The photo book I ordered from the QOOP flickr Photo Printer arrived today. I had chosen these photos and a few others from my flickr photostream to publish as a photo book. The short verdict for this service is that the cover and the binding of the book are nice, but the inner pages and print quality could be greatly improved.
The stock used for the inner pages is just too thin, and photos are visible through the opposite side. That’s all there is to say about that.
The print quality on the cover is decent because the cover is thick and glossy, like traditional photo paper, but the quality of the printing on the inner pages leaves a lot to be desired – I can get much better results even when printing on copier paper with my HP inkjet printer at home. For this photo service to be viable, this issue must be addressed before anything else. The color correction is horrible and all the photos are lackluster and almost look like they are printed at screen resolution in some cases.
I realize this service is in beta, but print quality of the photographs should really be their first priority. It’s a shame, because easy printing from flickr is a great idea and the web interface for the designing/ordering system was impressive. If they improved print quality of the final product, I would probably use them again, but not until then.
UPDATE: Check out the message that QOOP left in this post. I must say, this is very impressive. I believe I will give them another try when they switch over to the glossier stock, because the company is obviously trying hard to please its customers. I respect that.
Spoiled Scooter
Hahahahahahahahaha!!! It can fly!
Monday Genki Boost
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Your IQ Is 135 |
 Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Exceptional |
It’s pretty obvious this test is flawed because I’m a dumbass at math. I’m just stoked because this test proves that my logic is fuxx0rd – hey, if Jody didn’t go to jail, maybe it’s because SHE’S A DIRTY WHORE WHO SUCKED OFFICER WAGNER’S LE COQ SPORTIF, if ya know what I’m sayin’.
Anyway, here’s a guy literally scored off the charts and analyzes several flaws in the test: LINKY LINKY
Cat on the banks of the sumoto river
Fuzzy friend.
Akenai de
Do not open.
Best Flash Ever
This is one of my favorite JP flash files. I searched around for it a while but but the Geocities page it was originally hosted on is no more. I’m mirroring it here:
DORAEMON/OFFSPRING
Tyrone Davies
That Ipecac video reminded me of one of the all-time Vomitus Classicos:
“We’re gonna take a commercial break…”
Ipecac & Freud
Couple of interesting ones at Big boys:
IPECAC – This one reminded me of the Chinese food/heatstroke incident I had last month and left me kinda queasy.
FREUDIAN SLIP – Heh.
I Have the Power (What’s Going On)
I realize that I’ve been remiss in posting video links lately. Lets fix that right now, starting with: He Man does 4-non-blondes
Surprise Ending
To roughly quote Jedi Mind Trick, it’s like “hating necrophiliacs for fucking the dead.” When you go read the touching story on the following link, don’t forget to see all the comments:
Grief – Barn Swallows
It’s always sad when the tree-hugging animal lovers expose themselves as the least knowledgable about nature.