davyd: this is no polar expedition

Davyd (

davyd) wrote,
@ 2008-04-16 23:28:00

this is no polar expedition
Having looked at the travel journal of some friends who left for their trip on the same night as us, their photos seem both more interesting and of higher quality and they're actually managing to update frequently. On top of this the prose is excellent and insightful.

So in an attempt to make amends, here are some more photos from our trip...

view of Penang, towards the south-east, from Penang Hill


Pagoda at Kek Lok Si	the most beautiful of my wives

Boeing 777 (included for the enjoyment of Capt. and Ltnt. Excitement)

Clarke Quay at on Friday night

Suntec City and the Singapore Flyer

Sentosa Merlion
I need to think about how to upload all of our photos... I took about 4GB worth... perhaps I'll simply ditch the full-quality versions. I'm also going to need a bigger hard drive.

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	anxiolytic 2008-04-16 03:39 pm UTC (link)
	gallery isn't too bad these days. googlebot doesn't destroy the database. I think if you can get it to put 9 pictures per page and get comments more prominent it would be very nice. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-16 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	The problem is not software, the problem is storage. I'm thinking if I ditch the highest quality from the web server, it should be ok. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Zanchey [typekey.com] 2008-04-17 09:34 am UTC (link)
	We still have 200 GB on the array with /home... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:16 pm UTC (link)
	At full resolution there are 1.5G from Dad and 3.8G from Amanda from the wedding and 5.0G from our trip. It seems a bit excessive usage-wise for photos people are only going to look at briefly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	matt.ucc.asn.au 2008-04-17 10:13 am UTC (link)
	Space is cheap, we just need to make an easy way to exclude stuff from backups (you'd be mad to trust only UCC's anyway). Can't be that hard... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:13 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps a .nobackup file in a directory you wish to ignore? We could build an exclude list for tar on the fly using find and xargs? The thing is, no one needs to look at 12MP images anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	maelkann 2008-04-16 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	I'll trade you four head of cattle and a sheep for one of your wives. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:01 am UTC (link)
	I'd love to, but I'm still using them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kadeton 2008-04-17 03:09 am UTC (link)
	You could use the sheep instead. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:07 pm UTC (link)
	Throw in some velcro gloves..? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	maelkann 2008-04-17 07:27 am UTC (link)
	Maybe I could rent one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure we can reach some accord. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	nixwilliams 2008-04-16 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	ooh! a merlion! and an incredibly long bridge. sweet! also, nice wife! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	linstar 2008-04-17 12:57 am UTC (link)
	May I ask, if Steph is the most beautifu of your wives, what do your other wives look like? :) Welcome back! Glad you're home! :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:09 pm UTC (link)
	Paradoxically, she is also the least beautiful of my wives. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Zanchey [typekey.com] 2008-04-18 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	I am astonished that Steph hasn't responded with a picture of me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-18 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	"""This is the man you will be competing with for your father's love.""" (Reply to this)(Parent)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:00 am UTC (link)
	She's a recent acquisition. The bridge goes to Malaysia. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nixwilliams 2008-04-17 02:22 am UTC (link)
	good work! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:45 am UTC (link)
	I know! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	matt.ucc.asn.au 2008-04-17 10:15 am UTC (link)
	What's the big deal about the merlion? I don't recall it being particularly impressive (8 years ago when I saw it) but it seems to be everywhere. Perhaps it's like the Pinnacles or Wave Rock? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	davyd 2008-04-17 02:11 pm UTC (link)
	There are just the few big statues AFAIK. I guess it's just iconic. Apparently (as a tour guide told us) the lion is because of people who first came here and thought they saw a lion (although there are no lions in that part of the world) and because Singapore used to be a fishing village, they combined the animals into the Merlion. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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