One of the apps I have been playing with on the iphone is Photoswap.  It has been … interesting.. to say the least.  This program that allows you to trade one picture with a random stranger anywhere in the world.  Other than taking a screenshot there is no way of keeping an archive.  You can reply to the person you have “swapped” pics with but that is the extent of interactions.

My first swap was of a tree or something as I walked out to the parking lot, person x replied with a shot inside his/her car, as they were driving home.   I responded with a picture of an Obama bumper sticker, he/she responded with a copy of Obamas book that was on the passenger seat.  Pretty cool!

Of course, this app has been around little over a month, it only took a few days for the  more seedier aspects of this app to come too life.  What has been a beautiful exchange of the birds eye view of another person life, often from around the world,  is sometimes replaced by a written note imploring me to expose body parts.    *sigh*

Fabulous pic of Zori

I get: hello Kitty Pez dispenser with a bag of  “herbal supplements” in the background.

I was a a bar watching the Phillie’s crush the Rays and sending pics of the various drinks consumed and started this little picture swap wth some guy.

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Okay so that’s in good fun, but more and more I get photos l where they aren’t even trying, its a pic of their keyboard and then a vulgar request.  I am hoping the developers will find a way to filter out those requests,  Right now you can “report” it but just means they send another pic to another person.

Here is a small collection of the photoswap pics I have gotten so far… Not sure how mch longer I’ll use it, depends on the types of pics, I suppose.

 So I am driving home the other day, the car in front of me goes into the lane on the left and stops at the light.  So that when the light turns green he can turn left.  One small problem,  that lane is for the opposite side.  I guess he didn’t really see or feel the double yellow bump lines.  Although I was behind him, I slowed down and stayed several car lengths behind him.  I honked the horn a few times, but he didn’t seem to notice.   It was really lucky that as the cars from the other two lanes turned left  they were able to slow down and not hit him.  What is it about the start of the rain season makes people even  more unaware of their surroundings?

I was getting gas a few week ago and this sign was next to the handle.  Took me a few seconds to realize it probably wasn’t placed by the store management.

National Federation of the Blind filed a law suit against Target in California’s superior court in Feb 2006. In September of 2006, a federal judge in California allowed the NFB’s case to proceed, rejecting Target’s argument that its Web site wasn’t subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act. It then became part of a class action suit in October 2007.

Well they settled today.

• Target doesn’t admit their site was ever inaccessible (although it still is)
• Target shells out 6 million dollars. I don’t think this is enough to encourage companies to make their websites accessible.
• Target will make their website compatible with screen reader software (and input from NFB). No mention of making the website compatible with other assistive technologies (screen magnifiers, those using Dragon Natural Speaking etc.)

The settlement requires Target to implement internal guidelines to make its site more accessible to the blind by Feb. 28, 2009.

It was over a year ago Julie, babs and I made our mecca to Las Vegas, Mamma Ma was one of the shows we went to and it was darn funny. We had a great time, and when the movie game came out few weeks ago, I thought it would be a great way to take my former bridesmaids for a night on the town. We started at Tex Wasabi and and a little bit of food with our drinks. I love their szechwan green beans, spicy hot green beans sautéed with “sambal” sauce, garnished with peanuts and fresh cilantro. Not for the squeamish. YUM! 3 cocktails (each) later we walked to the theater, the movie just starting as we sat down. Great movie, very funny.

After that we walked around 4th street. At one point seeing Jim drive by us. Some guys stopped us asking where to find entertainment, I pointed to Tex Wasab’s for the good drinks. We walked past this guy with two wingmen on either side. He looked faintly familiar and as we passed him babs looked at me with the same “I recognize him” look.   We compared notes, it was one of the “Millionaires” on the bravo tv show The Matchmaker. On his “date” he flew the woman to Sonoma County for wine tasting. I think he lives in LA and Sonoma.   His two wingmen on either side were doing an admirable job protecting him from the hoards of women of Santa Rosa.  We also think he had a rocking pic of Slash from Gun and Roses on the back of his black leather jacket.