So Flickr is awesome (aside from the name. I swear, this generation of kids will not know how to spell anything correctly. ie KrispyKreme, tho, b4, dunkin, lay-zee-boy, kwik, nite). Flickr has a great interface, lots of useful functionality, and stores the full-sized image. For $24 a year, you get unlimited storage among other cool things.
So what’s the problem? Well, I want to make my own photo site for my photos. I doubt my site would be nearly as nifty, but I think it would be an interesting project to work on. I could do it, so why shouldn’t I? Though, at the same time, I want my photos up now. Like, right now. There’s also the economic perspective: each person works at what he does best, and then trades that for other things he needs. So at a mere $24 a year, it’s more economical to pay for flickr than to put in hours making my own less complicated site. Hell, this is exactly why I use livejournal. Still, it would be so much nicer to have my own site, for no other reason than to say, ‘Ya, I made that.’
Hmm… this must be why people have children instead of adopt them. It takes so little time to make, but most parents seem quite proud of the accomplishment. Though, I wonder what would happen if there were a baby factory that produced top-quality babies for reasonable prices, or sperm and egg purchase became extremely cheap. Would people continue to make their own?
i don’t get adoption
isn’t it just like, gene-replication? i mean, you want your kids to be like, you. not some random guy.
ps: “this generation”??
do you have an account yet? add me when you get one. i’m on yr man’s contacts list.
cool. i just added you as a friend. i always love looking at your photos
but what if the random people had better stats than you? Like no health problems and such. Wouldn’t you want to give you kid the best chance? Adoption is really cool because you’re taking a child that no one else wants, but at the same time, the child likely is underdeveloped. (care is not necessarily taken during pregnancy, and usually babies don’t get enough affection while they’re living in an ophanage.)
…as in the generation of kids that is younger than me, the ones who were born typing, and thus relied on spellcheck.
I for one would think the ability to choose sex of the offspring would be nifty in a pkg. Maybe even a model upgrade for some good genetic characteristics (lower chance of parkinsons, taller, no heart disease, etc).