Keyword: new home

Yes, like most other flickr refugees, I'm setting up a new home on ipernity because I don't like the changes flickr has made or the way they were implemented. Yes, ipernity is a lot like the 'old' flickr and perhaps that is why it has attracted so many of us. But it is not flickr, and I hope never will be. I hope the site won't become a victim of its own success and be made an offer it can't refuse from some faceless corporate entity. What I like about ipernity so far This blogging f…

I'm starting to feel at home here already! Going back to flickr, as I still do while I'm sorting things out there, feels like a visit to an alien planet. Discovered two more random faves on oldish photos last time I was there. Again from a newly signed up member with a twee coloured camera icon (yuk, the sort of thing you'd buy a 2 year-old!) but no pics at all, which is at least better than the porn... Yet another addition to the block list. It will be nice to leave all that behind me soon.…

After "moving" in here at ipernity I now managed to transfer the first few pictures from flickr. And I even started "decorating" the "house" by creating the first albums so I can get a similar structure in my stream as I had over at flickr. Please bear with me while I am still busy to transfer my pix from flickr to ipernity and not all pictures have the same and/or all tags right away. I am working on that. Thanks for your patience, I hope you enjoy the photos anyway if you haven't done so befor…

Funny thing, a few days ago I hadn't even heard about this place called ipernity and now I am sort of moving in this new "house" from my old home over at flickr. But what happened? Since mid may I was cut off from internet by my dutch provider KPN. It took them until last Friday to at least reinstate my internet access on a temporary basis while they try to re-establish my old connection. During my three month absence from the internet something happened over at flickr, the place where I felt…