Kevitivity

A weblog by Kevin Stanchfield

 

Dec 21
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Ron Paul's Neo-Nazi connections

Ed Morrissey of the wonderful Captains’s Quarters blog asked readers if Ron Paul should give back the money he took from white supremacists. 

The AOL poll is here:
What should Ron Paul do with a contribution from a white supremacist?

If you look at the results, it appears that most of the people who feel Paul should keep the money come from the south…  Ha!

As of 1am friday
70% say he should give it back or donate it.
30% say he should keep it.

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Oct 31
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The Democrats talk about Saddam’s WMDs and nuclear program. Circa 1998, before Bush came into office.
Oct 26
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Oct 22
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Olvera St. on a warm October night in LA.

Kevitivity posted a photo:

Olvera St. on a warm October night in LA.

My girlfriend and I had dinner at La Golondrina Cafe, our favorite spot on Olvera St. in down town LA. We were accompanied by Emily’s sister Michelle and her friend Maria.

(via Photos from Kevitivity, tagged california)
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Via Kevitivity @ Flickr.  Canon 30D and Tamron 18-200.  38 mm, ISO 200, f/22
Via Kevitivity @ Flickr. Canon 30D and Tamron 18-200. 38 mm, ISO 200, f/22
Aug 10
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Aug 02
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Comment Whoring at Flickr

I love Flickr - it’s an extremely well designed photo sharing site that caters to people who tend to be serious about photography, beginners and pros alike. But some people out there on the ‘tubes’ are determined to totally screw it up for everyone. Comment whores are threatening to turn Flickr into the myspace of photo sharing, complete with animated graphics.

One of the great organizational features of Flick are Flickr Groups. There are groups for everything - food, art, and nature photography for example. But recently a new form of group has arisen - the comment whore group. Comment Whore groups exist for only one purpose, to get as many comments as possible on your photos, even if each of those comments contain the very same text. One of the worst and most pathetic examples of a Flickr Comment Whoring group is the “Global Village 2” pool. Basically, it works like this - you are required to comment on 5 other photos in the group (using a canned message) for every one photo you add to the group. You even get a “friendly warning” from one of the goups lackeys (these comment whores are on top of things!) if you delay or otherwise neglect your comment whoring quota. There are now many such groups that exist solely for this type of aberrant behavior, the result of which are Flickr pages (this one and this one) that are full of ugly, annoying animated gifs, empty and meaningless comments, and tacky “award” icons.

A small list of Comment Whore groups @ Flickr

Super Hearts

Flickr Hearts

MyWinners! Trophy

Flickr Diamond

A+++ Photo

Jul 26
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Pasadena Apartments (via Photos from Kevitivity)
Pasadena Apartments (via Photos from Kevitivity)
Jul 23
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