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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 11:33am.

Here are a few videos and photos from yesterday's May Day Events:


In case the above video player doesn't work, here's a link.

link to photoset

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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 10:48am.
Peace is Possible

There were 13 of us gathered at the Northwest corner of Sylvester Park in downtown Olympia, Washington yesterday in order to bear vigilant witness to the crimes and human rights abuses that are being committed by members of the Government of the USA.

Participants gathered, also, to bear a message of hope and peace, that the problems of the world, the violence and ecological/environmental degradation, the greed and exploitation, etc. - these problems and others - can be solved. There is a better way.

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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 9:37pm.
I also have some pictures from The Procession of the Species and Arts Walk! And I want to share them. I'll start with three mouseovers, then I will include some regular pictures and an embedded flickr slideshow.

MouseOver one:

This is one of the many fantastic Procession of the Species Dance Troupes.

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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 5:33pm.
Inspired by enpen's vertical panoramas, I tried a couple myself:

Landing Ivy Gated Alley

more on the flipside:

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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 1:12am.

On the 4th Ave. block between Franklin and Washington streets earlier tonight there were more parked bicycles than parked cars. Maybe what this town needs is a bicycle parking garage. That would help the bicycle parking situation. The adjacent Diamond parking lot was almost empty. If the parking lot operator were to install a bike rack he or she could charge a fee for bike parking.

This is a "mouseover." Try dragging your cursor over the photograph:



Olympia Sidewalk
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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 12:59pm.
View from Bryce's Barber Shop on a typically wet, but nice, Olympia day:
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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 9:04am.
Here are some recent pictures from around Olympia. On the flip side you will find some photos from Old School Pizzeria and the Capitol Theater, including photos of Brian Jansen's paintings at the theater.

View to the South at I-5 and Capitol Way
View to the South at I-5 and Capitol Way

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Submitted by The Original Yoda on Thu, 04/03/2008 - 2:03am.


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Submitted by oysterpreserve on Sun, 03/30/2008 - 11:05am.

So I just got some old film developed, it was stuff that I shot with my Holga and Diana Cameras. I found this one in the mix and thought I would post it here. You can check out some of the other shots here www.quarterlife.com/jahone

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Submitted by enpen on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 4:36pm.

Awhile back there was a discussion on OlyBlog about photographs, namely that some people feel less inclined to submit content because they don't have pictures to accompany the articles. In order to rectify this situation I have created a stock photo pool on flickr to provide photos to accompany articles on OlyBlog.

If you have a camera and would like to add to the pool you need only join the group (and flicker) and start submitting your photographs to it. The group is public and the only stipulation for membership is that anyone creating content for OlyBlog automatically has permission to use any submitted photos with that content.

When submitting photos I cannot recommend highly enough the meticulous tagging of photographs with intuitively searchable terms (e.g. if a picture is of a business then add the name of the business as a tag as well as a more general term like "business"). Right now there is an extremely limited number of photos in the group but as it grows the ability to effectively search through it for a desired subject will determine the value of the database. For those interested in helping with this project but not in taking pictures you too can add tags to individual photographs thereby making the database more searchable as long as you sign up for a flickr account (which is free).

If you do use a photo please make sure you credit the photographer as well as provide a link back to the photo's source online. In my perfect world of creating benefit for everybody I'd like this photo pool to give local photographers exposure and publicity that would otherwise be lacking.

Please feel free to ask any questions and feedback is appreciated.

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