Take a picture once a day, whether you need to or not

[Sauced]

No idea where it comes from

i don't think you are happy enough.
I'LL TEACH YOU TO BE HAPPY. 
I'LL TEACH YOUR GRANDMOTHER TO SUCK EGGS.

[MrHat]

oh my effing god you can send links from seeqpod?

[schild]

You have to have an account, then you can link playlists. Of course, you can always just copy and paste the URL for the song, I mean hell, it shows you it.

[Mosesandstick]

[Endie]

I, for one, have never heard it.  I'm still not convinced it isn't something naughty.

If you've never heard that phrase then you've not read The Hobbit, for one thing.  I envy you if you still have that ahead.

[schild]

I, for one, have never heard it.  I'm still not convinced it isn't something naughty.

If you've never heard that phrase then you've not read The Hobbit, for one thing.  I envy you if you still have that ahead.

Why? Is he missing something?

[IainC]

Plaza la Reina, Valencia just after sundown last week.

[IainC]

Street graffiti in Valencia is often surreal



And often used in lieu of signage

A newsagent's shutters:



A hairdresser

[Signe]

This is SO cool!

[apocrypha]

In the UK some clueless council jobsworth would have had that painted over by now 

[Cyrrex]

I, for one, have never heard it.  I'm still not convinced it isn't something naughty.

If you've never heard that phrase then you've not read The Hobbit, for one thing.  I envy you if you still have that ahead.

Um, this is Random Internet Guy.  Of course I've read it, many times.  If it was in that book, then I must have let it fly over my head and moved on.  Who said it?

[Endie]

I, for one, have never heard it.  I'm still not convinced it isn't something naughty.

If you've never heard that phrase then you've not read The Hobbit, for one thing.  I envy you if you still have that ahead.

Um, this is Random Internet Guy.  Of course I've read it, many times.  If it was in that book, then I must have let it fly over my head and moved on.  Who said it?

It's during the riddle game between Bilbo and Gollum: he solves Bilbo's riddle about eggs after remembering teaching his grandmother how to suck them.

[Cyrrex]

Wow, I totally don't remember that.

[lac]

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.


I forgot about it too.

[Cyrrex]

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.


I forgot about it too.

Ding!  That did it for me, thanks.

[Endie]

In the UK some clueless council jobsworth would have had that painted over by now 

Not if it was in Edinburgh: we have tons...



or



Which is getting a bit faded, but at least it lasted that long!



And so on...  plenty more.

[Signe]

Edinburgh is so artsy fartsy.  One of these days I'll get up there for the Fringe!

[bhodi]

This thread must not fall off the first page! I went to The New this weekend.

Hey look it's me, climbing this wall:


A hard one (5.11c), and my friend who led the route (I made it to that second pic, finishing the route is beyond my abilities)

[Merusk]

Non-climber question time.  Why try and go up (under..spidey..)  the face where you're at instead of 8 feet to the right, where more of your torso would be over the lip?

[Cyrrex]

A better question is probably "why climb the mountain at all?"  I suppose the answer is similar.

[Nebu]

Non-climber question time.  Why try and go up (under..spidey..)  the face where you're at instead of 8 feet to the right, where more of your torso would be over the lip?

You change your attack to differing degrees of difficulty to improve technique and skill.  This opens the number of more technical climbs available to try in the future. 

[Merusk]

Ah, now that makes sense.

A better question is probably "why climb the mountain at all?"  I suppose the answer is similar.

"Because it's there/ I can" would have been an acceptable answer as I understand that mindset, but I like Nebu's better.

[bhodi]

The goal isn't just to get to the top, it's to get to the top while following a general route that someone has already laid out and assigned a difficulty for.

I'm sport climbing; someone has created that route and put bolts in the cliff to clip into for safety. If you look in the second picture on the top, you can see other ropes about 6 feet over from where I am - that's a completely different route with a different difficulty rating.

[Sky]

I used to climb a lot. Didn't care for pre-planned routes or difficulty grading...or safety gear. Just go out, smoke a high-quality reefer and spend an afternoon climbing rock face. As is often said, I'm lucky to be alive.

Anyway, some daily(ish) pics. Was off last week, saw the Allman Bros in Saratoga, did some hiking north of there. Here's a sunny afternoon:

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And a raging underground stream:

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And of course, Bartolomeus the Great, doing his thing:

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Apologies for forgetting to rotate Bart properly.

[NowhereMan]

Your cat appears to have been slammed into a wall

[Ookii]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

[K9]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

I would welcome a thread teaching me how to use my new DSLR better, and photoshop too.

[MrHat]

I have a few photo questions too.

[voodoolily]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

It's called "clicking the autofix button" on picnik.

[Samwise]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

It's called "clicking the autofix button" on picnik.

Times like this I'm glad I never learned to use Photoshop.  Otherwise it'd probably piss me off that people had made free apps that do all the important stuff it does in a tenth as many clicks.   

[Bunk]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

It's called "clicking the autofix button" on picnik.

[JWIV]

We should have a thread that shows people how to fix the colors in their photos!

It's called "clicking the autofix button" on picnik.

Times like this I'm glad I never learned to use Photoshop.  Otherwise it'd probably piss me off that people had made free apps that do all the important stuff it does in a tenth as many clicks.   

Sadly autofix doesn't usually do what I want.  Most of the time if I'm trying to fix an exposure issue I have to create a duplicate layer and set it to screen.  Rinse lather repeat.

[Sky]

Though I'd be interested in learning more about manipulating photos, I liked the effect they have, the dank cave and the washed-out sunlight. But as requested, auto-fixed :)

[voodoolily]

Sadly autofix doesn't usually do what I want.  Most of the time if I'm trying to fix an exposure issue I have to create a duplicate layer and set it to screen.  Rinse lather repeat.

Autofix usually solves some of the exposure problems, but sliding the exposure-fixing bar (followed by adjusting the contrast) does the rest. Trust me, I'm a terrible photographer.

[Signe]

Those other pics are nice but awwww, kitty!