Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category

That Photo’s Not Offensive, You’re Just Ugly – Facebook

6, Jan 2012

It turns out that the majority of users are misusing Facebook’s photograph reporting tool, and they’re flagging up pictures as being offensive for a rather different reason than Facebook intended – because they just don’t like the way they look.

Shock News: Most Facebook Photographs are of Drunk People

19, Dec 2011

Amazing news has broken, that is in no way connected to the FirstFound Christmas Party on Friday night. It turns out that a staggering 76% of photographs added to Facebook by Britons contain at least one person under the influence of alcohol.

Street View Heads Inside

31, Oct 2011

Can you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of Daily Mail readers grinding their teeth at the news that Google’s controversial Street View service is now going to snoop around inside your house, critique your furniture and let burglars see just where you hide the jewellery. It’s a thought so terrifying that you could [...]

Microsoft Starting Streetview Programme

14, Apr 2011

As we’ve noted before, anything Google can do, Microsoft can do to a slightly lesser standard a few years later. Not content with accusations that Bing is stealing from the Google algorithm, Microsoft have decided to unveil a brand new, never-before-seen addition to their maps functionality. Only joking – they’re launching their own version of [...]

EU To Ramp Up The Quest For Privacy

1, Apr 2011

The EU care deeply about your privacy. That’s why they’re banning browser cookies, pursuing Google through the courts and causing Facebook users to panic. But today they’re taking the quest for privacy throughout Europe to a new level. EU Commissioner for Respecting All Privacy René François Artois today announced that it’s not just the internet [...]

Google Streetview Swaps Streets for Snow

4, Oct 2010

Given that it’s managed to upset luddites across the length and breadth of six continents, you may imagine that Google’s Streetview car is now enjoying a hard-earned retirement on some sunny parking lot in silicon valley. You’d be wrong. As part of thier never-ending quest to capture every single piece of information available, Google have [...]

The Queen’s Family Snaps now on Flickr

26, Jul 2010

It looks like even the Royal Family are embracing social media sites. The British Monarchy now has an account on popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s not your typical family photo album, unless your idea of a typical family photo includes forced smiles and overly elaborate clothes, but it does provide an interesting look back at [...]

Image of the Week: Leeds Town Hall Put-together

29, Jan 2010

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My Photos of the week

2, Nov 2009

Some random shots I took. One of the Moon shot through some twigs and the other is a melting bucket in a bonfire.  


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