Category: News
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Outages
You may have noticed some outages during the last few days where you are unable to get to Yosemite Blog or just reach a landing page saying out database server is down. Currently our webhost is migrating us to a new platform better equipped to handle our traffic. Things should get back to normal very…
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Flickr owns my pictures? No.
For some reason I’m not able to post a response to a comment, and so I’m posting here. Rick Deutsch November 6th, 2007 21:25 Just FYI..I head that when you sign up to Flickr, they become the owner of all photos posted…with rights to them! This is buried on Pg XX of YYY pages. True?…
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I’m working on an article!
I’m working on an article on instances of plague in California, with respect to Yosemite National Park. Stay tuned to this blog for the full story!
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Calling all Flickrfolken!
There is a contest going on by Moo.com for holiday card images; Do you know Moo.com? They are the folks who make the way cool mini-cards; Upload your shots from Flickr, customize them to your specifications, send the good folks $24.95 and get 50 mini-cards with your images printed on them! Anyway, they are holding…
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Another Welcome
G. Dan Mitchell is a great photographer and takes some truly beautiful shots. Edie mentioned in her previous post his work is an inspiration to photographers everywhere. I’m happy to announce that Dan has agreed to share some of his experiences and photos on Yosemite Blog. You can check out Dan’s photos and some of…
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Did you know?
November is National blog posting month. So I will make a point of posting once (and only once) per day here. Since I’m already one day behind, this post doesn’t count for today, but instead for yesterday. What will I post? Pictures of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. No, not always mine. You may see…
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Small Quake Shakes Yosemite
Looks like it’s “[earthquake weather]” as a much smaller, but still noticeable, [earthquake] shook Yosemite Valley today. No damage was reported. For more information you can check out the California Recent Earthquakes page from the US Geological Survey. Technorati Tags: California, nature, geology, earthquake
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Man Rescued from Peak after Fall
[Yosemite Search and Rescue] and the [Mono County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue] team were called in to rescue an injured climber after he slipped and fell while traversing an ice field just outside the east entrance of Yosemite National Park. Tahoebonanza.com: “Kerry Knovak, 41, suffered a possible broken ankle after sliding about 20 feet at…
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Earthquake!
We just had an earthquake; Loyd IM’d me as I was IMing a friend in Florida with the same message: “Earthquake!” As always, Loyd was Johnny-on-the -spot with this link: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/122-37.html He thought it was about 7, but it turns out to be about 5.6. Now, back to your regularly scheduled Yosemiteblog, now in progress.…
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A Pat on the Back
Carol writes in: Dear Loyd: I love Yosemite blog and I love the new contributions you’ve been making, as well as adding new people to contribute. It really makes the site exciting to visit. Checking in with your blog is part of my daily routine–at least two or three times a day–and it makes me…