photography
- Easy to update
- As cheap as possible
- Own domain would be nice
Photo-Grid, Help Wanted
Taking advantage of the collective knowledge of the community, here I am again, thinking out loud, looking for a way to get a project off the ground. Thank you in advance for your thoughts on this one.
It’s been talked about before, and I even took part of the discussion, but here I find myself again.
For a while now I’ve been a fan of sticker art. Not a die hard fan, but I enjoy a good sticker on a wall, or whatever they might end up.
I’d like to get a site going. It would be a grid, with photos of stickers. We live in an area with a ton of them, so why not ?
The requirements for this are:
One of the accounts I follow on Twitter, for reference, is Shibuya Sticker Project(https://twitter.com/ProjectShibuya/). They have a site with Cardd(https://shibuyastickerproject.crd.co/). My site, not very original I know, would follow the same model. Instead of Shibuya, the world!
Not sure how long I’ll keep it alive. These won’t be proper photos, just documenting the stickers, the photos have no value beyond that. That’s one of the reasons I’d like to keep them separate from other stuff.
I’m not a Carrd user, or find it too appealing. This isn’t based on anything, just a feeling. They do have a cheap plan for custom domains and what not.
Thought about Tumblr, but I have the feeling my Tumblr days are gone. Custom domains are easy, on the other hand, and it’s cheap. Posting would also be a no frills experience.
Wordpress would be another option, with custom domain available for a price (haven’t even checked how much yet).
Snap.as, a part of Write.as, could also be used for this, but I’m not sure if paying for their Pro account just for this one would be a great idea.
My first thought is to get another Micro.blog added to my account, but I’m not certain it’s worth the extra money just for this project, that I might keep alive for a couple of months. Would also have to struggle a bit to find a suitable theme. Sunlit would work for this.
I could, of course, post them here, add a tag to them, and set up a page with that tag. But not sure about spamming people with sticker photos…
Thought about setting up a page on the site that’s hosted on Adobe, but updating it would be a pain!
A Flickr album wouldn’t cut it, same goes for SmugMug.
What other ways of doing this do I have ?
As far as ease of set up, and quick and easy posting, Instagram would be great. But I don’t want to do it there. I do like that kind of workflow: take a photo, post a photo. Quick. I don’t need titles, tags, just a photo.
This would probably be my most wanted feature: frictionless posting.
What other platforms could I look into ?
The “Official” Day
Even though we had our church wedding a couple of weeks later, today marks the day when we got married at the Embassy in São Tomé.
Today, as far as the state goes, is the date when we stopped being single.
We had flown over to the big island two days earlier, and stayed at a friends place in the middle of the jungle.
There was a huge storm during the night, landslides had covered part of the road to the city. Our friends were worried the roads could be blocked later on, so we got dressed, had a quick breakfast, I had a beer (yes, nervous), and we made our way to the city, and the embassy.
We got married. And cried.
Quick stop at the hotel for a pizza and a dip in the pool. Off to the airport, short flight over to the small island, got on the back of a passing pickup truck, and soon we were home.
I was the happiest man on earth.
I am the happiest man on earth.
Fancy
Local stray cats have the fanciest water bowls in the land.
Odd, and Long
Or should I just say “regular” ?
All days seem longer, yet somehow shorter, and the normal is now odd.
We walked our usual walk. We came upon a couple of gentlemen from a construction site (there’s a LOT of that going on, by the way), when they were standing outside a Pastelaria, asking about sandwiches. One of them, the one inquiring about the food, had the thickest northern accent I’ve heard in a while, and it made me miss going up north a lot.
A few steps before we were walking by a wall filled with street art, and I tried explaining about Georgetown to tinyMovieStar. She endured it for a while, and then moved on to something else.
Yesterday a DB Schenker truck drove by, and I missed being somewhere where I don’t fully grasp the language, where I’m not sure if what I’m ordering for dinner is delicious.
Maybe I’m finally missing it all.
Thankfully Nuno came over today, and took care of the bike. She was parked for a year now, and movieStar and Nuno had joined efforts to shame me into picking her up and riding her home.
And we did.
He forgot about the pump for the tires, so she was practically un-ridable, but it was damn fun to do it anyway.
I also missed riding her for hours.
Bruised, but Home
She’s back. Nuno is the best!
As soon as she had a new battery, she promptly started working. Tires missing a lot of air, but she was hibernating for a year, so that was expected. Engine running smoothly.
Welcome home.
February 2021 Photoblogging Challenge
Day 25 | code
Not exactly a photo of coding, but I can easily imagine this as a scene in a movie. He would be coding there. Close enough ?
Slow Day for Photos
Walked as usual, but no real photos to rave about.
Some items I had to find while out and about, and I did, but felt too tired the get me in (on?) the right state of mind.
I’m sure tomorrow will be a better day. 
Wild Guess
I’m guessing this was not made locally.
