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Linked: Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts

Mike McBride — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:10:27 +0000

I know I've read elsewhere over the years that this was actually popular with teens, to have a "public" Instagram and then one just for friends. Even an old out-of-touch guy like me has had two Instagram accounts for years. One to just be me and have fun with, and one to focus on mental health stuff.

It seems to me like Instagram is just catching up with what we've been doing, and trying to juice up some numbers among the folks who hadn't already considered doing this, right?

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IFTTT No Longer An Option for Storing Photos to Google

Mike McBride — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 19:50:27 +0000

Got this email earlier from IFTTT (If This Then That): On Friday, March 15th, Google Photos and its associated Applets will be removed from IFTTT. Originally built in-house by our team, the Google Photos service uses the Picasa Web Albums API, which is being deprecated. We support Google’s decisions, though we know it will be a disappointment to...

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Linked – Backup Strategy for Travel Photographers

Mike McBride — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:36:01 +0000

This article is discussing a strategy for backing up photos while traveling, and then after a trip, but the same strategy is necessary for any important data, especially if you travel for work. Important: It does not matter what system you use the goal should be the same. You need to have at least 3...

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Linked – Are Location-Tagged Photos Really a Privacy Concern?

Mike McBride — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:01:24 +0000

In case you didn’t already know: “When you take a photo with your smartphone (or a modern digital camera), it logs the photo’s GPS coordinates and embeds it in the image metadata, or EXIF. This is how your phone is able to show a map view of your photo library.” Now the article goes into...

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The NFL’s Claims About Metadata in the Ezekiel Elliott Case

Mike McBride — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:44:25 +0000

I’m not going to get into whether the 6 game suspension was fair or not, or the criminal investigation that was dropped, etc. At least not here. I do, however, want to thank Deadspin for being one of the only sports sites to not just repeat verbatim what the NFL had to say about the...

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Linked – Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’

Mike McBride — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 10:55:12 +0000

They let users embed images with free accounts for years, and then suddenly changed that policy… “But the new policy has also affected historical social media posts, blogs and forums that were reliant on Photobucket. One of those affected is Stampboards, a forum with more than 17,000 members who discuss postage stamps and share images...

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Linked – Report: Ban on laptops in planes may expand to Europe

Mike McBride — Thu, 11 May 2017 12:32:51 +0000

“The CBS report cites unnamed sources close to the DHS, who say the ban on larger devices could be expanded to flights departing for the US from Europe and perhaps the UK. Government officials “have been meeting with US airlines on a nearly weekly basis,” and a decision could come within the next few weeks....

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Online and Offline Backups – Yes!

Mike McBride — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:37:29 +0000

As I adjust to life in Louisiana, I have seen and heard almost constant reminders of the flooding that ravaged the Baton Rouge area last summer. Believe it or not, there are still homes with damage, and in the process of being renovated. I’ve heard a few stories from my new coworkers about the flood,...

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Next Week I’ll be #BatonRougeBound

Mike McBride — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 15:07:16 +0000

Consider this an FYI announcement that next week, I’ll be driving, and driving, and driving, to the next stop in the adventure, Baton Rouge, La. So while I have some things scheduled for my various blogs during the week, I may not be able to respond to comments or anything quickly. Law Enforcement frowns on...

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PC Junkyard On Board the USS Missouri

Mike McBride — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:23:38 +0000

Recently, while on a trip to visit Pearl Harbor, we had the opportunity to tour the battleship USS Missouri. Mighty Mo’, as she has become known, was the site of the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, but more recently the Missouri was also brought back into service as part of Desert Storm, before...

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