Time Life Photo Archive to Go Online

LIFE and Google are in the process of releasing over 10 million new pictures on the internet that have never been seen before.

These images can be found when conducting a search on Google.com or on Google Image Search. Users can also search through the LIFE Collection directly by visiting http://images.google.com/hosted/life.

The collection will be one of the largest collections of professional images on the internet and as the scanning project moves along, more images will become available. (I think I remember seeing this job position when is was open on-line!)

If you think about it, this is ~70 years of photos folks.

On top of the standard fare of Tim-Life imagery, the LIFE Photo Archive will include

• The Zapruder film of the Kennedy assassination;
• The Mansell Collection from London;
• Dahlstrom glass plates of New York and environs from the 1880's;
• Hugo Jaeger Nazi-era Germany 1937-1944;
• DMI red-carpet celebrity shots;
• Pix Inc. personalities;
• the entire works left to the Collection from LIFE photographers Alfred Eisenstaedt, Gjon Mili, and Nina Leen.

Imagery will also be available to purchase through QOOP.com, a leader in online art sales.

All comments are welcome from Bruce's Pics readers.
source: Time Warner press release

Tipsy Turvy Cow Horns

Wow, now that's a confused set of horns.

A View To Leave For

Sometimes in the Fall,
It's not all the colors around you,
But the color right in front of you,
That delivers the message of the season.

A User Trick To Sorting On Photobucket

A Photo Website Service Tidbit by Bruce Simmons :

Online Photo Service
Amongst all the photo services out there, I've been using a few, but have leaned towards

• PhotoBucket.

In PhotoBucket I have one gig of space, can choose the limit on my image sizes, if I want to, and find it mostly intuitive.

BUT I do have an issue with how Photobucket organizes my images.

I like my images in the order that I took them but Photobucket organizes them backwards from the way I choose the file for upload. For example, if I pick images 1-10, it will upload 10 first, then 9, etc.. So far, this is the only annoyance I have with the service.

Usually, my files are ordered by the filename the camera gave them and it's an quick, emotional reference for me. So to put my images up in an order I like on Photobucket, I pick the last pics first and select backwards so that the first image is picked last. (This has been in the bulk uploader, but I suspect it would work for the standard upload method too.)

Then when Photobucket uploads and does it's thing, my images are already in the order I like and I can move on without nary a bit of maintenance on my part.

Printing Pictures
As far as printing images go, I lean towards Walgreens.

It's super fast because I've never had to wait more than 44 minutes after upload and the prices are comparable and sometimes better than the offered prices in the online services.

Not to mention, it's a nice 10 minute walk in my quaint little downtown block.

Reader comments or suggestions are always welcome.

[Image Cr: Rayanne Alves, sxc.hu.]
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A Sunset For The Neighborhood

Sometimes,
You can still connect with nature,
Even if you're in the middle of your subdivision.

Neighborhood Views