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Two more photos appeared on Flickr Explore: 1 of which is actually a #video shot with the 7D! #photography #smlthankyou http://bit.ly/7lR0nW

smluniverse (SML Universe) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:02:07 -0800

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seeminglee (See-ming Lee) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:18:25 -0800

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Two more photos appeared on Flickr Explore: 1 of which is actually a #video shot with the 7D! #photography #smlthankyou http://bit.ly/7lR0nW

sml_photography (SML Photography) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:12:17 -0800

Two more photos appeared on Flickr Explore: 1 of which is actually a #video shot with the 7D! #photography #smlthankyou http://bit.ly/7lR0nW

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seeminglee (See-ming Lee) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:27:35 -0800

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Merry Christmas + Happy New Year from the SML Universe / 2009 / SML Thank You

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:13:00 -0800

SML Universe wishes you MXHN:

SML Thank You for a great year

May your hopes and dreams be realized in the days to come!

Download source at http://github.com/seeminglee/smldata/tree/master/design/holiday/2009/
+ mxhn2009.ai (Adobe Illustrator CS4)
+ mxhn2009.svg (SVG 1.1)
+ mxhn2009.png (24-bit PNG 100x1000)

CC-BY-SA 2009 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

Go Creative Commons: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra publishes photo by SML in their 229th Season Catalog

See-ming Lee — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:45:00 -0800

Happiness is... seeing your photography published inside the season catalog of a world-class symphony orchestra in Germany:

Page 66-67:

Original photo published on Flickr in 2006:

Reprocessed for Gewandhaus in 2008:

About the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra):

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; sometimes simply referred to as Gewandhausorchester) is a famous German orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. It is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Textiles Hall" - originally, a hall in the building that housed Leipzig's thriving textile trading floor).
— Wikipedia

SML Thank You!!!

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @ericreagan Thanks for blogging about my video! :) http://post.ly/CSj1

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:08:50 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@ericreagan Thanks for blogging about my video! :) http://ericreagan.posterous.com/new-yor...

December 16 from Twitter - Comment - Like

Véronique Rabuteau liked this

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @fredjberg ping me on IM when you've got a chance, ok? thanks

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:11:30 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@fredjberg ping me on IM when you've got a chance, ok? thanks

December 14 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: oh cool got it thanks! #smlthankyou http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-will-receive-android-20-eclair-update

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:24:58 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

oh cool got it thanks! #smlthankyou http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-her...

December 12 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @ableton oh cool thanks for the tip - still it would be nice if the "install live packs" on the UI supports multi-selection :)

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:39:17 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@ableton oh cool thanks for the tip - still it would be nice if the "install live packs" on the UI supports multi-selection :)

December 10 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @citizenkoan @mydogateart @tsevis @fartydotnet @Themelis_Cuiper @ VeroniqueR @myrnaslist Thanks for the RT+FF #FreePR!

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:14:05 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @citizenkoan @mydogateart @tsevis @fartydotnet @Themelis_Cuiper @ VeroniqueR @myrnaslist Thanks for the RT+FF #FreePR!

November 29 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @theragingqueen @WaltPascoe @melissa_djohnst @LetheinVegas @KChavda @hashphotography Thanks for the RT #FreePR!

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:13:09 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @theragingqueen @WaltPascoe @melissa_djohnst @LetheinVegas @KChavda @hashphotography Thanks for the RT #FreePR!

November 29 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @smlthankyou @mihiraj @rcpffm @_none00 @BertoLegendaryH Thanks for the R #FreePR! Lots of #smllove to you! :)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:45:03 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@smlthankyou @mihiraj @rcpffm @_none00 @BertoLegendaryH Thanks for the R #FreePR! Lots of #smllove to you! :)

November 25 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @vimeo Do you guys have an iPhone app? If you do I couldn't find it at the App store. Thanks in advance! #smlask

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:31:13 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@vimeo Do you guys have an iPhone app? If you do I couldn't find it at the App store. Thanks in advance! #smlask

November 22 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @dotlizard @LatifahShay @fartydotnet @V_I_J_A_Y Thanks for the RT / @dotlizard glad you like the worldpeace + spam post!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:33 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @dotlizard @LatifahShay @fartydotnet @V_I_J_A_Y Thanks for the RT / @dotlizard glad you like the worldpeace + spam post!

November 20 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @fartydotnet Thanks for the RTs, @official92 @aceman808 thanks for the #ff.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:37:58 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @fartydotnet Thanks for the RTs, @official92 @aceman808 thanks for the #ff.

November 19 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @adymitruk thanks yes got it. couldn't get ssh-keygen to work so per github's suggestion I just removed the passphrase... #git

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:24:19 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@adymitruk thanks yes got it. couldn't get ssh-keygen to work so per github's suggestion I just removed the passphrase... #git

November 16 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @tsevis @_none00 @fartydotnet @ffffantastic @geekix @DareBat @hashvideo Thanks for the RT #freePR!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:59:18 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @tsevis @_none00 @fartydotnet @ffffantastic @geekix @DareBat @hashvideo Thanks for the RT #freePR!

November 16 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @akrey Thanks for your help re #git #ssh http://bit.ly/4x2SlZ #smlthankyou

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:11:53 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@akrey Thanks for your help re #git #ssh http://twitter.com/akrey... #smlthankyou

November 16 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @ArtofTravel Thanks for the follow. fyi, my #photography focus tweets are @sml_photography - this account is very unfocused. classic #adhd

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:59:57 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@ArtofTravel Thanks for the follow. fyi, my #photography focus tweets are @sml_photography - this account is *very* unfocused. classic #adhd

November 14 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: After 2 months of back-and-forth with YahooDomains, I have finally gained back control of smluniverse.com - much thanks to register.com

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:39 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

After 2 months of back-and-forth with YahooDomains, I have *finally* gained back control of smluniverse.com - much thanks to register.com

November 14 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @BarryWise thanks for the tip!

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:43:15 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@BarryWise thanks for the tip!

November 13 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @twfeed hmm I guess you might be right. Looks like a Yahoo pipe issue. Thanks for your help! #smlthankyou

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:25:20 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@twfeed hmm I guess you might be right. Looks like a Yahoo pipe issue. Thanks for your help! #smlthankyou

November 10 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @tsevis @VeroniqueR @ffffantastic @sillytwitscom @SOG_Adino @zoolander2105 Thanks for the RTs!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:05:40 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @tsevis @VeroniqueR @ffffantastic @sillytwitscom @SOG_Adino @zoolander2105 Thanks for the RTs!

November 10 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @SteveStreza Thanks for your feedback re:#firefox http://bit.ly/3t9fxV #smlthankyou

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:51:36 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@SteveStreza Thanks for your feedback re:#firefox http://twitter.com/stevest... #smlthankyou

November 9 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @JamesHowePhoto Yes got it thanks. #smlthankyou

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:09:48 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@JamesHowePhoto Yes got it thanks. #smlthankyou

November 8 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @tsevis @swiertz @hashvideo @tativiana @uberguineapig Thanks for the RT #FreePR!

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:02:34 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @tsevis @swiertz @hashvideo @tativiana @uberguineapig Thanks for the RT #FreePR!

November 8 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @JustaSunGod Thanks for the RT #smlthankyou fyi this account is very random. if you're looking for #photography, follow @sml_photography :)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:31:08 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@JustaSunGod Thanks for the RT #smlthankyou fyi this account is very random. if you're looking for #photography, follow @sml_photography :)

November 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @dotlizard Thanks for everyday acronym education! :) #smlthankyou

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:35:15 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@dotlizard Thanks for everyday acronym education! :) #smlthankyou

November 6 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @bitly thanks for transforming the feedproxy for Feedburner + FriendFeed. Much more useful now! #tools #smlthankyou

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:59 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@bitly thanks for transforming the feedproxy for Feedburner + FriendFeed. Much more useful now! #tools #smlthankyou

November 5 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @VimeoStaff Ah I didn't see the password protected options before. Thanks for your help! http://vimeo.com/help/faq/privacy #smlthankyou

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:09:45 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@VimeoStaff Ah I didn't see the password protected options before. Thanks for your help! http://vimeo.com/help... #smlthankyou

November 5 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @tsevis @streetcub @ffffantastic thanks for the RT #freePR!!!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:34 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @tsevis @streetcub @ffffantastic thanks for the RT #freePR!!!

November 3 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @bigspaceship Thanks for blogging about my video!!! #smlthankyou http://post.ly/BSGH

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:17:32 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@bigspaceship Thanks for blogging about my video!!! #smlthankyou http://lebowitz.net/nice-ne...

November 3 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: #smlthankyou @a2zopensource Thanks for the RT #freePR!

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:41 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

#smlthankyou @a2zopensource Thanks for the RT #freePR!

November 2 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @pixum Thanks for your reply! Is there a blog post somewhere that talks about Pixum's overall business plans + strategy?

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:55:33 -0800

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@pixum Thanks for your reply! Is there a blog post somewhere that talks about Pixum's overall business plans + strategy?

November 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML: @chipo Thanks for the friendfeed subscription. Unfortunately until @friendfeed implements fr2en translation I won't be able to read yours!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:11:24 -0700

See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

@chipo Thanks for the friendfeed subscription. Unfortunately until @friendfeed implements fr2en translation I won't be able to read yours!

November 1 from Twitter - Comment - Like

Brooklyn Art Project / 13th Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival NYC 2009: Part 3 of 10 / Art + Artists

See-ming Lee — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:10:00 -0700

Our second stop: Brooklyn Art Project HQ (SML Pro Blog / SML Wiki).

Brooklyn Art Project is a free social network for artists, collectors, and art enthusiasts. Since its launch in 2007, it has had 5500+ members from over 44 countries featuring over 44,000 artworks and 800+ short films and videos. James Cospito, founder of BAP, talks about the site and the art seen at their office in this mini video interview:

Brooklyn Art Project / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / SML from See-ming Lee 李思明 SML on Vimeo

SML 720p HD Simulcast: Facebok / Flickr / YouTube

And here are some photographs seen that day:

1. River City Ransom Street Fight 18" x 24" (457mm x 610mm) by Adam Shub (Facebook / SML Flickr). Adam is an artist in New York. He is currently working on a series of paintings on arcade video games. This painting is available for sale at $350 USD. To purchase it, visit the artist's portfolio site at artbreak.com/squarepainter.

2. More paintings by Adam Shub

From left to right: Adam Shub Mike Tyson Gets Pwned 18" x 24" 350 USD; Mega Man 2 Intro 18" x 24" 350 USD; Contra Opening 36" x 28" 600 USD. Bottom painting origin unknown. Leave a comment so I can give them proper credits!

3. Digital Painting by (unknown artist: if you know who the painter is, let me know so I can give them proper credits)

4. Still Life Drawing (Detail) by James Cospito (Brooklyn Art Project / Facebook / Flickr / LinkedIn / SML Flickr / Twitter). James is an artist, painter, photographer, illustrator, designer in New York City. He is also the co-founder of Brooklyn Art Project.

5. Paintings by Mey Veral, Soule and Collaborative Drawings from BAP Member Meetups.

6. From top left, clock-wise: Organic Mutant Architecture paintings by J. F. Bautista (jfbart.com); drawings + paintings (data unavailable. Leave a comment below if you have additional info. Thanks!)

7. LiAnne Cospito (Facebook / LinkedIn / Twitter). So what do the administrative staff at Brooklyn Art Project HQ do all day? Facebook, it appears.

8. The WTF moment.

13th Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival NYC 2009
+ 01: Overview
+ 02: Ruza Bagaric
+ 03: Brooklyn Art Project
+ 04: James Cospito
+ 05: J. F. Bautista
+ 06: Ellen Driscoll
+ 07: Fernando Souto
+ 08: Agata Olek
+ 09: Dean Russo
+ 10: Choichun Leung

Yahoo Pipes: Meta Search Alerts Digest

See-ming Lee — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:19:00 -0700

Since publishing Meta Search Alerts (Yahoo Pipes) (Flickr screenshot / SML Pro Blog / SML Wiki) back in 2007, it has become to most popular pipe ever created. It even popped onto ReadWriteWeb's The Ultimate Yahoo Pipes List in 2008. And perhaps even more bizarre was discovering that somehow CNet had stuck a software publisher profile for me on Download.com earlier this year! SML Thank You!!!

Meta Search Alerts was originally created for my own vanity searches, but then I started using it on SML Wiki so I can track people and things more easily.

This is great until I started writing very long description of photos on Flickr after realising that photos are often referenced as a singular entity — that while you would prefer that people check out the entire set to see the description of the info, most simply don't have the time and patience to do look at them.

For the sake of human browsing, including long description (for example, full bio about an artist that I photographed) in everyone of my photographs about them is useful when items are referenced singularly, but then if you know what you are looking for and wish to cluster them in a single place, the content become repetitive and tired after a very brief instant.

Meta Search Alerts Digest

Screenshot: http://pipes.yahoo.com/seeminglee/metasearchalertsdigest

This is why I created a baby version called Meta Search Alerts Digest. In essense, this pipe uses Meta Search Alerts as a subpipe, then loop through both the item.description and the item.media:description and limit them to 1000 characters.

A sample of this pipe in action can be seen at
http://wiki.seeminglee.com/people:agata-olek

And you can compare the difference between its grand daddy and itself here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/metasearchalerts/agataolek
http://feeds.feedburner.com/metasearchalertsdigest/agataolek

Note: The reason why I use Feedburner to subscribe to feed is because that for whatever reasons, Yahoo Pipes RSS tends to generate errors when subscribed via normal means. Many feed reader would complain that it's not a valid feed. By using FeedBurner to burn the feed, that problem goes away. An additionally good aspect about using FeedBurner is that you also get analytics data that comes with it, which is useful - particularly if you wish to use it to feed TwitterFeed etc.

Meta Search Alerts (grand daddy version)

Newmindspace NYC: People Photographing People Photographing People

See-ming Lee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:37:00 -0700

It's a commonly known fact: photographers hate being photographed - but I love photographing photographers. So when Newmindspace announced the People Photographing People Photographing People event, I obviously went and as expected had lots of fun!

Newmindspace was founded by Lori Kufner and Kevin Bracken (Facebook). Their mission is to reclaiming public space, inventing new ways of having fun, and creating community. Since 2005, they have been hosting free events in cities around North America, and creating free, fun, all-ages events like parties on subway cars, public pillow fights, giant games of capture the flag on city streets, massive bubble battles, public art installations and much more.

Photography alone probably doesn't do the event justice, so I used my P+S and recorded the insanity for your pleasure. The quality is not too great, but you get the idea.

Newmindspace: People Photographing People Photographing People / 2009-09-19 / SML from See-ming Lee 李思明 SML on Vimeo. Also on YouTube

Here are some highlights of what I shot. Be sure to check out full set on Flickr as well.

Keith Dorsch is a filmmaker in New York. He graduated from C.W. Post at the Long Island University in 2008. He is currently working as a filmmaker and editor for ad agencies.

Human Hasselblad popped in out of nowhere and surely got much deserving attention.

Shirley Yu (Facebook / Flickr / Twitter), seen here with Keith Dorsch, is a young aspiring photographer. You can check out her photography portfolio at photobyshirley.carbonmade.com. Shirley is now using this photo as her Facebook profile photo. SML Thank You!!!

You don't need expensive equipments to do good photography. Nick Roach happilly snapped away with his camera phone. He learned about the event from Timeout Magazine.

Francisco Javier Andaur (Facebook / Flickr) aka Fran Juan DeMarco with friend jointly created this two-eye robot.

Francisco Javier Andaur (Facebook / Flickr). Francisco is now using this photo as his Facebook profile photo. SML Thank You!!!

Friend of Francisco Javier Andaur. These two share the same Flickr account. Not sure how they are related though!

Yepo Kayeebo (Flickr) was traveling from London. At the beginning of the event, I was disappointed at how little poeple showed up. It was she who pointed me to the right direction where the crowd is. For this, SML Thank You!

I met Novaid Kahn (Facebook / Flickr) originally on Flickr. I told him about the event when he generously drove me to photograph the Eastern State Penitentiary a couple of weeks ago.

Donald Hanson (Flickr) showed up with Novaid Kahn. He noted that we both liked the same lens: Canon EF 24-70 f2.8L for everyday shooting.

Lloyd Leary is a personal trainer in New York who also plays the classical violin.

Michelle Humphries (Facebook / Flickr) and Alan Gordon (Facebook) are both students at NYU, class of 2011. I was interested in how Michelle came up with her FlickrID:carvinkeeper12 meant. She explained: carvin = skiing, keeper = soccer, 12 = her favorite number.

Alan Gordon (Facebook) is originally from New Orleans. His t-shirt says "reNew Orleans". Alan explained to me that his t-shirt was made after Katrina, and is designed to be a simple combination of the word renew and his hometown of New Orleans. he wears it to remind people that the work isn't done yet and said it's the "right way"!

Alan Gordon (Facebook) is now using this photo as his Facebook profile photo! SML Thank You!!! Love to SML Love to him!

At first I thought that John Carbone was shooting a Canon 1D when I spotted him holding onto a huge Canon body with a big gun but was wondering why someone would be shooting with a 1D with a non-L glass. Then I learned that it was a Canon Rebel with battery-grip. Imposters!!!

The whole thing was a geek porn galore. People shoot with films, digital with makes of cameras from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony and all kinds of strobes.

SML Me: Last but not least, I got to see what I look like when I was doing my thing!

See-ming Lee (SML ME!) interviewed Keith Dorsch. Photo by Novaid Kahn (Facebook / Flickr)

Possibly the best photo of me doing photojournalism! Photo by Novaid Kahn (Facebook / Flickr)

The truly evil SML in action. This photo was originally titled "guy with watch" by Shirley! Photo by Shirley Yu (Facebook / Flickr / Twitter)

This is the first time I have participated in a massive public art installation, and I will definitely look forward to future events!

Related SML
+ SML Flickr Collections: SML Events
+ SML Flickr Sets: Newmindspace: People Photographing People Photogrpahing People
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SML Thank You / 2009-09-25 / SML

See-ming Lee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:59:00 -0700

Today is my birthday so naturally I am getting greetings all over the globe. This is my thank you card to all of you!

I am a believer in thanking people. As an ADHD-afflicted geek, I have often forgotten the kindness and generosity from others, and I make a point of recording them so I can search through them.

I started a blog called SML Thank You (http://thankyou.seeminglee.com) a while back but it was getting a bit challenging to maintain. It also become a bit insane to keep too many blogs so I have since imported them onto SML Pro Blog and labeled those items as SML Thank You.

I do think that thanking people is still an important activity, so I started tweeting with the prefix [SML Thank You] (http://twitter.com/#search?q=%22SML%20Thank%20You%22) but then to save space I started using #smlthankyou as a suffix (http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23smlthankyou).

But what about all those people I've thanked which did not appear on Twitter. I need to find those thanks, and perhaps in comments area on other places. So I built a Yahoo Pipe to do it:

There is a full description of all the different modules and what it is on SML Wiki: Yahoo Pipes: SML Thank You. In a gist, it does a search on the web and grab data from where I might have thanked folks and put them all in a single RSS feed: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=a8dc3b5c3847f409e0c1f1d6bee13989&_render=rss.

A sample output looks like this:

and if you go to the Yahoo Pipe page at http://pipes.yahoo.com/seeminglee/smlthankyou you can also use the image view and the map view (for items with geo-data).

A sample output of the pipe and how it renders can be seen on SML Wiki: SML Thank You (http://wiki.seeminglee.com/sml-thank-you)

Related SML
+ SML Flickr Sets: SML Graphic Design
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+ SML Pro Blog: SML Graphic Design
+ SML Pro Blog: SML Thank You
+ SML Pro Blog: Yahoo Pipes

Update 01: 2009-09-25
Since posted the design on Flickr, I noted that the 500x500 version does not really work as a comment to thank you, so I created a mini version for 'thumbnail' comment use. Thanks for visiting the blog! Here's my thankyou card just for you!

Synergy: an unfocused approach to learning about oneself

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0700

A lot of people prefer web destinations to have a very specific focus, but it appears that I am inherently an unfocused person, and therefore my web destinations also are rather unfocused.

Most Interesting SML Flickr: Synergy in data analytics: art + design + hacks + inspiration + photography / 2009-09-20 / SML Data

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+ 500 Most Interesting SML Flickr: Page 1
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+ 500 Most Interesting SML Flickr: Page 4
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In the beginning, SML Pro Blog was just the SML Blog, and it contains pretty much everything that my life contains, until I am getting some negative feedbacks from professional colleagues who wish not have their photos appear next to blog posts relating to my gay activities, which is when SML Gay Blog was born. Then some folks who got really annoyed with my massive photography output, and so SML Photo Blog was born. Then after a while I started to have so many blogs that I cannot keep track on, so I have now reconsolidated the SML Thank You and SML Notebook back into this blog, because it soon became *very* challenging to manage them all.

Conversely, I take a very-me approach when it comes to content on Flickr. I post pretty much everything onto it: my designs, my photography, my hacks, my screenshots, and source of inspiration all bundled up together. It's me, after all. By not separating these data, I gain a much better insight into which of my stuff is good and 'interesting' to folks.

I know far too many people who keep a separate Flickr profile for their "professional" life vs their "play" life but when I view the content, I can't tell the difference and reason as to why they are separate. Consolidation is good. Just filter, and tag. I think that via my very unfocused postings, I have successfully cross-marketed my designs to people who came to my stream because of my abstract photography; or that they discovered that I am much much more than a photojournalist who run around events.

Because of this content cross-pollination, I also learned based on my data that what people find to be interesting is also very all-across the board, and that is interesting to me. I made screenshots of the top 5 pages from the 500 Most Interesting Flickr (set) and bundled them together, and it provides a great sign-post as to where I should be headed next.

Related SML
+ SML Pro Blog: Philosophy
+ SML Pro Blog: Synergy
+ SML Flickr Tags: Synergy
+ SML Wiki: Flickr Analytics
+ SML Wiki: Interestingness

Slow Photography at Sunday LES NYC

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:32:00 -0700

Thanks to the wonderful and fabulous Julien Aleksandres (Flickr:DitMartian), I went to Sunday LES' opening reception for a group show titled Slow Photography:

The phrase, "slow photography," might conjure images of large format cameras or glass plate techniques; even the idea of loading film may seem slow considering the efficient speed in which photographic images are created today. However, another connotation may not allude to a technology so much as it does a sensibility — an approach to understanding particular roles that photographs can play, a methodical and drawn out way to produce paintings. The three artists in Slow Photography use photography as a starting point, taking exorbitant amounts of time to produce ostensible "photos": paintings that appear to translate a photographic record, yet are something else entirely. — Horton & Liu press release

That's how I met Saul Becker:

Saul Becker Shore 46x86in | oil on linen on panel

Becker's painting can best be described in geek-speak as a mashup:

...in that they appear to depict an actual space, however, they are in fact a seamless combination of photographs from disparate landscapes. These photos, along with impressions from the artist's memory, create his measured, deliberate and lonely paintings. Becker has an acute disquiet that portrays the landscape as eerily strong and resilient, but never heroic. The photographic vantage point often acts as a subtle overseer, a reminder that the camera has forever distorted how anyone sees nature.

More information about the show
Slow Photography Sep 17 - Oct 11, 2009
Sunday LES, 237 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
www.sundaynyc.com +1 212 253 0700

Seen at the opening:

Julien Aleksandres

Arlene Arboitiz

Demian LaPlante

SML + Nabil Abdul + Nicholas C. Mathis Photography by Julien Aleksandres (Flickr:DitMartian)

Related SML
+ SML Fine Art (Flickr Group)
+ SML Fine Art (Friendfeed Group)
+ SML Fine Art (Twitter)
+ SML Flickr Sets: Sunday LES Art Opening Reception / 2009-09-17
+ SML Pro Blog: Art

Bert and Ernie / SML Ideal Husbands

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:59:00 -0700

Bert and Ernie (Wikipedia) are two roommates on the long-running television show Sesame Street. The two appear together in numerous skits, forming a comic duo that is one of the centerpieces of the program. Originated by Frank Oz and Jim Henson, the characters are currently performed by Muppeteers Eric Jacobson and Steve Whitmire, with Oz performing Bert occasionally since 2000.

I always thought that Bert and Ernie are the perfect couple. I admire them and I cherish them. I also thought that they are the ideal husbands, and I wish that my love life is as rich and colorful as theirs.

A few years back, I met a friend who used to be an executive producer at the Children's Television Workshop, and I said: you know they are so gay... He said: They look gay because they *are* gay.

I don't know why I have never thought of putting them in a photoshoot together but tada here they are, featured in my Ideal Husbands photography project. I tried to write toy stories regarding these two love birds:

Toy Story 1

Toy Story 1

SML: Hi, I'm working on a project called Ideal Husbands and I would really like to include you guys in it.
Ernie: Yeay!
Bert: Hmm... I'm not sure, Ernie, it doesn't sound like a very good use of our time...
Ernie: But it would be so much fun.. Weee....
Bert: I'm exhausted from work. Don't you think that it would be better use of our time if we cuddle in bed instead?
Ernie: Oh come on babe, if we get photographed by SML, we would be famous! Wee..!
Bert: (reluctantly) Alright.. I guess I can sit in for a few minutes, but be quick!
SML: Thank you thank you thank you! Lots of SML Love for you!
Bert: Hurry up I don't have all day... Ernie honey, try to sit still!

Toy Story 2

Bert and Ernie with the wooden salamander during the Ideal Husbands shoot at SML Studio.

Toy Story 3: Kiss

I made an attempt to get these love birds for my kiss project but Ernie's constant open-mouth action made it tricky. I will try again later.

Toy Story 4: Life is great when you're next to me

Toy Story 5: Bert and Ernie: Getting Trashed on Pinot Noir

With a big glass of Pinot Noir in hand, Bert forgot about the pain of modeling while Ernie got trashed.

Erotocrat (NYC) had a different take:
It was reported by Burt that the euphoria caused by Ernie is unlike hand-puppet jobs received from other muppets. I even remember my first experience with Ernie, who as a young muppet, emerged from Mr. Hooper’s bodega off of Sesame Street one crispy morning. Ernie glanced at me as though I were a masked Adonis of some sort and told me in no uncertain terms, that he felt like the letter B.

Toy Story 6: When Tigger Visits

Bert is unamused when Tigger comes to play.

Bert: Tigger comes over to visit us every now and then. I think that he's cute and all but the problem is, he and Ernie would just giggle and gossip non-stop which gets really annoying sometimes.

Related SML
+ SML Flickr Sets: Bert and Ernie / SML Ideal Husbands
+ SML Flickr Sets: Ideal Husbands
+ SML Flickr Sets: Men

Eastern State Penitentiary

See-ming Lee — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:08:00 -0700

Eastern State Penitentiary (Wikipedia) is considered one of America's most historic former prisons. It was the world's first true penitentiary, a prison designed to inspire penitence - or true regret - in the hearts of criminals. the original seven cellblocks spread like the spokes of a wheel, and had running water and central heat before the White House.

Its vaulted, sky-lit cells held many of America's most notorious criminals, including bank robber "Slick Willie" Sutton and "Scarface" Al Capone. The prison stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and a surprising, eerie beauty.

I had a chance to visit the place thanks because Novaid Kahn (Flickr:numbphoto / SML Flickr) offered to drive me there. The day before the trip, I met up with Aaron Johnson (Flickr:Erotocrat / SML Flickr) for the first time, and I asked him to come along.

Check out the full set on Flickr. Detailed description of the photos are included on the Flickr photo page. Here are some highlights.

Hallway

Hub at the Center

Typical cell

The cell of Al Capone

Abstracts

HDR

The extreme lighting condition at the Eastern State Penitentiary (Flickr set) makes a fine candidate of creating some HDR photos. I'm glad that I brought my tripod!

ESP Photo Trip Camera Bag

See Flickr notes for equipment details

Novaid Kahn

Aaron Johnson

SML Me!

Photo Credit: Aaron Johnson

Awesome quotes from online personals

See-ming Lee — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:00 -0800

So I haven't written a new post for this blog for a while, and I actually wonder if anyone is still reading - although interestingly the analytics data suggests that there are in fact some of you who still follow this - and to those readers, old and new, I thank you.

I'd like to to start a series of blog posts today of what I am calling "Awesome quotes from Manhunt," which are lines that I thought are either interesting, witty and anything that got me re-reading again lifted up directly from Manhunt, the very popular gay cruising site. I plan to add CL and SD selections in the future should this becomes fun.

To protect the identity of the users (this is a closed-gate community afterall), their username will not be quoted here - although if you spotted your witty phrase here and you would like to be credited (or additionally linked back), I'd be happy to do that. I just won't want to offend anyone :)

Also, if you have spotted any phrase that you are fond of, feel free to send them my way... alternatively, feel free to submit your own :) so here we go:

+ I am not a size queen, but I really like to be challenged...
+ bottom, top, vers, alive -- just DO SOMETHING

... started reading some more but got sidetracked... so... (to be continued)

Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1038 / SML

See-ming Lee — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:26:00 -0800

Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1038 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

www.korres.com

Manufacturer in Greece of hair, body and face care products with highly concentrated natural active ingredients.

SML Thank You
I would like to thank Joshua van der Broek (Flickr / LinkedIn) for recommending that I check it out.

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Juhan Sonin Business Cards / 2008-01-04 / SML Thank You

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Kiss / 20091211.7D.01509.P1.L1.C45.BW / SML

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HTML Tattoo, seen at LikeMind / 20080620.SD850IS.2489 / SML

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SML Thank You / 2009-09-25 / SML

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Uncovered Treasures / 20070925.SD850IS.0756 / SML

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Ideal Husbands: Bert and Ernie / 20090917.10D.53940.P1.SQ / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Radish, Farmers Market / 20091010.10D.55274 / SML

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SML8 / 2009 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea

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See-ming Lee / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0885 / SML

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Adam S. Kirschner + Jumpsuit / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0871 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41595 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41614 / SML

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Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1038 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41647 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:49:40 -0700

Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Lost + Found / 20070925.850SD.IS.0754 / SML

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Aspiration / ASK aka Adam S. Kirschner / TNSC aka Thursday Night Social Club / IconNicholson Parties / 20070816.850SD.IS.0473 / SML

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:35:08 -0700

Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41603 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41591 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:30:27 -0700

Kiss / 20091129.SD850IS.03550.P1.L1.SQ.BW / SML

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:46:49 -0800

Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41584 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:29:12 -0700

SMLated IconNicholson Mascot / 20080121.SD850IS.2072 / SML Thank You

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See-ming Lee / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0886 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41642 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:48:40 -0700

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: 2009-2010: 229th Season Catalog: pp. 66-67 / 2009-12-22 / SML

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Paul Pangaro / 20090814.10D.51483 / SML

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:50:55 -0700

SML Appendectomy: Healing Progress / 20071228.SD850IS.1794 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:46:33 -0700

Paul Pangaro / 20090814.10D.51475 / SML

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Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1039 / SML

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:20:58 -0800

Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41583 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:28:56 -0700

Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41644 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41601 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41587 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41582 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41594 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41578 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:27:57 -0700

NYC - Lighting the Way to Equality, Marriage Equality New York / 20091109.10D.55663.P1.L1.C45 / SML

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SML Appendectomy: Healing Progress / 20071228.SD850IS.1797 / SML

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Casio SK-1 Mod by Computer At Sea / Best Festival New York 2007 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41617 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41590 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41579 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41613 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:33:34 -0700

Adam S. Kirschner / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0884 / SML

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I LOVE ASK / Adam S. Kirschner / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0877 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41598 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41585 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41580 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41621 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41599 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41596 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41593 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41589 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41576 / SML

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Inspection / 20090905.10D.53190.P1 / SML

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Paul Pangaro / 20090814.10D.51465 / SML

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:54:15 -0700

Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41618 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41612 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41610 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41608 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41597 / SML

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Best Festival New York 2007 / 20070428_10D_41592 / SML

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:30:38 -0700

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: 2009-2010: 229th Season Catalog / 2009-12-22 / SML

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Learn from Nature / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0867 / SML

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:40:13 -0700

Brad / 20071013.SD850IS.0880 / SML

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Aspiration / Adam S. Kirschner / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0876 / SML

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:42:28 -0700

Exhausted Brad after his first skydive / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0873 / SML

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Learned from Nature / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0866 / SML

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Skydive the Ranch Freefall Express / SML Skydive / 20071013.SD850IS.0865 / SML

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:39:20 -0700

SML Appendectomy: Healing Progress / 20071228.SD850IS.1795 / SML

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:06:32 -0800

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: 2009-2010: 229th Season Catalog: pp. 66-67 / 2009-12-22 / SML

Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1038 / SML

See-ming Lee — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:26:00 -0800

Korres in Soho, NYC / 20071108.SD850IS.1038 / SML, originally uploaded by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML.

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Awesome quotes from online personals

See-ming Lee — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:18:00 -0800

Eastern State Penitentiary

See-ming Lee — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:08:00 -0700

Check out the full set on Flickr. Detailed description of the photos are included on the Flickr photo page. Here are some highlights.

Hallway

Hub at the Center

Typical cell

The cell of Al Capone

Abstracts

HDR

The extreme lighting condition at the Eastern State Penitentiary (Flickr set) makes a fine candidate of creating some HDR photos. I'm glad that I brought my tripod!

ESP Photo Trip Camera Bag

See Flickr notes for equipment details

Novaid Kahn

Aaron Johnson

SML Me!

Photo Credit: Aaron Johnson

Welcome to Yale map featured on Smashing Magazine / SML Thank You

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:55:00 -0700

On September 11th, 2009, Smashing Magazine posted of blog post about Data Visualization and Infographics Resources. The map that I created in college intended to help freshmen navigating around New Haven when I was the photo editor / design editor at The Yale Herald back in 1997 was featured:

View large (1024 x 663 JPEG)
View original (5100 x 3300 PNG)

Within two days, this relatively ancient artifact immediately got a quick boost and the expected long-tail to follow:

Smashing Magazine: Thank you for featuring me! Lots of SML Love to you!!!

Related SML
+ SML Flickr Sets: SML Information Design
+ SML Pro Blog: SML Graphic Design
+ SML Pro Blog: Information Design
+ SML Pro Blog: Maps
+ SML Thank You

Bert and Ernie / SML Ideal Husbands

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:59:00 -0700

Slow Photography at Sunday LES NYC

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:32:00 -0700

Thanks to the wonderful and fabulous Julien Aleksandres (Flickr:DitMartian), I went to Sunday LES' opening reception for a group show titled Slow Photography:

The phrase, "slow photography," might conjure images of large format cameras or glass plate techniques; even the idea of loading film may seem slow considering the efficient speed in which photographic images are created today. However, another connotation may not allude to a technology so much as it does a sensibility — an approach to understanding particular roles that photographs can play, a methodical and drawn out way to produce paintings. The three artists in Slow Photography use photography as a starting point, taking exorbitant amounts of time to produce ostensible "photos": paintings that appear to translate a photographic record, yet are something else entirely. — Horton & Liu press release

That's how I met Saul Becker:

Saul Becker Shore 46x86in | oil on linen on panel

Becker's painting can best be described in geek-speak as a mashup:

...in that they appear to depict an actual space, however, they are in fact a seamless combination of photographs from disparate landscapes. These photos, along with impressions from the artist's memory, create his measured, deliberate and lonely paintings. Becker has an acute disquiet that portrays the landscape as eerily strong and resilient, but never heroic. The photographic vantage point often acts as a subtle overseer, a reminder that the camera has forever distorted how anyone sees nature.

Synergy: an unfocused approach to learning about oneself

See-ming Lee — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:00:00 -0700

SML Thank You / 2009-09-25 / SML

See-ming Lee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:59:00 -0700

Newmindspace NYC: People Photographing People Photographing People

See-ming Lee — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:37:00 -0700

Newmindspace: People Photographing People Photographing People / 2009-09-19 / SML from See-ming Lee 李思明 SML on Vimeo. Also on YouTube

Yahoo Pipes: Meta Search Alerts Digest

See-ming Lee — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:19:00 -0700

Meta Search Alerts Digest

Meta Search Alerts (grand daddy version)

Brooklyn Art Project / 13th Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival NYC 2009: Part 3 of 10 / Art + Artists

See-ming Lee — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:10:00 -0700

Brooklyn Art Project / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / SML from See-ming Lee 李思明 SML on Vimeo

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Go Creative Commons: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra publishes photo by SML in their 229th Season Catalog

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The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; sometimes simply referred to as Gewandhausorchester) is a famous German orchestra based in Leipzig, Germany. It is named after the concert hall in which it is based, the Gewandhaus ("Textiles Hall" - originally, a hall in the building that housed Leipzig's thriving textile trading floor).
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Go Creative Commons: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra publishes photo by SML in their 229th Season Catalog

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