Facebook may not erase photographs

Facebook’s delay in erasing photos deleted by users is ongoing privacy issue

Burning those old Facebook photos (photo Ars Technica)

Users who delete their Facebook accounts have found their photographs still on the internet years later. The proper procedure is to manually delete each photograph or other post to your wall before you delete your account.

Privacy experts and users say Facebook has no timely mechanism to remove photographs and other private material from its servers.

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Lynda.com makes photo book production a breeze

Online course explains how to plan, organize and publish a photo book on Blurb.com

Lynda.com Creating Photo Books with Blurb, showing book cover design

Self-publishing a book is a daunting task made relatively easy with the Lynda,com course Creating Photo Books with Blurb.

For example, if you want to create a really special Valentine’s Day photo book covered in How to make the best Valentine for under $50, the related Lynda course takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete and costs $25, or $37.50 if you use their sample files. The fee is a one month membership and you can also take other courses during the month. There also is a Lynda.com 7-day free trial.
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How to make the best Valentine for under $50

Roses wilt and chocolates melt but a Blurb photo book of pictures will last forever

The longer you’ve been together the harder it becomes to wow her on Valentine’s Day.

Everything becomes old hat after awhile so I really like this idea from Blurb.com to create a Happy Valentine book from pictures. Continue reading

October 5th Nor’easter Lashes Maritimes

Winds of 100km with gusts of 200km were reported in the first nor’easter of the season in Atlantic Canada


Photo Gallery from The Weather Network

Polar eclipse pictures

Partial North Pole eclipse (photo Bernt Olsen)

Solar eclipse at midnight

On June 1st the moon passed in front of the sun at midnight. You couldn’t see it unless you live in the far North.

Several photographers near or above the Arctic Circle captured the exquisite and rare beauty. Continue reading