tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53630874503964981822024-03-20T17:27:02.574+08:00FotoZon BlogAbout Taiwan, FotoZon and lots of other stuffFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-75725268301363980582012-01-10T23:20:00.003+08:002012-01-10T23:26:40.122+08:00New Meta Tag FunctionHello All,Just a quick note to let you know that I have added "Meta Tags" for keywords and description to all fotozon home pages. Click here to edit your home page and add the meta tags. "What are Meta Tags" you ask? Well they are just some hidden tags in the header of most pages that tell the search engines something about your site. Up until now I have been generating those automatically Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-62139519534250860362011-12-07T09:49:00.004+08:002011-12-09T15:59:31.330+08:00Cabin Fotos TaiwanWooden House in Taiwan Another great photo set by Pazza-Studio This month has been very busy as I install new servers and start up new web sites. What a world we live in! Every day, another project. I hope to hear from all of you and I wish you a very happy and blessed holiday season!All the Best, KeithFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-19010997376961894842011-11-11T12:04:00.003+08:002011-11-11T12:09:34.482+08:00Pazza StudiosHello All.That Pazza Studios over in Taiwan is taking some really great shots.Also, a big shout out to Dennis - the best electrician in Edmonds, WA .Later,KJGFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-54432204359876900942011-03-13T15:11:00.002+08:002011-03-13T15:16:22.965+08:00MarchGetting old is not fun. I've just turned 40 and I'm afraid I might be doing something wrong... Why is life so tough? There's all these trillions of dollars just floating around, why must I work so hard just to get a few thousand of them? Lately I've been interviewing with some companies to try and find a regular full time job with benefits, and it is probably just as well I didn't get the job Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-6099964278960714632011-01-19T13:04:00.002+08:002011-01-19T13:29:49.623+08:00FotoZon PremiumCool Apples. Back in the US of A.We are pleased to present the Fotozon "Premium Foto Pro Websites"! Our first customer Pazza Studio is online and ready as the first demo site. Check out his awesome studio shots including the one on the left there of the apples and bubbles set up.Be the best.jgFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-1208729204159944482010-11-29T22:45:00.005+08:002010-11-29T23:02:33.618+08:00Taiwan POD FlickR GroupHello Everyone!Recently we have been monitoring the Taiwan Picture of the Day Candidates FlickR page. We are cleaning it up and eliminating a few of the extra entries. Please, if you are submitting photos to this group, make sure to include only your best shots of Taiwan so we can select them for the daily picture. We are currently in the process of further automation and editorial review. Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-21796791421026009282010-11-29T11:33:00.002+08:002010-11-29T11:38:14.183+08:00Picture LayoutJust another manic Monday...Working now on a page full of nice cabinet pictures. Lucky for us we were able to upload all of those good looking pictures, but now we need a little nicer layout. If you have any ideas, let me know. Please let me know.Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-31157694432122812462010-11-24T10:42:00.003+08:002010-11-24T10:50:34.557+08:00Taiwan Daily Facebook AppGreetings!The Taiwan Daily Facebook App is up and running again. Now they have changed around their system and you don't have all those boxes in your profile page. It used to be that one of those boxes could show the Taiwan Daily Picture if you add it to your profile page. Now that part of their site has disappeared completely, so I had to redo the whole thing using their javascript sdk / Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-3060139269024773642010-11-18T21:37:00.005+08:002010-11-18T22:05:08.956+08:00New ApplicationDear Folks,I recently set up a new facebook application to save your facebook links. Please add it and let me know if you have any trouble with it. This is important because facebook only displays your links 6 at a time now and it takes a long time to go through them if you have more than a dozen! Also, it is very difficult to capture the source html they are using, so I made it easy to copy Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-36565504795244922782010-10-14T11:52:00.004+08:002010-10-14T12:00:56.588+08:00Quick OneNotice our New Header! I'm not sure what happened to the last one, it was somehow drastically reduced in size, but you miss it, here's a link to the general image:On FotoZon Pages, I added a new javascript feature to "listen" for the press of left and right arrow keys for navigation between pictures. This was a ridiculously easy to do and I should have done it earlier. I'm thinking about Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-7581248853095948392010-09-17T12:04:00.003+08:002010-09-17T12:16:02.453+08:00Stanwood Car Show July 2010I just love making little improvements, so I can look at my fotos more easily on my web page. Why didn't I set this up before ? I used a really easy javascript to listen for the left/right arrows to be pushed and navigate forward or backwards through the pictures. Try out this car picture while looking at some shots from the Stanwood Car Show July 2010.For even more old car pictures, check outFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-23315963133018596712010-05-29T14:08:00.004+08:002010-05-29T14:15:04.286+08:00Back in the PNWHey Everyone!I am back here in America and visiting family in the great Pacific Northwest. This view is of Lake Diablo up in the North Cascades Mountains on the way back from Eastern Washington.Not much doing here, just staying out of the rain and working on my personal Keith Grey BIO page on the ole JayData website. You never know what you may trawl up on the internet.Take it easy, All for NOW,Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-43985428540796927312010-01-18T10:58:00.007+08:002010-01-19T20:25:28.833+08:00Little Liu Chiu IslandLittle Liu Chiu Island (小琉球) is South-West of Kaohsiung in the Taiwan straits. The very small island is easily reached by passenger ferry from Dong-Gang (東港 - East Harbor) . See Google Map.Freeway 3 is the easiest way to get down there. Just drive to the end and turn right. Turn left just before the big red bridge and park in one of the lots there next to the boats. We arrived just in time Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-14674080865529844772009-09-13T22:44:00.002+08:002009-09-13T23:21:25.906+08:00Broadcasting Worldwide on Sunday NightI am back in Taiwan now after being gone for almost a month back the USA. I was back there just in time to watch my 89 year old grandmother pass away after a fight with brain cancer. It was so sad. It sort of bothered me though that there was no real ceremony like the elaborate drawn out one they have here in Taiwan. I got to witness that earlier this year when my wife's grandmother passed Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-76453954699958160312009-09-10T18:13:00.004+08:002009-09-10T18:24:22.787+08:00Colors and White Balance in the ForestTo any readers following this blog, I have been busy recently with another trip back to the USA to witness the death of my grandmother. It was a sad experience. I sought solace in the woods around my family's compound in Northern Washington State. While there I discovered something on the settings of my Nikon D50 camera. Here is the first picture I took at this trail junction with automatic Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-88779094581010553972009-06-13T20:25:00.002+08:002009-06-13T20:32:49.201+08:00New Lens.A new lens, the 10~20 mm Sigma. I It shoots so much wider than a regular lens. I call it "super wide". On a recent trip to Port Townsend USA, to visit my good friend Jim - Custom Instrument Maker, I came across this beauty and plunked down the coin to make it mine.A real estate agent's dream, an interrior lens to be used with shutter speeds as slow as 1/15th second. I hope to capture the Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-52716911635371774612009-04-19T12:41:00.003+08:002009-04-19T15:37:37.183+08:00Construction in TaiwanIt seems that in Taiwan, there is always construction going on. New roads are built, new houses, gigantic new concrete and steel buildings culminating with the Taipei 101 tower. What is it that causes such continuous construction? There seem to be plenty of abandoned old houses, and new ones are going up all the time. Leading some to conclude there is a serious housing bubble in Taiwan. It Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-11069637303160953852009-03-28T22:49:00.003+08:002009-03-28T23:09:29.659+08:00Connections between Australia and TaiwanTaiwan ... and ... AustraliaThere seems to be an inevitable connection between Australia and Taiwan. I was reminded of that recently while reading the story about Clare Wang on the site of my favorite blogger from Taiwan who also happens to be from Australia! Maybe I'm also thinking of a local photographer from Australia or the website Taiwan in Australia that is a strong supporter of Taiwan Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-37645826648618225282009-03-17T16:33:00.005+08:002009-03-17T18:24:47.074+08:00KaputThis is an awfully suspicious picture in my opinion. I mean look at the way the hand is gently pushing up from the bottom. "T.U." pretty much sums up where we are though huh? The thing that also strikes me is the change in direction in 1995. What happened back then? That's probably where the trouble started.What are these 2 little words that could kill Microsoft? Could they be "Net-Book"? Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-54463081885333403912009-01-17T20:31:00.005+08:002009-01-17T20:49:00.795+08:00BalconyRight up there with the ever popular "Cleaning the Fan" blog entry entry - this time it is cleaning up the balcony. I like to think of it as my "backyard". It is just outside of the kitchen. I know it doesn't look like much in this picture, but you should have seen it before. Dirt and grime was built up for years. I spent more than a whole morning scrubbing and even ran a small 1/8" water Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-8722423172064590622008-12-28T11:52:00.009+08:002009-01-02T12:27:36.645+08:00Taroko Gorge 太魯 閣 - A five Day TripSince I first took a motorcycle trip around the island in 1998 and saw this place for the first time, it has always stood out as probably the most fantastic natural place in Taiwan. The Taroko Gorge (太魯閣) would be amazing enough, but the addition of the highway threaded through the vertical walls with many tunnels and cutouts just makes it all the more incredible. When I first rode through on my Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-5295234101469700092008-12-14T23:47:00.004+08:002008-12-15T00:26:16.439+08:00Snake Kiln in Shueili - 水里蛇窑On the way to thesouth end of Sun Moon Lake, after the town of Shueili, ( 水里 ) there's a place called the "Snake Kiln". We've driven past it many times, but never stopped. This time we decided to stop the car and go see what it was all about.The Shueili Snake Kiln ( 水里蛇窑 ) gets its name from this long earthentunnel that serves as a kiln to make pottery. Many parts of this kilnwere Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-76922921462421249762008-11-12T09:24:00.005+08:002008-11-12T09:52:18.830+08:00Visit to a Car MuseumIn late July, my Dad took a break from making cabinets in Stanwood and we went to tour the LeMay car museum in Tacoma, WA. How appropriate (or ironic?) that I'm posting this just now as the giants from Detroit - GM, Ford and Chrysler are struggling to survive and are begging the government for bailout money. The auto maker's glory days of the past may be gone, but thanks to museums like this Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-13545990372009369402008-09-26T09:39:00.004+08:002008-09-26T10:25:26.582+08:00Old SchoolLast month in early August, I visited my old school - the University of Washington in Seattle while my wife went shopping in the nearby shopping "village". It was great fun to stroll down memory lane and see all the changes and the classic old building that remain the same.They are remodeling my old hall of economics.Now - Why didn't they have that sign therewhen I was going to school!?!Classic Fotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5363087450396498182.post-32443949775070048632008-09-13T18:13:00.003+08:002008-09-13T18:30:57.872+08:00Some Nice PhotosWhile I was back in the states, my brother built a table for a "real" photographer in exchange for some professional shots of their work at the Grey's cabinet shop in Stanwood. I was gone the shoot, but I heard all about the experience and how the photographer spent about two hours lining up each shot with the lights and everything just so! Any little reflection or bright spots and he'd have toFotozonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00181694049321554803noreply@blogger.com1