Sooooo...I browsed the third party programs for Flickr, and came across one I thought was quite fun. It's called Retriever. It allows you to search Flickr images by doing little sketches in this little box that acts like a paint program. The application then attempts to find pictures that look similar to what you sketched in the box. The results are...mixed. It does fine at finding images with the same colors you use, but it can be a little iffy when searching by lines, and shapes. Also, its hard to actually draw a proper representation of something you may have in mind, the box is small, and brush sizes they offer are too big to be precise. One result that was interesting was when I randomly attempted sketching the likeness of Daxter from the Jak and Daxter video game series (I'm really not sure why it came to mind) and Retreiver ended up finding a picture of a giraffe, and then I realized the orange blob I was creating did look like a giraffe.
All in all, a cool program, just could use some refining.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tea party.
This Flickr site, I haven't heard of it before...apparently it's popular. I've heard of photobucket though. So which is the Youtube of image hosting? I don't know. Or the Myspace of image hosting...I think that's more apt.
Soo, I was exploring flickr as commanded, and was using the function that displays the most recently uploaded images. I came across this table of delicious looking cakes, most likely set out for a tea party, which i gleaned from the tea kettle. I picked this image because I've always wanted to have a proper tea party...alas, I never have though. There was some pictures of Europe and stuff that browsed a bit. Apparently there's a function where you can explore a world map and click on locations to find photos related to that area... that's kind of neat. I didn't choose any of the images I found because they seemed kind of generic post-cardey type of deals.
Anyways, I wonder what kind of cakes those are. The one in the foreground on the left could be a lemon custard type of deal..The one in the front looks like its glazed with jello...or that it actually is a jello mold. That would be a weird thing to bring to a tea party though. The one behind that has coconut i bet. I like coconut flavor..though somtimes coconut can be too chewy.
Anyhow, don't read this, because you might thing i'm mental.
oh and the image:
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazyshirley/2803646347/[/img]
Soo, I was exploring flickr as commanded, and was using the function that displays the most recently uploaded images. I came across this table of delicious looking cakes, most likely set out for a tea party, which i gleaned from the tea kettle. I picked this image because I've always wanted to have a proper tea party...alas, I never have though. There was some pictures of Europe and stuff that browsed a bit. Apparently there's a function where you can explore a world map and click on locations to find photos related to that area... that's kind of neat. I didn't choose any of the images I found because they seemed kind of generic post-cardey type of deals.
Anyways, I wonder what kind of cakes those are. The one in the foreground on the left could be a lemon custard type of deal..The one in the front looks like its glazed with jello...or that it actually is a jello mold. That would be a weird thing to bring to a tea party though. The one behind that has coconut i bet. I like coconut flavor..though somtimes coconut can be too chewy.
Anyhow, don't read this, because you might thing i'm mental.
oh and the image:
[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazyshirley/2803646347/[/img]
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Deep dark secret.
I would divulge, but I work with some of you people.
On another note, I have a stomach ache.
On another note, I have a stomach ache.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)