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A Ghost in the Mines

There are gases in mines, does that make you a little suspicious about stories that come from miners and whatever they might see, or think they see, deep underground?

Sailors and miners tend to be very superstitious people, working in risky places so deep underground or so far away floating on top of such deep water. It’s no surprise they come up with stories. Some people just like to scare each other too. See what they can get started… So do you believe everything you hear from miners, or sailors?

Found on Twitter:

Alex Omanski Posts About the History of Underground Ontario – Mines and Caves

First, I found his site, Ontario Exploration 101, via the Curlie listing which had come up as a broken link to check. The link works, if you go past the web browser warnings of gloom and doom. People may miss all his posts because they start from the navigation bar, under the word “more…”. Not the navigation people are used to. At first the site appears to be a one page wonder. Once you hit upon the content, there is a LOT of it. Mostly about abandoned mines in Ontario.


I found more. There is a gallery of his images and more written content at mindat.org. There is a network people can join, a Mining Database.

I don’t know why the web browser (Firefox) is warning people away from his site. It would take days to read everything there. I hope it is all saved somewhere. Sites, personal projects like this, tend to disappear one day without notice. Abandoned and then lost.

Rooftopping Versus Skywalking

Rooftopping is not about hanging yourself from the edge of a building.

Skywalking has been promoted in the media as rooftopping, incorrectly. Urban exploration is not about taking silly risks with your life. Urban explorers take photographs, are careful as they explore, don’t litter or vandalize and they make it home again to upload their photographs. Taking photographs is not to prove you were there, or show how much of a thrill seeker you are. The photos document the place you visited, not the fact that you, in particular, were there.

Rooftopping is not performance art. Some explorers like to be underground in tunnels, drains and other types of big holes in the ground. Some (maybe the same people) like to be far above ground, to see everything from a new angle and look at all the city lights. The first rooftopping photo was taken in Toronto, Ontario. The photograph showed the city far below with the photographer’s shoes hanging over the edge of the tall building they were sitting on. (Note, sitting on, not hanging or dangling from). If you enjoy dangling yourself from a crane join a circus or take up construction and learn how to do it safely. Have some care and respect for yourself and be here (relatively undamaged) for your own further adventures, tomorrow.

53 Links about Cell Phone Photography

I didn’t know about iPhoneography until reading the word on BinaryDad’s Twitter profile. I don’t have a cell phone and haven’t looked into them. One thing I know about myself is the enjoyment of not being entirely connected. I like having that edge of escapism, the hermit in me. So I resist getting a mobile/ cell phone; a needy creature that will leach onto me 24 hours a day insisting I actually give it my time and attention.

I know some can take a photo. I don’t know which have the ability and which do not. I have my digital camera so this isn’t a feature I’ve given much interest either. However, I don’t like to be ignorant so I have been looking at the cell phone photographers/ mobile blogging it also seems to be called by some. Seems the proper term for the camera phone is moblie phone, which becomes mobile blogging if they are used in that way.

Resources:

  • Moblog.net – Create your own moblog.
  • MobilBlogg.nu – An International network to create your own moblog.
  • Moblogging.org
  • My Mobile Adventures
  • Mashable: 9 Ways to Moblog from your Phone
  • Preoccupations: Moblogging
  • CodeGround: How to create a Moblog with WordPress
  • Flickr: Moblog: I Love Moblogging!
  • Phonebin – Photos loaded directly from mobile phones, updates every 5 minutes and comes with a use at your own risk warning.
  • Digital Photography School: 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos
  • Digital Photography School: Camera Phone: Weekly Photography Challenge
  • Light Stalking: How to Improve your Camera Phone Photography
  • Photopreneur: The Photopreneur’s Guide to Good Mobile Phone Photography
  • PC World: Digital Focus: Better Photos from your Camera Phone
  • MSNBC: Camera Phone Photography as Art
  • Advanced Photography: How to Take Amazing Pictures with Camera Phone
  • Digital Art: Cell Phone Photography Tutorial

General Mobile Phone Photographer Resources:

Others for Specific Types of Mobile Phones: