“Party” via Flickr user R.mohseni.
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March 11th, 2009
Invite to the Hands Party
February 1st, 2009
Nighttime Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge
On my last day in NYC, Midwest Airlines called asking me if I would like to reschedule my flight. It was the third time they had rescheduled my flight this trip. Also, we had just returned from running around Washington DC for the past four days and five hours in a car traveling back to Manhattan. So, I was already exhausted and fed up with making new travel plans. Enter Emon, who made the best of it. He came up with the idea that we take a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and restored my hope in making my extra night in NYC fun and memorable. Photos, captions, and some links below.
Brooklyn Bridge Photos
Foot traffic on our way to the nearest Starbuck’s. I had to get that fix to even to keep my eyes open at this point: first day back from Inauguration 2009.
“Entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge”
“Cars on the Bridge”
I caught a construction man at work on a building over on the other side of the bridge with my long lens.
“Walking the Line”
Manhattan Skyline (View from the Bridge)
View from the other side!
Bridge, skyline, street all in one photo.
Water Street Photos
This was the site of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle pressroom (the newspaper was published from 1841 to 1955, and revived from 1960 to 1963). Click on the image for more info from wikipedia.
We caught a glimpse of St. Ann’s Warehouse without anyone around. There was one other man taking photos that night with his dog in the car. Nobody else was around. Usually, the place is bustling with attendees for one of their live performances. Click on the photo for more info about current performances.
About 25 years ago, Jane Walentas began to restore this 1922 carousel. Now finished, it’s stored away in Brooklyn. Click on the photo for more info about Jane’s project.
More From Brooklyn
(The blue is mine)
“Valentines Day Bar”
Click here to view the entire photo set on flickr.
January 19th, 2009
Photos of Washington DC: Day 1
Morning and happy MLK day. We just woke up. How about a day 1 on DC photo post to warm up? All of my photos are up on Flickr in the set, Washington DC Day 1.
Train Ticket
We left Greebelt Station at 3 pm or so. Although there were long lines to get a metro ticket, we only had to wait about 15 minutes and the station wasn’t too busy. Not to busy yet, that is.
Dancing to Jazz
We (Emon, Francisco, and I) got off the train at The National Archives. This was the first thing I saw: a couple dancing to jazz music. It’s nothing spectacular but cute, such was the mood that day.
Everyone was walking back from the concert at the Lincoln Memorial. The traffic and crowds were both dense. Button sales spiked.
We walked further into the city.
Flags were everywhere.
Washington Monument
A scene from the park.
White House
This is as close as you get. The road is blocked for the parade tomorrow. We got closer (with F’s lens).
White House
Interview outside the White House.
Outside the White House
Bleachers for the parade tomorrow.
Emon recharging iPhone at Au Bon Pan
Chinatown
Great Expectations.
Cold water. My face. I must wake up, blog about religion, and push onward. Before I go, we’re watching the local FOX News right now. They’re taking pictures and blogging on the show. It’s like watching an infomercial for social media. Terrible.
January 16th, 2009
How to Make Web History on Inauguration Day
Whether you will be attending Barack Obama’s Inauguration in person, or watch the historic event go down virtually on the web, here are tools for you to contribute, participate, and interact with others as well.
Twitter:
NPR and CBS News are using two major twitter tags to follow listeners for the Inauguration Report. The first #inaug09 is for updates about Inauguration Day itself. I’ve been using it to follow people are also just posting information before the event itself using the tag, and using it myself to update as well. The second #dctrip is for road-trippers traveling to DC. Click on the linked tags or view a widget with the ongoing feed on NPR.
Are you using twitter when you go to DC for the Inauguration? Follow me @blogislam if you wish and I’ll follow back.
SMS text:
Text 56333 with the category code for the type of updates you want to receive from the Presidential Inauguration Committee. If you’d like to send updates to NPR and CBS news, text 66937 beginning with one of the tags above and include your message afterward.
Flickr, YouTube, Blogs:
The tags for these sites are the same as the twitter tags (inaug or dctrip) although there is no hashtag. Example? The photo to the left is tagged inaug if you follow the link.
iPhone:
There are also a couple iPhone apps to point out. First, there’s the Inauguration Report that allows you to submit audio, photo, and text reports to the NPR master feed for all of the incoming tags, without any of the work. There’s a registration, but once completed, is stored in your phone. I’ll be writing more about this as soon I get a better feel it, or have a chance to use it in DC. The other app worthwhile to point out for people going DC is Navigating Washington. It has alerts, polls, a metro station finder, an events function, and finally, a Zagat food guide. Best of all, it’s free to install until Inauguration Day.
Also, if you’re into twitter, don’t forget twitterfon. It’s vastly improved with the new updates and I think is the best twitter app available.
Facebook:
CNN and Facebook will be live streaming the ceremony for users who RSVP to the event on their site. Apparently, you’ll be able to watch live video on one side of the screen and status updates from your friends on the other.
January 12th, 2009
Flickr Collage Update
Here she is, courtesy of Flickr.
I get excited about my collages when I feel their finished in concrete form and you probably guessed that fact from today’s superfluous postings, which was worth the commentary if nothing else. I say that because the links are bum now. I should have guessed myself that my photo editing style is similar to my art. It’s like a second collage! I’m like Charlie in Willy Wonka’s factory stealing soda that makes you fart instead of burp and otherwise breaking the rules.
What does that have to do with photo editing? Long story short, the links in the previous posts are wrong because the images have changed a little for aesthetic sake, and so I reposted them on Flickr. Since Flickr is home of the vomiting rainbow panda bear who eats our photostreams for sustinance, seriously see the photo above, so it’s cool to do that sort of reckless thing but not recommended practice. If she does not have our updated photos to eat, she may ask for first born sons. Not good.
Also, the photos in the posts are bum since I used Flickr URLs to post them. I’ll update them and included a new link below. The good news is I have a cool black and white version of what is considered the general favorite of the three to share now. Dromroll, please. “Signs of Change:”
Signs of Change
I made a Flickr set with the other two if you’re interested in seeing the rest of the Obama series. Thanks for being patient as I find out what works by learning how not to do things first. Ay de mi!
Hope you enjoy the art as much as I enjoy sharing it. Commentary about each piece is here, here, and lastly here.
January 10th, 2009
New Years’ Resolution and Photos from NYC
South Seaport in NYC (Flickr)
I spent New Years 2009 in NYC. Click here to see photos from my trip on flickr. I’ll be going back to NYC on my way to Washington DC for the Presidential Inauguration. This time, I’m bringing my Canon SLR. Plan on many more photos to come!
So, my new years resolution…