Flickr and iPhone
Let me take you back for a minute here, to the days of yore, when there was just one iPhone, and no other option but to jailbreak to add value to an already fantastic product. There was a plethora of options at your fingertips, and the community grew like no other. There were apps you could download to do every imaginable thing under the sun, and mind you, these were productive apps, that were made by the end user for other users. iFlickr made life simple, take a picture and upload to Flickr, in a jiff, in all its glory and all its EXIF tags intact, and in the original size. Ah, such were the simpler times.
Forward a few months, with the advent of the iPhone 3G, firmware 2.x and lack of any good jailbreak software (Cydia doesn’t count), and you are pretty much reliant on the App Store. A wonderful addition to the iPhone indeed, and I find myself scouring the free apps all the time, hoping one would help me do what I loved to do on my firmware 1.1.x iPhone – send pictures from my iPhone to Flickr directly. I am afraid to report – no luck so far. I tried every app in the store marked with "Flickr" and all they do is perform well on WiFi but really hang on EDGE (just are so slow, I feel I could print those photos out and scan them and hand deliver them to Flickr offices in the time that they take).
So for now I have defaulted to the tried and tested solution – send images to Flickr via mail. Horrid, but it does the job. Please Flickr, heed to our collective calls for a decent app that does the job!
iPhone again…
It had to be, it just had to be. After having sold my iPhone back in Germany, I felt as if I had lost a very important part of my gadget inventory. I tried to fill that space with an iTouch, but nothing could assuage the thirst inside. So, by a stroke of luck I came across an offer I couldn’t refuse, and here we are, Timmy’s got his gadget back! For a deal that would put the best to shame. It works perfect and with Firmware 2.0.2 and tonnes of apps on AppStore, I am one happy camper. Check Flickr out from time to time to see pix I upload with this lil thingi-ma-jigg.
The last few days I have been listening incessantly to Jean-Jacques Goldman (my favorite singer of all time – tempted to say ‘fave’ but am not a schoolgirl-yet). One song of his, instantly transports me back to the days of the happy-go-lucky times I had in Aachen, living my life in the heart of Europe and those days when everything was new and I regarded all, everyone with wide-eyed wonder – "Nos mains", Our hands. Another one that always makes me tear up – "En passant".
Des routes m’emmènent, je ne sais où
J’ai vu des oiseaux, des printemps, des cailloux
En passant
Just says it all… Nostalgic some? I’ll say.
Long time no see!
Wow, it has been forever since I last updated here. For all of you wondering whether ol’ Tim is still around, the answer to your chagrin (I bet) is yes. Things have been crazy the last few weeks – hectic pace with ungodly hours being maintained notwithstanding. I find precious little time to indulge in my favorite past time – taking pictures and uploading them, and of course, updating this blog of mine.
I am glad to announce that I am back on the Information Super-Highway, connected at speeds man was predestined to be connected at. The previous provider left a lot to be desired when it came to speeds and reliability. Every time it rained, our connection would choke. Not a good prospect considering the fact that it has been raining off and on the past few weeks. Sometimes it feels as if the Dutch weather followed me here. Oh well, I’ll take it.
Some great news though. The wedding site is up and functional! The URL has been sent in our official wedding invites to all cordially invited to the blessed occasion. You may RSVP on the website, or by post. We really hope to see all of you there!
And so it goes, and soon must I too, I suppose. It is time for bed, and a long day beckons ahead tomorrow. Cheers.
