Archives for August 2006

Fantastic Photo of an Underwater Greenwich Foot Tunnel

29 August 2006 | Zooomr Highlights | 30 Comments

Greenwich Foot Tunnel (2) Hosted on Zooomr
Thanks to Gridrunner for this fantastic shot of an underwater Greenwich Foot Tunnel. I thought the photo was great, but when I saw it on the Google map tag underwater that made it that much cooler for me. Nice work.

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Friday’s Are All About Fun Portals

25 August 2006 | Zooomr Highlights | 13 Comments

receipe for fun Hosted on Zooomr
Well, it’s Friday and Fridays are all about fun, so what better photo than “receipe for fun,” by jpg house. The Portals on this photo are fantastic and we just couldn’t resist sharing it. Go ahead, click through on the photo. You know you want to.
Thanks, by […]

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Snakes on Our Servers [UPDATED]

24 August 2006 | General | 25 Comments

UPDATE (15:41 PDT): We’re back online — As a bonus, I got a chance to upgrade our infrastructure — you might notice subtle speed-ups here and there.
Sorry for any inconveniences. –Kristopher
Gawwkkk! It seems that some of those Snakes on those Planes have made their way over onto our servers and unfortunately snakes and Linux […]

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Discover Portals

23 August 2006 | General, Zooomr Highlights | 17 Comments

Colosseum at night Hosted on Zooomr
Colosseum at Night. Click through this photos to portal in for an inside view of the Colosseum. Thanks, Gareth!
Hey everyone. Thanks for all of the creative Portals that you have been making and posting up on Zooomr.
Last night Kristopher added a cool section on Zooomr […]

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The Skies of Portugal

22 August 2006 | Zooomr Highlights | 3 Comments

C_roca3 Hosted on Zooomr
Check out this beautiful photo of the skies of Portugal. Click through to the photo as well to find a Portal to a great detail shot within the photo. Thanks for sharing the photo brunurb. Beautiful work you have there.
Man and check out the tour of London that Patrick […]

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More Examples of Portals

22 August 2006 | Press & Accolades | 32 Comments

CNET has a nice write up out on Portals at Zooomr here. To see how Rafe Needleman used Portals to share a tour of CNET, click on this photo and then follow his tour of portals.
Here’s another example of a portal from my photo shoot with Robert Scoble last night. Just hover over […]

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Portals Are UP!

22 August 2006 | Announcements, General | 25 Comments

Hey Everyone, Kristopher here. Lots to explain about this release of Zooomr, but I’m pretty tired. Of notice: Robert Scoble talked a little bit about Portals — We were also posted on TechCrunch again.
I managed to shoot a video for your distinct viewing pleasure, though — More to come later today.
-Kristopher

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Portals are Almost Here!

21 August 2006 | Announcements, Development | 9 Comments

Hey Everyone, we’ve been delayed a little bit because the new notes & portals system requires an update to our privacy system.
Anyways, here’s some more screenshots of Portals before we launch soon.
Thanks!
Kristopher Tate
Zooomr Portals 1 Hosted on Zooomr
Zooomr Portals 2 Hosted on Zooomr
Zooomr Portals 3 Hosted on Zooomr

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Mother F****** Snake on a Mother F****** Photosharing Site

21 August 2006 | Zooomr Highlights | 1 Comment

She Had Those Certain Kind of Rattlesnake Eyes Hosted on Zooomr
Sorry. Couldn’t help myself there.
Check out the snake tag at Zooomr.

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Releasing Portals, Notes and PeopleNotes Today

21 August 2006 | Announcements, Development, System Notices | 4 Comments

Hey Everyone, I will be releasing some of the goods today along with some fixes to some various glitches, so heads up.
Please stay tuned to the Zooomr Blog for more info.
Kristopher Tate

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