Family,Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Two on the Couch

We did a little photo session on the couch. They are both featured wearing the latest in diaper fashion.

Click Here to see the photos in the Lombardi Spot Gallery
Click Here to see the photos in the Flickr Gallery

Family,Monday, September 17, 2007

Family Gathering

My mom orchestrated a gathering of relatives from her side of the family. The guest of honor was Aunt Fay, my grandmother’s sister. We had a fun time of food, chit chat and a casual / silly group photo. Matthew had loads of fun skipping his normal nap and bugging the girls. He’s already well on his way to becoming the boy the girls love to hate.

Click here to see the photos in the Lombardi Spot galleries.

Click here to see the photos in the Flickr galleries.

 

Family,Monday, September 17, 2007

Our Black and White Kids

Well, they aren’t really black and white. They are both a little tan. Jenn is happy about that because she has never tanned, but always burned in the sun. There are some more black and white photos in the gallery.

Click Here to see all the Black and White photos.

This next one was hard to get because every time she looked up she we would shortly after fall over on her side.

Family,Saturday, September 15, 2007

The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie

We cooked up this cookie quite a while ago. It’s actually printed on the Guittard chocolate chip bag and it’s on their website. I recently entered into our online recipe database because we were going through our clutter and I had saved the bag with the recipe on it. I carelessly tossed the bag in the trash and later Jenn saw it there and quickly snatched it out. It really is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe we found so far. I think it’s better than Toll House. Click here to see the recipe.

Family,Friday, August 31, 2007

Which Gallery Location is Best?

Lately, Flickr disabled my account when I discontinued my SBC services. I paid for a year of Flickr services and it took many emails a couple phone calls and a final ultimatum that I would take my business elsewhere. After the ultimatum email they reinstated my account to it’s full status and gave a free month. That was a good recovery, but in the meantime I looked at Lombardi Spot gallery performance compared to Flickr gallery performance using an online performance monitor. According to this performance monitor, Flickr is around 7 times slower than Lombardi Spot simply because of all the images and fancy stuff Flickr puts on each page. On my side I can’t really tell much of a difference between Flickr and Lombardi Spot because I have a fast Comcast cable internet connection and Flickr servers are probably located here in San Jose. Besides, I’m not really the one viewing the online galleries, it’s you guys. So I’m curious which galleries provide a better experience for you. Flickr or Lombardi Spot.

As a comparison, visit the following links for both galleries. Pay attention to the speed it takes for the initial page to load and also for the individual photos when you click on them and move from one photo to the next. And also consider the overall experience.

Lombardi Spot Gallery Test
Flickr Gallery Test

When you are finished click here to place your vote in the forum. You might need to login to vote.