Zip files aren't everything.
Thanks to Ravi I got hold of some fantastic shareware on Friday. He's been using it for a while but it's new to me. Jalbum is a java (hence platform independent) shareware program for creating, annotating, and organising photo albums. I know what you're saying, there's tons of other software out there for that, but to be honest, I think they're all wank compared to Jalbum. It's flexible, extendable, skinnable, and all sorts of other words that end in -ible. There's even community sites dedicated to the maintenance, improvement and innovation like the Jalbum repository.
You need a Java virtual machine on your computer, but frankly if you don't already have one then where the fuck have you been? If you're not a techy then a Java virtual machine is the bit inside your computer where if you type very small you can ask it for a holographic representation of a cup of coffee. You can get one from Sun.
The program itself, as I am accustomed to expect from java for some reason, is a little clunky on the old interface. However, it's very usable and all of the settings make a good deal of sense. Don't like the way a particular skin looks? Fine, go customise it yourself, sucka!
I decided to use the BananAlbum skin 2.5 by Rudin Swagerman because, while I absolutely fucking HATE fruit, I mean hate it. The entire food group. I'm not fucking kidding - it's absolutely disgusting and the thought of it makes me want to puke right here and now. Apart, from some weird reason for Raspberries. I like Raspberries. No, I don't know why I'm like this. No, I can't explain it. I blame my parents. No, before you ask like everyone else does, I don't like fucking strawberries either. No I dont fucking like fucking blackberries. ONLY raspberries, get it?
...What? Oh yeah right sorry. Proceeding to leave many years of built up angst about stupid fruit phobia questions at home. The skin created by is pretty hip being all flash and xml based which usually I'd run a mile away from but in this instance Rudy's skin really does give a bit of extra zip to the album, and allows me to add a few comments to each photo in a little bit of a photo-blog-esque kind of a way. He's managed to get that fun feeling without going mental over all the effects, so I'd like to tip my hat to him and say you should all go and make babies with him.
The first project I did was for Sid's Cicadas below, before I realised that you could comment on them. This seemed fun and a bit more permenant reminder of what was going on behind the photos, so this morning I took a stab at our Honeymoon pictures, my 2004 riding pictures, some older ones with my first bike in my 2003 riding pictures, my gaming setup pictures. I hope you enjoy them as it's a bit more interesting than the zip file I put together the other day. I also hope I don't run out of webspace soon with all these photos. We're running on an account set up years ago which I think has been forgotten about, so I have no idea what kind of quota we have.
8am, and I'm carping for some real java so I'm outta here. Very glad it was a short week at work. I still need to write up the wedding and honeymoon - maybe I'll settle for the photoblog option instead, it's a bit more interesting and visual.
You need a Java virtual machine on your computer, but frankly if you don't already have one then where the fuck have you been? If you're not a techy then a Java virtual machine is the bit inside your computer where if you type very small you can ask it for a holographic representation of a cup of coffee. You can get one from Sun.
The program itself, as I am accustomed to expect from java for some reason, is a little clunky on the old interface. However, it's very usable and all of the settings make a good deal of sense. Don't like the way a particular skin looks? Fine, go customise it yourself, sucka!
I decided to use the BananAlbum skin 2.5 by Rudin Swagerman because, while I absolutely fucking HATE fruit, I mean hate it. The entire food group. I'm not fucking kidding - it's absolutely disgusting and the thought of it makes me want to puke right here and now. Apart, from some weird reason for Raspberries. I like Raspberries. No, I don't know why I'm like this. No, I can't explain it. I blame my parents. No, before you ask like everyone else does, I don't like fucking strawberries either. No I dont fucking like fucking blackberries. ONLY raspberries, get it?
...What? Oh yeah right sorry. Proceeding to leave many years of built up angst about stupid fruit phobia questions at home. The skin created by is pretty hip being all flash and xml based which usually I'd run a mile away from but in this instance Rudy's skin really does give a bit of extra zip to the album, and allows me to add a few comments to each photo in a little bit of a photo-blog-esque kind of a way. He's managed to get that fun feeling without going mental over all the effects, so I'd like to tip my hat to him and say you should all go and make babies with him.
The first project I did was for Sid's Cicadas below, before I realised that you could comment on them. This seemed fun and a bit more permenant reminder of what was going on behind the photos, so this morning I took a stab at our Honeymoon pictures, my 2004 riding pictures, some older ones with my first bike in my 2003 riding pictures, my gaming setup pictures. I hope you enjoy them as it's a bit more interesting than the zip file I put together the other day. I also hope I don't run out of webspace soon with all these photos. We're running on an account set up years ago which I think has been forgotten about, so I have no idea what kind of quota we have.
8am, and I'm carping for some real java so I'm outta here. Very glad it was a short week at work. I still need to write up the wedding and honeymoon - maybe I'll settle for the photoblog option instead, it's a bit more interesting and visual.
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