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> <channel><title>james.murty.org &#187; rant</title> <atom:link href="http://james.murty.org/archives/tag/rant/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://james.murty.org</link> <description>ramblings from the sleep deprived mind of James</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:14:15 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>one of these things is not like the other</title><link>http://james.murty.org/archives/2009/12/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/</link> <comments>http://james.murty.org/archives/2009/12/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:28:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>james</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[funny]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nerdy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flickr]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rant]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://james.murty.org/?p=377</guid> <description><![CDATA[So I took this photo I like the other day which I&#8217;m pretty happy with. I quite like it, and apparently someone else does &#8217;cause I got a notification from Flickr that it had been favourited. Cool I thought. I wonder how this user found my image and what it was that they liked about [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I took <a
title="Flickr: contrail over Coogee" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcmurty/4178863658/" target="_blank">this</a> photo I like the other day which I&#8217;m pretty happy with.</p><p>I quite like it, and apparently someone else does &#8217;cause I got a notification from Flickr that it had been favourited.</p> <figure><a
href="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Flickr-XXXXXXX-added-your-photo-_contrail_-as-a-favorite.png"><img
class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-379" title="[Flickr] XXXXXXX added your photo _contrail_ as a favorite!" src="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Flickr-XXXXXXX-added-your-photo-_contrail_-as-a-favorite-490x383.png" alt="[Flickr] XXXXXXX added your photo _contrail_ as a favorite!" width="490" height="383" /><br
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/> Cool I thought. I wonder how this user found my image and what it was that they liked about it.</p><p>So first I looked at Flick&#8217;s stats page for the image.</p><p><a
href="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/flickr.com-Referrers-2009-12-17-Photo-Stats-flickr.com_.png"><img
class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-380" title="flickr.com | Referrers | 2009-12-17 | Photo | Stats | flickr.com" src="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/flickr.com-Referrers-2009-12-17-Photo-Stats-flickr.com_-453x490.png" alt="flickr.com | Referrers | 2009-12-17 | Photo | Stats | flickr.com" width="453" height="490" /></a></figure><p>So he&#8217;s looked at the iPhone page on flickr, cool! my image made it onto the Night section of the iPhone page.</p> <figure><a
href="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Flickr_-Camera-Finder_-Apple_-iPhone-3GS.png"><br
/> <img
class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-381" title="Flickr_ Camera Finder_ Apple_ iPhone 3GS" src="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Flickr_-Camera-Finder_-Apple_-iPhone-3GS-355x490.png" alt="Flickr_ Camera Finder_ Apple_ iPhone 3GS" width="355" height="490" /></a></p><p>Alright I think, so what else has this this guy looked at? Is he on the market for a new iPhone maybe?</p><p>So taking a look at his favourites reveals…</p><p><a
href="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/XXXXXX_s-favorites-on-Flickr.png"><img
class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-383" title="XXXXXX_s favorites on Flickr" src="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/XXXXXX_s-favorites-on-Flickr-374x490.png" alt="XXXXXX_s favorites on Flickr" width="374" height="490" /></a></figure><p>that he&#8217;s definitely… an ass man… pretty much every image — an ass — for page after page. All ass all the time apparently.</p><p>I guess my image looks a bit like an ass? If you tweaked the hue made it less blue more pink maybe?</p> <figure><a
href="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iPhoto.png"><img
class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-384" title="ass contrail" src="http://james.murty.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/iPhoto.png" alt="ass contrail" width="453" height="438" /></a></figure><p>That doesn&#8217;t seem that likely… and after all it looks like he found my image after looking for iPhone images taken at night… maybe he&#8217;s on the market for an iPhone with which he can take his own images of asses? at night?</p><p>More power to you Night Assman.</p><p>I (heart) teh internets.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://james.murty.org/archives/2009/12/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
