It would seem Zooomr ran into some hiccups in their upgrade this week.  I’m not worried about it.  Despite their service still being a beta test, I find it far superior to other image host offerings—by leaps and bounds.

Still, a delay on their part doesn’t mean you should suffer pictureless, right?  I agree.

So temporarily I’ll post photographs using my Flickr account.  Because of Yahoo!’s stupid terms of service for Flickr, these photos will link back to the Flickr page even though the images are set to private.  Oh well.

Anyway, this is only temporary.  Although I suspect Zooomr will be available today or tomorrow at the latest, it might not be until Monday when I get these images migrated over there and off Flickr.  That’s because I have a rather full day today in getting prepared for my trip to the family farm tomorrow, not to mention visiting xocobra and LD for the afternoon.  Tomorrow I’m gone all day as I’ll be out of town, leaving quite early and not returning until quite late (or, perhaps, quite early again if the timing’s right).

That means I may not be immediately available to move images to Zooomr once the service is up and running.  Until I can do that, you’ll only have access to the embedded photos shown here and not to the larger versions on Flickr.  I’m just being finicky about how much traffic I give a Yahoo! service because of the many, many, many bad experiences I’ve had with them in the past, not to mention their silly rules, their penchant for wiping out images and whole collections if they deem them offensive (which, BTW, includes anything that insults Yahoo!, so how’s that for censorship!), and their general disregard for their customers.  Yes, my dislike of that company goes WAY, WAY, WAY!!! back.

Besides, the photos are only there for a few days, so what’s the point in making them public, having them added to searches and favorites, and all that jazz, just to have them vanish by Monday?  I think it’s best to keep their exposure as limited as possible.

Anyway, the point is that I’ll get some photo posts going for you that will utilize Flickr.  Don’t click on them because it won’t accomplish anything.  I’ll move the images over to Zooomr as soon as I have a chance, after which the larger versions will be available.

I’ll be scheduling some posts for tomorrow so you’re not left to your own devices while I’m out of town.  I know how twitchy you people can get…

Otherwise, I’ll get some things posted this morning and might post a little more later this evening while I’m finishing up my travel preparations.  As for tomorrow, it’ll be a long but enjoyable day while I’m traveling some of Texas’ more remote and obscure highways and byways.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!