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Return of Blue Meanie – HD Video on SmugMug

I have been a long-time user of SmugMug Photo service, they were the best when I first started to look for an online photo gallery, and they still are. For $40 a year, you get unlimited storage AND they store all of you original photos (no reduced image quality and resolution like free sites). A great new feature is their ability to store and play-back HD quality video. My wife and I bought a Sony HD camcorder a couple years back, and it is great to now be able to load them on to the Interwebs and have them viewable from anywhere. Here is a video we made of old Blue Meanie several years ago as he went after his dinner.

To see the above content in pure HD glory, click on the full screen button on the bottom right, and then pick HD On.

Some more SmugMug highlights:

* – Integrated sharing on Facebook, Twitter, via email and a growing list of other services
* – Mobile Apps for iPad, iPhone and Android
* – No ads or promotions surrounding your photos
* – We keep original, full resolution photos, unlike other sites
* – Full-screen slideshows and HD Video playback
* – Real, knowledgeable & friendly humans to answer your emails quickly
* – Add photos from Lightroom, Aperture, iPhoto, Picasa, and other popular programs

RIP – Blue Meanie – 7/7/2008

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Poor Blue Meanie passed away yesterday.  He was a faithful pet for the past 18 months.  Unfortunately his filter stopped running and the rest is history.  Always full of energy and eager for a bite of food, he provided us a lot of entertainment.

Don’t tell anyone, Blue Meanie was not a lobster, but actually a crayfish.  A guy from Florida gets the credit for developing the blue form of P. alleni / P. paeninsulanus (both may be the same species).  His name is Bob Hammer, Sr.  In fact, in Japan, this blue crayfish is also known as the “Blue Hammer”.  From what I’m told, he developed the blue color, through selective breeding, from a few wild crayfish that had more blue in them than others.  Either way, he will be missed.

Good bye Mr Meanie.

 
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