Social network sites are still driving me bananas…it was January when I first discussed my dilemma, Is it best to leverage social networks, unfortunately I still have not found the holy grail. Flickr is just too public for my taste…I’m afraid I would regret (down the road) putting hundreds of photos of our son the site regardless of how much easier that would make my life. Bill Pearson shares this concern as well as you can see in the comments of my last post. At the same time I still want to add metadata to my photo once and use as few online sites as possible AS WELL AS be able to draw in my content on other sites to this site, ebohling.com. Nat left a comment last time along the same lines and provided an excellent link to Tim Brown’s site. Tim has successfully pulled content from several sources…I think using Yahoo Pipes which I still need to explore more.
Today I am exploring Zenfolio a bit more than I have in the past. Seems to me a much better solution than Flickr; I can upload larger original file sizes AND have greater access control of my images. It just may fulfill my requirements, but I have yet to thoroughly test it. I can say though that Flickr and Zooomr are a bust for me…they may be easy to use and all, but just don’t have quite the control over my photos that I want to maintain.
Anyone have any comments or experience with Zenfolio they would like to share?
update: came across this excellent point of view, Zenfolio Online Photo Sharing Review. I may be up very, very late tonight.
I’m excited to report that Forest Grove has a sushi restaurant—at it’s pretty good. I’ve been there several times and the menu continues to evolve as they adjust to customer demand. They don’t have a sign or printed menus yet so I cannot tell you the name of the restaurant. This article from Forest Grove Live summarizes the history behind the restaurant and intention of the owners. I learned the same story on my first visit and found John very friendly. An article in this weeks Forest Grove News Times has even more background on the restaurant.
Today Brandon and I worked from home. I was actually able to take a break for lunch so we decided to try the sushi in restaurant vs take-out. Brandon was happy to see that they put Salmon Nigiri (as well as other nigiri) on the menu. For $8.95 you get 8 pieces of nigiri—- a huge amount. The presentation was great, including the wasabi dab on top, and the food was fresh. The actual piece of salmon was smaller than we get at other restaurants. But, that is how you get so many pieces for that price. I think it was a nice blend of quality and quantity. The miso soup is fantastic—very hearty—if that makes sense for miso. I loved that the wasbi was put right on the soy sauce dish making it very easy to season your sauce. The wasabi was delicious, potent yet manageable.
Overall, I’m thrilled that we have sushi in Forest Grove. I hope it’s a big success. Thank you to The Kim’s for bringing sushi to our town.
I cannot possibly verbalize how wonderful and useful the Dictionary app on OS X is for me. And unlike Windows it is so well integrated into EVERY, SINGLE APPLICATION (including any web browser)...and it is EXTREMELY FAST too. Jim is spot on, Dictionary - The Quintessential Mac Application.
