[R-390] FYI group - Easily adding pictures to posts and a quick tour of Skycraft

Mon Feb 28 15:57:59 EST 2005

Cool pics John, reminds me of Murphy's Surplus on the
Left coast. By any chance did you get any pictures of
the inside of the UFO...always interested in alien
technology.

de WA1QHQ
--- John KA1XC <tetrode at comcast.net> wrote:

> With the popularity of digital photography there are
> now quite a number of
> on-line photo storage sites, and some of these allow
> "hot-linking" which
> means that you can access the picture from outside
> their site and use it for
> anything you want such as message boards, auction
> sites, emails, etc.
> 
> A number of these sites are free, and all you need
> is your web browser and a
> pic on your hard drive to click on and that is it!
> It doesn't require having a web page, web space, or
> using an FTP program to
> upload. And even if you have a web page it's a good
> way to post some quick
> pics of interest and not have your site crash
> because 600+ people have
> flocked to it as soon as you've posted the URL and
> are surfing all over it.
> There really isn't a catch, the free hosting is
> simply a lure to attract you
> to higher levels of (pay) service which provide for
> file management, better
> hosting etc. On some sites there might be a pop-up
> ad for viewers but in
> general I've found there are not.
> 
> A google search will provide many sites to check
> out, but one I'm familiar
> with is ImageShack at http://imageshack.us/
> To use it, go to the site and click the browse
> button to browse for the pic
> on your hard drive that you want, click it, and then
> click the "host it"
> button.
> 
> It then uploads your pic and provides you with a
> list of  links to use
> depending on the kind of forum you are posting to.
> For the purposes of this reflector, choose the
> "Direct link to image" link
> at the bottom of the page and just copy and paste
> that link into the message
> you are sending to the list. All done!  This is now
> a direct link to the
> picture, full size.
> (Or you can also use the link in the "Show picture
> to friends" box which
> will frame the pic in a web page and resize the pic
> to fit in the viewers
> browser window if necessary.)
> 
> If you want to test the link simply copy and paste
> it into your web browser
> and it should come right up. Don't loose the link to
> the picture before you
> use it as you will not be able to retrieve it
> without the URL and you'll
> have to start over. Once uploaded it will remain on
> their server forever
> unless you sign up for one of the higher level
> services which will allow you
> to delete it, but this isn't necessary.
> 
> Here's some example pics, they are related to the
> previous thread about the
> MB connectors and Skycraft in Orlando, FL taken in
> Jan 2004. I'm a photo bug
> and snap lots of pics on vacation (jpg files are
> free!). My camera is a 4 mp
> Nikon Coolpix 4500, and the pics have been reduced
> to 45% of original size
> and also recompressed to make for much smaller file
> size. Some of the inside
> pics are a little off-color, I think I was so amazed
> at the place when I
> walked in that I took a bunch of pics before
> remembering to adjust the white
> balance for fluorescent lighting. Sure would be nice
> to be down there again,
> yet another snow storm is on its way to metro-Boston
> with 6-12" expected
> :^(
> 
> Here we go.......
> 
> The Skycraft parking lot views...
> Lots of racks. Inside one of the big boxes were some
> surplus tank seats!
> http://img198.exs.cx/img198/9017/skycraft018qv.jpg
> 
> here is the same pic but using the alternative link
> I mentioned to frame and
> resize it in a page,
> clicking that image will make it go full size.......
>
http://img198.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img198&image=skycraft018qv.jpg
> 
> 
> the road sign.......
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/5443/skycraft027jd.jpg
> 
> and the rooftop UFO...
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/2967/skycraft032yr.jpg
> 
> 
> Inside....
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/930/skycraft044cx.jpg
> 
> big-ass variacs...
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/7334/skycraft058ug.jpg
> 
> springs and things....
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/5484/skycraft067hv.jpg
> 
> parts, parts, and mo' parts...
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/848/skycraft075fo.jpg
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/881/skycraft089nz.jpg
> 
> the infamous box of  MB connectors....
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/941/skycraft099pw.jpg
> 
> gold plated copper sheet!.........
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/6272/skycraft102qz.jpg
> 
> the coax section.....
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/3223/skycraft114rd.jpg
> 
> the metal section........
> http://img184.exs.cx/img184/6572/skycraft121tt.jpg
> 
> Seeing these pics again reminds me how bad it feels
> to have a great place
> like this NOT within easy driving range.
> 
> Hope you enjoyed the tour and that this info is of
> use; it'd be cool to see
> some images here. Let's see that 390 in progress,
> those leaky caps, your
> handsome or not so handsome mug, or a schematic of
> something!
> 
> 73,
> John
> 
> 
> 
>
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