Double Decker

Double Decker Original Photo

Double Decker HDR

House in Hyde Park

House in Hyde Park Original Photo

House in Hyde Park HDR

Hyde Park

Hyde Park Original Photo

Hyde Park HDR

London Underground

London Underground Original Photo

London Underground HDR

Victoria Square

Victoria Square Original Photo

Victoria Square HDR

Waterloo Station

Waterloo Station Original Photo

Waterloo Station HDR

” Sorry, login failed. Error message from Twitter: Rate limit exceeded. Clients may not make more than 150 requests per hour.” .

So I upgraded WP to 2.9.1 , reinstalled the plugin and tried again …. with no luck . I Googled the message and found out that I wasn’t the only one with this problem. Those solutions didn’t work so I uninstalled the plugin (again) and tried an earlier version . This didn’t work either . I started looking for other solutions . This one didn’t work because of my server’s settings , but I found CSS Trick’s “Build your own Social Home” post. They’ve used Twitter’s API and a bit of JSON to load and display tweets on the page.

This is the code I use to display tweets on my home page . It’s basically the same , with some small changes.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
		$.getJSON('http://twitter.com/status/user_timeline/iacobionut.json?count=2&callback=?', function(data){
		$.each(data, function(index, item){
			$('#twitter-home').append('<div class="tweet"><p>' + item.text.linkify() + '</p><p><em>' + relative_time(item.created_at) + '</em></p></div>');
		});

	});
function relative_time(time_value) {
	  var values = time_value.split(" ");
	  time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3];
	  var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
	  var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
	  var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);
	  delta = delta + (relative_to.getTimezoneOffset() * 60);

	  var r = '';
	  if (delta < 60) {
		r = 'a minute ago';
	  } else if(delta < 120) {
		r = 'couple of minutes ago';
	  } else if(delta < (45*60)) {
		r = (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago';
	  } else if(delta < (90*60)) {
		r = 'an hour ago';
	  } else if(delta < (24*60*60)) {
		r = '' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago';
	  } else if(delta < (48*60*60)) {
		r = '1 day ago';
	  } else {
		r = (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago';
	  }

	  return r;
	}

	String.prototype.linkify = function() {
		return this.replace(/[A-Za-z]+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+/, function(m) {
			return m.link(m);
		});
	};

});
</script>

I still have no idea why Twitter Tools doesn’t work , but this solution is really easy to use if you have the same problem.

My first impressions were great :

• Good , sharp photos using the kit lens
• The Anti Shake feature is great for beginners like me
• Decent photos in low-light situations

The only thing I didn’t like is that it’s pretty heavy . Carrying around my neck for 8 hours a day wasn’t that good but I got used to it .

Trip to London – First HDR Photos

About 10 days after I bought the camera, I went to London (lovely city btw) for a week long trip.I didn’t really had the time to play around with it before the trip, so it was the first real test for me. Bear in mind that I had absolutely no previous training . Click to enlarge.

London Eye

London Eye Original Photo

London Eye HDR

Thames Barrier

Thames Barrier Original

Thames Barrier HDR

Big Ben

Big Ben Original Photo

Big Ben HDR

Boy in Kensington Gardens

Boy in Kensington Gardens Original Photo

Boy in Kensington Gardens HDR

Westminster Bridge

Westminster Bridge Original Photo

Westminster Bridge HDR

Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum Original Photo

Natural History Museum HDR

Useful Resources

• A world in HDR Book
• Andrzej Dragan HDR tutorial
• HDR Guide – Vanilla Days
• 35 Expressive Examples of Stunning HDR Photography
• HDR/Photomatix tutorial

1. Exporting the database – Phpmyadmin

Enter Phpmyadmin and select your database.

Select the Export tab

Tick Add DROP TABLE/VIEW/PROCEDURE/FUNCTION . Make sure all the tables and SQL are selected . Tick “Save as file” . Click “GO” and you’re done with the first part.

Open the file (*.sql) with Notepad (or any other text editor) . Replace all local URLs ( http://localhost ) with you new domain name (e.g. http://www.mysite.com ). After you’re done , save the file.

2. Upload the Wordpress folder to your server

3. Importing the database

Log in to Phpmyadmin on your server and select the Import Tab. Click Browse , select the database file (*.sql) from your HDD and click GO.

4. Changing WP Settings

Edit wp-config.php and change these following lines.

Done.

Problems you may encounter .

One problem I found after I imported the database was that I couldn’t upload images from the Dashboard to the “Upload” folder. To solve this , log in to phpmyadmin on your server. Select the newly imported database .
Select the wp_options table and click Browse.

Search for the option_name called upload_path (I found it on the second page)

Select it and click Change (the little Pencil icon)

Enter the Full path to your “Uploads” folder and click GO.

And you’re done.

by SeedVibe Design

Fuse

by Doug Cloud

by JS3 Designs

by Light Plague

Other resources :

• 50 Creative Business Cards of 50 Graphic Designers
• 26 Business Cards of Graphic & Web Designers on Twitter
• 70 Amazing Business Cards
• Business Cards Flickr Pool

Moving on , I want to announce a new WP Theme I’m working on . It’s called PhotoSnap and , as you’ve guessed , it’s a theme designed for photography blogs . I can’t say exactly when it’s gonna be ready , but expect it to be online and available for download sometime next month .