I think I'm sick of FB!!!

A friend (both real and virtual) reminded me today that FB claims anything posted on it's site as their own, with full rights grant them:

"... a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook ("IP License"). This IP License ends when you delete your IP content or your account unless your content has been shared with others, and they have not deleted it."

This includes: rants, poems, rambles, all the OMG!s a teenager can type - and - photographs. (See Article 2 of the terms of service.) I now remember that this is the reason why I pulled all of my photos off of that service a while ago. That said, I just received a new camera (thanks for the B-Day prezzie sweetie!) and I started a 365 project!

For those of you who don't know, this is something that you do at least once a day, every day, for a whole year. Some people learn to macrame, some cook a new recipe from Julia Child cookbooks, me - I followed the lead of a number of friends and family. For my own 365 Project, I have decided to complete my project in pictures that I will personally take. Now, for the past two (plus) weeks I was posting on FB! Needless to say, I won't be doing that any more!

This is a hobby that I had put aside a long time ago thinking "when I retire I'll go back to it" ... but that was really just an excuse. I got my new camera on June 13, 2010
I also started a 365 project on a site devoted to fellow photo-philes (like an audiophile only for music!) Don't get me wrong...I don't think that every photo I take is a work of art or something that's worthy of someone else (FB) impinging on my copyright. I do think that FB should at least have the courtesy to say: "Hey, nice pic, we'll be using that for a day or so!!!"

End of rant!

So, from now on I'll be posting my 365 here. The first 18 photos are in an album but I don't know how to link that yet, but when I figure out how I'll have it up as soon as possible.

For now, here is photo 19:

I truly believe that sometimes life is perfect. I stopped on my way home from an afternoon of retail therapy with my SIL. I was hoping to get a shot of the local windmill in action, instead...I found a pair of local insects...in action!