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Free Zooomer Accounts

Zooomer is a photo sharing site built off the same APIs as Flickr, but is being much more aggressive at adding features. They are now giving away free pro accounts to bloggers, all one has to do is post a picture from Zooomer (as I have below).

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I already paid for a 2 years of pro accounts on Flickr, should I switch?

[Update] Doesn’t look like I will be switching, Zooomer only allows bloggers that own their own domain to sign up for a free account, when I put my blog in I get the message, “Uh-Oh! The blog url that you gave us belongs to another member on Zooomr!”

[Update] OK so I over reacted. I needed to post a pic from my account, not just any old pic. My bad, sorry Zooomer. SO Here’s a picture I uploaded.

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X Prize Cup Countdown Event

It was a cold and rainy day in Albuquerque on Sunday. Las Cruces wasn’t much better. Having drove from Arizona the day before, i wasn’t in a mood for another drive. I eventually got my act together and made it to the event by 3 PM. It cost $6 to get in and about $80 in gas to drive there.

Don’t be fooled by the name of the Las Cruces International Airport. It’s a dinky little airport and they were able to completely close it down for this event. They had us park several miles down the highway at the fairgrounds and bussed us to the airport. The area was set up like a fair, with some dubious businesses in the tents. This makes me think this is for real and private space flight will happen for sure.

I missed Armadillo Areospace’s launch of their craft. Despite the 20 mph winds, they were able to launch and control the craft. However on landing it 2 of it’s 3 feet landed off the landing pad and it tipped over. It didn’t explode but was damaged. Carmack and crew were out in the crowd showing off bits and pieces of their rocket. It’s an impressive machine for sure, they are clearly thinking out of the box with their design.

I did get to see XCOR Aerospace fly their rocketplane, which I have on video. It’s a impressive little craft and was flown as if there was no wind. There was lots of wind, the fact that it was blowing parallel with the runway helped.

Starchaser showed off it’s rocked engine. I think it blew up after it was ignited since there was a big boom, but there was no announcement either way.

When I was leaving the event about 5, they only had 2X and 3X t-shirts. Have I mentioned the wind yet, the winds had picked up quite a bit by this time. There’s nothing like 50 mph blowing sand getting in every orifice of your body. I had a handful of sand in my pockets!

I have pictures of the event on Flickr, and will post a video at some point.

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2005 SuperNationals

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169 photos from the 2005 Supernationals taken on 1/30/2005. I’m getting better with the camera, increased the exposure a bit too much so some of these are a little blurry. Overall I feel they came out better than the photos I took at the 2004 Supernationals. These photos are available at flickr (2005 Supernationals set) or watch the slideshow below.

http://www.flickr.com/slideShow/index.gne?group_id=&user_id=74806935@N00&set_id=72057594058615576&text=

The title of these photos are: Waiting to get into the 2005 supernationals, Hot Wheels Car, 1955 Chevy Pickup – Darrell & Tim Cimbanin, 1955 Chevy Pickup – Darrell & Tim Cimbanin, Motorcycles, 1964 Plymouth Road Runner, 1964 Plymouth Road Runner, 1955 Chevy – Jim & Barbara Canress, 1964 GTO, 1927 Ford Roadster – Ted & Betty Peirce, 1970 Chevy Truck, 1968 Chevy Camaro, 1957 Willys Jeep FC 180 – Troy & Michelle Fry, 1957 Willys Jeep FC 180 – Troy & Michelle Fry, 1957 Willys Jeep FC 180 – Troy & Michelle Fry, 1936 Chevrolet Standard Coach – Berry & Cheryl Lardsburg, 1936 Chevrolet Standard Coach – Berry & Cheryl Lardsburg, 1941 Willy’s Coupe – Mark Manly, 1941 Willy’s Coupe – Mark Manly, 1968 Chevy Camaro – Robert Martinez, 1913(?) Ford Hearse, 1913(?) Ford Hearse, 1913(?) Ford Hearse, 1932 Ford Roadster – Ron Ginn, 1932 Ford Roadster – Ron Ginn, 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery – Jim & Ann Nelson, 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery – Jim & Ann Nelson, 2002 Texas Chopper – Danny Hathaway, 1972 Chevyrolet Suburban – Porfie Maldanado, 1967 Camaro RS – George Bustamante, Ford new car booth, exciting stuff, Ford GT, Ford GT, 1972 Chevy Pickup, 1972 Chevy Pickup, 1972 Chevy Pickup, 1996 Toyota 4Runner, 1932 Ford frame & engine – Paul Blass, 1968 Chevy Camaro – Terry Card, 1968 Chevy Camaro – Terry Card, 1956 Chevy Hard Top – Richard Chavez, 1956 Chevy Hard Top – Richard Chavez, 1971 Chevy Nova – Vicky Marihugh, 1951 Mercury, 1951 Mercury, 1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan – Rich & Paige Hdell, 1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan – Rich & Paige Hdell, 1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan – Rich & Paige Hdell, Custom Motorcylce, 1957 Chevy Belair – Albert Benavides, 1957 Chevy Belair – Albert Benavides, 1964 Chevy Chevette – Albert Benavides, 1958 Chevy Truck – Bill Terrazas, 1958 Chevy Truck – Bill Terrazas, 2003 Campagne T-Rex – Bruce Loughridge, 2003 Campagne T-Rex – Bruce Loughridge, 1966 Chevy Nova "Johnny Rocket", I1966 Chevy Nova "Johnny Rocket", 1966 Chevy Nova "Johnny Rocket", 1966 Chevy Nova "Johnny Rocket", 1968 Chevy Truck – Eddie Aterio, 1968 Chevy Chevelle, 1972 Ford Mustang Mach1 – Jim Martinez, 1972 Ford Mustang Mach1 – Jim Martinez, 1955 Ford F100 – Lee Laner, IMG_4896.JPG, Mustang, Mustang, 1961 Chevy Wagon, 1961 Chevy Wagon, 1967 Ford F-100 1/2 Ton – Jim McCoy, 1967 Ford F-100 1/2 Ton – Jim McCoy, 1939 Ford Cabriolet, 1939 Ford Cabriolet, Tri-cycle, 1968 Chevy Camaro – Joseph Ortiz, 1959 Chevy Suburban, 1959 Chevy Suburban, 1969 Chevy Camaro – David & Jacob Graston, IMG_4881.JPG, 1969 Dodge Dart GTS – Bob Chavez, 1969 Dodge Dart GTS – Bob Chavez, 1929 Ford "A" – Wayne & Bonny Holly, 1957 Chevy Sport Coupe, 1976 Honda Civic 1500 – Bob O’Connell, 1976 Honda Civic 1500 – Bob O’Connell, 1976 Honda Civic 1500 – Bob O’Connell, 1954 Chevy – Amy Sanford, 1955 Pontiac Star Cheif – Richard & Debbie Figved, IMG_4865.JPG, GTX Hemi, GTX Hemi, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, 1970 Plymouth Barracuda, IMG_4858.JPG, IMG_4857.JPG, IMG_4856.JPG, IMG_4855.JPG, IMG_4854.JPG, IMG_4853.JPG, IMG_4852.JPG, IMG_4851.JPG, IMG_4850.JPG, IMG_4849.JPG, IMG_4848.JPG, IMG_4847.JPG, IMG_4846.JPG, IMG_4845.JPG, IMG_4844.JPG, IMG_4843.JPG, IMG_4842.JPG, IMG_4841.JPG, IMG_4840.JPG, IMG_4839.JPG, IMG_4838.JPG, IMG_4837.JPG, IMG_4836.JPG, IMG_4835.JPG, IMG_4834.JPG, IMG_4833.JPG, IMG_4832.JPG, IMG_4831.JPG, IMG_4830.JPG, IMG_4829.JPG, IMG_4828.JPG, IMG_4827.JPG, IMG_4826.JPG, IMG_4825.JPG, IMG_4824.JPG, IMG_4823.JPG, IMG_4822.JPG, IMG_4821.JPG, IMG_4820.JPG, IMG_4819.JPG, IMG_4818.JPG, IMG_4817.JPG, IMG_4816.JPG, IMG_4815.JPG, IMG_4814.JPG, IMG_4813.JPG, IMG_4812.JPG, IMG_4811.JPG, IMG_4810.JPG, IMG_4809.JPG, IMG_4808.JPG, IMG_4807.JPG, IMG_4806.JPG, IMG_4805.JPG, IMG_4804.JPG, IMG_4803.JPG, IMG_4802.JPG, IMG_4801.JPG, IMG_4800.JPG, 3 buidlings worth of cars, IMG_4798.JPG, IMG_4797.JPG, IMG_4796.JPG, IMG_4795.JPG, IMG_4794.JPG, IMG_4793.JPG, 1932 Ford, 1932 Ford, 1971 Ford Ranchero, 1965 Chevy El Camino – Darrel Yottn, 1965 Chevy El Camino – Darrel Yottn, 1965 Chevy El Camino – Darrel Yottn, 1965 Chevy El Camino – Darrel Yottn, IMG_4781.JPG, IMG_4780.JPG