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ThickBox

Click the images below to view the overlayed versions. This is way cool.

ThickBox is Cody Lindley’s take on LightBox which is a technique for using JavaScript to overlay images on the current page. ThickBox takes it further by letting you overlay HTML pages as well.

In JavaScript, Photo, Web on 3 May 2006 with Comments Off

Transparency

As much as possible, I aim to associate with folks who aren’t afraid to post pictures of themselves in awkward moments of raw truth.

In Karma, Photo on 17 October 2005 with Comments Off

QOOP: not worth it

I was pretty excited to see QOOP launch a printing service integrated with Flickr. Even though single prints aren’t in the cards, the photobooks looked like a nice alternative. Turns out they’re not so nice.
I ordered an 8×10 “perfect bound” photobook with color cover, color pages (double-sided), and a single 5×7 photo on each page. [...]

In Photo, Web on 12 September 2005 with 7 comments

Union Station slideshow

The search engine A9 has an intriguing Yellow Pages gimmick called “Block View” whereby they show you an honest-to-god digital photo of meatspace businesses listed therein. Yesterday, A9 announced the addition of five new cities included in the Block View program: Washington, D.C.; Phoenix; Miami; Houston; and (drum roll please) Fargo, N.D.
I did a quick [...]

In Photo on 20 April 2005 with Comments Off

Fun with the A9 Yellow Pages

I’ve become fascinated with the incidental moments captured in the A9 Yellow Pages. A9 is Amazon’s search engine, and they sent out teams to travel the streets of ten major US cities photographing as many store fronts as they could. Then they linked the photos to business listings in the their online yellow pages. The [...]

In Photo on 28 January 2005 with 3 comments