Hopefully, this entry will post itself as I’ve implemented an MT hack – mt-publish-on – that allows you to post-date entries; i.e. you can specify that they’ll be published at some point in the future. While I don’t intend to use this all the time, it will prove useful over the summer. There are a few times that I’ll be away, and I’ve wondered what to do about posting images. So, assuming I can manage to keep taking enough images for my image-a-day aim, I should be able to keep posting on a daily basis.
All of which, of course, assumes that this hack works ;-)
As for this image: this is a shot of a council building near to where I work. On the whole, it’s a rather brash building, that has little going for it other than it’s a pleasant shade of red, but this grill(?) caught my attention.
And finally, if you’re interested in implementing this hack, drop me an email. There appear to be some errors in the documentation; i.e. there are some changes you need to make before it will work. You also need to be able to run cron jobs on your server.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance
Canon G5
3.12pm on 12/5/04
f3.2
1/60
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
10.2mm
RAW
auto
strong colour indeed, and i like the contrast of grilled silver on red. cool shot once again!
comment byMando Gomez at 06:16 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
BEAUTIFUL!!!
comment byAndrew at 08:34 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
I do the same thing with Blosxom (which I would not recommend to anyone who doesn't like Perl hacking). In fact, I typically batch up 10+ photo posts at a time and dribble them out one per day.
I really like the contrast of the clean, almost platonic look of the thingy (radiator?) with the organic drip/mildew. The colour of the building is lovely.
comment byhannah at 10:58 AM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
this looks beautiful. another of my favourite graphical shots. clean colours and straight lines! my favourites!
comment byHouser at 12:31 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
I roll my own system (PHP/MySQL) and have post-dating functionality. Even if it's only for a day, it allows me to roll my stuff over each night at midnight, without having to do it by hand.
Man, I really wish my city had some vibrantly colored building like this. How stunning. Great color, great contrast, great angle - simply great!
I love the color here and the contrast of the grill sets it off even more.. as for the hack.. um.. not ready for that myself.. hack schmack. maybe when I learn greek I can be a real geek.
I like this. Strong composition and color. On the topic of delayed posting, people may want to consider Trickle, as well. It's very simple and works flawlessly on my site.
comment byDaniel at 02:42 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
I tried to get this plugin running myself and failed. It was because I can not run a real cronjob on my server and as the developer explained it can not be called from a browser. So I used "trickle" instead, which is a script that can be called by any http-client. I my case I wrote a small program with Delphi which calls the script and waits for the answer before quiting itself. I can call this prog with a Windows version of cron everyday. Works great for me. For the URL you can look at my news page.
Hotness. Damn, this shot is great. Love the color on the metal of the grill.
comment bybumpoowilly at 11:14 PM (GMT) on 13 May, 2004
now that's what i'm talking about.
comment by Tom B at 02:48 AM (GMT) on 14 May, 2004
Very simple but very well done. I think the colour and geometric shapes really make this shot work.
comment byRodrigo Gómez at 06:21 AM (GMT) on 14 May, 2004
This just got my eyes locked here. Absolutely beautiful shot!
comment byPeter Crymble at 07:37 AM (GMT) on 14 May, 2004
The angle makes this work very well indeed. Nice one! As for post dating your shots, I do this in on my site and its a totally gift. The problem I find is taking a shot for each day. For example, I don't have tomorrows shot taken yet!!
comment by djn1 at 09:53 AM (GMT) on 14 May, 2004
Thanks all. This was one of those shots that as soon as you see it you know it's going to work :-)
comment by Kate at 08:13 PM (GMT) on 15 May, 2004
Wow, love it :-)
comment bymacwagen at 09:13 PM (GMT) on 21 May, 2004
EXCELLENT comp, the red and silver/gray are so cool...nice shot
comment by Jeremy Brown at 07:52 AM (GMT) on 19 July, 2004
Your photos are great! I'm also interested, though, in whether you've been able to get publish-on to work properly. I noticed your comment on the MT Plugin page that any "future" post is published as soon as the cron job runs, regardless of the date of the post. I'm having the same trouble. Have you figured out a solution?
Hopefully, this entry will post itself as I’ve implemented an MT hack – mt-publish-on – that allows you to post-date entries; i.e. you can specify that they’ll be published at some point in the future. While I don’t intend to use this all the time, it will prove useful over the summer. There are a few times that I’ll be away, and I’ve wondered what to do about posting images. So, assuming I can manage to keep taking enough images for my image-a-day aim, I should be able to keep posting on a daily basis.
All of which, of course, assumes that this hack works ;-)
As for this image: this is a shot of a council building near to where I work. On the whole, it’s a rather brash building, that has little going for it other than it’s a pleasant shade of red, but this grill(?) caught my attention.
And finally, if you’re interested in implementing this hack, drop me an email. There appear to be some errors in the documentation; i.e. there are some changes you need to make before it will work. You also need to be able to run cron jobs on your server.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
3.12pm on 12/5/04
f3.2
1/60
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
10.2mm
RAW
auto
strong colour indeed, and i like the contrast of grilled silver on red. cool shot once again!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
I do the same thing with Blosxom (which I would not recommend to anyone who doesn't like Perl hacking). In fact, I typically batch up 10+ photo posts at a time and dribble them out one per day.
I really like the contrast of the clean, almost platonic look of the thingy (radiator?) with the organic drip/mildew. The colour of the building is lovely.
this looks beautiful. another of my favourite graphical shots. clean colours and straight lines! my favourites!
I roll my own system (PHP/MySQL) and have post-dating functionality. Even if it's only for a day, it allows me to roll my stuff over each night at midnight, without having to do it by hand.
Man, I really wish my city had some vibrantly colored building like this. How stunning. Great color, great contrast, great angle - simply great!
I love the color here and the contrast of the grill sets it off even more.. as for the hack.. um.. not ready for that myself.. hack schmack. maybe when I learn greek I can be a real geek.
I like this. Strong composition and color. On the topic of delayed posting, people may want to consider Trickle, as well. It's very simple and works flawlessly on my site.
I tried to get this plugin running myself and failed. It was because I can not run a real cronjob on my server and as the developer explained it can not be called from a browser. So I used "trickle" instead, which is a script that can be called by any http-client. I my case I wrote a small program with Delphi which calls the script and waits for the answer before quiting itself. I can call this prog with a Windows version of cron everyday. Works great for me. For the URL you can look at my news page.
This one is really beautiful, colors and comp, I love it!
~xlnt graphic feel and presententation here~
Hotness. Damn, this shot is great. Love the color on the metal of the grill.
now that's what i'm talking about.
Very simple but very well done. I think the colour and geometric shapes really make this shot work.
This just got my eyes locked here. Absolutely beautiful shot!
The angle makes this work very well indeed. Nice one! As for post dating your shots, I do this in on my site and its a totally gift. The problem I find is taking a shot for each day. For example, I don't have tomorrows shot taken yet!!
Thanks all. This was one of those shots that as soon as you see it you know it's going to work :-)
Wow, love it :-)
EXCELLENT comp, the red and silver/gray are so cool...nice shot
Your photos are great! I'm also interested, though, in whether you've been able to get publish-on to work properly. I noticed your comment on the MT Plugin page that any "future" post is published as soon as the cron job runs, regardless of the date of the post. I'm having the same trouble. Have you figured out a solution?