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Flickr Journal

Reply to What are the plans, boss? September 15, 2009
Myopic Midnight Special / Joseph Dunphy posted a reply: The pool already has its first image, though the system doesn't seem convinced of this. See the second image in the pool for further explanation.
What are the plans, boss? September 15, 2009
Myopic Midnight Special / Joseph Dunphy posted a new topic: Don't you love it when somebody addresses himself in the second person? Wondering if that's worse than doing so in the third? OK, here's the plan. The initial shots are technically, not going to be the best. The focus of my blog is going to be life during that time from when the sky s […]

DeviantArt Favorites

VICTORIAN LADY February 27, 2012
OIL/CANVAS36"X48"
Morning glory ... September 21, 2009
UPDATED I look through my old files lately and i find that one, which is very similar to one that was here before, but previously i didn't notice that little light smudge on the sky on this particular shot. I'm not sure what it is, first I thought it was just a jet or aeroplane of some sort. But that smudge appear only on that one photo, and I shoo […]
Intuition November 26, 2010
UF5
Big Ben August 4, 2008
Buy This Print!This photo is available to purchase in different print formats including framed, block-mounted and cards from RedBubble hereYes, technically this is not Big Ben, it's the clock tower of Westminster (as Big Ben is actually the bell) - but in keeping with my very unoriginal titles, I went with the most obvious
sirkeci gar_02 June 22, 2009
Istanbul Sirkeci railway station
beyazit camii May 19, 2010
Bizans devrinin en büyük meydanı olan Forum Theododsiacum veya Tauri Forumunun bulunduğu yerde, Beyazıt Meydanına ismini veren, Fatih Külliyesinden sonra ikinci büyük külliye olan II. Beyazıt Külliyesinin yapımına, kapı kitabesinden öğrenildiğine göre1500 yılında başlanmış, 1505 y […]
...Lodz again... August 2, 2010
...Lodz...Poland...
...Lodz 11... November 18, 2010
...Lodz 11...Poland...

Flickr Favorites

watertowers December 24, 2004
niznoz posted a photo:
Bolt March 7, 2008
taek2846 posted a photo:
P3151363 March 16, 2008
taek2846 posted a photo: Old Zoar Bridge
Boiling April 5, 2008
taek2846 posted a photo:
Silhouette July 3, 2008
taek2846 posted a photo:
Silhouette January 15, 2009
taek2846 posted a photo:
Caffine buzz January 17, 2009
taek2846 posted a photo: Ever felt this way ?
_1177248 January 17, 2009
taek2846 posted a photo: 7:30 am, 15 below according to the radio, could not decide which exposure i liked best so....all three made it. Winter sky has it's own look
_1177251 January 17, 2009
taek2846 posted a photo: 7:30 am, 15 below according to the radio, could not decide which exposure i liked best so....all three made it. Winter sky has it's own look
_4257875 April 26, 2009
taek2846 posted a photo: Jet trail sets off

Typepad Comment Stream

Myopic Midnight Special / Joseph Dunphy commented on 'Taste of Chicago has to be all about the food, but needs to improve its efforts' May 27, 2011
"And perhaps some of the jaded mentality stems from those who live here who see the same booths year after year." Personally, I'd say that the "jaded mentality" of which you speak stems from the fact that the Taste offers little than fast food at high prices. It's been much ado about nothing for years, and people are finally adm […]

The Disqus comment feed is grossly malformed, and yes, I have spoken with what passes for Support at Disqus about that. All that they were willing to do was make something akin to a canned sales pitch for an unrelated product which they were trying to move. Truly pathetic.

What you'll need to do, once you arrive at the other end of one of the links in the feed, is trim off everything between the single quote and the close paranthese to the left of the hash mark (#), and then go to the resulting url. That, and uninstall Disqus from your own blogs, to spare your own visitors this kind of nonsense.

Disqus Comment Stream

Re: Myopic Midnight Special / Reposting of Disqus Comments: The Numbers of Disqus | The Mysteries Continue June 1, 2011
Posted to the Disqus Company blog, in response to Tyler Hayes comment on the Numbers of Disqus post, changing the subject as he replied to this comment of mine about the breakdown of the comment feeds on Disqus: What a very long way for us to have to go for you to still not get it. Or pretend that you're not getting it. Hard to be sure which. "We r […]
Re: The Numbers of Disqus | Disqus: The Official Blog June 1, 2011
What a very long way for us to have to go for you to still not get it. Or pretend that you're not getting it. Hard to be sure which. "We removed the profile link from all Google profiles since we discovered that there was no way to pull in the correct link for the majority of profiles." Yes. there. is. Let the user have the freedom to enter th […]
Re: The Numbers of Disqus | Disqus: The Official Blog May 31, 2011
I've since heard back from the people in Support, who weren't in the least way helpful. I've since had to post this piece of advice to visitors to my pages, when running the Disqus feed "The Disqus feed is grossly malformed, the links taking you to urls that not only don't correspond to real locations, but which probably couldn' […]
Re: Myopic Midnight Special / Reposting of Disqus Comments: Comment I posted to The Numbers of Disqus | Disqus: The Official Blog May 22, 2011
The post, which I have backed up on Blogger, just in case somebody should decide to resort to censorship, reads: In response to this post, I wrote ... Uh, huh. Before you start releasing new features, how about fixing the pre-existing features that are already broken? Like the one that supposedly allows one to link from one's Disqus profile, to one of a […]
Re: Myopic Midnight Special / Reposting of Disqus Comments: Comment I posted to The Numbers of Disqus | Disqus: The Official Blog May 20, 2011
A comment I posted to the Disqus company blog article "The Numbers of Disqus" can be found here. Summary of comment: Disqus needs to lose a little of the exuberance, and start fixing the features they already have, some of which are working very poorly, before they start talking about new features.
Re: The Numbers of Disqus | Disqus: The Official Blog May 19, 2011
Uh, huh. Before you start releasing new features, how about fixing the pre-existing features that are already broken? Like the one that supposedly allows one to link from one's Disqus profile, to one of a limited number of other locations where one might have a presence, such as one's Google profile. I invite anybody reading this to go take a look […]

Monday Never Comes: Joseph Dunphy’s Soapbox

Star Simpson's first interview on the Boston airport LED sweatshirt scare November 4, 2008
Following up on A little reality intruding on the spin: The Star Simpson Incident: I recently came across this video on BoingBoing. A few commercials come before the interview ...... which is memorable. Let's take a good look at the "lump of putty" the Massachussetts state police reported seeing in Ms. Simpson's hands, one which she says […]
WikiCafe: Can you say "hypocrisy"? August 9, 2008
Metacafe is one of Youtube's competitors, a video hosting service that is a distant second to Youtube in popularity (if even that), which is perhaps best known for the number of women one can see naked on it without needing to log in. Having thus distinguished itself in one way, Metacafe decided to stand out in another, a few months ago. It decided to b […]
I did not know that! May 4, 2008
I discovered something remarkable today. For all of these ... months ... I've been under the misguided impression that I was living in and blogging from Chicago, when, in fact, I've been in Southern India the whole time. Why, you could have knocked me over with a feather, but Alexa couldn't possibly be wrong, could it? Let's take a look a […]
Blink and you'll miss it February 29, 2008
A first, as far as I know - a link to an image in my gallery at Flickr, from somebody else. Somebody at "Schmap" wrote to me and asked me if I would object to their inclusion of a thumbnail of the photo you see below, along with a linkback, in the fourth edition of their Chicago neighborhood guide.Of course, I was very happy to say yes, and you can […]
Delayed Bayer Recall Story February 16, 2008
Referring to: this article.Having never heard of this drug or this study, I asked a retired physician in my family what he thought of both. While he wasn't familiar with either, he did raise a question. While one might, perhaps, see a reason why Bayer would, were this report accurate, want to keep the public in the dark about any corporate misdeeds, why […]

The Urban Backpacker’s Quarterly

A lesson from today's fire June 21, 2010
Note: I'll proofread this and fix the tenses tomorrow. I get up at before sunrise, so this is quite late for me.-----As I came back from my hike today, about 2 1/2 hours ago, I noticed that I was hearing a lot of sirens, more than I had ever heard before. Far more. Not being in the Fire Department, nor seeing any flames coming out of my building, I deci […]
So I need to start playing more country? January 3, 2008
Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Serenity (Firefly)You like to live your own way and don't enjoy when anyone but a friend tries to tell you should do different. Now if only the Reavers would quit trying to skin you. Serenity (Firefly) 81%Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 81%Galactica (Battlestar: Ga […]
Some more photomanipulation December 7, 2007
Another piece, one that I'll play around with a little more, from my gallery space on DeviantArt. Let's call this one of the gifts of poverty. Maybe.What I would really like, among so many other things many of which I would like even more, is access to a darkroom, but I can't afford that, so I have to rely on Osco, which means assembly line se […]
The old place at Yahoo 360 October 26, 2007
In case anybody should later find himself wondering what a 360 blog used to look like, since they seem to be on their way out right now, clicking onto the following screen shots of my old place (Joseph Dunphy's Soapbox at its original location on Yahoo 360) might help satisfy a little curiosity. Screenshots - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 If you'd like t […]
Pincushion of the week August 1, 2007
I started an add-on to my previous post with the words "On an unrelated note, let's ponder with wonder and amazement the fact that this managed to become a featured video on Youtube. Slow week, boys?", thinking that there was too little going on to justify devoting an entire post to this. How wrong I was, but this certainly isn't the firs […]

My homelist

Probably Futile Attempt at MyBlogLog Claim Post July 2, 2008
Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification
The Void: New Page at StumbleUpon March 6, 2008
This is a sort-of blog I've set up at StumbleUpon, at http://josephdunphy.stumbleupon.com/ with a companion at http://people.tribe.net/joseph-dunphy/blog It is
Re: Found on ePlaya: Weird and Scary January 22, 2008
... Today's Burning Man, at least. The one I saw in 2001 was a much different creation, but times have changed and in this case, definitely not for the better
Your Yahoo membership: A possible heads-up January 1, 2008
Hi, guys. I know that this administrative stuff gets dull, but somebody raised a point that might be of concern to some of you. In a short while, Yahoo 360 is
Oh, and I do have a few blogs ... April 11, 2007
... which should be a little more interesting to read as summer begins. Right now, what is there to write about? I'm putting up the last of the winter fruit

Joe Dunphy’s Ring Management List

Re: I want to join the ring Blogs Leaning Slightly to the Center eve September 25, 2009
Sorry about the wait. I was out enjoying my summer, and didn't completely up to date on my e-mail. You're welcome to join. I've opened the ring. Just put the
I want to join the ring Blogs Leaning Slightly to the Center even th September 10, 2009
because I am in the center already. I have only been blogging for a little while, though, and fairly exclusively on a topic on which do lean a bit. I am
Probably Futile MyBlogLog Claim Post July 2, 2008
Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification
Re: The Bicycling Guitarist June 22, 2007
... Oh...I have a system where each page of my web site has a unique web ring according to its topic. There are already three webrings on my home page, and
Re: The Bicycling Guitarist June 22, 2007
... Glad to let you in, though I would ask you to put the main page for your site on the ring instead of the individual song, because otherwise visitors might

Hiding in Plain Site – My blog, formerly at Imeem

Where are we, today? / Supplicants / Preface, Part One March 17, 2011
Take that title as a warning - those who don't read the preface of books won't care for this post. I probably wouldn't read it, myself, if I hadn't written it. But if you're the sort of person who likes to know what somebody is up to as he's writing something, then maybe you'll enjoy this. If so, I'm flattered by your […]
It's about time / Livejournal / January 07, 2011, 06:21 am January 8, 2011
Which South Park Character am I? January 8, 2011
Was it even a question ...Which South Park character are you??? PICS!created with QuizFarm.comYou scored as KyleYou are Kyle. You have a deep sense of right and wrong and will fight for justice and stand up to just about anyone for what you think is right, well...except your parents. You have a great best friend that you cherish. Just don't obsess about […]
Chicago Parks and Gardens starting up / Imeem Dec 05, 2007 at 1:58 AM January 8, 2011
It's a page I have elsewhere that I'm finally adding some content to, hence this generally out of place image, which links to that location: The subject matter of the images on this site will be quite different.
First Pointless Post / Imeem, Nov 13, 2007 at 8:32 PM January 8, 2011
Have you seen this, already? If so, "this link should get you to your ring, the code for those rings following below, because total webring ring navigability rocks my world. Until recently, this was a very simple post, reading"Just setting up. Yes, I'm this guy."the words "this guy" linking to one of my other journals. This was […]

Cocktails Before Dawn – My Fiction Blog on Tumblr

Setting the Stage: Welcome to Streeterton, Illinois September 28, 2008
Streeterton is a northeastern suburb of Chicago, located 29 miles from Madison and State, a quaintly peaceful and surprisingly prosperous little town primarily noted for the infrequency with which it is noticed, its tranquility broken by little other than a series of much praised and occasionally attended festivals of the arts that dot its year. Long known a […]
Still deciding ... June 27, 2008
Even under a cloud cap, I’m wasting precious daylight indoors, so I’m in a hurry to go, but Tumblr seems to want me to post something. Fine. I’ll post something. There are some social networking site providers that have recently disappointed me, some much more than others. This site will become the successor to my site at one of them. I […]

Am Ha’aretz – Joseph Dunphy’s Place of Refuge at Multiply.com

MyBlogLog community for this blog August 31, 2009
If you'd like to be automatically informed of updates to this page, then sign up for this community. The bad news, if you wish to see it that way, is that you'll need a Yahoo membership to do
Am Ha'aretz / Joseph Dunphy's Place of Refuge at Multiply: Return to Your Ring March 7, 2009
If you entered my sites via a ring on Webring.com or some competiting ring hosting service and wish to return to your ring, then this is the link you
MyBlogLog Verification Post June 29, 2008
Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification
Renewal of Purpose June 24, 2008
Permanent Lockdown on Commenting June 12, 2008

My Reviews on Yelp

Yelp (1/5) on Yelp June 17, 2011
A while ago, I read that a number of businessmen said that they'd like to be able to append their own remarks to any review done of their businesses. "I don't doubt that you would", I thought to…
Yahoo! Local (1/5) on Yelp October 11, 2010
Virgile C writes:"I just looked at my own Yahoo! 360 profile and yes, the latest review displayed there is from 2006. But I think the problem is related to Yahoo! 360's transition to a new profile…
Yahoo! (1/5) on Yelp May 11, 2009
Let's make that one star, now that they're going to shut down Geocities, without having bothered to send any of its users any e-mail about this. Most of us, with sites on that service, found out by…
The Art Institute of Chicago (3/5) on Yelp May 10, 2009
The Institute no longer has a free day. It has raised its ticket prices, during an economic downturn, no less, when many have found themselves without work or the hope of finding it in the near…
Yelp (3/5) on Yelp April 12, 2009
I've read a little about the alleged extortion of restaurants by Yelp, and the alleged related censorship, and so (currently) rate this site with a noncommital three stars. It's my way of admitting…

Randomocracy / Why We Don’t Play Roulette (My Math Blog)

This is how it is November 10, 2010
This blog is going to be about Mathematics and its applications, and little (if anything) else. I have studied this subject at the graduate level, so yes, I do know whereof I speak. As the name suggests, I take a particular interest in Probability, so you’ll most likely be seeing a lot of that subject and of statistics, but other branches of Mathematic […]
Night Variations 3a / Posted to Livespaces November 9 November 10, 2010
Trying to get an image right over on DeviantArt:
A mildly interesting video / Posted to Livepace, December 17 November 10, 2010
This one is about a “kinetic artist” who builds wind powered robots. Not a lot of intellectual content, this one being more a hyping of the artist than a discussion of how his pieces work, but one gets to see what he is doing and it is different, even the style of the piece almost leaves one wondering if this was cut out of an automobile commerci […]
Starting / Posted to Livespace December 9 November 10, 2010
So far, I’m just establishing my presence in the lamest of ways, using a template, but this is an unusually attractive template. What is this blog going to be about, if it is going to be at all? Probably about Mathematics, mostly recreational but some serious.I reserve the right to change my mind on this.

Six Times / My Former Journal at Mog

Would be Sidewiki Post April 28, 2011
I recently tried to post the following comment in the Sidewiki page for Drone Zone on SomeFm. I think you will agree that this is hardly the nastiest commentary ever posted. No surprise there, I've been a fan of the channel for years. The post that my comment links to, links right back to Drone Zone, which is fitting because it is a post about Drone Zon […]
Welcome, welcome February 9, 2011
So, funny story. I have this sort of nightlife blog that I'm starting up, and one day, POOF! Just like magic, it completely disappears, even though it had nothing on it that could really offend much of anybody. "No problem", I think, "for I have backed up my work". Only for reasons known only to the evil gods of computer science, tho […]
Something that I'm playing around with somewhere else February 9, 2011
Yes, it's a photo. I was having fun with adobe, decided to post some of the fun to my site at DeviantArt and share a little of it here. If you'd like to see more, the link below will take you there and yes, this does make me a deviant. Don't judge me, man.Astor Toward Dusk by ~josephdunphy on deviantBack to music, as I ponder the 2st century p […]
Who is this guy / Posted to Mog 11/23/2007 February 9, 2011
Sometimes names aren't enough, especially when there are at least a few dozen people you know of who share it. I'm this Joseph Dunphy...... http://www.google.com/profiles/live.music.and.theatre not to be mistaken with the stockbroker, the basketball columnist, the organizer for one of the Communist parties in Chicago (I wonder if he's met the […]
SomaFm.com puts me to sleep ... February 9, 2011
... and that's a good thing, even though I'm guessing that just sounded like a slam. No, thinking about one channel ...... http://somafm.com/play/dronezone which I sometimes put on when I'm ready to go to sleep, very softly so it doesn't keep me up, and such interesting dreams I get doing that. It's a "Sounds of Space" like […]

Come Stalk Me on Twitter

joseph_dunphy: Not even any wasabi to wash away the disappointment. So, go easy on the poor creature, which is probably wondering what the fuss is about. July 8, 2010
joseph_dunphy: Not even any wasabi to wash away the disappointment. So, go easy on the poor creature, which is probably wondering what the fuss is about.
joseph_dunphy: Imagine the poor creature's disappointment when it discovered that all it was getting was a spoiled piece of sashimi, either way. July 8, 2010
joseph_dunphy: Imagine the poor creature's disappointment when it discovered that all it was getting was a spoiled piece of sashimi, either way.
joseph_dunphy: Being an intelligent creature, it chose the Spanish dinner selection over the German. July 8, 2010
joseph_dunphy: Being an intelligent creature, it chose the Spanish dinner selection over the German.
joseph_dunphy: The octopus saw the flags, and thought that this was going to be some kind of international food sampler. July 8, 2010
joseph_dunphy: The octopus saw the flags, and thought that this was going to be some kind of international food sampler.
joseph_dunphy: The country whose flag the octopus ate food off of, would then be listed as the octopus' pick to win. Obvious misunderstanding, I think. July 8, 2010
joseph_dunphy: The country whose flag the octopus ate food off of, would then be listed as the octopus' pick to win. Obvious misunderstanding, I think.

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