Lit Network Photoalbum.

[kathycf]

Hey Kat, so you're more than just a computer boffin
you're a gorgeous computer boffin!! *shouts at the top his lungs* THERE IS A GOD!

Yay!

[Virgil]

What is a computer boffin? I've never heard the term.

[kathycf]

Hmm, I took it to mean like a computer geek type of thing. OZ?

[Schokokeks]

What is a computer boffin? I've never heard the term.

Oops, I read "computer muffin . Sorry, Kathy .

[kathycf]

Oops, I read "computer muffin . Sorry, Kathy .

Oh so you think this is the real me?

[Janine]

Thank you to all the brave souls who posted a photo. I love looking at you and seeing faces - behind the words and thoughts and poems and Haikus...really fun! I promise to post a photo soon, but I am a nervous wreck. I always hate my photos. I am hunting through my files to find something that won't scare everyone! It is hard competing with all these beautiful people. Really I mean that part...young and pretty. I am 56 and trying to maintain my youth.
OK, if you twist my arm I may do it. But there won't be a big dog licking my lips like some people post or funky muffins


PS: how do I post it without it turning out to be huge like some people have done? I don't want you to see every wrinkle and pore on my face....

[kathycf]

Hi Janine. You can edit your picture for size using an image editor or even the paint program included with windows. (if you are using windows, I guess). I use Irfanview, a free image editing program.

Just so you know, those aren't called wrinkles, they are character lines.

[Janine]

I have Adobe Photo Deluxe on my hard-drive, but I just tried to post a photo on another thread uploading it from my computer directly - one I took of a flower in my garden. Ok, I fixed the photo and sized it down, but it still must have been over 100KB. It got small, also. It would not post. How do I get it to be under the file size without losing all of the detail?

Can you use a URL from Yahoo pictures or Snapfish?

Thanks Kathycf, I like to think of them as "character lines", too. Actually I don't really have many of them - I am lucky that way. Well perserved I suppose.

[kathycf]

You would probably need to check the policies at those sites about linking to hosted images, but I think you could use their url for your image if it is hosted there. Just enclose the url with the "img" tags (the little picture when you make your post...looks like a yellow mountain type thing) If the image is large you could always do a thumbnail of it. The code to use would then look like this:



Just to remember to enclose code with the " [ " symbol as in the example pic (near the quotation marks on your keyboard) and not the parenthesis mark. (did I spell that right? )

I am not familiar with Photo deluxe, so I am not sure. I use the "resize/resample" option in Irfanview and it seems to preserve the quality pretty well. The only thing about that is it does tend to make the file size larger (but not the image size) but that is easily remedied by opening the image in MS paint and then saving it again. Maybe if one of the other forum members knows about that program they could help you with that.

[OZEED]

Hmm, I took it to mean like a computer geek type of thing. OZ?

Thats right Kath, I find it quite interesting that Virg did not know what that slang meant, I always thought BOFFIN was a very universal slang.

This gives me a great idea for a thread I'd love to start on the general page.
Oooooh, I love linguistics.

[OZEED]

Btw, you certainly are a computer boffin, do you remember when I first joined here, and I didn't have the foggiest idea on how to post a pic, even after reading your link and had to PM you, I was so embarrassed.....but now, thanks to you my second name might as well be PICTURE POSTER.

[Laindessiel]

Hey, I didn't know what "boffin" meant either until now! And I hope I could have "Picture Poster" as my middle name too. ;D

[Laindessiel]

Thank you to all the brave souls who posted a photo. I love looking at you and seeing faces - behind the words and thoughts and poems and Haikus...really fun! I promise to post a photo soon, but I am a nervous wreck. I always hate my photos. I am hunting through my files to find something that won't scare everyone! It is hard competing with all these beautiful people. Really I mean that part...young and pretty. I am 56 and trying to maintain my youth.
OK, if you twist my arm I may do it. But there won't be a big dog licking my lips like some people post or funky muffins

Hey, age means wisdom and I count them as inspirations in life! And everyone is beautiful, Ms. Janine, you don't have to worry about those darned negative physical things going on in your skin. You are beautiful!

[Janine]

Hey, age means wisdom and I count them as inspirations in life! And everyone is beautiful, Ms. Janine, you don't have to worry about those darned negative physical things going on in your skin. You are beautiful!

People tell me I have lovely skin actually, but I say "makeup". Anyway thanks for saying I was beautiful. That made my night! You must look past the physical and see me mentally beautiful, since I have not posted a photo yet. How sweet of you! Your new Avatar has left me speechless - like "what?" Definitely eye-catching. Anyone we know? Is that you really in your Profile page. If so you are very beautiful yourself!

[kathycf]

Lain, what did you do to your avatar?! You certainly are very pretty.
Janice, I am biased but to me anybody who loves to read has got to be beautiful, no matter what their "cover" happens to look like. I think that is how Lain knew that you were beautiful.

Btw, you certainly are a computer boffin, do you remember when I first joined here, and I didn't have the foggiest idea on how to post a pic, even after reading your link and had to PM you, I was so embarrassed.....but now, thanks to you my second name might as well be PICTURE POSTER.

Aw, nothing to be embarrased about. Pictures are fun! Actually I didn't know what boffin meant either, but the geek analogy seemed the likeliest thing to me. (and I agree, linguistics are fun too! )