Posts Tagged “Facebook”
PicLyf is a free photo sharing site. USE IT. OWN IT. PESTER YOUR FRIENDS WITH IT.
I have been abusing PicLyf for more than a month now and I think it’s just about time to blog about this free photo sharing service.
PicLyf is an online photo sharing site which not only allows you to upload and share unlimited photos but also helps you pester your friends (and enemies) from different social networking sites by simultaneous updates to Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger and even to another photo sharing site Flickr. How cool is that!
I first read about PicLyf when Yugatech launched part of his Lenovo contest last November (I thought he’d have the Angel badge now but he has not). I tried registering an account with my Facebook user ID and the rest is history. Now I got so hooked that I couldn’t even update my Facebook or Twitter accounts without worrying my online friends I might be dying or dead.
But PicLyf does all the updating. I just had to upload a photo in PicLyf together with my thoughts and PicLyf will do automatic updates to my Facebook wall and Twitter page. And since Twitter updates whatever I tweet to this blog’s Facebook page, those who like this blog on Facebook will always have something to read. Even my extinct Tumblr blog goes back to life continuous photo updates. I’m still thinking whether I should link PicLyf with my defunct WordPress blog so that, too, would be crawled again by those pesky Google spiders.
Also, PicLyf allows me to hotlink on their hosted photos on my blogs so I’m now officially ditching Flickr asks you to upgrade to a Pro account to get past their 200 photo limit and creating multiple Flickr accounts is too much of a task.
In hotlinking PicLyf photos on my blog posts, I used to right click » view background image » copy image URL and do all the img scr hardcoding and stuff until one of the PicLyf admins told me about the existence of the <> link which would give you the complete embed codes. Look for it near the top left corner of your uploaded photo, just below the PicLyf logo.
And PicLyf have cool virtual badges. As of now I earned 9 10 13 and I’ll have more in the days to come. Hover on the badges to know what they are.
But don’t expect to received parcels from the FedEx, though. They’re not actual badges, they’re virtual. 
Now all we need is a WordPress plugin or a script generator for us to be able to brag our PicLyf Gallery in our blogs and websites.
Are you getting tired of emptying your mailboxes with spammy messages from Facebook and the multitudes of Facebook Applications? It’s partly your fault, I would say. Facebook already gave you an option to stop receiving email notifications by tinkering on the Account Settings options. Here’s what you needed to do.
From the top right corner of Facebook, click on Account » Account Settings and on the preceding page, click on the Notifications Tab. From there, you could start un-checking as much check box under the Email (see under the envelop icon) column.
You may just un-check everything or leave a few important ones or whatever it is you want Facebook to continue notifying you through email.
One of your demented Facebook friends got the most ridiculous photo in the universe, posted them in Facebook and was so obliged to tag you in it. Now everyone in your other circle of friends thought you’re that demented lunatic who actually posted that photo when you are not. Here’s how you could deal with it.
How to UnTag Photos in Facebook:
1. File a lawsuit against your demented friend and his whole family up to the third degree of affinity or consanguinity.
2. Click on the photo you want to unTag.
3. Look under the photo for your name among the list of people Tagged in that photo and next to it, you’ll find a remove tag link. Click it and you’ll be unTagged from that photo.
4. Repeat steps 1 to 4 untill all unwanted photos had been unTagged.
