I’ve just bought a one-year Flickr Pro photosharing service.
My account is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiruan/.
I usually use free Google Picasaweb service to share photos with my friends. Then I realized that this service would always resize photos automatically and the quality is somehow not up to my expectations. I knew Flicker before, and in fact I have a flickr account already but I did not chose to pay for the pro version. It was because Flickr was purchased by Yahoo, and I did not like Yahoo very much. Some years ago, my very first Yahoo mail account was deleted by Yahoo after not logging into it for a few months. I think that account could be dated back to 1999 or 2000, so it held a lot of precious emails.
Anyway, I think things should move on. Yahoo is in bad shape now and I belive that Flickr will survive given that it is able to create such a lively photosharing community. For the quality of photos and the possibility of more interactions with other photo-loving people, I decided to purchase this pro account. Let me try to update it more reguarly. And of course, every update will be reflected on this blog as well.
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| From Africa Oye Mu… |
We had a nice weekend for Africa Music in the Sefton Park. It is the Africa Oyé, the biggest live Free African Music Festival in the UK. Music is a core elements in the culture of Liverpool. Africa is where our ancestors walked out from. So it is a great opportunity to experience African music in a capital of music. I did not attend the whole weekend, but just the last bit. I enjoyed it very much, especially the last band: Macka B & The Royale Roots Band. Macka B is a brilliant musician, originally from Jamaica. His lyrics are all in English so that I can understand most of them. He was singing about no guns, women and children, love, vegetarianism, etc. And he was even trying to explain something new to the audience. I definitely did not regret to go.
Here are two youtube examples of Macka B’s music: THE GANJA LADIES(Live) and Children Children(Studio).










