mom
cool
mom
ok, i give...what is it?
Aunt V
A bleak, narrow view - is this a comment on society in general or just your outlook for today?
Pepa
It looks like mthe forest to me.
look sideways! and double it...
Tim
perhaps its just a picture of our backyard? hehehehe... I wasnt having a particularly dreary day, if thats what youre thinking!
Tim
Amy
That is really awesome!! Snow! Finally!!
Vivian
Great photo - nice elements and composition
Aunt V
One is never sure what drives the artistic temperament at any given time
Vivian
Im feeling thirsty!
Vivian
I hope youre world is a little bigger than this!
Aunt V
I get it now!
Pepa
How Deep is it?
Not nearly deep enough; thankie!
Tim
it is, for sure
Tim
yeah..... about that! oh, well didnt go so well....
Tim
mom
good thing you have a sister to brave the cold and snow to make you a snowman for your photo of the day
Pepa
I think the snow man needs the carrot more than I.
Aunt V
That snowman looks a little smushy
Aunt V
Who is the Oracle?
name is from the matrix.. shes the old wrinkley woman who knows everything; that machine is a leftover from one of dads work friends that they were throwing away... hehe
Tim
Pepa
A lovely shot.
grandma
great pictures
Aunt V
I like it!
you would definately have to know the whole story to get this one; and inching is just there because I needed /something!/
Tim
Pepa
Could this be the start of scrambled eggs?
Aunt V
Ill have mine over easy, on a muffin with canadian bacon!
Pepa
You got me fooled again.
fooled? thats amys village
Tim
Aunt V
Yummmmm! But whos teethmarks are they?
mine!
Tim
Mom
Thanks Auntie V for giving us apad
Aunt V
I am honored to be part of APAD
mom
yuck
mom
you ruined my idea
Aunt V
Very cool! Youre taking some nice shots
Ami
That is soo much better!
Aunt V
Okay, who is Ami?
Sarah Betancourt
Nice shadows
Aunt V
Clever!
Pepa
Lovely picture. I just caught up on the apad and all area bit differnt.
mom
i get it!
mom
explain
Aunt V
Cool! I always thought was just called pick
Pepa
u missed me again
Sarah
That is so pretty! Is the transparency available on iPhoto?
explain? its just .. small items and their words... I dunno! no way youd be able to do that in iPhoto, methinks...
Tim
Pepa
I could use a bit of that down here.
Aunt V
Do they make batteries for humans?
Sarah
I love the lighting. But not the reflections on the batteries.
Sarah
best photo. its like a postcard
JPK
Reminds me of something... http://www.colchesterhs.k12.vt.us/resources_pages/library.html
JPK
I hate the lighting. But I love the reflections on the batteries.
JPK
Im pretty sure its more than just Amys legs that are out there!
JPK
Horrendous shadows.
JPK
Ill give you buttercrunch... I wish I could say that I was honored to be a part of APAD...but nooo, always left in the DUST! Oh yeah, YEAH?? Well heres lookin at you kid!
JPK
A tiny world for a tiny mind?? Im sorry, I couldnt resist on that one!
JPK
You should be ashamed of yourself.
JPK
Madame Vivian, I must say that you left out an important component: the hollandaise sauce. Then, youd have Eggs Pope Style
JPK
Yeah, I have to hand it to you, this ones pretty great!
JPK
Its not the spoon that bends, its the world around it.
JPK
Who are you trying to trick...its easy to see that his face and attire are digitized in.
JPK
Wouldnt Martha be proud?!
JPK
You continue with aspect ratios like this one and Ill have you watching movies on a band-aid.
JPK
I stick you in a carton, flash a camera in your face, post in on the web, and well see how you feel!
JPK
Oh Em Gee....... Ponies!
I need a better background than crappy printer paper (that kills the light more than anything else); reflections are cool; I wish they made some for humans...
Tim
hahahahahaha its a panorama! nothing wrong with /that/
Tim
obviously
Tim
Jan - clearly this is a terrrrrrible one! it was like 11:30 and I needed a picture! I wish I WENT places to get cool pictures... finding crap in the house is getting tedious to say the least...
Tim
AMY! Spell your own name right... Jan + Sarah stop it
Tim
Aunt V
Is the glass half-full, or...?
JPK
Or is the glass just twice as big as it needs to be??? Great shot!
Aunt V
Who got the GPS?
Sarah
I think the reason WHY its a great shot is because of the content.
Sarah
Lovely. Did you get yours working yet?
Sarah
on the photo- This is a nice one
Sarah
Lets go find geocahes!
Sarah
Lets go find geocahes!
Sarah
wow....why is jan commenting all a sudden? there is no plus!
Sarah
That was a strange sight!
Sarah
Now tint the water purple...
me! its not mine to keep, but each of us doing the GPS unit in our GPS/Astronomy class got one to take home for the first half of the semester
Tim
Aunt V
And it flies even faster after you hit 30!
Pepa
This one I know and it really does. You are just begining to find out.
Sarah
That it does...times like an hourglass glued to the table!
Sarah
Where is that lilac light coming from? Is it the laser one?
hahaha I know... it goes faster every year... and the funny blue light is coming from the external flash... thats what happens when you mix light types...
Tim
Sarah
Why did you hav a book in the background? I like that.
book what? thats the little sticker inside the clock telling where its from and stuff like that
Tim
Sarah
Theyre cute when they arent being obnoxious or when theyre not roadkill.
Sarah
I thought the metal things were chimes, sort of symbolizing the passing of time...sort of like a metaphor. But hey Im just an old english geek, so dont listen to me! The external flash is lovely
Aunt V
I cannot live without books. - Thomas Jefferson
Aunt V
Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog it is hard to read. - Groucho Marx
Aunt V
Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. - Charles Kingsley
Aunt V
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes. - Erasmus
Aunt V
Its in your blood, T-man!
Pepa
Aunt V said it all
Sarah
haha. I love the Eramus quote. So what about that Beatles book
JPK
Good work on this one!
JPK
Wheres the artistic value?? Hows that class goine?
Now, the question: how many of those are science or sci-fi books? Id say all but two (Animal Farm and the Beatles book)... heh
Tim
Aunt V
If they are all sci-fi or science, they must belong to your father!
nah theyre all mine except QED (dad) and Animal Farm (Sarah)
Tim
Sarah
How did you DO that? Im pondering...was that a picture taken maybe? I doubt your screen is actually transparent. The GumDrop machine (IMAC?) looks sleek!
Aunt V
Did you like Brysons book?
Aunt V
Clever, methinks its actually Tims trick.
Aunt V
And I have to add that losing my apostrophes is driving me nuts!
grandma
nice picture of Sarah in the frame
Pepa
Tricky Trillian!
Pepa
What hapened to all the piles on the desk?
I know - the apostrophe thing is really annoying ... let me go see what I can do!
Tim
two pictures - one with trillian there, one without... erase the screen from one, and plop in a screenshot of my desktop
Tim
I‘m testing the quotes
Tim
This should m’be work better!
Sarah
haha. I forgot that I owned it!
finally finished touching this old picture up
Tim
Mom
waterloo...
Aunt V
”I like pens. My writing is so amazing there’s never a need to erase.” - Todd Barry
Aunt V
”Pens are most dangerous tools, more sharp by odds Than swords, and cut more keen than whips or rods.” - John Taylor
Aunt V
”Tomorrow it’ll all be over, then I’ll have to go back to selling pens again.” - Johnny Depp (this one is for Amy)
Aunt V
”My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course.Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.” - Graham Greene
Aunt V
I’ll shut up now, but thanks for the quotes!
Sarah
A pen is a woman’s...oops a human’s bff
mom
cool
sarah
How did you get a pic through a microscope? Just put the lens right up?
Sarah
What is the salt doing?
Aunt V
Very nice! Can I get some fries with that?
JPK
I still want you to REALLY do that.
Pepa
Aunt V had to tell me what this is.
Pepa
Ah, memories
that’s amy’s title, BTW
Tim
Aunt V
Good title! Where was this taken? Did you modify the stones in some way?
they’re quite significantly modified - zoom in and you’ll be able to tell! it’s ugly at full zoom but cool at lesser zooms this is on the ground at MBS, right under where the car picture (You Say Tomater) was taken
Tim
mom
i see them every day and didn’t recognize them!
Aunt V
Yep, I had zoomed in, and the stones didn’t look quite real
Aunt V
By the way, did I hear you complaining about having to take pictures inside the house? Come to New York!!!!!!!!!!
Pepa
I was looking for a palm tree, but didn’t see any.
sarah
they look like they belong in ”Ice Age”
yeah that’s kind of the cartooney effect that filter gave.... heh... mainly wanted it to make it less obvious that I blanked out half the picture, though!
Tim
so ... just a few more hours and it’s down to Norwich to see this thing blown apart. yay for two and a halfish months of work going kapooey!
Tim
Aunt V
Have fun, but stand back!
Mom
Great job...hope you’re indestructible!
soooo... we’re back from norwich, and - guess what? we only got 325ish pounds, but the bridge didn’t really break. The arches are still perfect, the bed is still almost perfect, the floss is flawless, but one tiny support broke... and another pointless piece of wood came off (the left loose piece in the picture). We could have been a tiny bit smarter and gotten a lot more weight. But, all in all, with a 2.9 pound bridge holding well over 100x its own weight, we didn’t do too bad at all!
Tim
sarah
not too shabby
Pepa
It looks very good, but a complete picture might be nice, too.
the complete picture looks almost exactly like yesterday’s except for this little split beam... so sad!
Tim
Sarah
Did it bend while breaking?
Mom
What a fun day!
Aunt V
Interesting movie - but where are the explosives??
sarah
woah COOL! what IS it? is it a little robot?
Aunt V
Does it?
Amy
You finally took it out of the container???
Sadly it doesn’t fly doesn’t do much at all without sunlight... but yeah - a little robot!
sarah
is this the little robot from the plastic box on your desk?
Pepa
Now where did I put that fly swatter?
Perhaps, just maybe, kinda, I’ll get to finally buy a real copy of Imagine tomorrow?!?!?
Tim
Aunt V
OK, I’ll bite, what’s happening tomorrow?
sarah
Arent John Lennon songs already available on iTunes?
dunno what might be happening tomorrow *cough*maybeBeatlesoniTunes*cough* but I do know that today, Apple, Inc. got the rights to the Apple trademark for music. Meaning the lawsuit (20 years worth) with Apple, Corps. (beatles record company) is over. Which means... who knows? So anyway Apple, Inc (computer) is licensing the name to Apple, Corps. But yeah. Steve’s a beatles freak... heh
Tim
nope.
Tim
Aunt V
I’d like a real copy of Imagine, too
other people are saying valentines day, too...
Tim
the only copy of imagine I have is by the two guys that were the main characters in Quantum Leap... sad :_)
Tim
Aunt V
I’d like a real copy of Imagine, too
Aunt V
Hey! Quantum Leap was a GREAT show!
Aunt V
Hey! Quantum Leap was a GREAT show!
Aunt V
I think there is an echo in here
what in the world?
Tim
Pepa
Pretty picture.
looks like not today, so I’m looking forward to Valentines Day. steve did write us an essay about abolishing DRM today, though. Wouldn’t it be cool if he did this more often? Steveblog...
Tim
Aunt V
Nice job with the illumination!
Pepa
Aunt V told me what it is and then I knew. Very tricky shot.
Sarah
The fuzz effect around the edges is pretty.
JPK
Wow, I have imagine if you want it--off of one of Coon’s Cds for a movie a few years back.
sarah
I will provide you with a list. There’s so many things to take pictures of!
Aunt V
There’s a great big world out there, don’t miss any of it!!
Pepa
How bout puting on your ear muffs and stepping outside for a few minutes?
I love how I haven’t managed to implement a single one of the suggestions so far... and who posted that 3D one? that’s the tutorial I followed for the Amy-thing I did back a few days...
Tim
I know! but it’s so .... cold!
Tim
you shouldn’t speak you’re in florida
Tim
Aunt V
No 3D suggestion from me, I’m still waiting for Camelback
Aunt V
Or is that Camel’s Hump?
Pepa
Lovely today in FL
Pepa
Brrr! Thats a cold looking lite.
sarah
Did you have to lie on the snow to get that shot? totally brrr
Aunt V
Wow, you have a lot of snow!
wow... barely made this one! set the camera across the street and left it for ten minutes...
Tim
Sarah
very professional
Pepa
Wow! Now that’s a picture!
Aunt V
Awesome! Thank you for listening to my suggestion
sarah
one of the best yet!
sarah
sort oh messy right?
Pepa
When the tower leans too far, the blocks will fall.
Aunt V
Very cool, Tim.
Aunt V
Do I detect a little manipulation here?
mom
is this when you broke my candle holder?
mom
or is this when you broke my candle holder?
the only manipulation was to erase the background. that’s exactly what the tower looked like! and it really was falling over! haha yeah that’s when we were breaking it - though not that exact time because the candle holder was off to the left side
Tim
Aunt M
Catch us if you can !!!!
Dad
Not exactly what I envisioned...
Sarah
Very eerie! Is that the top of a fancy metal box or something? hmmm
Pepa
I give up on this one.
Aunt V
I’m stumped too - what surface did you photograph?
Vegetable oil and water and food coloring
Tim
Amy
It was so much fun!!! (The picture, not the homework!!)
sarah
wow. he should use this as a future example! laminate it!
Aunt V
Very cool! The photo is nice too
mom
60 in park...now i know why you don’t want to drive
Pepa
Nice jump, Amy
Pepa
Nice jump, Amy
Pepa
A full gas tank is always nice these days.
grandma
did you get your homework finished. You look great Amy
spaghettification, as Lee would say...
Tim
Aunt V
Words just don’t describe it!
Pepa
Maybe you should forget the math and go to work for National Geographic.
Pepa
Thats the sort of pictures they have.
Sarah
Wow it’s like the inside of a kooshball anda sea anenome all rolled into one. With great coloring!
grandma
beautiful!! 5:15am just came in from shoveling about 3 inches of snow. picture really brightened my day
Amy
That is amazing!! I like the NG idea... but who is Lee??
mom
smolin...PI...even i know that
Amy
I figured it out eventually!!
Amy
I figured it out eventually!!
sarah
now was this a projected image? or edited in later? (the heart )
Sarah
There is a huge amount of snow out there. It’s piled over a foot above my head on some drifts. What a storm!
Edited in it’s crazy!
Tim
Pepa
I just knew it would be a snow picture today.
Pepa
Looks like Dad missed work today, too.
yes, he did ... actually, he went in, but they sent him home
Tim
Aunt V
I you
Aunt V
I’ll try that again. I heart you!
Amy
Not exactly what I was expecting... but its still cool!
mom
tim, now get out there and shovel!
grandma
did you clean your fathers truck off??????
JPK
Looks like the pile of JOKES I was shoveling all day yesterday!
Amy
Isn’t this the second mini picture?? I would so rather be there right now... instead of drowning in snow!!
Mom
Where’s the beach?
Aunt V
The chair on the right is mine!
Sarah
I’ll get the lemonade and umbrellas!
grandma
when are you takeing me with you???
Pepa
Wanna borrow my sunglasses?
Pepa
Happy Valentine to u 2
Aunt V
Very nice!
grandma
thank you for the valentine flower
Sarah
Happy Valentine’s Day
Mom
i like the pick
mom
pink, i meant
Sarah
I like the pink too!
Amy
I really like the picture... but I don’t understand the title...
Pepa
I really like the title...but don’t understand the picture..
Sarah
Is it a metaphor?
JPK
I understand the really like, but I don’t title the picture.
Title is because it made me think of that classic picture of the black hole feeding on the supergiant star; but when I look again I see there’s really no connection... ahh! Jan..?
Tim
BTW those are two different lights, from Amy’s big octopus lamp thing... one is focused on the filament, one on the outside of the bulb.
Tim
Dad
Your lens needs cleaning
Sarah
click
Pepa
Smile for the camera.
Aunt V
...or Self Portrait?...
Aunt V
I feel like I’ve fallen into a Kafka story
Dad
So, this is how the mirror sees your camera (I can read the writing)
grandma
I want to see a picture of you
Aunt V
I like it, but what is it?
Pepa
Very scary!
Sarah
It’s almost like someone is under a sheet bent over (like reading with a flashlight in the dark), except the outline of everything is blue.
Amy
It’s my dolphin lamp!!
Yeah about that! it’s amy’s dolphin plasma lampy thingy
Tim
Sarah
mmm. Is that coconut? Yeah the boxes of chocolates never seem to end!
Aunt V
Now, can we get a never-emptying wallet?
Pepa
I wish I had a chocolate candy.
grandma
thanks Tim that is just what I need!!!!
Mom
I love neverending valentines...
prize (not!) to the first non-MomAmyDadSarahJanMe who can identify all of the celebrities (blended 50% with our teachers) without using the video!
Tim
Sarah
so - what this is.. is... it’s diversity week part two, and friday is the presentation. I made a 35 second morph between teachers and celebs... you can view it by clicking on the Q... maybe...
Tim
Sarah
Oh that’s creative!
Sarah
The Q is in working mode.
Sarah
Ok now its not working.
Mom
very cool, Tim, I know you put a lot of time and effort into this. You should be proud! Good Luck on Friday!
Pepa
Sometimes I think the world has passed me by. I could only see two I knew.
Pepa
And I watched the video!
Sarah
Wow they’re going to love this! So much fun!
Pepa: there’s at least three you should know - the first, third, and fourth across the top row
Tim
Aunt V
A very punny title
Pepa
That TY seems very familar. A name from the past.
grandma
Only 5? Very cute
Sarah
that title Your extensive assortment of stuffed creatures is really sweet.
Pepa
That one makes me feel glad to be in FL.
grandma
my bars are not as long as yours
Mom
nice picture, Tim
so yeah. another alien-themed texture picture (like the Alien Flesh one from a while ago)... anyone guess what it is?
Tim
Aunt V and Aunt M
A spool of some kind of wire?
Aunt V
I give, what IS this?
Sarah
it’s a little thin for a slinky.
Sarah
Possibly some paint pattern? On an earthenware mug?
no, no, and no again
Tim
Sarah
Let’s play 20 questions!
Sarah
Let’s play 20 questions!
Aunt M
Is it a spindle of dvd’s or cd’s?
grandma
I give up what is it?
Auntie M got it - it’s a spindle of DVD-Rs heh
Tim
Aunt M
Clear Caulk?
Pepa
Aunt Margaret’s better than me. I couldn’t guess.
Aunt M
icicle off a gutter ?
Aunt V
Lovely. What it is
Pepa
Delightful. What is it?
Amy
It’s a rocket I made for my Robert Goddard project at the end of eighth grade... We had to have something for the people to do... Mine was for the people to build the rocket according to a diagram.
Sarah
nice icicle
Pepa
Now that know, it’s even nicer.
Punkin
Where’s Peanut?
Peanut
Hey, what about me?
Pepa
Now that’s a realy lovely picture.
grandma
finally I have no trouble with the picture
Mom
Thanks for taking me, Tim, what a fun time!
Mom
Happy Birthday dear Vivian
Sarah
Wow...nice...
Sarah
it’s just like on the website! cool!
Sarah
Is that overlooking the river that separates Manhattan and Brooklyn?
Stu
So neat. I saw that place on TV one night. I want to visit!
grandma
what a great picture.
Aunt V
Great shot, and I love the title!
Aunt V
I think you photoshopped that cube in there!
funny thing is : most of the guys in black you see around the cube are security guards. there were probably 10 guards running around. there’s a little step down towards the glass and they came over and told us not to stand there. like that’s they’re only job if there’s no shoplifters, or something
Tim
wow I hate that they’re... their!
Tim
Sarah
It’s Homeland Security! The Apple version
it’s an icicle
Tim
Sarah
Cingular! wow those lights are stunning aren’t they?
Sarah
That is such a beautiful church? Do you know how old it is? There’s one on Washington Sq. that’s been there since the Dutch were around. Could you go into the church?
it’s about 200 years old (a little less) and I’m pretty sure you could have gone inside
Tim
Sarah
Did you do anything to this picture other than make it black and white? Was there a cemetary behind it?
Sarah
That’s a good shot...was it from the 35th story?
they are! and yeah, this was from way up top
Tim
we didn’t look behind it, and the only other thing I did to the picture was crop it and change the levels (so the sky was all white)
Tim
Sarah
Nice angles.
Pepa
The NY shots are reall great. You got a good eye!
Aunt V
Although the original church no longer stands (it was built in 1659 and burned by the British in 1777), the old Dutch Church in Kingston may be of interest to you. The current church was built in 1852. The cemetery on the grounds dates back to the mid 1600’s, and it’s possible you have ancestors buried there. Based on church records, you definitely had ancestors who were married or baptized in the original church.
Aunt V
Did you see that poor person still at work in the building next to your hotel?
last one in my NYC bunch
Tim
that’s our hotel, BTW
Tim
Sarah
Too bad you didn’t go ice skating! Now did you you see the tree that they light up for the holidays? Or is that a not permanant tree?
JPK
Very nice, tim--all of them! I’m very glad you had fun!
Pepa
Two more great shots!
Amy
Isn’t it cute?? But okay... it needs a good name!
JPK
name it Greg
Pepa
How bout Limey?
Aunt V
I vote for Shuff
Aunt V
And the reflection of Juan Valdez!?
Amy
Where are these names coming from?
that’s me working on Projector (the yet unofficially named projector program thingy); that being the first time I’ve been in a POD and the first time since christmas I’ve had the tripod fully extended!
Tim
one thing that is coming along fine: the icon nice one, jan!
Tim
Aunt V
I think Timmy the ThinkGeek monkey has a suggestion
Aunt V
And are those GRAY hairs I see???!?!?!?!!?
Peanut
How about The Peanut?
Punkin
I like Little Green Apple
Troi
....yawwwwnnnnn,,,,,,,
Vivian
Thank you, sister dear!
grandma
pleade doen’t pull any of your lovely hair out
JPK
Hahah...thanks...it was kind of luck the way I actually (by chance) figured out how to make the lens look slightly 3-d. But the program’s going to be really cool. It’s a shame we have less than a semester to use it in the theater.
Sarah
coffee?
mom
your desk looks very clean...lets see a pix of the rest of the room
Sarah
I do believe that she is right!
Pepa
Thats clean?
JPK
So, when you left I DID beat Eric...haha by one point--then we played two 3-point scrimmages and I won both of those against him as well--Mr. Weisenstein has lost his touch?!?! Good times.
Sarah
Why did you rename it? Ah...I don’t usually suck like that. Ah I believe that was luck...Mr. Weissenstein has supreme skill.
hahaha wow he was doing well... too bad I didn’t get to finish. perhaps you were all tiring him out!
Tim
Aunt V
The bottom of a bamboo stalk
Pepa
Banana Cream Pie!
Sarah
The bottoms of a cylindrical wooden chair leg?
-s
Sarah
It DOES look a lot like bamboo though.
JPK
A sailboat??
totally a sailboat nah, it’s bamboo!
Tim
grandma
very interesting
Burlington Free Press Teen Photo thingy
Tim
Mom
Looks like Joey Drive to me
Amy
I don’t really undersand the title... but anyway... go vote!!! And notice that %s are below the name!! 3.8 now...
nono the % is ABOVE the name!
Tim
Amy
Just because I’m stupid...
Aunt V
Miss Amy, you are NOT stupid, It was a little confusing. I voted!
Pepa
Amy, you are surely not stupid. And I voted too. Guess for who and I was confused too.
Sarah
I voted for you! And was this picture taken with the new filter?
Sarah
I had to start at the top to understand the %
grandma
nice picture, just keep the snow
it was worth a shot! but now I can’t check it, nor could I make any adjustments - I don’t have any red and blue glasses! maybe someone does and can try it. maybe I’ll try this one again someday with something more ... landascapey... where I have more of a chance of it working!
Tim
Sarah
Wow that is so cool! Looking at it at first is very peculiar on the eyes. You don’t have any red and blue glasses? The glass looks a little red and blue tinted to me...but do you need something that is originally red or blue?
Pepa
I know it’s not a coffee maker.
Sarah
It’s one of those pens...you press lightly on the bottom bulb, and the liquid bubbles and shoots up into the top. What is the specific name Tim?
I dunno - but I know you need red+blue glasses to view it in 3d, silly!
Tim
sarah
silly?
sarah
do YOU have red and blue glasses?
no as I might possibly have mentioned in my first comment.
Tim
Sarah
Could this possibly be in reference to energy considerant blubs?
Pepa
I like a candle better.
Mom
You stole my idea!
Aunt V
Nice pic!
Aunt V
What a bright idea! hee hee hee
Sarah
He didn’t check weather.com! cute pic
Pepa
Your best picture yet. Us guys in FL love it.
grandma
and miss all the snow
See Here.
Tim
Not that that is much help. This might be: See Me Too
Tim
Mom
I know Boston is your favorite music
Dad
He lives on through his songs and in our souls...
Sarah
Aunt V
That was sad news indeed, but Dad is right - his legacy lives on.
Aunt M
I like these
Amy
Yay... I guess I do need to clean my room... anyway - I like it!
hehe. can anyone tell what the book is? and this is all a comment on this video: here, which I believe is a complete fake. I think with a little bit of time (to set up proper lighting for greenscreening), I’d easily be able to accomplish the same thing in ten minutes in Final Cut... because the camera never moves!
Tim
OK it moves once but it’s just a little bitty zoom which is easy to do, too
Tim
sarah
Sixth Harry Potter book. Purple and black hardcover. The video did look green screened.
Aunt V
I want to know how Amy holds that fat heavy-looking book in one hand!
Pepa
You do do some strange things.
grandma
very interesting
not letting you see their color so maybe you’ll think they’re what I wish they were...
Tim
do you wish they are trees? I’m pretty sure they are literally trees. but if you want to be metaphorical, then sure!
sarah
oops
Aunt M
green grass ?
Aunt V
Blue sky?
Aunt M
green grass ?
green grass? hehee but it’s not really green
Tim
Pepa
Pepa
I think I’ll take the fifth.
sarah
polka dotted snow and the sun is a disco light.
so yeah we went out for a walk today... but the GPSes weren’t happy at ALL
Tim
Sarah
You weren’t happy because the GPI weren’t happy. But the pictures were lovely I bet. Including the puddle animals. I suggest posting THAT. yuck!
Sarah
Thst was such a bad pose. Next time don’t tell me! GPI by the way, is Tim’s plural for GPS’.
hehehe but you weren’t going to stay still enough for me to take the picture from so far away hehehehe... yeah... about that GPI
Tim
Sarah
psh it was so cold!
you love how there’s no comments except for the two of us
Tim
Mom
nice photo, posed or not,
Aunt V
OK, whatizzit?
Pepa
I know its not a blue moon
Pepa
Wow! What a pretty girl!
Sarah
I thought Blender...but what is with the wooden hinge things?
hahaha amy knew what it was right away it’s dad’s current mirror (or one of his friends’ mirrors that he’s working on) through his tester
Tim
Mom
Tim you never cease to amaze me with things that are right under my nose and I still don’t know what they are.
Aunt V
I really thought it was a blue corpuscle
Aunt V
I thought you guys were getting warm weather!
Dad
It’s a commercially made telescope mirror that is of OK quality (not great) seen through a Foucault tester.
so yup. over the weekend sarah and I get to shoot and edit a 60 second political campaign video. heh. fun! should be really cool... I’ll post it here next week when it’s all done
Tim
Sarah
Look at you. Hard at work like a real campaigner. Want to co run?
Sarah
I love the scribbled background. It’s pretty Now what are all those papers lined up on the walls?
Mom
some campaign office
Sarah
who will we interview?
hehe ... look ma, no eraser tool in hand. just a couple of buttons and the background’s gone! niceeee... um... keep in mind I’m holding my own light up at this point!
Tim
Pepa
You are losing me.
Sarah
How did you do THAT? And ehat do you mean by no eraser in hand?
hehe well pepa, I’ll probably be loosing you until sunday, when this thing is all over that’s me in front of the blue screen that was in the previous picture
Tim
Mom
Ok, Tim, you look scared or scary?!
Amy
What’s with the creepy face?
I was talking! just picked a funny frame out of the video
Tim
Aunt V
What’s in the backgrouund? Is that the memorial to the soldiers killed in Iraq?
there’s a leprechaun sticking out of one of our new snow piles
Tim
Aunt V
What, no green snow?
Sarah
From a distance, it looks like a green piece of popcorn, or a possible half of a leprechaun ”PEEP” (which do not exist...YET)
Sarah
Did you really stick the flower in the snow? Or was that added in later
haha no, no green snow... not crazy like G’ma - and yeah the flower was really in the snow
Tim
grandma
you think I’m crazy
Pepa
And Happy St./ Patricks Day to you too!
Sarah
Top o the mornin to ya!
Tim
indeed it is. well - not just to the soldiers (soldiers have red flags - 1 for 1), but also for civilians (one flag for 6)
sarah
what a long day...
Pepa
Is there something in that thing that we might see?
Pepa
I know it’s not Jet Blue1
Sarah
not a UFO either
JPK
That’s a keeper! Very nice!
Mom
I love it...glad I called you outside!
Aunt V
This is so amazing - I pulled off the road to look at the moon and Venus tonight because they were so beautiful, and I was kicking myself for not having my camera. I’m glad you captured it.
grandma
what a wonderful picture
Pepa
Lovely
Sarah
It’s right where you said it was! (venus).
Pepa
I can’t find polaris!
Aunt V
Who threw it?
?
sarah
it looks like the kind of pretty paper people buy at michaels for scrapbooks
or maybe someone’s ceiling
Tim
Sarah
they shine that brightly? wow
Aunt V
...and it only gets worse as you get older! You’ll find your to-do list growing longer every day!
grandma
not a very big piece of paper for your do-list
Amy
I hate to-do lists... but it is nice to be able to cross things off...
Amy
Is that seriously your ceiling? Mine aren’t that bright?
sarah
it is empowering to cross stuff off
sarah
however, whenever i cross something big off, it’s like wow...let’s be lazy for a day because that one big thing is done!
JPK
Def. one of her best readings!! Niceness!
sarah
blushes* I liked the lights. Even though you don’t like fuzziness (tim)
Mom
too bad we can’t hear here
Aunt V
Coffeehouse, I presume?
indeed it is
Tim
Aunt V
My nephew, the college freshman (almost)!
Sarah
You look happy!
Pepa
You make your Grandfather very proud!
JPK
Lucky you for knowing already... Nice!
Aunt M
the next steps....
Mom
Congratulations, Tim. We’re very proud of you. Now you just have to choose your room, your meal plan, and on and on...the fun begins NOW!
and now, the room and food and stuff is all done!
Tim
Mom
nice picture, Tim. Wasn’t that a fun walk today. Explain the title, please?
no. I’ll wait to see if anyone gets it
Tim
Sarah
So time is chaotic continuum? It dashes against the rocks in a rush, and nothing organized comes of it, however, somehow, it’s beautiful? Or maybe it’s just free?
sarah
i take it the water wasn’t actually this gray? or is that part of the imagination behind the title
JPK
You always were a shady character!
JPK
I’d say that time itself is rather simple, but because of it’s alarming rate, the chaos is formed by the objects that get in the way--the unplanned meetings, the spur-of-the-moment occasions, the things that take us away from the repetative stream of the river and send us down a chute of adventure--sometimes leading to injury other times just adding a flare of greatness to stir things up!
Aunt V
Water, like life, rushing by
Aunt V
Great photo, Tim!
Aunt V
I can see right through you!
Sarah
is it time to quote Anna yet?
Sarah
but the water is being restrained and set free! maybe, we are at the stage of our lives when we’re falling over the edge.
Sarah
lol. i was going to say slim shady! It was really nice out today. Did you get a lot of pictures?
thankie, auntie V - those other two... where did we get them?
Tim
and no, the water was much, much brown-and-bluer
Tim
sarah
I like the grey You will hear these words once in your life (treasure the moment)- nice photoshopping!
Sarah
you got us at a supermarket
JPK
eBay
Sarah
Recycle North!
JPK
Ouch!
Aunt V
I love it!
Aunt V
Nice backlighting. What kind of flower is it?
Pepa
No comment
Pepa
The Shadow Knows!
Pepa
I would like to know how you did it.
Pepa
Are the daffodils out already?
hehe I swung my arms around and took 7 shots and dragged them into Photoshop, hit a button, and boom! all done
Tim
grandma
I had bees in my flowers Monday
jpk
amazing!
sarah
not yet!
Aunt V
Now don’t tell Pepa it was as simple as that, or he will want to try it!
Aunt M
you know I would like this, all that COLOR !!!
Sarah
It’s like a 4th of July light up stick gone rainbow
Amy
What is it?!?!
very much related to what goes inside the plastic on tomorrow’s picture, but of a higher density (something on the order of 5x more)
Tim
Pepa
Lost me again.
it’s a DVD! (or, the rainbow on one!)
Tim
Sarah
The Rhythm of the Drums? is this a reference to Lord of the Dance? Definitely one of my fave pictures
it’s rhythm of the saints
Tim
Tim
Aunt V
How’d’ya get ’em stacked like that?
Pepa
Are they falling? Looks as if...
Amy
Oi... it looks very graveyardy
Aunt V
There’s no snow!
Sarah
in the spirit of being poetic: this picture reminds me of Poe’s Raven.
Sarah
Very Newenglandish!
Mom
Good to see you’re getting out in the nice weather
nope they’re not falling. and the title was some sort of late-night reference to the failing music industry and how much even music enthusiasts care about it. because they’re idiots.
Tim
idiots == RIAA, not the enthusiasts!
Tim
haha a graveyard?? you love that nice green ground!
Tim
grandma
get the paint brush out
Pepa
Looks like a fence to me Amy.
Pepa
Of course. I remember him well.
Aunt V
Is this a heliographic image?
Aunt V
How long was the exposure?
hahaha well ... aren’t all images still heliographic, in a way? that’s a five minute exposure. amazingly enough, I didn’t actually add any grain in later... that’s what I got. I just desaturated it... hmmpfh.... hehe... not at all what I was expecting!
Tim
except... that picture isn’t heliographic like most are, because the sun’s down (took it at 11PM!)... it’s streetlightographic
Tim
Aunt V
I wonder what Monsieur Niepce would have created if he had the technology available to us?
Aunt V
”streetlightographic” - you’re too funny
Aunt V
What *were* you expecting?
wellll... when I do the 5 or 10 minute exposures of the star trails, the trees look really cool... but... I didn’t want to go outside so I did this through the window and it really screwed up the picture
Tim
Dad
Hi Honey! I’m home!
Mom
buzz, buzz, buzz that’s yay for hi honey i’m home
Aunt V
We love bees - they pollinate the flowers
Aunt V
But it was so nice out last night! At least here in the southern latitude.
Amy
Bees scare me...
Sarah
I’m glad it’s the abode of the bees and not an actual bee...
Sarah
What a lovely blender project that was!
Sarah
I like the additions on the table
JPK
I was wondering what sort of ponies I’d be seeing here!
sarah
you have lost your mind
Sarah
I never would have thought this picture from long ago would have ended up in HERE!
Sarah
one of my faves
Sarah
You asked. My fave ->
mine too. I LOVE this
Tim
Sarah
woah! is that blender, or a place for your blender pics of your owndesign?
it’s the inkscape design of a site for my artsy stuff that I never finished making
Tim
sarah
so it’s pretty much a design like the POD sit, but it just doesn’t work on the internet
was going to be a website, I just never got around to finishing it
Tim
Sarah
Where is this? Or is it CG?
quite much CG five minutes in terragen
Tim
JPK
How dare you allow this to resurface?!?!
JPK
Oh...I thought it was Blender...I was like WOW...but now that I know....
Sarah
Mastermind*
Sarah
That was well carried out Mr. Partner in Crime
teeheehee now THAT is what I call an april fool’s joke
Tim
Sarah
err...it looks like a fallen over magazine rack...
heh or perhaps our coffeetable (you can’t see the glass in the top, but in sketchup, it’s evident)
Tim
Sarah
Freehand?
Sarah
did it involve any math? I would hope not
JPK
That’s what I call CRUELTY... and never say ”teeheehee” EVER again.
sketchup! (by google)
Tim
Sarah
giggles Lemara
Sarah
Let’s go someday ok?
Sarah
Was that the cover to your honors project for forensics?
Sarah
Viembre 150?
Sarah
How about we use this as a phone card?
sarah
THAT’s cute
Aunt V
Smile, Amy!
Aunt V
Time for an iPhone
Aunt V
At 0300, you should have been in it!
Aunt V
Close...
Aunt V
Almost a smile
Aunt V
Cooooool
Aunt V
So share with the rest of us, what is it?
she never smiles!
Tim
indeedie to both
Tim
hehe I was... up till 10 was posted when I got up
Tim
poor eric
Tim
now she’s always smiling!
Tim
I dunno... just some wacky thing I blended up to play with the depth of field simulator
Tim
JPK
That’s a superfly logo! hahah...what is it
JPK
?
JPK
This series surely brings the mems back....man oh man...
saywhat? sarah and I had to make up a country. this was our currency (all credit based) and our flag was somewhere else here today
Tim
grandma
finally something I recognize
youlovethatpenguin!
Tim
Sarah
you support the usage of mice? Ah me too! I like to click things. It’s better than that touch screen kind of stuff (iPHONE!)
Amy
Where’s the Steve Jobs one?
nah. touch screen totally wins so much more natural (multitouch...lemme see you do THAT with a mouse!)... I’m just demonstrating the mouse face they put in the pro mouse
Tim
sarah
but the iphone gets smudgy. if it was on another surface that doesn’t get disgusting, then sure!
except only a handful of people in the whole world know if the iPhone gets smudgy and neither you nor I are one of them!
Tim
Sarah
Steve tells me things you only dream of knowing!
Sarah
So what kind of cloth does this huge screen have? There’s are multitouch special sensors? They should figure this out and then work on holograms.
Sarah
If I would learn physics, I would want to work with holograms (oh yeah and NASA and the motion of angry cells )
Sarah
Just keep swimming ;-0
Sarah
Are you fixing the pointer area?
Sarah
I meant clicker.
Sarah
That’s Trillian right?
indeed... *shudders*
Tim
grandma
looks like your fathers workshop
yeppie that’s dad’s workshop with poor Trillian peeking open. trying (and failing) to fix the trackpad button. alas two months and a little bit using the trackpad tap thingy won’t be tooooooooo bad!
Tim
Sarah
so she’s not better yet?
Pepa
I would like to give you my touch pad.
Aunt V
Do you need aunties to the rescue?
hahah no it’s just fine!
Tim
sarah
huh?
noone noticed the ribbon cable is transparent (the ink heads were in motion while the picture was being taken)
Tim
Pepa
A picture of our world today.
Pepa
Does it work or not?
Sarah
pfft...who takes it home and uses an exacto knife?!
Sarah
It’s very cool though.
Aunt V
I confess, I did not see the transparent ribbon cable. Mea culpa!
old picture, sitting around waiting to be edited, from the Winooski day
Tim
Sarah
did you add black to the trees?
Aunt V
No picture on 04-06?
Pepa
Looks like springtime in VT to me.
OOPS! This was the 04-06 picture! I just didn’t look at the date
Tim
Aunt V
Amy’s been busy!
pfft! how about sarah and I... and we made a mess.. none of them came out particularly cleanly...
Tim
Sarah
I had fun This could become a tradition
Sarah
Did the lilac one turn out marbelized? I never checked!
Amy
I had absolutely nothing to do wuth it!!!
Amy
This is definately the coolest!
what’s wuth mean?
Tim
Amy
Just because I can’t type... gosh!! *with!
Sarah
How was Easter?
gr
very nice eggs, which one is mine?
Amy
It is waayy too cold to be wearing capris and a t-shirt!!!
sarah
cool!
Pepa
Happy
Pepa
Easter Egg!
Pepa
Amy, you’re really fast!
grandma
you have ghost in the back yard?
Aunt M
Just my color
Aunt V
It looks like Amy is going backwards. Did you take multiple images, or manipulate the photo?
Aunt V
It looks like Amy is going backwards. Did you take multiple images, or manipulate the photo?
Aunt V
Sorry, Amy’s always been the E.E. dyer in the family
sarah
who wrote that one?
Pepa
Pepa
WOW!!!
that would be the official Think Different slogan-poem that was in a couple of commercials and stuff I re-typeset it according to the way Chiat/Day had it originally in a nice font (the official apple font, Myriad Pro), and then amy made me colorize it like the original apple logo
Tim
Amy
I love it!! I want one... !!
she’s quite much going forwards. there was a flash at the beginning, and then a long exposure. that’s why you see her at the top and then slideyness for the rest!
Tim
Sarah
This is it in its entirety...http://web.archive.org/web/20010228171255/www.apple.com/thinkdifferent/
Pepa
A pansy in VT already?
sarah
WOW
grandma
my favorite color
Mom
What a beautiful pansy
Sarah
is your garden growing? I thought it was snowing!
heh. it’s inside!
Tim
Sarah
I used to love picking our neighbor’s pansies. And dandelions
sarah
she’ll survive!
yay my new wireless mighty mouse came today I love it already!
Tim
Sarah
I so didn’t picture it looking like that It’s lovely
Amy
She cut off its tail with a carving knife... ? Nevermind...
Mom
it’s got no apple on it
Sarah
haha wow
actually it does have a little indentation of an apple on it just can’t see it in that light. it’s more obvious sitting here in the livingroom with the light at a really low angle
Tim
Aunt V
It’s green! What happened to pristine Apple white?
Aunt V
Nice hand
Aunt V
Beautiful!
say what??? the green one is OLD (like 1998).... the pure white one on the bottom is the new wireless one
Tim
Aunt V
Don’t ever change
Pepa
Cute little mouse.
Pepa
Hold it tight!
Sarah
If you look at it fast,it looks like a white chocolate ice cream bar.
grandma
very nice Tim
Mom
It was yum...PJ’s ribs are the best!
Mom
well, not really home, maybe where classes will be
if dad’s right and it’s the biotech building, then ... not so much!
Tim
I can’t wait
Tim
Aunt V
The best part was the company!
Pepa
Could that be RPI?
Aunt V
And for us neophytes, EMPAC stands for....?
Pepa
This one needs an explanation.
Pepa
My wish-someday to be there with you all.
the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center - the new concert hall (second best acoustics in the country?), theatre, and smaller performance and visualization spaces and stuff!
Tim
should be done fall 08
Tim
it could!
Tim
Dad
It’s at RPI... (Where all those $$ go
grandma
Sorry I had to miss it, but my easterbonnet won $50.00
grandma
were is it?
grandma
looks interesting
Sarah
HUGE flakes!
sarah
visualization?
Mom
way cool video!
visualization... like... walk around inside a molecule or a cell or whatever or ... wander around a protein and watch it fold... hehee cool science vizes
Tim
Sarah
No ducklings falling through the cracks?
wow yes
Tim
sarah
hehe what? wasnt that a picture on one of those funny photo sites?
Mom
parenting 101, i never let my little ducklings walk over the grates
Aunt V
Grandma has all the ducks, anyway
Amy
Oh... my... gosh!!! : ) I love that...
Sarah
holding it while it goes off create the weirdest sensation.
Pepa
Is that what snow looks like? I forgot.
Pepa
Wheres the water to run down the drain?
Aunt V
I love the colored flowers against the b&w background!
Aunt V
The water is in our backyard!
Aunt V
Did you get down on your belly to take that?
Mom
Where are the May showers?
sarah
pretty
Pepa
Aunt V’s comment clued me in. The crocus’ are lovely, but I missed the b&w.
Aunt M
Very Cool !!
Aunt V
I liked watch the trees bend down uner the weight of the snow.
grandma
very nice. Mine are almost done blooming
JPK
Have a blast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aunt V
We’ll miss you, T-man
Aunt M
Have a GREAT Time !!!
sarah
bye...
sarah
something like that
Mom
I’ll miss you’re pictures...can’t wait to see some from Andros
Mom
OK YOUR pictures...it’s 4:45 am I can’t type
Amy
Have fun!!!
Aunt V
Looks nice and dry to me
Pepa
I second what Amy said.
Sarah
how pretty
Sarah
archeological find perhaps?
Sarah
So you’re not supposed to drink from there right?
Sarah
Where’s the donkey?
Sarah
What is that little arthropod stepping on? Coral?
Sarah
So is that the beautiful place?
Sarah
that’s so my favorite so far. So many colors in the sky!
Aunt V
Did you have a bumpy ride?
Aunt V
Are these snails? Very cool texture...
Aunt V
Home is where the heart is...
’tis captain morgan’s famous cave
Tim
Sarah
are you serious?
hehee all of our water came from the blue holes!
Tim
Aunt V
How long are these? 2-3 inches?
ehh?
Tim
Sarah
See! Barracks.
wood, actually
Tim
Aunt V
Then where is the rum
Aunt V
????
nah. that’s right out our front porch
Tim
Aunt V
Who’s Uncle Charlie?
no kidding! that’s from the place we ate dinner... Helen’s
Tim
Aunt V
Very nice!
completely - 13 kids, two teachers, and one intern.
Tim
Aunt V
Reminds me a little of Neptune!
no those are people’s houses!
Tim
Sarah
So did the burns hurt extremely?
our stuff was nicer than that!
Tim
Aunt V
Nice view from your front porch
Sarah
Which front porch?
Aunt V
Great shot, Tim!
Sarah
you said easter.
Aunt V
Looks like a fun crew! I’m sure it was a great experience.
donkey? easter?
Tim
the cabin that the five of us boys shared at Forfar
Tim
heh ... they hurt some people, yeah! Evan especially
Tim
Aunt V
The water is SO clear! This is another great photo.
Sarah
oh yeah lots of intense study all work and no play?
Aunt V
I’m drooling... look at the color of that sky and water. June, get packed, we’re going!
Sarah
Did you just sit and stare at it? Or did you cook over it and take part in tribal dances? Sacrificial ceremonies
Aunt V
The booming beachopolis of Forfar? Cute little pup!
or perhaps we spent 99% of the time with Americans (and a Brit).... we made smores and heard the story of Archie Forfar over that fire
Tim
Aunt V
Thank you for sharing your photos, Tim. I can’t wait to see the rest. I’m glad your safely home again, and hope the week was full of fun and adventure.
nah we’re a good 30 minutes from Forfar there
Tim
Sarah
pioneer of the town? (archie) mm smores.
Aunt V
That’s ”glad you’re”
Founder of Forfar, the field station. it’s not a town, just a couple of buildings of course it was fun, and I’m sure you’ll see all of the pictures sometime soon (there’s 475 of them, so probably not ALL of them!)
Tim
This is actually from the prettiest place we went, Saddleback Cay - the starfish are here, too!
Tim
Aunt V
Only 475??? That’s only, like, 67 a day!!
Sarah
It sounds like a memorable experience...I’m more interested in the natives and the animals though. Any pictures of them?
Aunt V
Tim, your lack of religious education is showing.
Aunt V
I’ve failed as your Godmother.
Sarah
I’m sure Desrosiers will love hearing the stories. bah. British colonization. How was that Sargasso sea?
Aunt M
Great Blue Sky and Blue Water
Aunt M
Starfish Family
Aunt M
What time was it?
Aunt M
What a beautiful sky and reflection in the water
Sarah
that so reminds me of your blender fire
already pretty thoroughly covered the animals, and I don’t have any pictures of the natives (Lang does, though)
Tim
6:30ish
Tim
grandma
glad to have you back home. beautiful water
grandma
what a great group
grandma
Tim, I’m glad you are back in Vt. can’t wait to see all the pictures and hear all about the trip
grandma
how many did you bring home?
Sarah
Is this where the tide came in? and eft s mile long expanse?
and left a mile long expanse*
nah though the same thing happened here, this isn’t the place you’re thinking of. we weren’t ever here at high tide, so we only saw it like this. I have a 360 degree pano of this, but PS only wants to do four shots at a time, so I don’t have time tonight to do all 9. perhaps later!
Tim
Pepa
It looks like you had a wonderful time and I’m glad. But I’m even glader you’re home. The pictures are a delight to see. You sure have a flare for photography.
Aunt V
But you’re not in the water!
Aunt V
Reminds me of a picture of the Piper kids taken on the Plattsburgh side of Lake Champlain about a hundred years ago
Sarah
a brave attempt!
Pepa
OK, What is it?
Aunt V
Are you taking up basket-weaving?
Mom
better not show them jess and her basket
Aunt V
We want to see Jess and her basket!
sarah
yesh we do!
Amy
: ) ... need I say more?
Sarah
ok...nice basket...
Pepa
Amy, I think you need smaller flippers for that tub.
Pepa
Is that what 05/01 is supposed to look like?
Aunt V
This is my FAVORITE photo!
indeedy ... oh, well!
Tim
cool
Tim
nope I had no interest in jumping 20 feet down into the water!
Tim
some guy that died and still rests at the bottom of it!
Tim
WHY is the rum gone?
Tim
Lucky if they’re half an inch long - I didn’t bring any home - they’re alive!
Tim
nope... was better than the JFK->FLL ride!
Tim
Aunt V
Oh no, we’ve seen that horrific little icon before! Were you able to recover?
why?????? where’d you see it? nope - seems the drive on my desktop (24/7/365 for almost four years) is gone, along with a bunch of un-backed-up stuff we have a maybe-way to recover it, but it’ll take some time yet to tell.... aaaah
Tim
luckily it wasn’t my laptop (which I’ll be re-backing-up tonight)
Tim
Sarah
good luck!
Aunt V
Aunt M’s Mac mini freaked out and displayed this charming little symbol. The recommended fix was to boot off the install disk (I think). I put in the wrong disc and could not eject it because there is no external eject mechanism, and of course it wouldn’t boot up to where the keyboard or eject icon could be used. I eventually found a post from somone who had the same issue, they pointed me to a document for resetting the PMU/PRAM. Whew! What a pain in the neck, but we finally got it fixed!
Aunt M
When you first put this picture out, I could make out everyone. Then you must have made a change.
Aunt V
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300574
Aunt V
That url is specifically for the mac mini, of course
of course you missed the note that the drive will ALWAYS eject if you hold down the eject button while it powers up (long time holding it down, but it works )
Tim
sarah
lovely. how about a live one?
Pepa
You guys make me very nervous with that stuff.
Pepa
Could that be a sand dollar?
Sarah
seems like everyone’s computer is a little ”bad”
ehh oi!
Tim
mom
love it!
sarah
Antique stuff is awesome...nice sepia.
Aunt V
That’s a lovely shot, Tim. Do you think Flossie will recognize it?
I’d assume she would, but I don’t think she has the bandwidth/patience to come look!
Tim
Pepa
You must have been to Hackeldam!
Aunt V
I cut the size waaaaay down and sent it to Aunt F
hackeldam?
Tim
Aunt V
Around 1800, a Dutch immigrant named Hackle built a sawmill on Wolf Brook in the area behind Grandma Gordon’s house (diagonally across the road from Aunt Flossie). The area eventually came to be known as Hackledam, until 1918, when the community ended its existence.
Aunt V
Cool!
Aunt V
But there IS NO eject button on the mini!!!!
...durr... it’s on the keyboard. oh WAIT! you didn’t buy an apple keyboard? then it’s F12
Tim
mom
what a lovely young lady. i love the daffodils
Aunt V
What lovely daffodils. I love the young lady.
Aunt V
Aunt F called. She loves the photo.
Aunt V
P.S. Why doesn’t her screen saver come on? Or is that the background?
grandma
what a lovely picture
Pepa
Me too! I love the young lady and the daffodiles.
Pepa
Wow! That Aunt V knows a lot more than I do.
Sarah
They’re not flowers!
Aunt V
Aren’t they pretty? I love to see a green lawn full of yellow dandelions. Then I love to chop them off with my lawn mower - hee hee heee!
Aunt V
P.S. Did you know Grandma once made dandelion wine? It sounds better than it tastes....
Aunt V
I’ve always wondered, how much can you buy with a sand dollar?
Aunt V
Durrr! We couldn’t get the mini to boot up!!!
Aunt V
Ergo, no keyboard!!!!
Tim
I guess it’s springtime!
hahahaaha + cool glad she liked it
Tim
sadly, not much would be nice, there’s so MANY of them down there! - that’s Saddleback again
Tim
ahh but if you got that far, you’re WAY past the part where it turns the keyboard on keyboard works /fine/ that early! (it’s like BIOS) teeheee
Tim
Aunt V
Beautiful!
Sarah
Those are so pretty Does ”embarrassed” refer to the phrase ”blushing flowers?”
Sarah
A cool fact about tulips (it is a tulip righto?)- In Holland during Tulipmania in the 17th century, one tulip bulb, Semper Augustus, was quoted at a price of 13,000 florins, more than the cost of the most expensive houses on the canals in central Amsterdam!
or perhaps the fact that the flower has red cheeks? :_)
Tim
Sarah
Oh look! it has eyes, and a nose...and yup cheeks
Sarah
huh? If you want to go clothes shopping sometime... I’m your girl! There needs to be a funny t-shirt shop in Burlington. Just so you could buy witty shirts to enhance your wardrobe.
Sarah
methinks that maybe we should go a picture huntin’ sometime. I have your sounds board pics. Why?
Aunt V
But winter WILL roll around again....!
Harold the Smelly Fish
....Why?
it’s just so hot out every afternoon, now!
Tim
sarah
Who is the fish, and yeah it’s very very warm...great thundestorm weather!!!!
Sarah
Please take good pictures of the lightning!
Harold the Smelly Fish
muwahaha
Aunt V
Must be...
Aunt V
All right, I give up, what is it?
mom
something to do with microphones, I’m sure!
Amy
It’s the mic end... the one you talk into!!!
Aunt V
Oh, for Grease? Now I get it!!
Sarah
He’s fixing them
Sarah
Do you roast marshmallows in it?
not yet!
Tim
JPK
Indeed it is...wow...It’s neat to see one this close!
Aunt V
Lovely chiminea, but what’s with those wimpy hosta???
Pepa
Just how big is it?
Pepa
That must be near the hot tub. For cool evenings?
grandma
I thought it would be on the deck
That’s like pinky nail sized
Tim
gonna do a ’grease’ set of pods for the rest of the week
Tim
Aunt V
Bring ’em on!
sarah
good idea!
mom
we’ll feel like we’re right there with you
Amy
And the fun begins...
Harold the Smelly Fish
Mmm...I want a piece of that A-frame!
Harold the Smelly Fish
Hey, I didn’t leave that last comment. Somebody has blood to pay for that...
Sarah
???? well that ladder is extremely wobbly
grease one a little later
Tim
Sarah
oh cool! I’ve never seen one that isn’t white. What a nice gift.
mom
thanks tim and amy and bob too. it’s my fault grease has to wait...sorry
Aunt V
Happy Mother’s Day, sister dear - you deserve this lovely hammock. We can wait for the Grease pic.
Pepa
I hope everybody knows what they are doing.
Pepa
Happy Mother’s Day, Hope you can find a little time to lay in the new hammock.
or maybe just organization is key... um... this is supposed to be an ’Extra’ but it seems I forgot!
Tim
sarah
patience is key
grandma
looks like you will be busy for a while
Aunt V
I wish I could be there for the show. I would like to see that dreamboat Vince Fontaine!!
JPK
Viv knows what she’s talking about!! Hahah...yes... that looks so much more organized than the show!
Pepa
Looks like big doins in CHS!
sarah
oh cool! you greenerized it!
Pepa
You’re gonna have to explain this one.
Aunt V
Nice colors. What’s it called?
hehe I dunno. that’s 6 of the 14 microphone receivers
Tim
TIm
actually you can see two more sitting on top of the box
Pepa
Be sure you push the right button
sarah
its the smartest thing the company could do. now for new MIKES
Aunt V
Wow! I’m very excited for you!
tee hee hee... we got new speakers, too!
Tim
grandma
what is the duck tape for??
whoops! I accidentally left my camera battery + charger plugged in in the physics room... oh well! so this is an old picture from last week!
Tim
Pepa
Was really expecting something greasy. Oh well, this is very springy.
Aunt V
Sometimes old is good
sarah
pictures tonight?
Sarah
you love to leave chargers and calculators in that room!
Amy
And it ROCKED!!!!!! : )
yay all went well
Tim
Aunt V
Good job! I knew you two would have it all under control.
Aunt V
P.S. Which one is that dreamboat, Vince Fontaine?
hahaha vince is totally still hanging around waiting for act 2 perhaps tomorrow!
Tim
Sarah
It was pretty great
tomorrow’s picture might not be in until after midnight depending on when we get back from pizza!
Tim
Pepa
It really looks great. How I would love to be there to see it.
Mom
Act 2 was great...maybe I’ll get to see Act 1 on Sat. Ticket sales were awesome. And that dreamboat Vince Fontaine? Sleazebag
Mom
Nice, job guys!
tonight’s picture is DEFINITELY going to be later than midnight
Tim
Pepa
Looks like a great show. Don’t eat too much pizza.
Amy
Yay!!!!
danny looks awfully shocked at his new Sandy
Tim
Amy
It was amazing... but I’m extremely sad it’s over
grandma
Amy, don’t be sad just remember how great it was
Mom
Once again, a great job, you guys. You should both be proud of your accomplishements. You too, Sarah, Jan, Kevin and Kevin!
Aunt V
What a dreamboat!
Aunt V
I think that’s what is known as a doubletake!
Aunt V
Dear Amy, you’ll have LOTS more experiences like this. Tuck the memory of this one away to savor whenever you want to.
sarah
what was that about fuzzy pictures?
Sarah
These experiences are unique. And won’t happen again for us seniors. But it was good while it lasted.
Pepa
Amy, you are just getting started. It’s mixed emotions.
JPK
Nothing comes close.
JPK
WOW...COOLEST. APAD. EVER!
Aunt V
Nice composition! Who got the pretty flowers?
Sarah
pretty Thanks for the flower
yeppie my flowers (from mom and sarah)
Tim
Sarah
that looks like a really yellow rose...
Sarah
I thought i bought a carnation oops
Pepa
Lovely flowers!
can anyone tell what everything is?
Tim
Aunt V
Not everything!
Moo
Yes
Amy
I can
grandma
some
sarah
yup
Amy
Per request: Footloose poster, clock drawing, Senior picture (Andrew, Kevin and Andy), Firefly quote page, fun filled day sticky note, Trinian, RPI mini shirt, elf picture, Bill Gates picture (w/ mustache), Footloose ticked, PopOS printout, Reader’s Digest back cover (mac), T sticky note, Prom tickets, figure from Han, iMac drawing, Elephant thingy (from Mr. Rich), it happened in 1916 (from x-mas, Varsity Physics Shirt... : )), Christmas tag, 4 band sticky notes, Alaska with elements attached, 2 fortune cookie fortunes, Octopus’ Garden Pin, Blue ribbon with academic excellence pin, Tux picture, calendar ripoff thing - Far Side.
Amy
PS; And the ”Dark Star” logo, whatever that is
Amy
Actually, there are 3 fortunes, 6 post its and a MWSF drawing on the board
Mom
Tim, I think you are getting desparate
Sarah
THAT is cool How did you get the beam to extend?
Sarah
Hope you’re feeling better
Pepa
Thank you Amy. I f I had looked sooner, I would have said ”none”.
Pepa
It looks likes night traffic on Blakesly.
JPK
That iMac is still there! Hahah...I think that was a doodle after an American Experience test! Hahah oh man..get better!
Mom
Looks great in person, nice job, sicky
Amy
you can’t read the interivew!!
Aunt V
Is that him by the bush under that bright light?
Aunt V
Looks like Amy has been very busy!
Aunt V
This was Tim’s project? I think he must’ve had help from Amy!
Mom
I think that him breaking into the window on the left.
grandma
I give up were is he?
Aunt M
I think I see him, between the bush and the building under the bright light
yep right under the light! bad light!
Tim
why would I have needed help from amy?
Tim
Aunt V
So, how was it?!!???
Aunt V
Actually, I think Dad IS the bright light!
Sarah
don’t tell me.
sarah
can we watch? i hope it’s a happy ending
Pepa
I love the price. We just went to the Galleria and a senior is $7.50.
Amy
Just so you know.... it was AWEsome! : )
Mom
It’s raining on Prom Night, hope you guys had a great time anyway. You looked beautiful!
Pepa
A lovely looking couple. A simply delightful APAD.
Pepa
Nice job, Mom.
Aunt V
Hope you had a wonderful time!
Aunt M
You both look very nice, I hope you had a good time at the p
Aunt M
I ran out of room!!! I hope you had a good time at the prom
grandma
what a lovely couple you make
sarah
we had a great time
sarah
wow tim, we match
Sarah
like our power. woosh! very pretty. Nick and I were just blowing some around with flashlights
Aunt V
Nice one, Tim...
JPK
Very neat.
Pepa
It’s blowing in the wind!
actually blowing in amy’s ’wind’
Tim
Aunt V
The roses fade, but we cherish our memories all our lives (or at least until we lose our marbles).
sarah
On a quirkier note- did you refrigerate yours?
indeed (to all!)
Tim
so I guess I can graduate now!
Tim
Sarah
pfft
Aunt V
What makes it non-polluting?
Sarah
Take a pic of the yrbook?
sarah
what’s that?
Amy
Nice... more acceptable than NHS?
honors cords thingy.... yes! more acceptable than NHS
Tim
Aunt V
I’m proud of you for taking a stand
Mom
nice job, Tim. Glad you had a good time at the dinner!
sarah
lovely. good job (you).
sarah
The whole fact that this is not forced community service makes it acceptable. However, the fact that people cheat doesn’t make rank completely honorable at all. you did ti the right way so...congarats.
Pepa
Aunt V filled me in a little. Honesty is always the best policy.
today was the band concert and my camera’s battery is dead... so I have no way to take a new picture!
Tim
Aunt V
Oh my gosh, what are you going to DO?!?
grandma
charge charge charge
Pepa
Really sad!
what kinda pattern is that?
Tim
Sarah
Central pocket loop, or a radial arch?
Pepa
You got me fooled.........again!
Aunt V
Whose fingerprint is it?
mine!!
Tim
Mom
nice picture from our walk today
Amy
Prism... !!
Aunt V
Neat!
Saraj
N”ow write a poem about it”
Pepa
Wait, I’ll get my chain saw.
sarah
transplant it! save a tree
Aunt V
Indeed! Love makes the world go ’round.
oooh - auntie V... can you tell what it is??
Tim
beyond a heart, of course
Tim
you’re best qualified - though it really doesn’t look quite right anymore!
Tim
Aunt V
My first guess is an amethyst, or a crystal of some type.
grandma
very nice
amethyst indeed
Tim
sarah
pretty
Aunt V
You got lotsa water too
Sarah
was that naturally occuring?!
Amy
ewwwww....
Pepa
Call the Street Dept. before the drain gets plugged.
Timothy P. Horton
quite natural
wowwww safari autocompleted my name!
Tim
sarah
autocompleted?
that’s a tiny amount of paper for a year! must have already recycled some, or something!
Tim
grandma
looks like my desk
Sarah
that’s IT?!
Mom
Is that you I see in the yearbook, top right?
Sarah
yup! That’s tim
Sarah
are you sure you didnt lose half of your school stuff? oh it would be so much fun to have a bonfire and get rid of a lot of it. but it’s important to look through and find the stuff you’re proud of.
I know... there must have been a mid-year (probably in january) purge, or something!
Tim
mom
nice glasses tim
sarah
what kind of visions
Aunt V
And now it’s done. Are you feeling deliriously giddy, or a sense of freedom, or like one chapter has ended and a new one beginning?
Aunt V
Groovy, man!
Aunt V
I mean, far out!
Aunt M
Very Cool !!!!
Aunt M
Do I see the letter M and the letter V?
Sarah
it should stick it’s head back in it’s shell
Sarah
nice red tint though
Aunt V
That is one strange looking turtle!
Pepa
That’s a turtle?
Sarah
oes this purge mean that you’re throwing stuff out?
Mom
Now let’s see an after picture. I think you should have taken another angle to show the true story!
Sarah
Who cleans their room on a sunny (not 90 degree) weekend DAY?!
Amy
It’s not much cleaner yet...
it is now picture when I finish backing up Trillian!
Tim
need a fisheye lens or something for this one!
Tim
Aunt V
But it looks nice and neat!
Amy
Nice job... I like the stacked computers...
Mom
GREAT JOB, TIM!! I am so impressed. Now let’s see if you can keep it picked up for the next 2 months.
Sarah
wow. impressive. so how about coming over for mine?
that is most certainly one of the more creepy things I’ve seen in a while um... I posted this picture and this comment from the Safari 3 beta for Windows hehehe
Tim
Sarah
That’s a little obvious. And peculiar.
adios to my least favorite part of the powerbook design - i ordered my graduation-macbookpro today
Tim
Kaylee, she’ll be!
Tim
sarah
how thrilling
Aunt V
Wow! You are one lucky fellow! When will she be here? Can you stand the wait?????
Sometime between Thursday and next Tuesday, depending on when it ships
Tim
Aunt V
Just one more question, who is Kaylee?
Sarah
She’s from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. the little technician with the pigtails
Aunt V
Oh, I should have known that. Thanks, Sarah! By the way, which college be attending?
Aunt V
That’s which college will you be attending?
err... no FIREFLY, the little technician with the pigtails
Tim
Amy
Kaylee is the mechanic aboard Firefly...
Amy
...transport (I had to go check) ship named Serenity
Sarah
apparently it’s been established that it is in fact Firefly.
Aunt V
I was getting a little confused because I was thinking about KAYLA, a character in The Prophecy of the Gemini, a favorite story of mine!
Amy
hehe... not so much... : )
Aunt V
P.S. It is WAY too hard to narrow round 2 voting down to 10. (So I didn’t, hee hee hee!)
Aunt V
Hee hee, very much
Pepa
Is that really the same room?
Amy
You’re suffocating them!!
and they’re loving it (note the smiles!)
Tim
Sarah
you’ve branched out into abstract!
Pepa
Are the trolls going to RPI?
nah... the trolls belong to amy!
Tim
Sarah
where
Sarah
’s your POD?
Aunt V
OK, now things are getting a leeetle weird!
Sarah
hmm. like the fondue maker?
Sarah
So how are you presenting the results of the voting? what is the goal?
the results of the voting? the pictures that are left there are the ones that made it I’m gonna put them into a Aperture book once my computer comes and get it printed. should be fun!
Tim
Sarah
ha....most of the pictures were good. a few I was surprised made it. yeah I meant the Aperture book will it be a physical book?
yes
Tim
Sarah
what will the cover say? first 1/2, 2007?
we’ll see
Tim
Sarah
so that’s the airport? (the little white thing)
mom
very cool.
mom
hey who said you could open that?
Mom
Congratulations, Tim! We’re very proud of you! Keep up the great work and you will go far!
Aunt V
You done real good
Aunt V
And I is very proud of you, too!
that’s supposed to be ”from Sarah’s family”... I can’t remember who took the picture
Tim
gotta keep in mind we were on a boat, with a camera I’m not used to, without a tripod, and without the ability to go any greater than 15 seconds
Tim
Aunt V
We’re all very proud of the three of you, and send you best wishes for your futures!
Aunt V
An awesome photo even under those horrendous conditions!
Sarah
gulp*
Sarah
well I’m fine with the ability to ”go” 15 seconds for now!
Amy
Finally!!!
Sarah
did you finish off you disposable pictures?
Sarah
your*
sarah
you posted the wrong picture? Probably Denise.
nope
Tim
Tim
didn’t post the wrong picture - the title got cut off because of the quotation mark
was jan’s medal his BU thing?
Tim
NoIP (owners of sytes.net) say : 2007/06/17, 07:43 PM : We are currently experiencing problems with our web redirection service. Customers may experience some delays. We are currently working to resolve this issue.
Tim
Sarah
it’s a beautiful day...
Sarah
let it get away
sarah
i suppose
Pepa
They look realy great. We are so proud of you!
Pepa
Fine looking group!
Pepa
Doesn’t lightning take it’s own picture?
first picture posted from Kaylee
Tim
Amy
first picture posted of Kaylee too!!!
Top Left to Right: Hedwig (12” iBook G4), Trinity (PowerMac G4), Oracle (1998 iMac) Bottom Row: Sophie (15” Powerbook G5), Kaylee (15” Macbook Pro), Trillian (15” Powerbook G4)
Tim
of course, there was no powerbook G5 - Sophie’s a G4 too
Tim
errr.... that’s well over 10k worth of Macs no wonder apple stock is at $125
Tim
Aunt V
Good grief, I had no idea the family had grown so large! I hope Kaylee provides you many semesters of fun and learning.
sarah
cool
Mom
Yikes! What a crew. Tim, hope you’ll be very happy with Kaylee!
Pepa
Wow! I am in awe!
Aunt V
Why Marvin?
Aunt V
But it’s a lovely color!
Sarah
so that’s the pod...it matches the blue in your...oh wait nvm!
marvin, the paranoid android from hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy (and my external hard drive is Eddie, the ship’s computer in H2G2)
Tim
Sarah
yup we know about eddie...
Sarah
why am i picturing one of those droids from attack of the clones when you mention marvin...
Sarah
There are more colors available too right? Is there a red?
Sarah
That’s the keyboard with the ambient light sensor that adjusts to display brightness for optimal visibility!
Aunt V
Cool!
Sarah
I thought MNP was aluminum...why are the keys BLACK?
Sarah
MBP
lemme see... because it’s dark?
Tim
Sarah
as in the LED lights or whatever they’re called aren’t on? I don’t have one so i wouldn’t know...
err again... the LEDs are on, that’s why you can SEE the letters!
Tim
Pepa
The keys lite up? Wow!
Aunt M
WOW !!!!!
Sarah
It looks like something that could be an eyeball but isn’t. You added the purple of course.
or maybe you’re wrong (about the purple, of course!)
Tim
Sarah
what is it?
a flashlight
Tim
Aunt V
I never would have guessed a flashlight.
Sarah
It’ looks more like the bottom of a very edited waterbottle. But Aperture can’t do that
Mom + Amy + her friends are all sleeping (or not sleeping, but walking!) there tonight
Tim
Aunt V
What a great photo! I especially like that little chicklet second from the left in the first row. Happy 15th Birthday, Amy!
Amy
We made it... even though it was extremely tough around 2 AM... the five of us (mom slept) stayed up alllll night! Now (at 6:56) I must go to bed!
Amy
It is so much shorter!!! Yikes... and it feels a lot different, but it dries fast. And since it’s going to a good cause, I think it was the right thing to do with all of that hair.
Mom
Happy Birthday, Amy. I’m so proud of YOU! Some little kid will be lucky and excited to be getting your hair!!
Aunt V
Wow, that is pretty short! It looks nice and shiny. Any chance we’ll get a front view?
Aunt V
P.S., Nice job, as always, Tim!
Amy
ew... icky picture!
Amy
If you really want to see the difference, look at the previous picture...
grandma
did you really get your hair cut?
Aunt V
There’s nothing icky about it, that is a beautiful photo of a lovely young lady. Thanks for posting it, Tim1
Aunt
Tim!
Pepa
Thats a flashlight???
Pepa
I second Aunt V! And Happy B.D. to Amy.
Pepa
What a difference. It was a very nice thing to do and you look prettier than ever.
Pepa
Tim, you do take lovely pictures. Of course you had a lovely subject.
Aunt V
How can anything that pretty be considered a weed? What is it?
Aunt V
That’s not a clover, is it?
I think it’s some kind of clover, maybe...
Tim
Aunt M
Amy, This is a wonderful thing you do .
sarah
red clover. vermont state flower
no.
Tim
sarah
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/images/red_clover.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/vt_red_clover.htm&h=300&w=300&sz=22&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=TSRbhL4MmAkzpM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dred%2Bclover%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
nope
Tim
Aunt V
It reminds me a little of a sweet pea.
Pepa
Pretty weed.
late because amy and I were making a map of MBS
Tim
Pepa
Is that Kaylee?
or is it baygull
Tim
Aunt V
Ha ha, you are a clever fellow!
Aunt V
I must be tired, I’m not getting the title. And what IS that stuff?
Pepa
Pepa
Are the reeds real or is that a trick?
Pepa
Must be a ply on words, but the picture is very nice.
Sarah
a better picture
bluegrass - and it’s not a trick
Tim
Mom
see what happens when you get outside!!
Mom
this is our new Rosetti Park in Colchester
Sarah
I went there today...took some pictures of some really animated ducklings by the bridge
Aunt V
NOW I get it!
Aunt V
And where in Colchester is Rosetti Park located?
Pepa
I have planted bluegrass to seed a new lawn.
around the bend http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=44.554011,-73.251933&spn=0.003861,0.007285&t=k&z=17&om=1
Tim
Sarah
What did you name the guitar?
Sarah
What’s with the title? Grammar boy!
lolcats, obviously
Tim
*pokes* the person from our area on DSL that’s using their Wii to view this site
Tim
Aunt V
lolcats? I am starting to feel like Pepa!
in case someone doesn’t know - those are the tacks amy and I use on my big map when we go somewhere (so the title makes more sense)
Tim
Aunt V
Thanks for ’splainin!
grandma
glad you told me what picture is
Sarah
Vermont can still accomodate you with some pretty nice pictures! you justh ave to find them
Pepa
I new they were tacks, but didn’t know what for.
Pepa
And how does Pepa feel?
guess not
Tim
Sarah
oh well. You’ll get it eventually!
Sarah
is that a dollhouse lighthouse? or a minature?
Aunt V
I think we needed more than a beacon
Aunt V
That is a miniature replica of the Esopus Meadows lighthouse, out in the Hudson River not too far from my house.
Aunt V
Pepa feels LOST!
Sarah
take a picture of the river for me?
Aunt V
Why ”terrible”? And why three?
he’s hidden and because they’re all terrible
Tim
Sarah
Terrible as in people who tell really bad punny jokes
Sarah
?
this is me on an iPhone ... Cool!
Tim
grandma
tim, remember you are realated to all of them
Sarah
so...you got it?
Aunt V
You were able to add your comment from the iPhone on display at the Apple Store? Very cool! I’m sorry our mission failed on Friday
hehe - yep! a note from crossgates... still too new at it to type much, tho!
Tim
Aunt V
Neat!
Sarah
speaking of fireworks
Pepa
Nice picture, but poor title.
Pepa
Do we get real ones on the 4th?
or maybe the 3rd
Tim
Mom
Glad it rained. And sunned. And you went outside!
Aunt V
Very pretty! Where was it taken?
Sarah
oh I’m so glad you got a picture of it!!!!
out our front door (actually more like over by the mailbox)
Tim
Pepa
You really went outside?
Pepa
WOW!!!
Aunt M
WOW !!!
pfft be nice
Tim
grandma
very nice
Aunt M
My WOW was for the picture
and by ”another”, I mean another Independence Day...
Tim
you definitely want to check out some of the other pictures there (the link to the right of the picture)
Tim
Aunt V
That’s a wonderful shot! And a nice sentiment...
Aunt V
But where’s the link?
Sarah
about that link ...
it’s there now and if anyone wants any of the originals, just ask!
Tim
Aunt V
Can you please send me a full-res copy of #37?
Aunt V
They’re ALL awesome! I’ll steal them from you the next time I see you
Aunt V
and #42!
grandma
I like them all
Pepa
My wow was for being outside
mom
can’t decide which ones i want printed up to make some cards!
Sarah
The fireworks tonight at Bayside had hearts and really low spirals...it was so cool!
Aunt M
They are Great !!!!
Sarah
haha wow. i hear ya
Sarah
hey! is he making a biannual appearance? I see he’s taken on some political leanings
teeheehee... yep.. now: now would be the time for everyone to speak up about what they think is missing from the apad site specifically.... I’m doing a little work on it, and changing some stuff around, and now would be the best time to make any changes anyone would like - so - drop me a line!
Tim
Aunt V
Ha ha, very topical (and sadly true)
Pepa
Whoopee, Happy Fourth of July!!!!
Sarah
let’s see the new and improved site...
Sarah
<3ing the new format! wow
Aunt V
I hafta think about this.
yeah... I know... it lost some of the simplicity and some of that may come back... we’ll see! -- on the other hand, the matrix page is probably loadable out there now!
Tim
Pepa
Looks like things are changing.
a little bit - does everything still look OK for ya? (haven’t tested much, just Safari and Firefox-Mac)
Tim
question for all: are the scrollbars gone? I know FF was dumb and misinterpreted what I meant (and what Safari understood) with the old version... so now, the picture should properly scale to the page - does this work? (works for me!)
Tim
Pepa
I guess I won’t judge to quick.
hahaa utoh
Tim
woah. still looks BAD in Firefox I’ll fix it tomorrow!! sorry---
Tim
Sarah
NOW the scroll bar is there.
i meant on the front page (scrollbars)
Tim
JPK
Weird.
Aunt V
Scroll bar is gone on the ”front” page (in FF). The picture is resizing better now than it was 30 minutes ago.
Aunt V
The blue bar across the top is a little distracting.
Aunt V
Re tonight’s picture.... nice!
Aunt V
When I mentioned the blue bar, I meant on the ”front” page.
Dad
I have IE6 and I’m getting a few error messages. I’ll show you tonight (if you care
Amy
I love the picture!! And the site... except the blue bar!
Sarah
I love how clear ”photo a day” is now!
testing the new comments thing. it’s incredibly large! if anyone needs this much space, I’ll probably have to kill you...
Tim
Sarah
JEEZ! That’s a lot of space. I like the grey shading...but now the green and blue doesn’t match!
what you can’t tell there is that amy’s got a really cool, old SLR there - as seen in the ’extra media’ for this picture
Tim
Aunt V
Guess what, we could tell that Amy was using an ”old” 35 mm SLR, but we can’t tell what YOU’RE using! Very clever photo, by the way. Whose idea was it?
Pepa
Cute!
Aunt V
Love the photo of Amy with the Minolta!
Pepa
What is that on Amy’s wrist? In extra.
true hand’s in the way - I’ve got a late-90s-style film camera! Dad’s camera’s in the shot, and my camera took the picture. Hehehe - ahhh - on amy’s wrist... that’s a ... bracelet on the left... and a watch on the right (except you need to flip the watch open to see the time)
Tim
and what you really can’t tell is that the extra picture of amy is actually a tiny crop out of a much bigger picture of all of the other cameras pointing at mine
Tim
Aunt V
You’re right, I would have guessed you took a separate shot of Amy holding the camera. Who came up with the title?
grandma
Tim, you are so clever.
Mom
and the time is...11:?? PM...GO TO BED!
Mom
At least you’re being creative at 11:43 PM!
Mom
and that’s my really cool OLD slr bought in NYC with Pepa, if you remember that story!
Amy
I love the picture... and I love the camera... if only I could figure out how it was supposed to work (Aunt V-I still have pictures from when we built your telescope on it!!). Anyway, what’s up with the extra?? You should have posted all ’three’ of us!
Aunt V
Amy, if Mom agrees, bring the camera with you next weekend. I’ll show you how it works!
Aunt V
Contact? With what, the carpet?
’member the movie?
Tim
Aunt V
I do. I wondered if that’s what you were referencing
Amy
I love how I have grey carpet now... Maybe you should have taken it while it wasn’t moving... it looks kinda funny.
Sarah
it reminds me of a text book model of the heliocentric theory. ahhh copernicus!
Aunt M
I can see your reflection
nowhere NEAR as good as Kevin’s - anyone know how he did his??
Tim
Sarah
I guessed right! It is moving! That’s beautiful. Did you use food coloring for the water?
Pepa
I remember when you got that SLR very well at 57th Street Camera. Where? On 57th Street, of course.
Pepa
I’m afraid you lost me again.
Aunt V
What does the title signify?
think Grease or ... look around!
Tim
yes, the water is food-colored
Tim
I wonder if the depth of the water is important... he used a bucket, I used a little bowel.
Tim
Amy
A bowel? Really?
hahahahahaha how about a BOWL!
Tim
I know! Scary! (the reflection) -- haha I think I lost myself...
Tim
Pepa
I don’t get the title either. And I wonder about the timing or do you do a time exposure? It is cute!
title is a stupid pun (or is it even... perhaps it’s just stupid) for the Grease song, It’s Raining on Prom Night.... ahh timing! I actually just made it take lots of pictures really fast and drip-drip-dripped with an eyedropper-thing. Still took 70 shots before I got ones I was happy with...
Tim
pfft. wanted to retake but I’m out of juice!
Tim
Sarah
There IS a way to improve this picture
Aunt V
Well, I confess, I do not remember that song from Grease. But I like the picture. Good thing you have a digital camera and can take all those shots!
Aunt V
Well after you get juiced, you can do a retake. And post it in that retake area that seems to have disappeared!
Aunt V
Well, I’m glad you all survived the thunderstorm. But what the heck does THIS title mean?!
the rain!
Tim
tell me if anyone has any issues - just changed it so the picture doesn’t show until after it’s loaded and resized....
Tim
Aunt V
That’s much nicer (not having to watch the photo load)!!
Aunt V
Did you get a LOT of rain?
indeed. and yet it appears there’s more on the way tomorrow (today) and wednesday!
Tim
oops... hahah guess there’s some things to fix (scroller in comments, probably the matrix too, then!)
Tim
there... that should be better!
Tim
Sarah
Woah...the bottoms of the comments (and some entirely) chopped off!
Mom
It’s upside down! I love it when you do the colors like that. Think crocus! Nice walk yesterday!
Sarah
That’s better. Great picture
Pepa
I never thought of those high speeds shots. Clever!
Pepa
Maybe you should have an extra battery.
Pepa
That hydrant reminded me, long ago I took a photography course at BOCES, B and W, film of course. Each week we had to pick a subject and take a full roll (36) pictures. I did a fire hydrant. The instructor said he had never heard of that before. And now you take seventy shots of a drop of water in an instant. None of my hydrant were very spectacular either.
Aunt V
Now THAT’S a funny story!
hahahaa cool -- so should have taken photo.!!
Tim
well... after installing 2 new hard drives (and getting RAID-1 running, which was incredibly painless on OS X - and means that I’ll have basically four copies of my data at all times at college - hopefully no term paper mishaps/horror stories like I hear so much from ex-college students) and installing more or less every removable component in a new computer for Alex, dad’s poor screwdriver has had lots of work to do these two days!
Tim
Aunt V
Maybe poor Dad will need a new screwdriver
it’s incredible that this was taken in vermont, in JANUARY
Tim
his name isn’t burrito, it’s one of Rachel, Snowball, Buckles, Charcoal, June, or Betty, but he just looked mexican to me!
Tim
he lives at Sam Mazza’s petting zoo
Tim
Aunt V
I don’t know, he looks devilish to me!
Mom
Of course I vote for JUNE!!
Pepa
P.S. Of the 36 picts, none were upside down.
Pepa
If you want screwdriver work, try drywall.
Pepa
He looks almost good enough to eat.
Aunt V
WHAT???!?!??! You wouldn’t eat a goat (would you?)
Sarah
Is he the parent goat you spoke of?
no that’s the little baby - who eats goat?
Tim
Sarah
stick with animals!
Aunt V
Tim, that is a breath-taking photograph! You really take great flower pictures. (Or maybe it’s the camera?)
I’ll call it the camera
Tim
Aunt V
Goat is a delicacy in some cultures....
it had just rained, in case ya can’t tell
Tim
Aunt V
Nah, I’d say there’s a little artistic and technical know-how showing!
Amy
Even though ’Burrito’ was cute... I love the flower a ton more!
Mom
Looks like a card in the making!
Aunt V
Oh rats, Mom, you beat me to it!
Aunt V
I’ll have to find my OWN lily to take a picture of.
Pepa
Lovely lily!
Aunt M
I like it also. You can really see the water drops. Are you sure you did not us he water hose? hee hee hee
Aunt M
Are you sure you did not use the water hose?
haha no hose... it poured while we were trying to eat lunch!
Tim
ya know what? this picture wasn’t upside-down EITHER until afterwards!
Tim
poor Amy - a week from now, she’ll know the end of the story!
Tim
Aunt V
I predict that J.K. will become either bored or broke within four years, and write another HP book!
Amy
encyclopedia...
Sarah
Maybe Voldemort is a Horcrux!
Aunt V
Now where was that taken?
Sarah
That wasn’t taken outside...
Pepa
Big drip, little drips and tiny drips.
it’s the car’s window... oh, and ... no picture today because I don’t have a camera (nor the patience or time to do that)
Tim
just remembered... I DO have a camera! today’s picture will be obvious - this (yesterday’s) is me and my first semester buildings circled! (schedules are done)
Tim
Sarah
cool Don’t get lost!
Sarah
Call me from the iPhone?
Pepa
Looks like a big place. Better take the GPS.
Pepa
Or does iphone have a GPS?
Haha fraid there’s no GPS on this one. Someone said they might be able to triangulate based on cell antennas for rough positioning, like they do for 911...
Tim
Sarah
Does it have anything externally other than a place for headphones?
and a home button, and volume up/down, and a dock, and a sim card slot, and a silent/ring switch, and a power button
Tim
Aunt V
and it’s bee-yoo-ti-ful!!!
J
Nice!
Pepa
WOW!!!!!!!
Aunt V
By the way, does this have the wrong date on it??!!
close shave on the title, there!
Tim
Sarah
aw
Aunt V
Indeed, lots of somebodies love you! Those blocks must be about 17 years old...
Mom
I’m thinking Auntie V made those for you. I know I love you!
did she? I didn’t know that!
Tim
Auntie V
I’m pretty sure I made them for you, with help from Auntie M, when you were a (cute) little fella. Back in the good old days, we made LOTS of things for you!
Aunt M
From Blocks to iPhones, we sure ”do” love you
Pepa
And I love u2!
Sarah
me too
Sarah
me too
Amy
I only do because it’s your birthday... I mean what?
Sarah
That was fun
Aunt V
I hope we’re getting a picture of the birthday boy on 7/20!!
I’m sure we will, one way or another
Tim
Sarah
I expect you to read that strategy booklet
Amy
I totally beat you!
Aunt V
Nice pic, Dad! Happy Birthday, T-man!
Aunt V
P.S. Those cupcakes look yummy :D
Sarah
I have strategies too
Mom
Happy Birthday, Tim. Where did those 18 years go?
Aunt M
Happy Birthday to Us !!!!!
JPK
...wow... I forgot the PK and was listed as female. Oh well... I guess I’m used to that by now.
Pepa
Happy Birthday No. 18
Aunt V
I need the rest of the books! What am I going to do? I think I will have to go to the library on Monday! I’m trying not to read any articles that contain spoilers. Is that a wand? Did you get that at Borders?
Mom
What an exciting evening Friday night. Amy made the wand!
Amy
I just finished the book!!! It was amazing, as was Friday night. I made the wand but it came apart... so I have to make a new one. Anyway...
Sarah
It was a great conclusion. I’m on page 200 again...trying to take it all in. It’s the LAST one
Pepa
I’m sorry, but I didn’t get the book. Maybe next week. \
Aunt V
Is Amy beading? Or is that caviar?
Amy
no beading... no beading...
Pepa
I give up. Whatsit?
Amy
They are a ton of tiny, red beads... :D
Sarah
Now you can use that crazy keychain I made you three years ago No eye test?
Sarah
Now you can use that crazy keychain I made you three years ago No eye test?
Sarah
Does Adult look the same as Junior Operator?
Aunt V
Everybody off the road!?!
Mom
You really do not look very happy! I can’t believe we were in and out of DMV in 10 minutes!!
Aunt M
So have you taken the Van out by yourself yet?
Pepa
Drive very carefully and live to be an old man. And no iphone while driving.
no, I haven’t been out; don’t want to be out; and I’m not going to drive; nor will I use the iPhone in the car
Tim
Sarah
cute
Aunt V
ooooooooo, What does the future hold?
Mom
Build a great one! Remember to find something you love. I know you’ll have a great experience at RPI.
Mom
You can use the iPhone in the car while I’m driving!
Sarah
Are those actual blocks with stickers on them? They look CG’d.
Aunt M
Are all the blocks attached to each other?
Mom
Busy indeed!
Mom
Buzz!
Aunt V
Great photo, Tim! Looks like you had as nice a day as we did. But how close to that bee did you get?
haha not toooo close! You remember that amazing zoom! Ooh looks like my dates for the past week of pods is all screwed up- I’ll have to go fix that at some point....
Tim
Pepa
Looks like legos to me. With a good theme.
Pepa
Take heed and be as busy as a bee.
Amy
Ugh...
a RL copy of a blender thingy I did months ago
Tim
Sarah
It looks real. What is RL? :/
Pepa
Ugh??
Pepa
Could I put that in my iced tea?
Amy
I wouldn’t want to... but you can if you want...
since this picture didn’t and won’t come out very well - does anyone have any interesting ideas for ways to pose myself and this lovely flag for a little RPI photo contest? hehehe. soliciting ideas (how horrible of me!)..
Tim
Aunt V
You and the flag (as a sail) in a kayak, with the caption, ”Sailing into uncharted waters” ?
Sarah
Do you want to stay in the dark in the picture? If you do, I would suggest a silhouette of the mascot (dunno how you would do that) with the only light being on the flag.
cool to both dark == bad though
Tim
Sarah
haha...I can picture you trying on those huge father wings I told you about, hopping around your driveway trying to be a Redhawk while waving the flag... funny
Sarah
Feather. Or maybe a picture of a magician pulling bunnies and strange and cool objects out a hat...and there’s the flag on top of the pile! Yeah that was bad. Good luck
Sarah
THE FLAG is a Horcrux!
Mom
I liked the planting the RPI flag on the moon..too bad it wasn’t July 20 AND it was too dark!
Sarah
you’re witty
Pepa
I second Aunt V’s idea. Now where would you find a kayak?
Sarah
You have a lamp? nice color.
Aunt V
I had another thought... you climbing a mountain (okay, maybe a hill) and planting the flag on top as you gasp for air You could call it LOFTY GOALS!
Aunt V
Or maybe you should show Mom and Dad’s dollar bills following the flag to RPI
Mom
Hey, no touchy my new toy!
can anyone figure my exposure time?
Tim
Aunt V
1/60
Mom
No, but we can tell your bed time!
Dad
Yes, there are three second hands, so it’s a two second exposure... that’s my guess and I’m sticking to it!
dad wins
Tim
Pepa
Does’t lava come from volcanos?
Pepa
I feel lucky we got Dad.
haha indeed! now what if I told you I didn’t use a tripod, and my wiggly hand was on it the whole time? hehe that little squishy RPI brick is coming in more useful than a normal stress ball...
Tim
Pepa
WOW!!!!
Sarah
Cool! what is that kind of picture called? What does the title mean?
polar panorama - the title means that it came out terribly because of the lack of sky and I promise I’ll redo it in a day or two if I get somewhere where there’s more horizon!!!
Tim
Aunt V
Is that the hose laying in the grass? Neat photo. The backyard looks lovely!
Mom
I thought it was an alien, looking down from his UFO, thinking, ”No way, I’m not landing there.” ”There’s no one in the yard to beam up, try and find somewhere else!”
Dad
How come it’s backwards? Is this the kind of picture where you can put a cylindrical mirror in the center and see an undistorted view in the reflection (thus the ”backwards”?
no, it’s the kind of picture that is supposed to look like a mini-planet of its own... but I didn’t get enough sky (the trees are too tall!) to make it look like that!
Tim
Sarah
There’s a book that we had to read in French, and it had a little planet just like that! but someone actually tried to ILLUSTRATE it by hand. Did you do that in Aperture?
DO NOT: question my title. DO: try to figure out what the title means DO: check out the NEW REDOs section!
Tim
Aunt V
I will Not Try This At Home - I don’t have the right equipment!
grr didja see the redos?
Tim
amy helped me with the redos
Tim
Amy
I figured it out!! It wasn’t quite as hard as the LCMHC... but Yay! And the redos were fun!! You should definitely go look! I stood on a stool.
Amy
By the way... the picture rocks... I’m just wondering what the white/yellow part is in the center...??
Aunt V
I cannot find the REDO’s! What am I doing wrong?
Aunt V
LCMHC...???
Amy
Redos can be found on the home page... if you click the last button at the bottom of the screen (it looks like a refresh button). And LCMHC stands for Lake Champlain Mental Health Clinic/Center. It’s a really long story...
Aunt V
Okay, give me an example of one of the photos that has been redone, ’cause I can’t find the button you mention!
Amy
You may need to refresh your page in order to see the redo icon!
Mom
Wow! The 4th of July in my own basement...on the 31st of July. Nice picture Tim and Bob.
Pepa
I must be way out in left field.
Pepa
Now I’m further out in left field,
Sarah
That’s really different! I like it
Sarah
That’s really different! I like it
Aunt V
For Pepa: Tenedor is Spanish for fork (eating utensil)!
Mom
for June too...and I took 4 years of Spanish. We never got past hola!
Amy
Fork... not possessor...
Pepa
Thanks Aunt V. I do hear lots of Spanish, but don’t understand a word, yet. Does the out of line fork have any significance?
oh. Wrong kind of keys?? Well both of my mac keyboards are really really clean now!!
Tim
Aunt V
Don’t tell me you took every key off your keyboards and cleaned them?!!
Mom
Cool picture. If you are so in to cleaning I’ve got a bathroom for you! (and a bedroom)
Dad
Cool! (You need better backgrounds)
I do need a better background, but this was a rushed picture when you were all urging me to pick up the kitchen!
Tim
Amy
I wouldn’t have let you move them off of the towels. Besides, some of them were still drying. At least they weren’t different colors!
Sarah
wow. You own more music devices than anyone I’ve ever met.
ah they’re not all mine!
Tim
Aunt V
You should add music to these pictures
Mom
I thought a member of the family was missing, but I see it there.
Amy
There is a member of the family missing! Or two...
Sarah
Is there ever room for a video iPod?
Pepa
I think I see an iphone among the stuff.
Aunt V
Looks like a lovely camping spot. I hope the weather was clear last night!
Amy
It was a lovely spot. And it was a BEAUTIFUL!! And it wasn’t even too hot--actually it got quiet cold. But our tent is very nice and the people who came to see the telescopes were nice.
mom
what fun we had hiding in the woods at lake carmi state park.although if I remember correctly someone was hiding in the car!
Amy
Coughquitecough... It’s hard to type on the iPhone.
yah... I hid in the car to sleep perhaps I’ll go in the tent at stellafane...
Tim
Aunt V
Did you get other nice photographs to share?
Amy
That’s just creepy.
Amy
And that’s the last time I EVER let you take a picture of me.
Aunt M
I like the tent. Looks like its got a lot of room.
pretty sure Vivian took that picture, actually...
Tim
Aunt V
That’s pretty cool, actually (no pun intended) - Amy hiding in the flames. I can see that it might creep you out, Amy. But the campfire looks nice!
actually, that fire is in the chiminea back home!
Tim
Pepa
Finally a picture that I know what it is when I first see it. It is a lovely looking tent. Sleeping outdoors is great.
Pepa
I’m a bit disappointed. I thought it was in front of the tent. But at least it’s outside.
Aunt V
Ick, do you want my picture of the snake, to go with this? That is one ugly buggly!
Sarah
Is that a plastic bug?
uh. no. it’s not plastic
Tim
Sarah
Was it in your garage? perhaps in that area by the ping pong balls?
Aunt V
Stop what?
heh. I dunno!!
Tim
Sarah
now all you need is a picture of an ignition.
Pepa
Cute bug.
this is what happens if you don’t stop ahhh my camera is busy recording for TOMORROW’s POD + extra media, so I had to use Dad’s. I guess it’s been a long time since I’ve used his camera, cuz I don’t remember it doing that!
Tim
Sarah
When you don’t stop what? That picture looks hand drawn!
Aunt V
Interesting, what setting did you use?
Amy
That would be the Gimp setting...
Pepa
Gimp?
Amy
Gimp is an image manipulation program...
Pepa
Oh! I did not know that.
hile this picture may not mean much, the video is absolutely incredibly. look at all the life, of all sorts. watch it ten times, isn’t it really cool? did you notice the dye seeping into the plant, too? this is well over a day’s worth of images, taken every five minutes...
Tim
ONE BIG NOTE: I highly suggest that you right click here and Save As (or whatever!) the video, since it’s large (15MB), and it’s too big (HD) to display in a regular browser window. You’ll need Quicktime 7 to view it (probably other things, but QT7 definitely does). So Amy and Sarah should be set, and Mom and Dad, and probably Vivian and Margaret. I don’t know about Pepa/Grandma - sorry - but I can play it for you next time I see you!
Tim
more about the video. This is a 30 fps reduction of a 50 fps video recorded at .033 fps. There are 342 frames. So, I’ve compressed 102,600 seconds of real life into just 6 seconds. That’s what? a 17,000x reduction? wheeeee! time flies when flies are having fun.
Tim
Aunt V
The video is quite cool, but I was unable to download it. I’d like to watch it in slower motion.
Aunt V
Your ”click here” option only seems to be a link. Is the video somewhere else and I’m missing it?
erm. the ’click here’ is a link to the video. Right click on it and save it! and to all for whom that one last night was too big, here’s one that should play better (including for Pepa/Grandma): here (It’ll be up in a minute!)
Tim
Aunt V
What a turkey!
Sarah
nice...
Sarah
That is so cool! Lots of crawlers.
Sarah
Have fun!
Sarah
Why is there a protractor stuck to the side?
Aunt V
Nice shot of Amy’s arm!
Mom
What a yummy turkey!Nice job posting Auntie V.
Mom
What a yummy turkey! Nice job posting, Auntie V!
Mom
What a group of guys. Oh and AMY! Nice shirt, Amy.
That’s Denis and Doug Woos, and Dad, and Amy’s arm. And the ”80-20” scope (whose owner was standing behind it)...
Tim
i dont remember posting that!
Tim
Aunt V
OK, I snuck one in under the radar. I promise I won’t do it again!
Aunt M
Very Cool !!!!
Sarah
pretty
Aunt V
Pepa, do you get it?
Pepa
Did it taste as good as it looks?
Pepa
Just how many telescopes did you get a picture of?
Pepa
This is surely my favorite APAD!!!
Pepa
Of course I don’t get it. Watzit?
Aunt V
It’s an odd angle view of one of the decorations that hangs under our deck.
Aunt V
That’s an interesting view from the back yard!
Sarah
Definitely my favorite...I love the highlights and shadows.
Aunt M
WOW !!!!
Aunt M
WOW !!!!!
Aunt V
Nice cloud reflection!
Aunt M
Cool !!!! I like this one tooooooooooooooooo Who is that cool guy taking the picture?
Pepa
Oh, I never would have guessed, but it did look familiar.
Pepa
I think I saw you take that one. Nice color?
Pepa
I even know where and who that is!
I have lots more pictures if anyone thinks those would help! Auntie V+M have lots of these in their front yard. They make sand hills and are really quite huge (4 cm, and not even fully extended...). Dad + Vivian tried to kill them, but didn’t succeed since the nests are so far underground. But maybe if they knew what they were, they could better attack them? Anyone have any ideas?
Tim
Auntie V
I think I might be on the right track... cicada killer, or sphecius speciosus. Supposedly they do not pose a threat to humans, but I surely don’t want to put it to the test. An article in wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_killer_wasp and lots of photos here: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/killerwasps.html
Mom
You guys are too much! Maybe we could rent some rooms at V & M’s and make some money...Need a new and interesting vacation? Come hunt the killer bees! Bed, pool, chips included!
Aunt V
Um, no, I don’t think I want to deal with the tourists...
Amy
That fits perfectly! Gross picture.
Sarah
very gross! Was that a queen?
Pepa
There might be bugs on some of you mugs, but there ain’t no bugs on me!
Aunt V
Illuminated by iPhone?
Sarah
ok...just because the magazine said iLuv :D Was that really lit by the iPhone?
Sarah
ha!
indeed. it’s a candle holder with an iPhone on top
Tim
Sarah
wow thanks! The babys breath stem pattern is actually really cool
Sarah
wow thanks! The babys breath stem pattern is actually really cool
Happy Birthday!
Tim
Aunt V
Happy Birthday, Sarah! Nice collage, Tim... is that birthday cake I see in the upper right?
Mom
Happy Birthday to Sarah. Hard to believe you guys are 18! Think back to when you were 8 and in Mr. Moore’s 3rd Grade!
it’s cake, indeed
Tim
Sarah
Thanks. It was a good cake too. Yeah I miss the sandbox at recess in 3rd grade Even when all the other kids teased us, we always stayed friends. It’s been nine years!
Pepa
Happy Birthday Sarah! Time flies by when you’re having fun.
Aunt V
You’re burning something, but what?
no burning. just dust.
Tim
Sarah
Bunnies?
Aunt V
I sure hope someone gave you a box of Swiffers to take to RPI!
Pepa
You got me again.
note to self: this picture is for the 19th
Tim
Sarah
I’ll miss you... Good luck, and ”see ya” (pfft, as if). Don’t forget anything...oh yeah and good luck in all your future endeavors. Had to throw that in Smile! <3 ya!
Punkin
Plz kin ah hav ur room?
Sarah
well said. giggles.
Mom
Should’ve taken it from the back side! Hope we’ve got everything.
Pepa
Hope you didn’t forget anything important.
yay for being mostly moved in
Tim
three cables - power and dvi are self-explanatory. USB connects to speakers, card reader, keyboard, iphone dock, and eventually to the hard drive, too.
Tim
off to find DCC for my project meeting here in a minute! TTYALL later - everything goes well
Tim
Aunt V
Hope you have some room to breathe!
Aunt M
Oh Boy, your first night at RPI
Mom
Your bed looks just like it did at home. Hope you can find room for you.
Mom
I’m glad to see the computers are up and running!
Pepa
It must be very exciting getting all set up for the things to come. Good luck Timmy.
Pepa
My, how neat!
Sarah
very nice
Sarah
Oh cool. You get a window room
Sarah
Wow it made it there! I found the copy you had at the coffeehouse. good stuff...
Aunt V
That was a very nice present from Amy and Mom. It doesn’t look like you are getting to bed any earlier though! This picture was posted rather late
Mom
Hope we surprised you. We wanted you to have something extra special there.
it was really late they locked us in this one building till past 11 again...
Tim
Pepa
Now that’s an interesting poster.
Aunt V
Nice show! Pass the popcorn!
Pepa
Pepa
I need and explanation on this one. I know what it looks like, but is it?
Sarah
it looks projected off the side of a building...
that’s the logo of the theatre club here... we went to a show of theirs (that new freshmen put together in 2 days) last night.
Tim
Mom
Tim, I love that....very cool. How was the show? And your show?
Sarah
Where’d you go?
Mom
I hope you’ve been getting fed since I left you there on Tuesday! I know it will be better when you can go whenever you want. It looks pretty in the lights.
Sarah
can you pick up your cell?
I promise I’ll post a better copy in the coming days - better resolution, better sky, and better bricks in the middle... but for now, this will do!
Tim
Aunt V
Very cool! Who’s that kid?
Sarah
Cool! Let me guess...the Union is the big blob at the top?
Sarah
Cool! Let me guess...the Union is the big blob at the top?
no. that’s Commons, where we eat. Cary is the big building in the bottom right. Barton is the one building that looks significantly newer, straight down.
Tim
Mom
Maybe RPI can put that photo in their promotional paperwork! Very cool!
Amy
Awesome! (You shouldn’t post pictures so early... some people won’t see yesterday’s cool one!)
Dad
Nice shot for a Sunday
Dad
OK, so how come the original download is smaller than the medium?
Pepa
Now here’s one that needs to be explained to me. How do you do it. There must be a mirror involved? It’s a very interesting shot, though.
Pepa
Lovely and very early.
Aunt V
Your Father is proud of you
Aunt M
WOW !!!
Aunt M
Very Interesting Is that u in the picture?
Sarah
I wonder where you got that one from?
Sarah
can i read into this one ?
yep. at least I’m trying to be organized...
Tim
Sarah
What are they?
Aunt V
Aunt M and I could bring you cranberry juice Friday afternoon. JLUK!
Amy
Where did you put those?? Anyway, I like the idea!
Mom
Are you missing a day? Was this supposed to be the 27th? I like being organized!
Aunt V
A church for computers? Or an old church used for a classroom? Or something else? Whatever it is, it’s a beautiful building!
Sarah
um hello? Keep date? Nice picture
that’s the computer lab/server room/computer store/help desk building for the whole campus
Tim
Sarah
I’m guessing RPI lacks useless beautiful sculptures What does it do? Shiny
Sarah
Is there really a big sundial on campus? Or have I heard incorrectly?
Aunt M
What a beautiful building. Lots of neat stuff at RPI.
Aunt M
More neat stuff
Aunt V
Cool! Are there other pieces of artwork like this around the campus?
Dad
This used to be a different sculpture when I went here. It was two VERY large rectangles (like 2001 monoliths) that were also shiny stainless steel. They floated around in the wind in a similar way as these do... New comment on yesterday’s Chapel pic.
Dad
This beautiful building was slated to be torn down back in ’75 or so, to be replaced by a new computer center building. The students rallied and protested so vigorously to not have it destroyed that the powers-that-be were forced to reconsider and decided to integrate the mainframe into the present building. I think they made the right choice!
Mom
I’ve seen that! Dad is a wealth of info on RPI stuff! Glad you’re seeing so many new things!
Aunt V
I agree! There is no reason why the past and present can’t peacefully co-exist. I’m glad the students cared enough to prevent the destruction of the chapel. Thanks for the history, Dad!
Aunt V
Hey Rob, nice to meet you! I hope your first week of college is going well.
Uzbeckistani
How is the U.S treating you Rob? And Tim?
Mom
It was nice meeting you Rob. Thanks for including Tim in your adventures. Seems like you guys are off to a good start. Call the mom if you need anything!!
Sarah
Hi! Hope you guys are having fun.
Grandma
Hi Tim, Your room mate looks very you. Hope you two are doing well. Love Grandma
one mouse, four screens. that’s Robb’s setup. too bad it’s not ACTUALLY a gigapixel or more...
Tim
sarah
that’s cool is that...a jug of maple syrup on the left?
Aunt V
I think you two fellas were separated at birth and have finally found your way home. I’ll have roast pork with chinese vegetables, and don’t forget the eggroll
Dad
I see he likes Orson Scott Card... that’s cool too.
Mom
Ok, I was hoping for someone a little neater than you..but since you guys are getting along so well, I’ll deal. I keep meaning to ask about the SNORING?!
there’s lots of stinky eggrolls in the fridge if you want them! I think that might have been a mistake....
Tim
mom and dad and amy stopped by and took robb and I out to get dinner and some random stuff
Tim
Aunt V
I hope ”random stuff” includes cranberry juice
Mom
Nice shelves, Tim. You got the picture posted before we got home. The room looks very clean and neat. Not quite like it does in real life. LOL!
Sarah
lovely. wal mart? you’d better clean it before I get there...I take it neither of you are neat freaks. There is no hope for you
Aunt M
Is there any room left in your room now?
Aunt M
I’ll say... what’s in the water at RPI?
Aunt V
I’ve heard the expression ”big man on campus” but this is ridiculous! Clever picture, Tim...
grandma
Bet you are the talest man on campus
Mom
Are you trying to beat out Tall Rob, or whoever the guy is you call tall?
grandma
Hope their is still space for you in the room?
From left to right, that’s Peter, Morgan Smallest, an incredibly uncomfortable-looking Tim, DJ, Morgan Smaller, Rob, Dani, and Laura... Gino is behind the camera... and Nate is ... somewhere...
Tim
we didn’t plan it... really... and we’re missing ONE color...
Tim
Amy
What? Pink? Red (you have two maroon...)? Brown? Awesome!
Look at it backwards without the blacks on the edges... red, orange, yellow green, blue, violet...
Tim
Mom
I love it! More girls than boys! Love the rainbow too. What were you guys (and girls) doing out on a beautiful Labor Day?
Amy
You still don’t have a very good red... but it totally rocks. And I definitely knew about the rainbow part.
Mom
Why is Tim so incredibly uncomforable? And where is Rob(b)’s other B?
Mom
And why can’t I spell?
Mom
Home from where?
Aunt M
Very interesting..... Are they many of these at RPI?
home from... not being home. nah there’s only one, over 15th st.
Tim
Aunt M
Its nice to meet the gang.
Aunt M
You never know when or where you will see a RAINBOW.
yeah... red not so much... I always forget about the second B...
Tim
not so much on the Laura... it’s Jess. what’s with these people that I only sorta know?
Tim
sarah
hi nice picture. you should come here! more rainbows
sarah
home is never a place! youre my home
Sarah
now how did you take that one?
sarah
yup people tend to be pretty colorful. you should come here! wayyy more to do! expand your niche a little, plus i miss you!
Aunt V
A bibliophiles’ dream?
Mom
That’s not the library is it? Now I’m confused!
Sarah Betancourt
it looks like an Escher building! This was written from my crazy cool computer RORY
Aunt M
RPI seems to have a lot of interesting buildings COOL !!! Maybe one of these days you can show us.
Pepa
Your Uncle Patrick might tell you that Frank Lloyd Wright was the guy that started to build cantilevered buildings.
Pepa
Surely a fine looking group.
what’s that? lasers?
Tim
sarah
huh? you’re so funny
Aunt V
Need lots to drink with all those salty nuts!
Sarah
We have cashews!!!! jk. I hope you feel better.
there’s three large bottles of cranberry juice and lots of bottles of water, too
Tim
sarah
we need to buy breakfast foods...dining hall is nice though. waffles
Aunt M
I see something red.....
Pepa
”Nuts”
After classes today, for a lovely Friday night activity, Gino and Rob and I chose to spend our time testing the limits of each other’s machines I won’t tell how it’s going, since the contest is still on...
Tim
Dad
Looks like this one is on the floor so if you want to beat it you’re going to have to take yours down to the second floor (or toss it out the window!) Are you testing speed or security?
Sarah
Did you do this all night long? So who won? :D You Unix people...
Aunt M
Got Root Beer ???? LOL
security! I win speedwise hands down with my extra 2x200MHz
Tim
Aunt V
You must be feeling better...
I don’t expect anyone to get this one. I helped a Barton-ite import the tape for this video he’s making about this little fellow, allowing me to spend most of today in the air-conditioned building!
Tim
Dad
And now you know where you can get more food Should be much cooler today... Nice ”robot” (I see feet)
Mom
Smart boy! You’re helping someone AND keeping cool. Hope you’re feeling better!
Pepa
The little fellow (a robot?) is the box with the feet?
sarah
is this the same guy that people ran around in? It looks a bit small for that.
Rob and Gino and I went to the library today and checked out this (it’s the original MINIX book which Linus read and eventually led him to write Linux), the original X manual (for Rob), and something else (for Gino). Much fun! All sorts of crazy old stuff (VAX manuals and such) in the computer section of that library.
Tim
Aunt V
You want my Data Communications book? I bet it’s even older than that one
Aunt V
And tell me, are you getting ANY sleep?
Sarah
so you are legally retrieving these books that was funny. Does this Linus speak at the Ubuntu Summit?
Aunt V
And tell me, are you getting ANY sleep?
hahaha I bet it is, considering the first edition of this book still only dates back to 1987 Still, before me. We get lots of sleep (well... I do, anyway!). Seven or eight hours a night on weekdays, I’d say. More on weekends!
Tim
Pepa
I thought Linus is a guy in Peanuts.
Sarah
haha! our journalism professor had a funny iPhone story. yeah the technology behind phones has truly evolved..
Sarah
That’s exactly what I asked Tim four years ago
Aunt V and Aunt M
That is NOT an old phone! An old phone would be black, with a rotary dial! Or, one that you picked up and said ”Operator, please get me this number”!
Pepa
Or one that was mostly wooden, hung on the wall and you had to turn a crank to use it. John Barton had one of those in the kitchen and one in the workshop so Evelyn could call him when dinner was ready.
Dad
OK, this came in a little late You must have been having too much fun to (or were too tired) to post this last night. Was this at the E-club meeting?
Aunt M
I’ll say this came out late. It was not there when I checked at 2:30 AM this morning. But I guess you are having fun
Aunt V
Did I hear someone say ”MacGyver?”
hahaha yeah mom sent me a note this morning ”where’s the apad??” - I posted last night, but sometimes I have to hit ”upload” twice for it to go.... and I went to bed without checking! so yeah, this was at e-club - someone who’s trying to read and broadcast RFID signals wonder why??
Tim
btw - over the next day or two I’ll be moving apad to here, instead of VT, so it should get loads faster for those off of our home network (~10x)
Tim
Sarah
that’s so pretty! Very Polaroid
Aunt V
Hey Ansel, nice shot! It looks like you had as nice a day yesterday as we did. I’m glad you got outside to enjoy it. That seems like an awfully small football field. What is the building center left?
Amy
Why does it look strange on the front page?
Pepa
I’m sure you told me how to do that panoramic, but i forgot. And where is this taken from? I guess I better get a map of RPI.
that’s taken from this really stupid set of stairs in the middle of campus pointing back towards Quad and the dorms... it’s a normal football field iTook this iPicture with my iPhone (actually a bunch of pictures) and iStitched it together with iHugin (actually just Hugin). It looks strange on the front page because I forgot to fill it out to a normaler resolution....
Tim
sarah
lets make a virtual tour!
Aunt V
Do the staircases rearrange themselves?
Amy
22/7 as in weird pi?
Dad
”normaler”?
22/7 like the Perimeter building... sadly the stairs don’t move, though!
Tim
Aunt V
Cooleroo!
my first wedding, too
Tim
Sarah
um what is this...
Sarah
We have something similar!
Sarah
They look very happy! That dress is gorgeous too!
Mom
A lovely day....glad the rain cleared!
Pepa
Lovely-picture-day-couple!
i’m not entirely sure anymore
Tim
Mom
Nice lanterns outside at the motel on Saturday night after the wedding. Did I get it right? It took me a minute!
Mom
Is this the cool and interesting stuff you are finding on the loading docks? Dad did tell me what that was all about. Have fun scavenging!
Amy
Why did you mess up the front page?! Have fun dumpster diving!
I have to fix that (front page) - it’s busted because I moved it to the new machine and didn’t have everything I need there... that isn’t interesting because we won’t be able to use it, but there is other interesting stuff, for certain!
Tim
Aunt V
Errrr...lovely!
they have names - I’ll name them when Robb gets back
Tim
racarr
Tux obviously. Hans and unnamed.
Aunt V
Cute... Grandma will love this picture. But dude, the photos are taking TWICE as long to load as they did previously!
sarah
feels special for suggesting it * cute!
Sarah
Can’t wait to see it!
Sarah
your linux tee would have made a great background
wait. whaaaa? it’s slower? I’ll play around, but it should be a good deal faster..... grrrrrr
Tim
Aunt V
And why ”the cleaners?”
because robb’s side of the room is a mess
Tim
Mom
Dude...it’s really SLOW! I hope those guys did a good job cleaning up and I hope they did both sides. How come I didn’t see them when we were down to visit?
Mom
And YOUR side of the comments keeps fuzzing out and you can’t read all of it.
Pepa
Do you mean Robb is less neat than you? That’s hard to believe. And it is much slower now.
Mom
Let’s see...Tim’s is on the left, Robb’s on the right? Just like your beds are set up? COOL Robb...please don’t lose this one! OR are they programmed to find their way back to their owner?
grandma
Love the penguin. Love Grandma
the one without the iPhone
(sarah). pfft very cool so he got the same one?
Aunt M
WOW, better not get them mixed up. So how many minutes does Robb get on his plan? Someday I will have one
Pepa
I think I see a little difference, must be paternal twins.
so yeah. robb and I just spent a LONG time getting VPNc compiled on the iPhone so we can get on RPI WiFi. No such luck. Need kernel sources which won’t be out until Leopard ships. Ah, well, only another month’s wait! EDGE isn’t actually that bad!
Tim
Aunt V
You two are having waaaaaay too much fun, methinks.
Sarah
Your original explanation of that was pretty funny ”Is that file sharing?”
Pepa
I have been reading about the language barriers in the US today and when I read your comments, I begin to feel it’s affecting me.
Aunt V
And vat vill you be doing with this hill?
Pepa
I hope the ants aren’t as big as the hill.
Aunt V
’Splain. And is this photo for 9/22 or 9/23?
Dad
This looks like a photo from last weekend...at the B&B. That looks like the crazy sheep dog that terrorized Tim...
Amy
That’s what I thought too...
Aunt V
That sweet, friendly sheepdog ”terrorized” Tim? I don’t believe it!
Aunt M
Dog
soooo yeah... I was out all day sans camera, and almost forgot to post anything! In any case... it IS that dog, and doesn’t look as cool as it does on my phone... oh well!
Tim
ooh ooh can anyone tell where we ARE? (only for a minute)
Tim
I’ll tell you all about the hill and the other various related hijinks someday, when I’m allowed
Tim
hahaaha we both have college shirts on!
Tim
Aunt V
Is that one of the Empire State plaza Agency buildings in the background?
Mom
Ditto what Aunite V said!
Indeed
Tim
epa
Cute dog, reminds me of Charlie.
Pepa
I guess it’s in Albany, not Troy.
Sarah
NVM TIM! YES I can access APAD AGAIN! Yeah we had loads of fun...that plaza was so cool. It was a shame that we only got to stop there for a minute.
sarah
was the dog on the bus? Don’t anger the bus drivers :D
sarah
hey look at our matching college shirts :D You owe me a piece of RPI paraphenilia (sp?) it’s so late... :D
I’m going to take MY REAL CAMERA out tomorrow for an APAD! And perhaps you’ll see a move back to the old server, since everyone says this is so slow
Tim
Sarah
I loved the funny squirrels And the Lowe museum
Mom
So does that mean this was taken with your iPhone?
it does. and since it’s night, and I haven’t gotten out.... perhaps tomorrow! we got busy with a linux bug and it got to be late... now there’s no light...
Tim
Aunt V
Very cool!
Mom
How’d you do that?
yay for motion
Tim
A
Aunt M
Very Very COOL !!!!
Sarah
I loved the funny squirrels And the Lowe museum
Sarah
NOOOO. You totally get brownie points for carrying the luggage up that...
Aunt M
So where is this?
These are the stairs up from Troy to RPI. At this point, you’re already a good portion of the way up, but you’ve still got a ways to go.
Tim
Aunt M
So I guess you don’t need to go to the gym, with all those stairs
Pepa
For excercise, walk down and run up!
yes, it is a photo (except the text) - I’ll explain tomorrow... um.... noone’s going to get this unless they know physics I’ll explain tomorrow once everyone’s had a chance. We went to an OLPC project meeting today. I guess Robb’s going to hack X11 on the OLPC (they need lots of help) and Anthony and Mike and I are going to work on software. Seriously. Python games to teach kids science without words. Much fun!
Tim
Dad
Ummmm... Mom And Dad?... Mud And Dirt?... Mass, Acceleration, Distance?... Macs Always Dominate!!! That’s it!
mass acceleration and distance. What is it???
Tim
mass acceleration and distance. What is it???
Tim
Dad
Power!! kg * m/s2 * m = kg*m2/s2 = joules/sec = watts
Aunt V
OLPC... is that One Laptop Per Child? I was just reading about that program.
Aunt V
I have such MASS that I cannot ACCELERATE over a short DISTANCE
power. and if you integrate it, you get work lots of it! -- yes, that OLPC!
Tim
no. bad! don’t screw me up! kg m2/s2 is 1J... mad IS work
Tim
no. bad! don’t screw me up! kg m2/s2 is 1J... mad IS work
Tim
power must be kgm2/s anywho. the picture is of the light on the ceiling. yeah. anyway. it’s dark and hard to find a picture today, but we’ll see!
Tim
Pepa
No comment today.
sarah
beautiful picture...new title?
Aunt M
WOW, so what did you do to get that picture?
Aunt V
Who was dancing? You? I would love to see that!
I spun around :-D
Tim
1. who thought that backspace was a good idea??? 2. DIRT.
Tim
Sarah
NOOOO. You totally get brownie points for carrying the luggage up that...
Mom
Gross! That looks like the keyboards I have to clean at MBS!
sarah
wait why are we focusing un a dirty keyboard?
sarah
wait why are we focusing un a dirty keyboard?
Amy Horton
eww.
Aunt V
Oh boy, that brings back happy memories. Thanks for sharing!
happy memories??!? I wanted to die using that thing for more than five seconds. I don’t know HOW MANY tildes and backticks I got instead of backspace
Tim
Aunt M
Backspace key is good when they work. I can get you a used keyboard that would work better than this one, if u want?
Aunt V
Sure, happy! Before those early keyboards we had to use a stone tablet and a chisel, and there was no backspace!
backspace key is good IF they decide to put it in the right place hahah no I don’t need a keyboard - that’s a keyboard on an actual sun workstation (Solaris 8) in the computer center! Thanks, though Hahaha yeah... and you had to carry it uphill to school both ways, of course!
Tim
sarah
you listen how sweet! that is a lonnnnnng way down. Isn;’t that where the museum is?
Aunt V
Whose foot?
Mom
Wheresit?
that’s Low, up high (9 stories). remember the Bravia commercial (if not, look it up - the bouncy ball one)? - I think that’s probably Robb’s foot.
Tim
also - happy Leopard month, Slashdot’s 10th, Morgan Smallest’s 19th, and stuff!
Tim
Sarah
leopard! woot. ha you have to use quarters!
Aunt V
Hey, I have an idea. Why don’t you skip doing laundry for the month of October and donate your quarters to the ”Aunt V needs a vacation” fund!
Aunt V
And of course the BIG celebration in October is on the 9th!
Aunt M
Money Money Money..... have fun doing Laundry
and mom’s birthday month, but you have to wait for then....
Tim
Mom
I’m thinking those quarters need to be going into the machine, not stacked where ever they are stacked. Are you running out of quarters yet? When is Morgan smallest’s 19th?
See those? That’s all of my quarters. You can’t see them all. That’s still lots of time worth of laundry, so no, I’m not running out Her b’day was yesterday (the 1st)!
Tim
just went down; all the machines are full, and the one on the end is still (as in .... since the beginning of the year) full....
Tim
Pepa
Maybe, if there’s any quarters left over after Aunt V’s vacation fund, you could slip a couple into my fund.
Anthony, Gino, Alex, Mike, and Robb. At Pizza Bella.
Tim
Aunt V
Yum!
Mom
Cool...and where is Pizza Bella?
Mom
And where’s Anthony? Is he the invisible one?
Anthony’s sort-of invisible over on the left in red; Pizza Bella is right over by Academy Hall and Java++.
Tim
Sarah
Fun...do they have sicilian slices?
no!! plus, as you’ve seen, we’re all about the NY-style pizza
Tim
Sarah
Do you have a Cheesecake factory in Troy or Albany? You guys are obsessed with pizza.
Pepa
Nice party!
sarah
wait why are we focusing un a dirty keyboard?
today’s apad will come a bit late. I’ll explain later!
Tim
Mom
Is that the Computer Lab at MBS?
nice lights. not. bad. bad. bad.
Tim
Aunt V
That does seem like overkill. But of course we want the campus to be safe for you and your friends
Dad
Now, if you wanted to land a 747 in the fog, this might be good.
problem is -- they say it’s for safety, but in reality, the glare is making it less safe.
Tim
Pepa
At least you can see what lies ahead.
Sarah
Back to firefox! ha yeah you’re not going to see many stars with that...you do have a beautiful campus though, and lots of light is a good thing...it’s way safer. But safe from what? your insane campus squirrels?
Sarah
Don’t drop those off Low. lol. Someone could die.
Sarah
Don’t drop those off Low. lol. Someone could die.
Sarah
the egg! what is it?
Aunt V
Indeed! Cool picture, Tim!
Mom
So where’s the frog?
you scared him away, remember???
Tim
Pepa
Lovely looking egg!
Pepa
Is that what it really looks like, or is it a trick?
Sarah
What is inside? is it a sports center?
Sarah
This is so my favorite picture so far. Was the water that blue? Wow...get the frog next time!!!
that’s pretty much what the water really looks like, but it was touched up a little... it wasn’t really that blue, for example...
Tim
sarah
but did the leaves really look like they could be peeled off? is this a fishing pond?
yeah yeah the actual ... structure ... of the leaves was just like it is. I only fuzzed out the color and stuff
Tim
Aunt V
I do love your nature photos. This one is lovely.
I don’t know. I think patrick said it was some sort of performance space at one point.
Tim
Amy
slacker.
only a little bit
Tim
Aunt V
Whatsitof?
Aunt V
And don’t say water
same as yesterday!!
Tim
Aunt V
And don’t say water
Aunt V
Slacker!
Mom
Come on..he’s no slacker...it’s Puckyhuddle. He sat out on the dock, in the sunshine, waiting for just the right patch of water. We talked, watched geese splash and frogs hop. Saw a leaf turn from green to red!
Amy
But it’s not a photo a day... it’s two photos one day... and none the next!
Aunt V
However, it IS a very nice photo!
Pepa
Pepa
It does look wet!
Mom
WOW!! Very pretty!
Sarah
pucky huddle?
Aunt V
Tim, that is such a beautiful panorama that I won’t even mention the S word You took some great photos while you were at Papa Cliff’s!
Sarah
Happy Birthday!!!! Did you have an awesome day? Tim takes great floral pics.
Mom
Thanks Tim! That is an extra-special treat for me!! Wish you had been at dinner with us!
Amy
¿Qué tú hizo? Anyway, nice picture!! Where was it?
Aunt V
What a nice present for Mom! And the photo is great, too!
Pepa
A delightful picture. I know Mom loves it!
Sarah
Happy Birthday!!!! Did you have an awesome day? Tim takes great floral pics.
Mom
Nice Fuzz. Where is it? I love waking up to a daily dose of Tim pictures!
Aunt V
Another beautiful photo... very peaceful.
Pepa
Is that on campus? Nice shot!
It’s up here on freshman hill
Tim
sarah
fuzz
Sarah
Rumpelstiltsken? tee hee. nice picture
Aunt V
Nice sepia tone!
Pepa
It’s starting to look like fall, fast!
Amy
I think you skipped a day... The clouds here aren’t quite as happy.
that’s the 12th’s picture no happy clouds??
Tim
Amy
Ahh. It’s been rainy and cloudy. Ugh.
Aunt V
We’ve had happy clouds in P.E. today! And yesterday. But it’s been very windy and getting chilly.... brrrrr!
Pepa
Lovely sky with fluffy, happy clouds. And all outside. Great shot!
Mom
Nice...where is it? I’m seeing double. And what happened to the 12th?
Amy
Oí! Anyway, is this Saturday’s picture (the 13th?)
TIm
grr when I move them back I’ll fix all the dupes and dates, too Tonight!
Aunt V
Was this the weekend you were going to Boston?
not so much - that’s in two weeks this is here, at RPI - Robb’s Tux
Tim
Pepa
It does lean a bit, doesn’t it?
Sarah
sorry robb it was too tempting
sarah
hey tim! you and the penguin have something in common
Mom
Was this on the trip to the bus? I think we might go here on Friday.
Sarah
I like Was this in Albany?
I love that little park that’s the museum....
Tim
Check this out!
Tim
Aunt V
I’m glad you are having fun with your camera. Thanks for that website - very cool.
Pepa
Where is it?
Sarah
another steep phone bill. pick up! nice picture. familiar
Aunt V
Errr, lovely. What is it?
I don’t know. Free speech wall. I didn’t participate, but it was cute
Tim
Aunt V
Ugh. That looks like what the inside of my mouth feels like some mornings.
Sarah
ha. We have stuff like that too. but it’s more common
Sarah
huh? explain. lots of the sidewalks here are brick by brick...not exactly cobblestone.
Can you tell what it is? Besides being a picture of a display of a scan of a print of a picture of a display of a picture of a building?
Tim
Sarah
the building next to lowe? i dunno...call me a picture of a picture. sheesh tim. I’ve been playing around with my trial of aperature and have decided that it’s really cool
Aunt V
OK, Aunt M says it looks like a reflection of pressed wood or MDF board. I think it has a different texture, but can’t figure it out. So give already!
Aunt V
WHATISIT?!?!??
Pepa
I see mountains reflecting in a still body of water.
Pepa
No, I can’t tell what it is , although it does look like a computer screen sideways.
Auntie M is right. But what’s it reflecting in?
Tim
Aunt M
Mirror??? Computer screen????
nail clippers?
Tim
Aunt V
Well, I guess that means you are keeping your nails trimmed
two of the people (Mike and Nate) you three didn’t meet this weekend. sitting in the place I took the previous picture from...
Tim
Sarah
library? they’re so funny
Aunt V
That is a startlingly blue carpet!
Aunt V
I looked at this on a different monitor. Now I CAN see the nail clippers!
built in the 70s and all each floor is a different startling color!
Tim
sarah
it began like month ago! bio tech building? nice
no, man, that’s the library. biotech looks NEW.
Tim
Amy
Gee, at least it’s not closed!
Pepa
Good thing you like to read.
Pepa
Nice lighting.
fake lighting HDR and all...
Tim
Aunt V
Is this a real photo, or is it blender-rendered?
Aunt V
Never mind, I blew it up, it must be rendered. But the grass looks so REAL!
HA! Thanks but NO WAY is it rendered You should play around with RAW sometime
Tim
plus... the noise... definitely a real photo!
Tim
Sarah
You didn’t post Obama! Was this a picture of something in a chem lab?
Sarah
AND that was without zoom, with practically no battery charge left... a new camera is in order! The Commons was insane! Too many people, an extreme amount of cops, but Obama gave a great speech, as did Duval (sp?), and it hushed up the Ron Paul sympathizers rather quickly
Sarah
carpet
Aunt V
Errrr, twice as nice?!
Aunt V
GO JOHN EDWARDS!
Pepa
Bernice says it’s your carpet.
Pepa
Wow Sarah! You must have been right up front. Where’s Hilary?
Sarah
Hilary charged 20$ so I didn’t go. Obama spoke right on the common. I was a few rows back...John Edwards hasn’t come here. I bet he will though. The Morman candidate had volunteers there too and they kept harassing me with pamphlets but I just ignored.
Mom
Beautiful! It was gorgeous here today. Amy and I walked home from school/work today and rustled through the leaves!
Pepa
Isn’t NY beautiful this time of the year?
Aunt V
Don’t you just love to rake leaves?
luckily I’m pretty sure RPI does the raking (or not) here!
Tim
Sarah
Hugs it* It’s soooo cute! I can’t wait to see it! This is such a great innovative idea!
Sarah
Your version of Christmas To be fair, it’s a really good cause, it’s very cute, and if I have 400$ to spare, i’ll send one over to Africa and perhaps get one to toy around with.
Sarah
It has a handle! No case needed! cool.
hahah he’s so excited and the battery is still on the bed next to him...
Tim
and that’s with the backlight OFF... in 600dpi black and white mode... NICE
Tim
it does have a nice handle and it’s only right about 3 lbs... perfect for carting around and taking notes on. and battery life in black and white mode is INCREDIBLE.... (supposedly, we’re seeing between 6-8 in color w/ backlight)
Tim
also, this SHOULD be the picture for december 31.. (note it’s #365)
Tim
Mom
NOT! what I was expecting! You guys have fun with that. And why again is the deodorant on the hard drive?
Mom
GO ROBB!! Love the shirt, too!
Aunt V
Is this a(n) OLPC? Looks very nice. Does it come in other colors? DO YOU HAVE LEOPARD YET???!
Aunt V
If I’d looked at this pic first I would have had my answer. Have fun, guys!
that is an OLPC that’s the only color, but it comes with a colored logo that identifies your laptop out of a set of 400 on the back.... leopard == monday (because I’m in boston, which is also why yesterday’s picture didn’t get posted yet - I just got a net connection)
Tim
Test
test
Sarah
yeah. it works.
Sarah
do you have Wednesday’s up there?
Mom
Leaves! gold and red and orange and yellow...
Mom
’splain
Mom
Merry Christmas, Tim!!
Mom
not sure i’d be smart enough to sleep under those blankets
Aunt V
So happy to see APAD back!
Pepa
APAD is back!!! HOORAY!!!!!
ALMOST back ... but it’s being a pain to post. have to screw around to get it working and then I’ll post yesterday and today’s pictures hopefully tonight!
Tim
this is a little app mike and I have been writing to fix some of the odd issues with Leopard’s X, at least until Apple fixes them.
Tim
from an RPI blogger’s blog: http://distributedneuron.net/blog/2007/10/28/art-meets-biology-ill-pass/
Tim
Link
Tim
Dad
Wow, it takes all kinds...
Sarah
Fixing what? Okay i rebookmarked this. It’ll become a daily thing again
Sarah
oh mike too? Yeah I’ve always wondered about that...if you get it working, send it over so Gimp won’t take so long to load!
Sarah
weird. she tried to write...
Sarah
why the hotel barton...?
Aunt V
Nice shot!
Aunt V
Wow. I guess I am more conservative in my approach to art, gardening and technology.
it really only works on the bizarre X they’re shipping with Leopard
Tim
what’s he doing outside the Troy building? who lives there??
Tim
Sarah
SO CONFUSED
Pepa
Looks like he’s gonna smash something. Are you really back everyday?
Aunt V
Down with civil engineers? What is that all about?
actually, Shirley lives in that building...
Tim
Mom
As in Shirley J?
Mom
I think you’re apaed almost every day
yeah that one -- no I’ll get apad, just not always in time (fell asleep in a mess of physics homework last night... or this morning, whatever...)
Tim
physics... that’s why yesterday’s picture only comes .... today...
Tim
Pepa
You do look very serious.
Pepa
And I only see two computers.
mom
you look asleep
there’s actually only one computer, connected to two displays, in that picture ... yeah that was the problem, the whole falling asleep thing!
Tim
Aunt V
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
mom
looks like you are going to be very busy next semester
mom
cool! amy is a very happy girl thanks to her aunties
Pepa
Looking good Amy!
Sarah
looks like fun no music theory? gasp!
Sarah
that’s so cool
Sarah
you’re a grumpy boy when sleepy
Amy
It is quite amazing. I can’t really explain it more than that...
Sarah
post post post! nah just finish your physics
it’s always so dark and busy around here... they’ll be up shortly... the whole it-being-down really interrupted my normal pattern of apading!
Tim
Sarah
it’s sad...i miss summer time. but now it feels like we sleep more, right?
SARAH
confused by title.
sarah
it’s smiling. what is it?
Sarah
usually there’s a lot more going on?
Mom
Cool!
Mom
nice catching up on all the apads. i love seeing your pictures.
Pepa
Me too Mom.
Aunt V
Is that Gino’s door?
Aunt V
That does not compute. Explanation required.
Aunt V
Nice pic. I wish it wasn’t dark at 4:15 p.m., though.
Sarah
good show huh?
Dad
So this is where the word ’Robot’ came from...cool!
Mom
Which night did you go? How was the SOUND?
Mom
It’s gotta be OLPC, with that color, no?
yeah! isn’t that cool? we went on Saturday.
Tim
nope. Gino’s diagonal and you can’t really see it through the peephole - that’s Connor’s door.
Tim
of course (plus that’s the XO logo) ... remember the story of when they were going to use cows to power it? (it was on slashdot, at least!)
Tim
Pepa
I did not realize what this picture was until I read the comments. I never would have of dreamed of taking a picture thru the peephole.
Mom
AAAAAHHHHH, laundry day at RPI. Or should I say laundry NIGHT, since I know that’s when the laundry gets done? The pile doesn’t look too big!
while drunk, this one taped up our door.... in any case, we reported him (about ten times), so maybe it won’t be a problem again.
Tim
Aunt V
A familiar view... how did it feel to be back on Joey Drive?
I think I was there this weekend...
Tim
Mom
YIKES! Robb...you put your sheets on your bed!! Why is DJ hiding?
Mom
You were here! Very briefly..kind of a whirlwind..like this pix! Was it great to be home?
Mom
Home...and gone again!
Pepa
That looks farmilar.
Pepa
It looks a bit tippy.
Pepa
Where’s Tim?
my sheets were in the wash at the time! - DJ’s sleeping - I’m behind the camera
Tim
Sarah
what is your cell number??
Sarah
we should have taken pictures that weekend.
Mao
Tim
sarah
that game was so funny that weekend.
Pepa
That is some good lookin pumpkin pie, and it tasted better than it looks.
sarah
i miss pumpkin pie... how witty
Mom
Good Luck Grandma!
Mom
Coconut was yummy, too!
Sarah
Sewing on paper is rather difficult (well, doing it well). I’ll stick to my quilts. Good luck though!
Mom
Lucas...wild man with a salt shaker and a bottle of ketchup!
Mom
Very clever caption, Tim.
Mom
Lovely looking table.Yummy food.
Sarah
aw...and his shirt says ”rebel” too!
I seem to have made disappear some pictures that were supposed to be for Monday/Tuesday... I’ll have to go retake them later today...
Tim
sarah
oh wow...that’s just awesome
Pepa
Do you mean you lose things too?
Mom
Looks very cool in black and white..just like a penguin should be.
Sarah
I saw that movie recently and it made me cry! The mexican penguins were hilarious
sarah
yeah vista sucks. clip your nails tim! remember?
sarah
on a holiday jaunt? did they open it?
what?!? that is quite much DJ’s hand, NOT mine. so .... story... we’ve quite much solidified ourselves as terrible people. nick, annoying-creepy-I-lost-my-roommate-so-I-bug-you-guys-and-won’t-leave-at-4-am-nick, wrote a long facebook rant about vista and how awesome it was. so mike dictated a love letter to nick from a secret admirer/windows-lover, which DJ then proceeded to make incredibly overly girly, in a very awe-inspiring fashion. yep. he came up and accused us, but I’m pretty sure we convinced him it wasn’t us, because we would never write nice things about vista, and such.... yeah. I feel bad for him, but I also feel that he might someday get the message that he CANNOT act the way he does and expect to have/maintain any friends. Ah, at least we talk to him, unlike the other 6,000 kids here.
Tim
sarah
awww. i can be inspiring too! girly hand-writing is so in fashion. kick him out! and do homework?
sarah
such games! such good samaritans u guys are! too bad you couldnt argue that your gf was there and make him leave like last time!
Mom
Wow! looks really cool with all those lights on. Can’t wait until it opens and we get to go to a show or concert there!
Aunt V
When is it scheduled to open?
Next fall
Tim
Pepa
OK, what is it?
that’s our big new theatre / concert hall complex... the Experimental Media And Performing Arts Center...
Tim
Pepa
Wow! sounds nice.
Sarah
the show?
sarah
wow you let her sleep with you AND touch your camera? hmm
Pepa
Isn’t this electronic world really terrific?
Mom
What are HOUSE nights?
Mom
Looks like he’s lookin it down?!
Mom
How many of those are iPhones? Looks like more than Tim and Robb’s.
hahaha actually they’re all my iPhone
Tim
you can tell - there’s a bizarre glitch near the trackpad that I missed...
Tim
DJ
if only you knew...
DJ
Terrible people yeah. girly handwriting ftw I got mad skillz and I’m not sure the girlfriend excuse would have worked
DJ
old people + computers = funtimes
sarah
if only...right.
Sarah
cool
Aunt V
Looks like you didn’t get too much!
DJ
*gives card* talking...
Mom
If you want to see snow...come to VT!
Sarah
I miss getting lost in the woods with our GPS.’ And snow without ICE.
Pepa
If you want to see snow come to Wolf Lake. But be sure to bring your windbreaker!
that’s definitely sparkly silver...
Tim
ummmm.... anthony managed to destroy his laptop by falling on the ice...
Tim
Dad
Cool! Hope he has that replacement plan You, on the other hand, need to wear cleats on your shoes, ’cause there ain’t no plan for iMacs... (except loving Aunties)
yo no tengo una imac and... ha! I’m just not taking my computer anywhere anymore... except to where it’s needed (today will be the first day since it snowed that I have to take it with me... we’ll see!)
Tim
Sarah
why so many pictures of... yeah he likes that turtleneck
Sarah
That’s not good...happened to someone here too. with a mbp.
Aunt V
Hmmm, I think there might be a replacement assistance clause in the LAP (Loving Aunties Plan). But better to be careful on the ice! Should we get you a pair of YaxTrax?
Pepa
Loving Aunties can be very nice, but it’s much better to watch your step.
Aunt V
But we want to see his nails!
Sarah
<3 hope you had fun at tso
not my picture, but basically sums up today... so cary 3 went to dinner together in commons all dressed up. it was cute so ... back row... Gino, Shawn, Zarin, Austin, Andrew around table, CCW, from me: Me, Alex, Tiffany, Connor, Ben, DJ, Julie, Ryan, Nick, Paul, Tara, Jude, Tim, Tom
Tim
... oh ... wait ...
Tim
today was the last day of school here at rpi! - this is our physics building, the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center (SC to everyone who’s been here more than a few years, JROWL to us freshmen)
Tim
Mom
Yay! Tim! Can’t believe your first semester of classes is over. Now you just have to survive exams...GOOD LUCK!! I’m proud of what you’ve done so far!
Mom
Sounds like you guys had a wonderful time! Glad you got to go! Thanks, Gino, for organizing this!
Mom
Where did you find something still green? Not here in VT. We’re buried under a foot of snow...AND it’s snowing again!
Mom
Looks like fun! Looks like you’ve made some great friends!
Sarah
well someone had to do it eventually.
Sarah
applause. seven more to go!
Aunt V
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that all your studying and hard work pays off. Good luck to you, Robb, Gino, DJ, Alex, Anthony, Nate and all the rest of your friends.
Aunt V
Merry Christmas from the two best aunts in the whole world!
Aunt V
We’re having a lovely day in NY today (Sat, 12/8). Lots of sun, and it got up to 44 degrees! And we have a whole yard full of GREEN grass!
Aunt V
Wow, you guys (and gals) clean up real nice! (Who would have guessed?) The friendships you forge in college will sustain you through your life, if you take care of them. Enjoy yourself!
4 green lasers in the great hall? no way must be extraterrestrials’ doing
Tim
Pepa
Looks like a great group and you fit in nicely.
Pepa
Here is where all that hard work and studing will pay off. Good luck.
Mom
I’ve been in that hallway, I never saw any aliens!
Aunt V
If ET is there, can he beam me to the beach?
DJ
ET gave me nightmares. That movie was creepy
DJ
Awwwww! Thanks Aunt V!
sarah
omg! lasers are so awesome! et is awesome too.
sarah
thanks for the postcard june!
today’s excitement involved going to price chopper and then making cookies with DJ, Tom, and Robb Cool! And they turned out really really well, too
Tim
Mom
Who ever thought Tim would be a shopper and a baker? How about sending us a cookie?
hahahah I’m pretty sure they’re all gone plus, I didn’t do much in the way of helping, really... ah, but it was fun anyway!
Tim
Sarah
reminds me of making easter eggs!
Sarah
you never did cook much. but it looks like sooo much fun.
Sarah
okie FCC.
Pepa
Too bad they’re all gone. I like cookies too.
Aunt M
I hope you are enjoying all the goodies we gave you.
Tim, Robb, DJ, Gino, Alex, and the rest of the Cary3 crew
We are! Thank you
DJ
sweeeeeet
DJ
GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Happy birthday, Dad & Gino!!
Tim
by the end of the night there was a good 8”, and a good portion of Cary3 went out and played in the snow
Tim
Mom
I would have liked to see that! Did you build a snowman?
Mom
Ditto! Looks like your room, but ???
Dad
Thanks Tim! Looks like you zoomed when Rob was flying by...
Dad
Which constellation are you pointing to??
- was playing around with DJ’s DSLR (I have no way to zoom in the middle of a shot, so I thought I’d try it )
Tim
Pepa
You sure know how to confuse me and Happy B.D. Bob!
Pepa
I was playing in the snow, too. Me and my snow blower. Such Fun!
DJ
w00tables my camera! Glad you had fun I have yet to look through the pictures you took I think I’ll make that my train-activity. We shall have phototime in the spring!
DJ
Wobbykins’ first manicure!
DJ
I thought leopards were supposed to be fast... LAWLS
Sarah Betancourt
nice pictures.
ooh
You could make iPhone shadow puppets
Aunt V
Cool pic!
Callllllllllllllm down =P
Mom
Hope 43 will be good to you for the month!
that would be carol & my iPhone, reasonably late one night. I was quite impressed with the nice dark, not-noisy picture I got, handheld, with that crazy DSLR
Tim
Aunt M
Cool Picture
Aunt M
I was going to ask how you did it. Its good to have extra hands at times.
I don’t doubt that it will be!
Tim
DJ
I don’t think I have all the pictures you took
you might be missing the dark set, but you should have everything else. I’ll send them along at some point
Tim
Aunt V
You definitely have more than we do. Just keep it up there, OK?
Aunt V
But whose house is it?
one of the other joey dr. houses
Tim
Pepa
Want to trade some of that deep soft, fluffy snow for some thinner rock hard like ice stuff? That you need dynamite to move?
Pepa
”It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”
Mom
Nice glasses!
Aunt V
Beautiful! Is that my Christmas present? You shouldn’t have!
Aunt V
I wouldn’t want to drive my car over it!
Pepa
Now that bridge has a familiar look.
Aunt V
Neat! How did you do that?
it’s the trees
Tim
Pepa
Very frosty!
Aunt V
Very clever, nephew mine.
my head. is like this tv.
Tim
I hope you feel better soon!
That is really cool. The trees really are beautiful out there.
DJ
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
woh. doesn’t look nearly as cool here as it does in Aperture... ehh bad color management??
Tim
DJ
I must try this!
Pepa
Merry Christmas!
JEPH-contributed
Tim
Aunt V
It looks like BRRRRRRROWNCOAT!
Mom
Nice bruise, Tim!
Pepa
Pictures like that make me proud to be Pepa.
Aunt V
Did you stand on your head to take that?
Amy
Full circle!
Amy
It is all completely real! Even the mouth! His eyes and buttons fell out... oops.
Amy
That’s only a bit creepy...
Amy
Uh huh... you know they rock. They just don’t make a perfect rectangle.
Aunt V
2008 will be great!
/me sees my initials upsideown, too
Tim
Aunt V
Much more fun to make a snowman than to shovel it!
Mom
Happy New Year, Tim (and Timmy too, down at RPI all alone). Thanks for sharing your photos with us. It’s been an interesting year. You had an amazing goal...a picture a day...and I have certainly enjoyed seeing this creative side of you!
Pepa
Very difficult to duplicate that one in Fellsmere.
that’s irrelevent.