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So far today

2:27pm JST Wednesday 10 October 2007 (day 13713)

Good start on the day, but a little bit stuck now. I was all set to create some sample .html files, but it's not as fun as I had hoped. Also, I'm not sure what sample I want to do. This is for adding fields to the mySQL db.

I downloaded a bunch of maps of earthquakes that have happened in Japan in the last week, and set up an emacs macro to help me get more as they occur.

According to their copyright, I think I'm okay to copy them for my study on my personal website. I'm certainly not makin' money on their images.

Though they are not yet ready for public consumption (*), the pics can be found by digging under /images/science/ ...... etc etc.

(*) I've been saying that a lot recently. For my R.O.B.O.T. stuff I know, but I think one other. Oh yeah, m.robnugen.com/j Am I doing nothing but starting projects??

3:12pm JST

Okay, I finished the basic thing, and 中谷 approves of what I have so far.

Somewhat sidetracked

5:13pm JST Wednesday 10 October 2007 (day 13713)

Oops. I just created a new account on smugmug. It's $40 per year if I sign up. Actually $35 because I used Doug's smugmug code. I quickly admit I totally stole his idea of putting his referral code on his bio page. But it was a darn good idea, because I totally wanted to find it and didn't have to look far.

smugmug.com is almost perfect

12:54am JST Thursday 11 October 2007 (day 13714)

Hello, friendly human!

I hope you're having a lovely day.  Feel free to take a bit of a break before reading my email.  I
can wait (13 more days)

I am about 5 seconds from signing up... but I've got to have supa-supa-sub directories or else I
will *die*.

I have had my pictures on my site for years (before blog was a word)...  taking them off there is a
huge consideration for me, and if I move them to smugmug, I will be a paying account for many more
years to come.  I ain't movin' again.  ;-)

On my website, I keep my pictures in directories such as this:

http://robnugen.com/images/home/tokyo/2007/around_town/futakotamagawa/nine_days_after_typhoon/

I'd like those directories to become Sub-sub-sub categories on smugmug.

Otherwise, I'll have about a hundred Categories, each with too many sub-categories and then too many albums..

Oh my brain is crying to think of it.

If you guys know of a nice solution to this in your framework, I would love to see it.

    Thanks!
     - Rob!

http://thunderrabbit.smugmug.com

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Hello Rob,

Thanks for emailing SmugMug.

I'm sorry, but we don't have a way to set up sub sub categories.  Our
organization is only homepage>category>subcategory>gallery>photos.
Sorry.  I really wish that I had a different answer for you.

All the best,
Dustin

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Thanks mate

I appreciate being quickly answered by a human at least as much as anything else.  :-)

Has anyone else asked for sub-sub-sub-sub directories?  Are designs in place to make it possible?

Before I leave smugmug, I'll tell you the things I like:

1)  great layout.  I like the simple layout/themes better than flickr

2)  unlimited storage.  Nice way to use Amazon S3

3)  easy thumbnailing.  This is a huge boon for me.

4)  non-registered guests have full access

5)  nice use of Web 2.0 techniques.  Help and menus pop up (and go away) at the appropriate times

6)  easy to import from a variety of sources, with Macintosh solutions well represented

Unfortunately, there are some things I find lacking:

1) can't seem to move photos *within* smugmug.  If there in gallery A, can't I move them to gallery B?

2) no sub-sub-sub-sub-sub directories.

3) it appears that photos can't be in multiple galleries at the same time.  I would use this for
   pictures of apples and oranges, for example.

As I mentioned before, I've had my pics on my domain for 10 years.  smugmug was the *closest* to
winning my heart and photos.  Keep up the good work.

    - Rob!