Does anyone know why my pictures are uploading sideways now? As saved files they are upright.
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08/31/2009 09:22 #49664
Birthday Boy!Happy Birthday Mikey!
Does anyone know why my pictures are uploading sideways now? As saved files they are upright.
Does anyone know why my pictures are uploading sideways now? As saved files they are upright.
08/26/2009 13:50 #49634
Deep satisfactionThe other day I was riding my bike behind the history museum and as is customary in any type of traffic in this country, stayed to the right hand side. This little punk decides not to move out of my way and play chicken. Sorry, my bike is bigger and faster so you move out of the way as I am on the correct side. So he veers out of the way and then turns his wheel at me sharply like he is going to hit me but instead falls off his bike and rolls away. I look behind me and see that he is fine but his front tire is completely bent in half meaning not only that he can't ride it but he will have to carry it back home. I yell back "Tough luck eh?"
I wish all situations with stupid jerks would result in this type of deep and immediate satisfaction.
I wish all situations with stupid jerks would result in this type of deep and immediate satisfaction.
08/21/2009 09:05 #49584
I smell a ratI just got this post it note from a guest.
Lon is this you? Probably not considering bail is set at $50k. Whoever you are you must be delusional. $300k insurance policy a month before the fire?! He got angry with a worker who called 911 to have a fire put out in his Niagara Falls location saying to me "She should have just let it burn down." Yes Lon is a fine guy indeed.
Anyways this is the original reason I signed on. I think it is fitting....
I think it is a huge rat. Do you agree? It seems water logged from the river.
@ 08/19/09 01:02@74.78.96.175 Guest wrote:
How can you find someone guilty of something without sufficient evidence from what I've heard and read he did not collect any insurance money, the only one that benefited from the fire was the landlord why not check him out. And they did not find any gasoline on the clothes they took from him at the hostital. What about the threating phone calls he was getting? One of his employees answered and got one of the threating calls. I think you should not be so hard on the guy.
Lon is this you? Probably not considering bail is set at $50k. Whoever you are you must be delusional. $300k insurance policy a month before the fire?! He got angry with a worker who called 911 to have a fire put out in his Niagara Falls location saying to me "She should have just let it burn down." Yes Lon is a fine guy indeed.
Anyways this is the original reason I signed on. I think it is fitting....
I think it is a huge rat. Do you agree? It seems water logged from the river.
libertad - 08/21/09 16:08
Yes, it is my picture. I took it for you Paul. I was about to post it and then I got that post-it note so I thought that the two went together perfectly anyways. I hope you enjoy the Sicilian Kiss I sent to you. Feel free to use it for your river kill post,
Yes, it is my picture. I took it for you Paul. I was about to post it and then I got that post-it note so I thought that the two went together perfectly anyways. I hope you enjoy the Sicilian Kiss I sent to you. Feel free to use it for your river kill post,
paul - 08/21/09 15:12
Did you take that pic? I love it. It goes with the river kill pic I will be posting.
Did you take that pic? I love it. It goes with the river kill pic I will be posting.
mike - 08/21/09 13:37
insanity, maybe it is comb over
insanity, maybe it is comb over
james - 08/21/09 10:15
Apparently, they did have sufficient evidence. Hence the arrest and two convictions.
Apparently, they did have sufficient evidence. Hence the arrest and two convictions.
07/28/2009 22:42 #49406
Guilty of arson!Lon Coldiron was convicted of the Coffee & arson! Congratulations to everyone who worked so hard at rebuilding the case years after the fact. I am so pleased with this verdict. I always knew that one way or another justice would be served, but I never imagined that because of Lon's stupidity and arrogance he would put himself on trial a second time when he got off so easily at the first. I am really dumbfounded by this all. This really exemplifies to me that it can take a long time for a prayer to be answered, I spent many hours chanting about this situation. Here is a journal of mine three years ago about my anger towards the first verdict. 
Coffee shop owner convicted of arson
By Matt Gryta
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
July 28, 2009, 7:02 AM / 3 comments
Buffalo coffee shop owner Lon Coldiron was convicted Monday night of third-degree arson and second-degree attempted grand larceny in the October 2004 fire that destroyed his business and killed one of his three pet dogs.
The jury found Coldiron, 43, not guilty of attempted third-degree grand larceny. Erie County Judge Thomas P. Franczyk set bail at $50,000 and scheduled sentencing for Sept. 4.
Coldiron, 43, did not testify or present any alibi witnesses during the two-week trial, his second in connection with the fire that destroyed Coffee &, his shop at 718 Elmwood Ave.
Three years ago, Coldiron was convicted only of attempted grand larceny and placed on probation. He was granted a new trial 12 months ago by the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court because of jury misconduct during deliberations before then-County Judge Timothy J. Drury.
The appellate court stressed that while it found "legally sufficient" evidence to support the arson and attempted insurance fraud charges, a new trial was warranted because of misconduct by unidentified jurors who sneaked legal documents into the deliberation room.
"The jury's possession of that written material" warranted a trial reversal, the Rochester court ruled, upholding arguments by Buffalo Legal Aid Bureau appeals attorney Nicholas T. Texido.
Prosecutors Mark A. Sacha and Amy B. Benedict proved Coldiron had applied for about $290,000 in business insurance on the shop about a month before the fire and that he had been awaiting an insurance company inspection of his business at the time of the arson.
The prosecutors also cited evidence of Coldiron had gambling casino debts at the time.
John K. Jordan, Coldiron's attorney, contended his client, who lived in a third-floor flat above the shop and had to leap to the roof of an adjoining business to escape the flames, had "cooperated fully with the investigation" of the arson.
Days after the fire, neighbors staged a benefit for Coldiron.
mgryta@buffnews.com
ajay - 07/29/09 13:49
I remember walking in and asking them if they wanted to put up a free WiFi spot in there, for the cost of $45/mo. Didn't get an answer....
I remember walking in and asking them if they wanted to put up a free WiFi spot in there, for the cost of $45/mo. Didn't get an answer....
tinypliny - 07/29/09 08:28
I just read your earlier post to place this in context. What an awful person! He deserves a nice spot in prison.
I just read your earlier post to place this in context. What an awful person! He deserves a nice spot in prison.
jason - 07/29/09 08:10
Didn't a pet die in the fire too? Or am I not remembering correctly? Either way, I'm glad this goon was brought to justice.
Didn't a pet die in the fire too? Or am I not remembering correctly? Either way, I'm glad this goon was brought to justice.
james - 07/28/09 23:04
Ah yes, the coffee shop where I met Libertad before all other estrippers.
Glad he got what was coming.
Ah yes, the coffee shop where I met Libertad before all other estrippers.
Glad he got what was coming.
joshua - 07/28/09 22:53
This was a disgrace. I honestly do miss that coffee shop... I was a regular there until it burned down. Too bad it was owned by a psychopath.
This was a disgrace. I honestly do miss that coffee shop... I was a regular there until it burned down. Too bad it was owned by a psychopath.
07/11/2009 23:41 #49269
When I die...When I die...
I hope that it doesn't take long before anyone notices. Last night (e:mike) and I were at Cathode Ray and witnessed the removal of a body that had gone unnoticed for ~8days. It was in the apartment across the street from the bar right above the grocery store. I always noticed the stained glass window hangings in the windows so I think the person had lived there for a long time. I hope that someone will come and claim their things and remember who this person was.
I also hope that when I die I get buried wrapped in a white sheet without being embalmed. No formaldehyde! I want a quick burial with no autopsy. If I am dead I am dead and it really shouldn't matter why unless of course it was because somebody killed me or it was something suspicious or unknown. I really don't want a coffin unless it is papermaché. I really believe in being returned to the earth naturally. I want to decompose and become become soil so that I can continue to be a part of the cycle.
Also it would be preferable if my body were somewhere beautiful and clean. My memorial would be done at the SGI Buffalo Community Center. I want pictures of me and pictures that I have taken to be displayed. I really don't care for a public viewing of my body but if anybody wanted to view me for whatever reason I think it should be permitted. My parents would decide what is done with my things but would be advised by those closest in my life as to who gets what.
If an organ or two could be used to save somebody's life I wouldn't mind but I don't want a free for all. This isn't a buffet.
I hope that it doesn't take long before anyone notices. Last night (e:mike) and I were at Cathode Ray and witnessed the removal of a body that had gone unnoticed for ~8days. It was in the apartment across the street from the bar right above the grocery store. I always noticed the stained glass window hangings in the windows so I think the person had lived there for a long time. I hope that someone will come and claim their things and remember who this person was.
I also hope that when I die I get buried wrapped in a white sheet without being embalmed. No formaldehyde! I want a quick burial with no autopsy. If I am dead I am dead and it really shouldn't matter why unless of course it was because somebody killed me or it was something suspicious or unknown. I really don't want a coffin unless it is papermaché. I really believe in being returned to the earth naturally. I want to decompose and become become soil so that I can continue to be a part of the cycle.
Also it would be preferable if my body were somewhere beautiful and clean. My memorial would be done at the SGI Buffalo Community Center. I want pictures of me and pictures that I have taken to be displayed. I really don't care for a public viewing of my body but if anybody wanted to view me for whatever reason I think it should be permitted. My parents would decide what is done with my things but would be advised by those closest in my life as to who gets what.
If an organ or two could be used to save somebody's life I wouldn't mind but I don't want a free for all. This isn't a buffet.
hodown - 07/29/09 13:48
I just lol'd at my desk Mike!
I just lol'd at my desk Mike!
mike - 07/14/09 10:18
its unfortunate then that i am gonna embalm you , encrust you with diamonds and then keep you on permanent display on my mantle!
its unfortunate then that i am gonna embalm you , encrust you with diamonds and then keep you on permanent display on my mantle!
tiburon1724 - 07/14/09 00:04
The thought of worms and other bugs crawling through and eating my body freaks me out and makes me want to go the cremation route.
The thought of worms and other bugs crawling through and eating my body freaks me out and makes me want to go the cremation route.
paul - 07/12/09 13:53
I agree. I have always said I wanted to take my whole family and made an orchard of fruit trees out of them. I would definately like to be a cherry tree.
I agree. I have always said I wanted to take my whole family and made an orchard of fruit trees out of them. I would definately like to be a cherry tree.
metalpeter - 07/12/09 09:27
The thing with the 8 days is at first very scary. But then as you start to think some people don't see anyone where not seeing them for 8 days would make them worried. Unless someone is in like a dangerous life style or something I think most people might think oh this person is sick or something (I mean work wise) and often a lot of families the same thing happens people don't see each other that often. That being said it would still really bother me to see what you saw.
In terms of your wishes when you die. It is a good idea to tell or even write them out to more then one person and date it also. Then if your wishes change. For some people they do through things they see and things that happen in there life. It is then important to update those wishes and pass that along in updated versions to the people you told before. That way if something should happen then they know what you want. Also that way you don't get one person saying "he wanted this" and the other people go "No He told us this".
The thing with the 8 days is at first very scary. But then as you start to think some people don't see anyone where not seeing them for 8 days would make them worried. Unless someone is in like a dangerous life style or something I think most people might think oh this person is sick or something (I mean work wise) and often a lot of families the same thing happens people don't see each other that often. That being said it would still really bother me to see what you saw.
In terms of your wishes when you die. It is a good idea to tell or even write them out to more then one person and date it also. Then if your wishes change. For some people they do through things they see and things that happen in there life. It is then important to update those wishes and pass that along in updated versions to the people you told before. That way if something should happen then they know what you want. Also that way you don't get one person saying "he wanted this" and the other people go "No He told us this".
tinypliny - 07/12/09 00:24
(e:lib), I believe that all our souls and what we are in this life are set free when we die.
Your best memories and your rich experiences will always be a part of you and your friends' and relatives' consciousness. I don't think anyone really ever "dies". They continue in the consciousness of life till generations have passed. They then become part of everyone.
Our bodies are not really "us" after we die. They are beautifully engineered vessels but they are really not worth worrying about in this life. I say, enjoy them to their capacity when you are in them! Don't worry about what will happen when you leave them. They will become part of where they came from sooner or later. :)
(e:lib), I believe that all our souls and what we are in this life are set free when we die.
Your best memories and your rich experiences will always be a part of you and your friends' and relatives' consciousness. I don't think anyone really ever "dies". They continue in the consciousness of life till generations have passed. They then become part of everyone.
Our bodies are not really "us" after we die. They are beautifully engineered vessels but they are really not worth worrying about in this life. I say, enjoy them to their capacity when you are in them! Don't worry about what will happen when you leave them. They will become part of where they came from sooner or later. :)
Happy Birthday Mike!
There are slight variations on how orientation can be recorded, but generally (e:strip) won't rotate something unless it's sure about what to do. It's not based on width vs height from what Paul has said.
I think it rotates the picture when the height is much smaller than the width and the resize skews it even more - or some such thing. I have seen some of my pictures uploading like this. I pull them and make the height:width much much larger.
that was from my garage sale. I got it from my friend Katrina when she worked at media play and it was a display they were throwing out. The best part is someone like 20something guys bought it at the garage sale for like 5 dollars after much hemming and hawing about it
I have no idea about the upload, the only guess that I have is that I really have no idea, but maybe the height is the same size as the regular width of (e:strip) so it puts it that way, but not sure I would think (e:paul) would know for sure.
The more important question, David, is what is up with that Dawson's Creek picture?