tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post115502713385425787..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Driving on the East Coast HighwayMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1155237420966301642006-08-11T03:17:00.000+08:002006-08-11T03:17:00.000+08:00Answer to your trivia question: Cancer! Did I get ...Answer to your trivia question: Cancer! Did I get it right?<BR/><BR/>This is quite an eye-opening site you have here. It's great to see someone with a clear mind take the effort to introduce the beauty of my homeland (well, the ugly truths as well). The view on the Chad issue was of great insight, loved it. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully you've enjoyed the east coast. I used to live in Hualien. Too bad I'm now stuck in Edmonton where in the winter there's nothing to do but blog-surfing.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to more brilliant entries from you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1155113592950685902006-08-09T16:53:00.000+08:002006-08-09T16:53:00.000+08:00Fantastic photos Michael. Sansiantai....go right ...Fantastic photos Michael. Sansiantai....go right over the bridge and turn right to the water... is a special place for me because it was there I asked my wife for the third and final time (in Chinese) to marry me. <BR/> Sansiantai looks a lot better in the late afternoon I think...<BR/>Cheers mate, GeoffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1155034629486999102006-08-08T18:57:00.000+08:002006-08-08T18:57:00.000+08:00I compress them down first to manageable size, usu...I compress them down first to manageable size, usually either 750 pixels in width for my website, or 500 for mounting at Flickr or Blogger. Then uploading them is a snap.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I cut or process them before processing, that's what takes time. You can easily find batch processing programs that you can specify compression and size in, then zip! process 100 photos in a minute. <BR/><BR/>Flickr has a bulk photo uploader but the frickin' thing won't work on my system. So I just upload two or three pages at the same time, six photos each, with the manual system. It goes real fast. <BR/><BR/>The pain lies in flickr's naming system, which assigns a long string of garbage to each pic, meaning that you can't just determine what each name will be by calculating, instead, you have to view each one individually if you want to link from another site link Blogger. That takes a lot of time. <BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1155032349409180902006-08-08T18:19:00.000+08:002006-08-08T18:19:00.000+08:00Another excellent round of photos. I especially l...Another excellent round of photos. I especially like the sea spray at the beach. <BR/><BR/>I've got a question: if you take so many pictures and the resolution is high, how long does it take you to load all of them up on your site? <BR/><BR/>It seems it would take some time la...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com