Just been out of town a lot! So sorry about delays responding.

2 years ago / 150 visits

[I did this writeup for a discussion group I'm involved in. Since it's a bit big for that group, I'm making it an article here and giving them a link, but my Ipernity contacts may also find it of interest.] I recently ran across the backstory on a 25-year old tragedy and I'd thought I'd post about i…

2 years ago / 186 visits / 4 comments

But I haven't been around for a few months. Sorry! It's not just covid--Real Life has gotten in the way bigly around here. I won't bore you with details, but I haven't given up on Ipernity! We currently are smothered by smoke from the California wildfires, so I don't have much in the way of recent p…

4 years ago / 398 visits / 5 comments / 1 person likes

Well, as y'all may have noticed, I haven't been around much of late. Other things have been getting in the way--but I did go ahead and re-up my membership. I won't be able to participate a lot, but what I have done for now is remove the "me only" authorization on my newer uploads. I had been waiting…

4 years ago / 351 visits / 2 comments / 1 person likes

Visiting the new grandson (our 1st grandchild). So, lots of things have fallen thru the cracks, Ipernity-wise! I'll try to be posting and commenting more.

5 years ago / 354 visits / 2 comments / 1 person likes

Smugmug, which acquired The Other Place a while back, is going to drastically cut back on free storage there (1000 photos max). As of Jan 1st unlimited storage is going to cost $49.99 per year. I had had high hopes when Smugmug acquired Flickr, but it's been months and the same clunky interface is s…

6 years ago / 450 visits / 6 comments

Just a quick note before heading out for the Labor Day weekend: I can understand why people are upset because of losing the rest of their subscriptions due to the revamped financial structure. But hey--it's better than losing them because the site shut down completely! At least this way we have a ch…

7 years ago / 401 visits / 2 people like

Well, what I (alas) figured would happen is happening--Ip is closing. Clint made a back-of-the-envelope financial analysis a while back that seemed to be right on--as it was. I still think Ipernity thoroughly botched a great opportunity. They had a chance to grow and achieve financial stability at t…

7 years ago / 411 visits / 3 comments / 2 people like

With more pix, but Real Life is again getting in the way, so I won't be visible much--

9 years ago / 425 visits / 1 comment

F***r is offering Pro subscriptions again. At twice the price they usta be, and still with the crappy "improved" layout, but-- it's obviously a backpedal. Yahoo revenues for 2nd quarter again missed the Street's expectation...could it be that the New! Awesome! business model isn't so awesome after a…

9 years ago / 465 visits / 1 comment

I'm just back from a couple of weeks on the road, with yet more new pix, but Real Life is getting in the way so I'll be kind of scarce for a while--

9 years ago / 424 visits / 5 comments

I've been mostly on the road the last few weeks, with very limited time and Internet access. I have lots of new photos, which will get loaded RSN (Real Soon Now--)

9 years ago / 388 visits / 3 comments

I've been mostly on the road the last couple of weeks, so I've been pretty scarce. I have lots of new pix, tho, which will get uploaded as time permits--

10 years ago / 503 visits / 1 comment

I know lots of my friends and contacts also like to wander around the back roads of the American west, and a couple of years ago I found a resource that may be of interest. The US Geological Survey has put all(!) of their topographic maps online, available for free download as .pdf files. Here's the…

10 years ago / 577 visits / 4 comments / 3 people like

Well, it took a bit longer than they expected, but Ipernity now has folders, more or less the equivalent of "collections" at The Other Place. So, all my albums are now in folders, and thus their organization should be a lot more obvious! I am finding I am now working from folders almost exclusively;…

11 years ago / 573 visits / 3 comments