibrant communities and packed calendar of events, The Murray plays host to a whole host of high profile events throughout the year. Join in the fun and frivolity at music and food and wine festivals, sporting events and art exhibitions.
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NATICK, Mass., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today welcomed progress on a number of pieces of legislation that will help service veterans and the active armed forces better manage the challenges of chronic pain. The U.S. Senate has recently passed the Veterans Mental Health Improvements Act, which includes provisions of the Veterans Pain Care Act (S. 2160), originally introduced by Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI). The bill calls for the establishment of a pain care initiative in the health care facilities of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) has introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In addition, last month the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included passage of the Military Pain Care Act of 2008 (HR 5465). This pain care provision, originally introduced by Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA), would require the Department of Defense to implement a pain care initiative in all military health care facilities.
"These bills will advance the cause for all pain patients by focusing much needed attention on our active military and our veterans about the seriousness of chronic pain," said Scott M. Fishman, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Chief, Division of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of California, Davis. "As a pain physician, I applaud Congress for recognizing the gravity of this issue. Pain is a complex medical condition that can affect the physical and mental well being of millions of patients."
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Focus: Developing offloading and 2nd wave defence
SESSION OF THE WEEK: Developing offloading and 2nd wave defence Another great feature of full membership.
Players run in any direction in the grid trying to avoid contact by running into space. When the teacher calls stop, all players must be at least 1m from the next nearest player.
Pass the ball around your back at the same time.
Option: throw the ball in the air and catch as you run around
Coaching Points
Look for space, Dodge, Relax your hands
Keep the ball in two hands whenever possible
Players must be running all the time, no stopping.
5 press ups for players who are too close.
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Conference with anyone in the world from your own computer using a videoconferencing program like Jabber (Microsoft Lync is also supported at ECU). Features include desktop sharing, videoconferencing, and more.
Jabber is an excellent solution for meeting one-on-one with peers and small project groups because participants attend the meeting from anywhere through a software program installed on a laptop, tablet or mobile device.
Step 1. Request an ECU Jabber account - call 252.328.9866 | 800.340.7081 or enter an online service request.
Step 2. Test your computer's webcam, microphone and speakers.
Step 3. Install Jabber Video 4.8.6 or later to your Mac or Windows computer.
Step 4. Configure the application as follows:
Step 5. Click the Setting icon (under the Password textbox), then select Sign-in Settings.
Step 6. Enter these settings.
Internal Server - vcsc.ecu.edu
External Server - vcscx.ecu.edu
SIP domain - ecu.edu
Step 7. Once the sign-in settings are in place (Step 2), enter your PirateID and passphrase. Click the Sign in button to start the Jabber service (see image, left).
Step 8. Select the appropriate microphone, speakers and camera from the drop-down list (see image, right).
Step 9. Jabber now checks your system resources.
Step 10. Image, left. After Jabber checks your system resources, you are able to conference.
Within the dial field, call other Jabber users or hardware-based video conferencing systems.
Step 11. Image below. Use conferencing options.
From left: Hide Self View | Camera On/Off | Microphone On/Off | Speaker Volume | Full Screen On/Off | Share Presentation | End all
These two video options are found in dedicated conference rooms and classrooms around campus and are good solutions for group conferences of three or more participants. Both Cisco and Polycom provide higher-quality video resolution and support multiple audio inputs for both microphones and program sources.
Some campus conference rooms allow up to three off-campus sites and ECU to connect simultaneously (multipoint). For more than four sites or to expand the capability of a particular conference room that only connects two sites, schedule the videoconferencing bridge through Robert Spencer at 252.733.3237.
Hardware solutions like Cisco and Polycom are ideal for search committee interviews, group meetings with peers, distance learning, hosted CME programs, lectures for multiple classes and guest lecturers. Occasionally, a videoconference utilizes both hardware and software solutions. For example, an event is presented in a hardware videoconference room using Cisco or Polycom while participants connect to the meeting using a software-based tool such as Lync or Jabber.
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"Spectrum of Black and White" is the first exhibition in the state for Inkyo, a renowned calligraphy master and artist based in New York.
It includes five works by Inkyo displayed along with select calligraphy works from the Charles Chu collection to demonstrate the continuities and contrasts between contemporary Japanese calligraphy - known as shodo - and the Chinese calligraphic tradition.
Inkyo teaches shodo at the Japan Society in New York and serves as the official shodo artist for the automaker Infiniti. Her brushwork can be seen in the 2010 commercials for the Infiniti G Series.
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"On the Road" - Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund
"Brokeback Mountain" Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
nice ones bender :D
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I love these guys, they're all VERY PRETTY !!!
Or atleast most of em'
Now here is an interesting trail to follow.
Elyria is a town,
A town in Ohio,
Ohio is known to have Corn fields
Cornfields mean Farmers
Farmers are often 'Cowboys"
alister is an Elyrian...
Conclusion could be drawn,
this damn well could be alister.
I spent a lot of time naked in cornfields and the woods in my younger days ;)
but I would have looked a little closer to this :lol:
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these guys are hot- but I really hate the whole redneck culture that seems to be permeating American society these days!
I thought I couldn't stand one more parody of that song...
I was wrong, good job there.
Doug, just a thought...I don't see the redneck "BAD" coming out so much
as I see the citizens getting fed up being fucked over by the very people
thy elected/selected to protect this Country's Constitution and Bill of Rights.
They tire of the effete and false allegiants trying to bring America down to the
level other countries are willing to accept or don't know any better about.
This disgusts me...
This isn't CE&P so lets not railroad ali's thread.
I love the photos!!!
lefty....'I don't see the redneck "BAD" coming out so much as I see the citizens getting fed up being fucked over by the very people thy elected/selected to protect this Country's Constitution and Bill of Rights....'
yes- but they protest Obama, not the Republicans who are screwing them over becaues they'ere too stupid to realize who's really bitch slapping them. The whole Southern succession movement, etc the gun culture- the Honey BooBoos and all TV shows where Americans have to be sub titled to understand- DISGRACEFUL!!!!
Now, back to the topic on hand ;)
cute redneck
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cute bumpkin
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and cute cowboy
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Why, Cynthia Vincent, why? This is like trying to make a Snuggie fashionable by infusing it with an old poncho trend and adding an "ethnic" touch. We are crossing our fingers that blanket-chic items don't make the winter must-have lists. [Outblush]
Um, Just Say No To Glorified Snuggies
Posted Under: cynthia vincent, fashion, ponchos, quick pic


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Drew Brees
Drew Brees Endorses Motorcycle He Can't Ride [VIDEO]
RGIII and Mike Shanahan Prove Importance Of Quarterback-Coach Relationship
Robert Griffin III and Mike Shanahan battled their way through preseason up until this point with RG III telling the media he wants to play in the exhibition games and that will be ready for Week 1. Shanahan disputed RG III being ready for the opener and said the second year QB won't play much in the preseason if at all.
What Quarterback Do You Want On A Last Minute Drive [POLL]
The 4th quarter drives, last minute, regular season or postseason or Super Bowl are legendary for quarterbacks. They are what make John Elway John Elway and Joe Montana Joe Montana. Who is your last minute drive QB in the NFL today? Vote here:
Who Will Win The NFC South In 2013? [POLL]
What NFL QB Would You Want In 2013 [POLL]
It is without question a pass-happy league in the NFL now, with the quarterback position leading the way. The Manning brothers, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and the youngsters. What QB would you want guiding the way in 2013? Vote here:
Play Of The Week – NFL Week Five [POLL]
Drew Brees Breaks Johnny Unitas' Touchdown Record [VIDEO]
Joe DiMaggio Or Johnny Unitas – Which Streak Is More Impressive?
Drew Brees Rips Roger Goodell [NoeBrainer]
Are Roger Goodell's Suspensions Bad For Future Of NFL?
In recent days, both Saints quarterback Drew Brees and free agent tight end Jeremy Shockey have been extremely critical of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Shockey has claimed that Goodell has lied to players about the impact of concussions on NFL players, while Brees says that Goodell has been unfair with his role as "judge, jury and executioner" during the Bountygate scandal


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WRIGHTSOCK Women's Double Layer CoolMesh II, 2 Pack
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WRIGHTSOCK Women's Double Layer CoolMesh II, 2 Pack
Experience the double-layer, anti-blister system of WrightSock for friction-free, CoolMesh performance.Features/Benefits:
- Inner Layer: Smooth undyed hydrophobic Dri-WRIGHT II wicks moisture away for cool, dry feet
- Outer Layer: Lightweight Dri-WRIGHT II with mesh panel ensures maximum breathability
- Stabilizer zone promotes stay-in-place comfort
- Two layers trap air for effective insulation from heat and cold
- Friction free, cool, dry performance for the best chance of being blister-free
- Inner layer: 70% Dri-Wright polyester, 27% nylon, 3% lycra
- Outer layer: 71% Dri-Wright polyester, 22% nylon, 7% Lycra
WRIGHTSOCK Women's Double Layer CoolMesh II, 2 Pack
Height Ankle Material Synthetic Primary Use Running
Reviewed by 1 customer
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- Comfortable
- Cool
- Low Friction
- Wick sweat
- Maybe less durable
Best Uses
- Running
- Walking
Comments about Wright Sock WRIGHTSOCK Women's Double Layer CoolMesh II, Light Grey/White, 2 Pack:
I love these socks. They fit me much better than Smartwool's thin running socks (PhD's). They are lighter. The double lining takes away almost all of the friction.
I am not an avid runner, so I cannot comment on the durability. Someone who runs a lot should try them and comment. Even if they do wear out quicker (and I do not know if they do), I would just buy more because of the comfort.
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Crazy for Beads was created for the Alliance for American Quilts annual quilt competition and fundraiser. The quilt measures 16" square and all of the embellishment was done with bead embroidery.
This is a beautiful art quilt. I enjoy the crazy quilt feel and the embellishments with the beads. TFS
Being a quilt and beader, I love this! gave me lots of ideas.
I've been crazy quilting for awhile now, and this makes me so happy to see other people taking advantage of this wonderful way to use beads! (I was beginning to think I was alone!)
This is beautiful and so well done!! Love the colors.
I think this is a very unique idea. Doing quilting with beading.
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