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September 9, 2006 7:27 PM Subscribe
It didn't crash my Firefox.
Oh, and the pictures are very nice.
posted by oddman at 7:31 PM on September 9, 2006
Oh, and the pictures are very nice.
posted by oddman at 7:31 PM on September 9, 2006
Didn't crash mine.
Also, this very cool. Is this some of that fancy HDR stuff?
posted by bob sarabia at 7:32 PM on September 9, 2006
Also, this very cool. Is this some of that fancy HDR stuff?
posted by bob sarabia at 7:32 PM on September 9, 2006
Gives you a glimpse of some lovely aerial photography on the way down, but yeah, I crashed too.
posted by ook at 7:32 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by ook at 7:32 PM on September 9, 2006
I'm just scratching the surface of this, but the "Volare" karaoke, German style is well funny.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:33 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:33 PM on September 9, 2006
Whoa. Not as good as the photos below though. Wow. Sorry.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:34 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:34 PM on September 9, 2006
Why not describe the link, hama7? At least a little bit.
posted by mediareport at 7:35 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by mediareport at 7:35 PM on September 9, 2006
The soundtrack is eerily fitting, too. This is brilliant. WhereTF is this?
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:36 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:36 PM on September 9, 2006
Are these pictures of shanghai?
this page is making me nauseous.
posted by delmoi at 7:37 PM on September 9, 2006
this page is making me nauseous.
posted by delmoi at 7:37 PM on September 9, 2006
A few nice pictures, but overall it's a "meh." Some context would be nice. That, and a nicer UI.
posted by dhammond at 7:38 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by dhammond at 7:38 PM on September 9, 2006
Well, my firefox crashed as well, at least on the main page.
posted by luftmensch at 7:45 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by luftmensch at 7:45 PM on September 9, 2006
Crashes Firefox and Camino for me.
Flagged. Crashing lots of people.
posted by secret about box at 8:14 PM on September 9, 2006
Flagged. Crashing lots of people.
posted by secret about box at 8:14 PM on September 9, 2006
i don't get it ... how can someone who obviously knows how to make a good looking photograph manage to put together such a craptastic web page to put them on?
it's a shame ...
posted by pyramid termite at 8:18 PM on September 9, 2006
it's a shame ...
posted by pyramid termite at 8:18 PM on September 9, 2006
Is this some of that fancy HDR stuff?
Just looks like long exposure times to me.
posted by thinman at 8:18 PM on September 9, 2006
Just looks like long exposure times to me.
posted by thinman at 8:18 PM on September 9, 2006
i don't get it ... how can someone who obviously knows how to make a good looking photograph manage to put together such a craptastic web page to put them on?
I think they're just pictures he (or she) collected.
posted by delmoi at 8:26 PM on September 9, 2006
I think they're just pictures he (or she) collected.
posted by delmoi at 8:26 PM on September 9, 2006
There are some great photos on the site, but ghastly web design. And I think you could have framed this post a little better.
posted by Rhomboid at 8:31 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by Rhomboid at 8:31 PM on September 9, 2006
Deliciously crisp.
that struck me, too, along with the long exposures and high perspectives. it looks like aerial photography, but they're really crisp and the exposure times are obviously pretty long. from a helicopter, maybe? or a really high tower? I'd love to know where they were taken from.
enjoyable. thanks.
posted by carsonb at 8:49 PM on September 9, 2006
that struck me, too, along with the long exposures and high perspectives. it looks like aerial photography, but they're really crisp and the exposure times are obviously pretty long. from a helicopter, maybe? or a really high tower? I'd love to know where they were taken from.
enjoyable. thanks.
posted by carsonb at 8:49 PM on September 9, 2006
Looks like it's been moved or taken down at this point (at least I can't get to anything but the alternate index above to work).
They're great pictures and all, but there are lots like this all over the web. What particular makes these stand above others?
posted by smallerdemon at 9:27 PM on September 9, 2006
They're great pictures and all, but there are lots like this all over the web. What particular makes these stand above others?
posted by smallerdemon at 9:27 PM on September 9, 2006
To those saying it crashed firefox, I would recommend NoScript. Since I started using it, I couldn't see myself without it.
posted by bob sarabia at 9:45 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 9:45 PM on September 9, 2006
pretty sure these are just shots collected (stolen/borrowed) from the web. Some of them even have watermarks from other websites.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 9:52 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by Joseph Gurl at 9:52 PM on September 9, 2006
Some wonderful pics here, hama7 - this is one of those "old school" sites that I love to chance upon. The "summer" portfolio was great and I loved the lantern festival. Not knowing Japanese, I formulate my own wacky ideas of what all is going on.
And of of course, I had to check all the kitties, puppies and assorted animals. The "cute animal" portfolio has some really winsome pics, but if you aren't fond of "volare" turn your volume down. My only complaint is that there is a real dearth of bunnies, what's up with that? Well there are more portfolios to explore so maybe I will find the bunnies yet.
(I am on FF and able to access the galleries still - though they are bandwidth hogs to be sure.)
posted by madamjujujive at 9:56 PM on September 9, 2006
And of of course, I had to check all the kitties, puppies and assorted animals. The "cute animal" portfolio has some really winsome pics, but if you aren't fond of "volare" turn your volume down. My only complaint is that there is a real dearth of bunnies, what's up with that? Well there are more portfolios to explore so maybe I will find the bunnies yet.
(I am on FF and able to access the galleries still - though they are bandwidth hogs to be sure.)
posted by madamjujujive at 9:56 PM on September 9, 2006
madamjujujive: Not knowing Japanese, I formulate my own wacky ideas of what all is going on.
I agree. Japanese, Chinese: what's the big difference? All Asian squiggles, right?
posted by jweed at 10:14 PM on September 9, 2006
I agree. Japanese, Chinese: what's the big difference? All Asian squiggles, right?
posted by jweed at 10:14 PM on September 9, 2006
Wonderful stuff. Check out "rhythm ladies" a.k.a. dance.htm
It's fine on Seamonkey - however I don't allow plugins or popups and selected script functionality is turned off.
posted by jam_pony at 10:26 PM on September 9, 2006
It's fine on Seamonkey - however I don't allow plugins or popups and selected script functionality is turned off.
posted by jam_pony at 10:26 PM on September 9, 2006
Japanese, Chinese: what's the big difference? All Asian squiggles, right?
well, for me, as a Japanese-reader, Chinese on the web is the absence of Japanese squiggles, so it takes a moment or two to determine if I'm reading Japanese or Chinese (the lack of it making any sense is the next clue).
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 10:31 PM on September 9, 2006
well, for me, as a Japanese-reader, Chinese on the web is the absence of Japanese squiggles, so it takes a moment or two to determine if I'm reading Japanese or Chinese (the lack of it making any sense is the next clue).
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 10:31 PM on September 9, 2006
Didn't crash for me, but I block popups, too. Lovely photos, from what I can see. Unfortunately, I've been sent so many "Look at the pretty, calm, serene scene AAAAAA, IT'S A ZOMBIE LADY IN YOUR FACE" links that I'm immediately suspicious of pretty, calm, serene scenes without further explanation.
posted by katillathehun at 10:49 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by katillathehun at 10:49 PM on September 9, 2006
Can anyone confirm what city this is? The page is in Chinese (right?), but I can see some katakana in some of the photos, so I assume the city is in Japan. Jaronson, are you saying this is definetely Yokohama?
posted by molybdenum at 11:20 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by molybdenum at 11:20 PM on September 9, 2006
molybdenum: check out my 1337 google image search skillz!
posted by slater at 11:37 PM on September 9, 2006
posted by slater at 11:37 PM on September 9, 2006
I think you could have framed this post a little better
Leave off the last three words, and I agree.
posted by pmurray63 at 12:10 AM on September 10, 2006
Leave off the last three words, and I agree.
posted by pmurray63 at 12:10 AM on September 10, 2006
Hinet is the main Taiwanese ISP (owned by the government telco). The Lantern Festival page says the photos were taken in Tainan, a city in south-central Taiwan. The pages are in Big5 coding, which is primarily used in Taiwan. So the owner is Taiwanese, although apparently some of the photos were taken in Yokohama (surprise surprise, Taiwanese people travel).
posted by jiawen at 12:47 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by jiawen at 12:47 AM on September 10, 2006
mj3 - but there's kitties! yay kitttaaaays! Sure, there's not much in the way of bunny action, but really, you gotta take what you can get.
My first impression of the cityscapes, and then the rest of it was "what an amazing, beautiful, plastic world we live in!". It'd be nice to know what the Chinese/Japanese/"Asian squiggles" meant, but the pix are nice in themselves taken for what they are: beautiful pictures.
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:19 AM on September 10, 2006
My first impression of the cityscapes, and then the rest of it was "what an amazing, beautiful, plastic world we live in!". It'd be nice to know what the Chinese/Japanese/"Asian squiggles" meant, but the pix are nice in themselves taken for what they are: beautiful pictures.
posted by Zack_Replica at 1:19 AM on September 10, 2006
Well it looks like Tokyo Tower in this picture at least.
posted by o0o0o at 1:34 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by o0o0o at 1:34 AM on September 10, 2006
Just to settle this for you all, these are almost all Yokohama, with three of Tokyo thrown in there for whatever reason. At least half of them appear to have been taken from the same place, facing different directions.
posted by donkeymon at 2:00 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by donkeymon at 2:00 AM on September 10, 2006
frashes cirefox.
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 2:29 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 2:29 AM on September 10, 2006
I see a brilliant future for MeFi posts: everybody makes FPPs linking to sites containing completely random assortments of cityscapes. Hours of fun and enlightenment ensue as the incisive comments pour in! We can look forward to lots of:
"Where is this?"
"Looks like ________".
"No, it's _________".
"One is from _______, three are from _________".
Gonna be great, eh?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:45 AM on September 10, 2006
"Where is this?"
"Looks like ________".
"No, it's _________".
"One is from _______, three are from _________".
Gonna be great, eh?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 2:45 AM on September 10, 2006
I see an even more brilliant future for MeFi posts: everybody makes FPPs linking to YouTube links of vacation footage. Hours of fun and enlightenment ensue as the incisive comments pour in! We can look forward to lots of:
"Where is this?"
"Looks like ________".
"No, it's _________".
"One is from _______, three are from _________".
"Your favorite home movies suck."
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:21 AM on September 10, 2006
"Where is this?"
"Looks like ________".
"No, it's _________".
"One is from _______, three are from _________".
"Your favorite home movies suck."
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:21 AM on September 10, 2006
> Why not describe the link, hama7? At least a little bit.
What's there to know about the link? "It's a photo site." The more pertinent complaint is about all the zillions of photo sites that present images without a trace of caption or context. Photo site builders (and, ahem, flickr posters), could we please know a little about what we're looking at?
Due to digital cameras we are in a golden age of good to very good photography. Digital encourages shooting a lot, and while practice may not make you perfect it will certainly make you better than you were. Nevertheless, really tippy-top high-art photos, the ones that totally speak for themselves, are as rare as they ever were and photos that are only good to very good need a little text info to help 'em along. Think about it please, oh ye D70 and Digital Rebel wielders who are on the way to being the next Ansel Adams but maybe aren't absolutely totally there yet.
posted by jfuller at 5:29 AM on September 10, 2006
What's there to know about the link? "It's a photo site." The more pertinent complaint is about all the zillions of photo sites that present images without a trace of caption or context. Photo site builders (and, ahem, flickr posters), could we please know a little about what we're looking at?
Due to digital cameras we are in a golden age of good to very good photography. Digital encourages shooting a lot, and while practice may not make you perfect it will certainly make you better than you were. Nevertheless, really tippy-top high-art photos, the ones that totally speak for themselves, are as rare as they ever were and photos that are only good to very good need a little text info to help 'em along. Think about it please, oh ye D70 and Digital Rebel wielders who are on the way to being the next Ansel Adams but maybe aren't absolutely totally there yet.
posted by jfuller at 5:29 AM on September 10, 2006
jweed : "I agree. Japanese, Chinese: what's the big difference? All Asian squiggles, right?"
To be fair, a fairly large chunk of the Asian squiggles are shared between the two languages, so it's hardly fair to blame someone for not recognizing the difference at a glance. It's not like mistaking Chinese for Thai.
posted by Bugbread at 5:40 AM on September 10, 2006
To be fair, a fairly large chunk of the Asian squiggles are shared between the two languages, so it's hardly fair to blame someone for not recognizing the difference at a glance. It's not like mistaking Chinese for Thai.
posted by Bugbread at 5:40 AM on September 10, 2006
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posted by BeerFilter at 5:49 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by BeerFilter at 5:49 AM on September 10, 2006
thank you, bugbread! *feels less ignorant*
For those of you saying that that the post could have been framed better, hama7 has a very minimalist posting style. Different strokes.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:00 AM on September 10, 2006
For those of you saying that that the post could have been framed better, hama7 has a very minimalist posting style. Different strokes.
posted by madamjujujive at 6:00 AM on September 10, 2006
I like the posting style, but then again - I can read the kanji. (evening/night)
Most of the pictures are from Yokohama, near Landmark tower. (The ferris wheel ones)
Others are from Roppongi Hills - the office building/blue lights ones.
Tokyo tower is visible from Roppongi Hills, I think the tower pics are shot from there.
Overall they made me very homesick fo a city that was only my home for a few years. (I lived in both Yokohama & Tokyo, which are rapidly growing into one megacity)
posted by bashos_frog at 6:39 AM on September 10, 2006
Most of the pictures are from Yokohama, near Landmark tower. (The ferris wheel ones)
Others are from Roppongi Hills - the office building/blue lights ones.
Tokyo tower is visible from Roppongi Hills, I think the tower pics are shot from there.
Overall they made me very homesick fo a city that was only my home for a few years. (I lived in both Yokohama & Tokyo, which are rapidly growing into one megacity)
posted by bashos_frog at 6:39 AM on September 10, 2006
Well, bashos_frog, it's hot as hell here tonight in the megacity, I'll tell you that. Bu the AC was blasting on the Yamanote line this afternoon...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:52 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:52 AM on September 10, 2006
Others are from Roppongi Hills - the office building/blue lights ones.
Tokyo tower is visible from Roppongi Hills, I think the tower pics are shot from there.
Thanks - that one with the blue lights is simply beautiful.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:37 AM on September 10, 2006
Tokyo tower is visible from Roppongi Hills, I think the tower pics are shot from there.
Thanks - that one with the blue lights is simply beautiful.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:37 AM on September 10, 2006
"Look at the pretty, calm, serene scene AAAAAA, IT'S A ZOMBIE LADY IN YOUR FACE"
That's like porn to Astro Zombies.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:44 AM on September 10, 2006
That's like porn to Astro Zombies.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:44 AM on September 10, 2006
flapjax - I do NOT miss the heat one bit. Mushiatsui, ne?
I used to take Keikyu-sen from the far side of Yokohama to Shinbashi - 90 minutes of standing in a steambath while fighting for enough air to breathe.
Still, I miss the nights, walking around Aoyama in the spring, and curry donuts for breakfast. (Although I can still get the donuts here - they're just not as good)
posted by bashos_frog at 7:57 AM on September 10, 2006
I used to take Keikyu-sen from the far side of Yokohama to Shinbashi - 90 minutes of standing in a steambath while fighting for enough air to breathe.
Still, I miss the nights, walking around Aoyama in the spring, and curry donuts for breakfast. (Although I can still get the donuts here - they're just not as good)
posted by bashos_frog at 7:57 AM on September 10, 2006
So that y'all don't get the wrong impression: those places aren't nearly as attractive in real life. That's mostly photog skill (using long exposures to light everything up). They're not bad looking areas, by any means, but not the bright and twinkling visages that the photos might lead you to believe.
posted by Bugbread at 8:26 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by Bugbread at 8:26 AM on September 10, 2006
Hama7! I thought you were dead!
posted by klangklangston at 8:49 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by klangklangston at 8:49 AM on September 10, 2006
Yeah, so did I but he showed up a couple of weeks ago. And madamjujujive, I don't mind minimal posting styles, but, you know, words are nice.
posted by mediareport at 9:28 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by mediareport at 9:28 AM on September 10, 2006
curry donuts for breakfast
mm-mmm ... two of my favourite foods combined!
posted by carter at 10:08 AM on September 10, 2006
mm-mmm ... two of my favourite foods combined!
posted by carter at 10:08 AM on September 10, 2006
This has put me in an excellent mood this Sunday morning.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:24 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 10:24 AM on September 10, 2006
My mother forwarded me the same (type of, at least) stuff in an email the other day (saccharine Chinese text and all), only it was a Powerpoint attachment. Apparently that's the hot Taiwanese email-forwarding thing these days--can't just have a few paragraphs describing how Microsoft will track the message and give you $100, gotta have tacky animated backgrounds to go with it. Which would also explain the terrible formatting.
posted by casarkos at 10:24 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by casarkos at 10:24 AM on September 10, 2006
Hahahaha! Astro Zombie, I just choked. ...which might also be porn to... uh... never mind.
posted by katillathehun at 11:42 AM on September 10, 2006
posted by katillathehun at 11:42 AM on September 10, 2006
This page instantly crashes Firefox on OSX, and I'm _running_ NoScript and AdBlock. It also freezes Safari. I think it's related to the Quicktime movie in the lower left. I suspect QT is doing something it shouldn't.
I've added DivX for Mac, which is the only thing I can think of that would be likely to change behavior across two browsers.
posted by Malor at 12:09 PM on September 10, 2006
I've added DivX for Mac, which is the only thing I can think of that would be likely to change behavior across two browsers.
posted by Malor at 12:09 PM on September 10, 2006
I think it's borked now.
posted by clevershark at 12:15 PM on September 10, 2006
posted by clevershark at 12:15 PM on September 10, 2006
Apparently it's borked intermittently. Nice pictures. They appear to depict Tokyo at night.
posted by clevershark at 12:18 PM on September 10, 2006
posted by clevershark at 12:18 PM on September 10, 2006
NoScript should block embedded media.
posted by bob sarabia at 12:50 PM on September 10, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 12:50 PM on September 10, 2006
And by 'should', I mean 'supposed to'.
posted by bob sarabia at 12:51 PM on September 10, 2006
posted by bob sarabia at 12:51 PM on September 10, 2006
I've seen these photos before on a skyscraper forum, the original photographer posted them himself. I wonder if he knows about this site?
posted by Jase_B at 6:50 PM on September 10, 2006
posted by Jase_B at 6:50 PM on September 10, 2006
Here's the original photographer I was talking about in my last post:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=108694
posted by Jase_B at 6:54 PM on September 10, 2006
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=108694
posted by Jase_B at 6:54 PM on September 10, 2006
I thought hama7 was banned? Or a sock-puppet or some such nonsense.
posted by chunking express at 10:49 AM on September 11, 2006
posted by chunking express at 10:49 AM on September 11, 2006
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