Comments for My Life IN/OF Pictures

Comment on I think I have a death wish by srjarvie

srjarvie — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:36:08 +0000

ha ha well atleast I know you will be there for me when I get married!

Comment on I think I have a death wish by vcpcreations

vcpcreations — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:58:26 +0000

lol… good luck!

Comment on DB puzzle… care to take a crack? by Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:36:59 +0000

please excuse my missing closing tag on that last link.

Comment on DB puzzle… care to take a crack? by Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:36:18 +0000

Hey, you know who I am. Anyway, just thought I’d drop you a line and see if you’re still in need of my help. A good way to set up a database for this sort of thing might be to take a look at to see how they set up their database.

Another thing to take a look at is image repository sites like which has images, and images have tags, you can search on these meta tags, etc. People can edit tags create new tags, add, remove, etc etc. A more professional webpage that is not interactive is . Similar concept except they beg for money.

As for the database, I would suggest something like this
table images
int `index` auto_increment primary key ”gives you ~4billion indexs
text `path` ”path to file
varchar(40) `hash` ”md5 has of file for unicity (thus you dont get double uploads)
text `tags` ”holds the tags
int `poster` ”holds user id of poster
int `date` ”date image is submitted
int `status` ”a status variable? flagged? approved? deleted? archived? etc.
”add what ever you want.. etc.

table tags
int `index` auto_increment primary key
varchar(120) `tag`
int `count` ”counts instances of tags, (this table is for quick access of amounts w/o massive searching

table comments
int `index` auto_increment primary key
int `image` ”images index that the comment belongs to
text `comment`

table logs, query_cache, preview_images, etc (lots can be done to speed up the queries at the expense of memory and harddrive space)

For those of you who are quite versed in sql, please feel free to correct me. I’m sure there is something I could be doing better (like using blobs instead of text fields)!

Hope this helps
Joseph

Comment on Favorite Albums of All Time Top 12 by donstuff

donstuff — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Good stuff.

Comment on DB puzzle… care to take a crack? by Val

Val — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:36 +0000

Hi, my name’s Val. I’m a rising sophomore at Princeton University, you can find my 6 months out of date resume at http://www.princeton.edu/~vkarpov/resume.pdf . Currently I’m working as lead developer for a startup in Philadelphia, but the development is slowly winding down so I’m starting to get more free time. But basically, I have a ton of experience with SQL, the startup I’m working with involves me designing and managing a 30+ table MySQL database and interacting with it through PHP and Python with Javascript on the front end. I’ve also done a few side projects with MySQL, such as a plugin for NASA’s WorldWind software for plotting the location of visitors to your website on a 3D model of the Earth based on their IP addresses and a course selection web tool for Princeton University. I’m interested to discuss what you’re considering, shoot me an email at vkarpov (at) princeton.edu.

Comment on DB puzzle… care to take a crack? by scottjarvie

scottjarvie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:08:42 +0000

Mitch: I don’t use AIM but you can contact me through my email jarvie (at) jarviedigital.com

Comment on DB puzzle… care to take a crack? by Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:49:18 +0000

I’m the webmaster of my college radio station…I used it as an excuse to learn php and mysql. I also manage all of the sql databases and did my senior design project using mysql databases and network anomaly detection. I’m interested in whatever you got going, let me know.

AIM: eadaionx

Comment on The “Don’t spam twitter” debate is off track by Tim Rueb

Tim Rueb — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:06:40 +0000

I’ve decide to switch most of my work over to Google Apps, so Google Reader is my choice at this time. It helps control the clutter for me. Twitter and clutter control are not easy.

Comment on The “Don’t spam twitter” debate is off track by scottjarvie

scottjarvie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:42:08 +0000

I’m not really totally familiar with the whole debate to be honest.
I’ve just been following this discussion
http://www.income.com/blog/2008/06/20/dont-spam-twitter-or-you-will-die-a-horrible-death/#comment-84990

I’ve heard the phrase “Don’t Spam Twitter” and I suppose i’m just wondering what it’s all about.

Part of my problem is I haven’t really fallen in love with a reader and added everyone.
I’ve tried a couple.
For now it’s when most people find their posts good enough to twitter about that I read them.

Comment on The “Don’t spam twitter” debate is off track by Tim Rueb

Tim Rueb — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:05:13 +0000

I don’t think the ‘just updated my blog/podcast’ is the issue. It’s the ‘just took a sip of coke’ posts that most people I’ve read are fuming about. Or the, ‘back at my desk from the bathroom’ tweets.

I’m with you, if I follow someone because I liked their blog or podcasts, I am curious what they are working on next. But I also have a reader to tell me when something is newly posted also,I don’t need twitter for that.

Comment on WordPress Plugins by Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:08:58 +0000

Hi. I am new to wordpress can you please help me in customizing my wordpress i had to add an extra link as you have added photo events next to home and about..please help me..

Comment on No Effect by Embarrassed

Embarrassed — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:44:16 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Embarrassed.

Comment on New Photographer Tips #1 by scottjarvie

scottjarvie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:15:03 +0000

Oh yeah I think I was probably just touching the surface of ways to show off your pictures.
Flickr is also another free way.

I still think that for an aspiring pro photographer a blog is a good way to go. People are beginning to expect photographers to have a blog and people enjoy and used to looking at photographers blogs (that’s important)
there are tons of options it’s good to pick something that the majority of people are accustomed to doing. And that supports the status you’re aiming for.
Though a lot of people use flickr it doesn’t really scream professional (or trying to be) if that’s all you have. Granted a lot of photographers use flickr… in conjuction (not only)

I on the other hand use smugmug.
with a pro account they give me UNLIMITED storage (up to 100GB so far)
and they let me sell pictures to other people (which I don’t really try doing anyway)

scott

Comment on New Photographer Tips #1 by papa_rod

papa_rod — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:20:00 +0000

You forgot to mention picasaweb. You get almost a gig of free storage .

http://picasaweb.google.com/

Comment on No Effect by David S.

David S. — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:16:39 +0000

I’ve had problems with sleepiness behind the wheel. I even wrecked a car once by falling asleep, so I’m especially vigilant about this now. Energy drinks have some effect, but not as much as one might hope. I’ve found it helpful to have something on hand that I can eat almost continuously, like Skittles or Starburst.

Sadly, I just haven’t found any foolproof cure, so on long trips I’ll usually just pull over somewhere and sleep for half an hour or more.

Surprisingly, this hasn’t been much of a problem for me recently. I have an hour-long drive from work in the wee hours of the morning, and yet I’ve had very little trouble. I guess it’s partly a result of successfully adjusting my sleep pattern and getting a good quantity of sleep daily, and partly due to my preemptive action–like I said, I have candy on hand, and I drink fizzy things (I find that, for purposes of maintaining wakefulness, as opposed to physical energy, regular soft drinks can usually function about as well as energy drinks).

So, I guess my advice, in summary, is: eat stuff.

Comment on This blogging thing by melissa

melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:02:08 +0000

So, about that previous quote… let’s implement that here. I just realized this is the “old blog” with an updated scheme. You are, in fact, NOT a poophead, as previously commented.

Comment on This blogging thing by melissa

melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:59:23 +0000

Yeah you poophead! I kept checking your old blog only to find NO updates!

Comment on With the breath of Kindness by melissa

melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:58:24 +0000

Can I ever relate! I have a tendency to embarrass myself with words on a regular basis. I always say too much and it always gets awkward or deadly silent afterwards. So that quote is a lifesaver for me, and I plan on memorizing it.

Comment on Memories: Pictures, Writing… and who I met yesterday! by melissa

melissa — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:54:56 +0000

First of all, being tagged is when I fill out a survey of some sort, and then I “tag” someone to also fill it out. So when David fills his out, he will tag you and you will have to post the same post with your own answers.

Secondly, I hope she is the girl for you. You are such a kind, giving, attractive (that’s right David, I said attractive), and compassionate person. You deserve to fulfill your dream of having a family.

Also, I always read the long posts. They tend to be more interesting. I mean, clearly whoever is writing it has something important to say or it wouldn’t be so long.