Most Viewed Pictures for October 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for October 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

The large Boeing 747 (Evergreen Aviation cargo charter) in the center was actually from October.

Most Viewed Pictures for September 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for September 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

The two helicopter pictures (Cobra center, and Jet Ranger top left) are actually from September. What a novel concept.

Most Viewed Pictures for August 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for August 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

Some newer pictures (specifically from a Moonlight photoshoot at the Desert Botanical Garden) offset the continued appearance of the QR Code for the movie '9'.

Most Viewed Pictures for July 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for July 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

Finally starting to see pictures from this year - and even this past month (July) show up in the mosaic.

The center picture was a new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (a new stretched version) and the first two pictures (upper left) are from the March Air Museum (in Riverside, CA).

Mistaken for a body

Yes - that's me lying on the ground. I am fine. No EMT's were involved. I was trying for a 'looking up' or bug level picture of a classic P-51 Mustang.

This was the picture I was taking at the time....



This photo trip was from back in April, when the Collings Foundation was on their annual Spring trip through Arizona.

(more pictures from this and another evening photoshoot - are in my Deer Valley photoset)

Most Viewed Pictures for June 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for June 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

Some older pictures getting frequent second looks, but nothing for this year showing up this month.

And no one picture showing up over and over again, so I didn't use the large center image format.

Most Viewed Pictures for May 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for May 2011, a photo by rob-the-org on Flickr.

What's unfortunately telling about this month's popular photo mosaic - is that only one of the pictures is even from this year.

(it is the Mando stickers in the center)

I need to get out, take (and post) more pictures.

Blinking strobe lights

If you drove past a store - when it is closed - and you saw a strong blinking strobe light, would you know what it is? What if you saw it coming from 3 closed/out of business shops in a small strip mall?

The strobe is the visible portion of the building fire alarm. As part of the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA), fire alarms in public buildings need to include a visible alert (to accommodate the deaf).

I pulled into the parking lot and there wasn't any visible smoke or fire from any of the 4 shops (this strip mall is the local 'strip mall of death'. When the economy tanked, businesses starting going under esp in this strip mall. A Italian restaurant opened there around the first of the year - and I don't know if it is going to make it). I called the property management firm listed in the window. The on-call manager didn't have this property on his list, so he didn't know who to call.

Next step - trying to find a non-emergency number for the Fire Department. And that was more of a challenge than you might think. The building was on the edge of two different jurisdictions (and I couldn't find the non-emerg number for the jurisdiction I thought it was going to be). So I finally just called 911. I explained the dispatcher what was going on and she got it to the right department (not the one I was originally expecting).

About 5 minutes later - an Engine pulled up w/ full lights and sirens going. I waited for the officer to get out - and told him that I was the one who called it in, but didn't see anything wrong. I couldn't in good conscience just walk away if there was a potential for something to be wrong.

[I had reason to be concerned. About a mile down the road, a house that had been converted to a car stereo shop - which went out of business - burned to the ground in suspicious circumstances less than a year ago.]

The crew spent a good 20 minutes walking around the building, looking in each shop (from the outside). They went into the fire alarm control room where they reset the alarm - and it came right back on. They tried to get into each shop to check, but the fire panel only had keys for 1 of the 4 shops in it.

They were able to get in touch w/ the alarm company - but even they were having trouble getting in touch with anyone who seemed to care about this building. They finally called their Chief after checking everything they could - and got the OK to leave it as they found it. With the Strobes continuing to flash.

I drove past the next day - and to no real surprise - the building was still standing. But I couldn't tell if the strobes were still going.

Most Viewed Pictures for April 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for April 2011, originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

A couple of pictures from this year have showed up here.

- The Toy Story zoetrope (from Disney California Adventure), Top Left
- A mall moving billboard that suffered a Windows Blue Screen of Death

Most Viewed Pictures for March 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for March 2011, originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

Most Viewed Pictures for February 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for February 2011, originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

Warmer weather is right around the corner - time to get out and take more pictures....

Most Viewed Pictures for January 2011

Most Viewed Pictures for January 2011, originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

More old pictures - still generating on-line interest......

Damn - I love Amazon

Most of the time when I go to buy something, I want it NOW, so obviously that rules out on-line shopping. But after checking a couple of places, I will usually end up on Amazon.

What makes Amazon special in my mind, is that they have a major distribution/warehouse here in the Phoenix Metro area. So if I happen to order something that is in stock, and even if I only pay for 2-day shipping, I get it in a single day. It never leaves Phoenix.

(which of course now that I have said this - they will go out of their way to hold the package so that I stop getting this extra special/speedy delivery)

I will enjoy it while it lasts.

Most Viewed Pictures for December 2010

Most Viewed Pictures for December 2010, originally uploaded by rob-the-org.

It was an unusual mosaic for December. The were only 13 'Top' pictures. Several were multiple day top pictures. So the last image (#14) is blank.