Thing 5

After watching the two videos, I decided the best use of Flickr would be to backup all my photographs. I wonder how long it will take to scan all those shoe boxes full of photographs? The next step would be to categorize and tag the photos. It looks like another long-term project that could be a nice hobby for retirement!
I decided to do some comparisons between Flickr and Picasa when searching for images and noticed something interesting. Picasa is much more literal with its results. When you search for "Thoreau", you actually get pictures of Thoreau. With Flickr, you get three times as many images covering a wide range of things having something to do with Thoreau. Using other search terms seemed to have similar results.
To avoid copyright issues, I decided to use one of my own pictures from Flickr. I used this photo to continue the lighthouse theme on my blog. It is a picture of Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It might be the most visited and photographed lighthouse in the United States. It was probably the inspiration for Longfellow's poem, "The Lighthouse". The park around it is an excellent place to fly a kite!