by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by mightyb

by James Callan

by Ninja M.

by cyrusrassool

by D.P. Rubino

by SA_Steve

by digitizedchaos

by legotech

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by RockaWolf

by kccricket

by Great Beyond

by jayRaz

by i_shoot_minolta

by Great Beyond

by walkerspace

by reinewman

by the queen of subtle

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by kevin is your animal spirit

by Triborough

by donbuciak

by Great Beyond

by Great Beyond

by glx79

by peachy177

by www.robinryan.ca

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by bunchofpants

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by kevindean at betaart.com

by kevindean at betaart.com

by odoketa

by RussSwift

by odoketa

by bunchofpants

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by D. Martone

by Karen_Chappell

by Karen_Chappell

by domesticetudes

by Brian Jackson Now

by KyleMistry

by Ninja M.

by supertrixiecat

by frippy

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by waihey

by stephen.james.hartley

by D.P. Rubino

by Watchcaddy

by D.P. Rubino

by jayRaz

by D.P. Rubino (We really didn't mean for 4 of this week's images to come from the same photographer—that's just how it turned out after winnowing down the choices.)

by Great Beyond

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by van swearingen

by elle_emm

by nailmaker

by Ninja M.

by bubble dumpster

by Civardi

by Civardi

We could just go back and forth between the pickle and the dog all day, making up a story about why that dog is so worried about those pickles.

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Here is a thread about the logo with 630 (and growing) replies. A few highlights:

"I don't like it."

"yuck"

"Hate it."

"Hate it, as if we aren't reminded enough around here already that Yahoo pays the bills. :/ "

Further along in the thread people started to get creative:

Apparently someone has even written a greasemonkey script to get rid of the logo.

Guess Yahoo! needs to work on its branding...

flickr, now from yahoo! [Flickr]
(Photo:so tacky)

by pouryourheartintoit

by ash™

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by New England Oddities

by elle_emm

by chickendmb

by Superchou

by Justin Zangerle

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by James Callan

by Jimmy Hideous

by nixter

by nixter

by Blurker

Here are two awesome kitty pics as well, both highly dramatic. Someone adopt that black and white cat from catastrophegirl already!

by catastrophegirl

by eva101

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by voidmunashii

by evil robot 6

by TheeErin

by SteveCarlin

by nicora

by boxjockey68

by frankieleon

by Shannon Coffey

(For extra disturbing-ness, look for the face hidden in the Barbie In Hell pic.)

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by Omer Wazir

by FastFords

by mnkathy

by cat.schwamm

by D.P. Rubino

by frankieleon

by dregsplod

by MGChan

by bedpanjohn

by TheMadapple

by SA_Steve

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by pstardesign

by MGChan

by mirnanda

by kodiax2

by jking89

by frankieleon

by campero

by 20 buckz

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above by Kevin Dean

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by arepa182

by davidcaloren

by jenni0206

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by pwrplantgirl

by leah the librarian

by www.robinryan.ca

by Great Beyond

by Nykoh

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by ~wesa~

by frankieleon

by bisbeejones

by Jeremy_Schultz

by jeffcl612

by Better Verson of Me

by tikaro (thanks to SA_Steve!)

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by James Callan

by frankieleon

by D.P. Rubino

by D.P. Rubino

by mod*betty

by kevindean

by Nykoh

by Watchcaddy

by AaronBBrown

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by Andrionni Ribo

by SA_Steve

by Omer Wazir

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by walkerspace

by catastrophegirl

by 3Feetplz

RedandJonny

by balmes

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"Dollar Front" (above) by Omer Wazir

by donbuciak

by bradym80

by frankieleon

by sussmanb

by frankieleon

by Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie

by gaylordd

by alicekinerk

by digizen

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above photo by kevindean

by kevindean

by avitania

by classmanager

by canyon289

by Ajruck

by frankieleon

by Josh Derr

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If you had a great photo that didn't get picked, it doesn't mean the photo was bad. It means you're not a patriot and should move to Canada, you commie.

top photo by pbm

by digitizedchaos

by Mica_R

by The Ninja Monkey

by Corey Templeton

by Plant Design Online

by theblackdoc2071

by Mica_R

by nixter

by Kitty LaRoux

And finally, PEACE OUT BILLY MAYS

by Don Solo

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by D.P. Rubino

by frankieleon

by pbm.

by D.P. Rubino

by Weffie

by troubled12e8c

by JoelZimmer

by onlymefairmay

by jenni0206

by Weffie

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by joelorama

by frankieleon

by frankieleon

by el_en_houston

by Great Beyond

by telaine

by jdbradway

by pstardesign

by frankieleon

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by KDern

by shadowplay

by Jeremy_Schultz

by dooleymtv

by dooleymtv

by davidcaloren (so far behind)

by Great Beyond

by Christopher Monroe

And finally:

by SA_Steve

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The Army brass now believes such sites can be used to further the military's cause, the story says:

An operations order from the Army's 93rd Signal Brigade to all domestic Directors of Information Management, or DOIMs, aims to correct that. Issued on May 18th "for official use only," the document has not been made public until now.

It is "the intent of senior Army leaders to leverage social media as a medium to allow soldiers to ‘tell the Army story' and to facilitate the dissemination of strategic, unclassified information," says the order, obtained by Danger Room. Therefore, "the social media sites available from the Army homepage will be made accessible from all campus area networks. Additionally, all web-based email will be made accessible."

The operations order (OPORD) doesn't apply to all GI Bases overseas, or those run by the other armed services, which aren't affected by the decree. Nor does the order overturn the long-standing, military-wide ban on sites like MySpace, YouTube and Pandora. And it's almost certain some Army posts that still block the now-approved web 2.0 networks. Still, it's a click in the right direction for the armed service which seems to be making a slow but steady recovery from its lingering hostility towards social media.

As if anyone needed another reason to stop using MySpace. But I do feel bad for the troops for not being able to learn mildly NSFW lessons about the original Commander-in-chief on YouTube.

Army Orders Bases to Stop Blocking Twitter, Facebook, Flickr [Wired]
(Photo: frankieleon)

Here are eleven—that's right, count 'em—wonderful photos readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post. We were kinda going with a "signs of summer" theme, but then got sidetracked when we saw the Hello Kitties and the gun. Check 'em out!

by strobist

by yoshiffles

by Nixter

by frankieleon

by strobist

by GreatBeyond

by strobist

by frankieleon

by me and the sysop

by Newton Free Library

Our dinosaur friend makes another appearance as well.

by jpmarth

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by Jeremy ES

by thekateblack

by jeffcl612

by frankieleon

by improbcat

by mary_gee

by jeffcl612

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above photo by frankieleon

For some reason, there's a lot of reading required for this week's crop.

by Don Solo

by FredArmitage

by 20 buckz

by me and the sysop

by pdxmac

by iamtekn

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Here are seven wonderful photos readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post. Check 'em out!

by frankieleon

by Nykoh

by frankieleon

by ~wesa~

by frankieleon

by Great Beyond

by iamtekn

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by paulcastora

by Matthijs Dijk

by consumerisn't

by Noir_cl

by Barking up the Right Tree

by onlymefairmay

by Louis Abate

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by CharlieChu

by www.robinryan.ca

by onlymefairmay

by iamtekn

by Nova Heart

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The reason we said Kodak Gallery was poor value was because they recently changed their online storage policy. Now you have to make a purchase of at least $4.99 from them once every 12 months to keep your account active if you have 2 GB or less stored on their servers; the requirement jumps up to $19.99 annually if you go over that limit.

No other popular online photo service forces you to buy from them to keep your photos stored online. However, yesterday we received an email from Kodak Gallery announcing that they will soon allow free downloads of your photos in their original sizes. That's something no other service offers—you'll pay $10 or more (sometimes far more) to retrieve your high-rez stored photos elsewhere.

So that's the trade off, and now Kodak Gallery might not be a bad choice if you're the following type of customer:

• You naturally spend at least $20 annually on photos and photo gifts anyway (rendering the "minimum purchase" requirement moot)
• You want to be able to rely on the service's online storage as an affordable backup system for your photos.

There are plenty of other online photo storage solutions, and the most affordable one for you depends on the size of your photo collection and your usage patterns. Don't focus solely on retail sites, either. For example, if you host a website through Dreamhost, your account comes with 50 GB of dedicated file backup space (it grows to "unlimited" if the photos are part of a website and not just stored as a backup). For $25 a year, you'll get unlimited archive space on Flickr with free downloads should you need to retrieve the pics.

If you frequently buy photo products anyway, though, Kodak is back in the running as a valid option to consider.

Note: Although this is definitely an improvement in their policy, the don't state the date it will go into effect—just "soon." If you're not currently a Kodak Gallery user, we certainly don't think you should run over to their service until we see what really happens.

(Photo: Stephen Cummings)

Title: "Where the gold went"
By: frankieleon

Title: "amazingness..."
By: ColumbusCameraOp

Title: "MACRO2009 - Cold hard cash"
By: Mike Rollerson

Title: "MACRO2009 - Refreshing"
By: Mike Rollerson

Title: "A drip, dropping? A drop, dripping?"
Caption: "I bought a Speedlite flash with my camera, but have always been intimidated by it. Tonight I faced my fears and attached it to the camera and then stood in the dark by the sink and used it strobe-like about 10,000 times until I was almost blind and I finally captured a drop of water falling from the faucet."
By: davidcaloren

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Update: Kodak Gallery has modified its storage policy. The minimum purchase requirement remains in effect, but now the service won't charge for downloading high-rez copies of the stored images (something no other photo product service that we know of currently offers).

Both sites charge 15 cents per print, so there's no savings from Kodak Gallery when it comes to printing.

Threatening to delete your photos is bad enough, but Kodak Gallery also overcharges for archive CDs. We're not big fans of the one-way storage solutions offered by most photo storage sites, and Shutterfly is as guilty as Kodak in this regard—you can upload all you want, but will have to pay to get those photos back should you lose your own copy some day. But compare these prices from the two companies (current as of March 23, 2009) for 2,000 photos on an archive CD:

Kodak Gallery: $55
Shutterfly: $25

We're just comparing Shutterfly to Kodak, but there are other services you may want to check out as well. Snapfish, another popular site, falls somewhere between the two: 4x6 prints are only 9 cents and there are no explicit spending requirements to keep your account active, but retrieving your images from them is ridiculously expensive.

If you're going to be downloading lots of your stored images frequently, consider a $25 annual Flickr membership (unlimited storage, free access to high-rez versions of your photos). Otherwise, Shutterfly is far and away a cheaper alternative to Kodak Gallery.

(Thanks to Edward!)

Title: "Ultimate Cheeseburger - 76/365"
Caption: "I laid out the shot, including the Gatorade and firearm, and Meghan hit the shutter."
By: Welvis Tarn

Title: "the Bugs Bunny house"
Caption: "You remember that old Loony Toons where a building is being constructed over Bugs Bunny's hole, and he goes to war to save his home. The end result is this huge skyscraper with a divot taken out of it where his hole is.

This house is kind of like that. The Big Evil Conglomerate bought up all the surrounding land save for this one house - the owner refused to move - so they built around her.

Makes for a very odd looking building, donchya think?"
By: Great Beyond

Title: "The Jellybean People"
Caption: "The Jellybean People by Sandy Skoglund, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA"
By: afagen

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Title: "Open House"
Caption: "Shot on Kodak Ektachrome E100 GX "
By: thedarkerside.to

Title: untitled
By: DeJay!

Title: "Tax Frustration"
Caption: "It's that time of year again.

My first entry into the world of macro photography. "
By: Alberto Cueto

Title: "Free pleasure"
Caption: "Girard Avenue, Philadelphia
December 2008"
By: propaganda panda

Title: "Gaskiers, NL"
Caption: "A halfway demolished (and very old) house in the community of Gaskiers, Newfoundland."
By: Colin Tobin

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"How to Delete Accounts from Any Website" [PC Mag] (Thanks to Josh!)
(Photo: jm3)

Title: "Day 045/365 - The Sixth Circle of Hell: Lust"
Caption: "Happy Valentines Day, with the most appropriate of the Seven Deadly Sins - LUST!"
By: Great Beyond

Title: "DSC_1320"
By: Brian Jackson Now

Title: "Bike Ride to 7-11"
By: The Notorious T.D.P

Title: "Curbside Parking"
Caption: "Saw this all by itself, perfectly parked next to the curb outside our house this evening. It's kinda sad when a kid can park better than a lot of adults on the street."
By: wednesday181

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Title: "Day 043/365 - The Fourth Circle of Hell: Envy"
By: Great Beyond

Title: "Last Day of School"
By: tjean314
Caption: "On the last day of school, 5th graders at the Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts released a fleet of helium-filled balloons. The event was a rite of passage: at once a celebration of the end of elementary school and an embarkation to the brave new world of middle school. Attached to the balloons were cards expressing the students' hopes and dreams. "

Title: "how to get warm"
By: squashed bug

Title: "Smile Like You Mean It"
By: besar bears
Caption: "This construction site hoarding in Macau was adorned with flying Cheshire cats. Strange, eh? "

Title: "Mr Corporate"
By: amcdaniel83
Caption: "Charles keeps the books on this dodgy shipping company"

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Title: "#342/366 Jaymi - A Favourite Meal"
Caption: "This is one of Jaymi's favourite meals. We had it tonight for dinner, because my husband had to be at work late and we wanted an easy dinner. So, here is my 10th photo for 30 Days of Rants & Raves. A rave for Annie's pasta. :)"
By: CrzysChick

Title: "save-2"
By: smcgee

Title: "Consumerism: America's Religion"
By: darren bryden

Title: "Liquid Courage"
Caption: "The Subway Inn, NYC. Killing time before a client shoot."
By: shatterkiss

Title: "IMG_5789"
By: walkerspace

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