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.
Tall Ship Festival at Liverpool
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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).
