Google Album Archive is shutting down

In case you missed the email from Google about Album Archive:

Download your content from the Google Album Archive

After July 19, 2023, the Google Album Archive won’t be available. Until then, you can use Takeout to download a copy of your Album Archive data.

So, I wanted to see what happens if I upload a new image now.

[Update] No warning messages or anything.  It's a little unclear from the above whether images that have been uploaded through Blogger for posting on a blog are going to vanish.  I don't think so, but I'm going to download them all anyway, and then see what happens on July 20.

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Sign of the day: 2019-03-18

Just found this on my phone, from last spring break:

Finally, I am Internet-famous!

Bumped into my neighbor a short while ago, and he referred me to the Google Maps street view of our mutual address. Screenshot below. Click it to big it.

Something old, something new

Found at the bottom of a box that was being repacked for shipping, yet another spare pair:

You have to love the amount of black tape.

Also:

Shiny!

I'll be sending out details when my new Internet connection is established.

Interesting license plate

From someone in a position to know, one presumes.

From a single strand

About three weeks ago, I noticed a vine-like thing growing up along one of the support cables for the telephone pole in front of 79H. It looked like it had lost track -- it had stayed on the cable up to about six feet high, and then fallen off, dangling its last couple of feet straight down.

I wound that last bit around the cable. A couple of weeks later, I was pleasantly surprised. When it lasted a few days, I took a few snaps.

Click 'em to big 'em.

Family portrait

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Right before a trip to the town's e-waste center.

Anyone have Dennis Lehane's email address?

Also, please forge the From: field to read "Jeff Bezos."

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(text source: Moonlight Mile)

A somewhat alarming piece of litter

When fully zoomed in, at least.

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Wallflowers

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We got better

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(previously)

Rough night

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[Update: follow-up]

A very fine photo

Go see what M. Bouffant took.

And after some moments of examination of the embedded pic, don't fail to click it for a bigger version.

(This is far from the first very fine photo appearing on that blog, by the way. But for whatever reason, this one really spoke to me.)

lolzebras

-- or --
Had Photoshop been around when Gary Larson was a boy ...

(Swiped from Christian Heilmann)

Txt spk

But don't worry. The tomatoes are laughing WITH you.

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Whence I came

Look at them, happy, smiling, no gray hair ...

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Told ya

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(previously)

Objects in image are greener than they appear

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I honestly don't think they were there before last night's snowstorm.

The Truth about the Obama Sequester

Jack sent me this great picture of the new American Navy.

But, as we know, every military vessel must fly a flag.

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Spider! Want.

Here is a photo of a piece of sculpture by Louise Bourgeois, taken by Substance McGravitas, which I was compelled to swipe.

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If you can't acquire this particular piece in time for my birthday, you may be able to find another.