I just used the upload feature to upload this photo of me, from the local paper's article on blogs. I'm wearing a suit because they sent the photographer by with about 15 minutes notice, right before I went to a law school dinner. I don't generally dress up for blogging. . . .
The photo-upload feature is much the same as Movable Type's. It's very easy. I don't use MT's photo-upload feature on my InstaPundit blog, though I've played with it a bit -- I upload using an FTP program. I'm not sure why. Habit, I guess.
TypePad supports post-via-email, but I haven't tried to figure it out yet. I've been doing this for about 10-15 minutes, which demonstrates how easy it is.
UPDATE: Went to look at the post-by-email instructions. Looks pretty easy.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader "Mac" comments: "How about a rule - for every pic of you, one of the Instawife!" Fair enough, I guess. This one was taken with the Toshiba using natural light, and just a bit of the Photoshop "fill flash" effect to lighten the shadows.
Hmm. You have to click the link to make this work. Every time I tried to upload the file using the TypePad utility, it took me to a new post, so I just cut and pasted the HTML it generated. But it's not showing a thumbnail here for some reason. Go figure. It's easy to use, but it's not foolproof, I guess.
Anybody got any suggestions on what I did wrong?
ANOTHER UPDATE: Followed the advice of a commenter, below, but it's a workaround. If you want to see the photo full-size, you'll still have to click on "view image."
Hot stud!
Posted by: john kerry can't touch my penis | February 18, 2004 at 08:03 PM
Well, if it's any consolation, I have been told that I should dress up! (Both myself and my chaotic blog.)
Posted by: Eric Scheie | February 18, 2004 at 09:26 PM
At first I thought the photo was a slim Nathan Lane.
Posted by: Horst Graben | February 18, 2004 at 09:32 PM
Next invitation should be from Queer Eye for the straight guy :) The living room fan has got to go :)
Posted by: Loyal Reader | February 18, 2004 at 10:51 PM
you married?
Posted by: Jen | February 19, 2004 at 11:09 AM
How about a rule - for every pic of you, one of the Instawife! No offense intended.
Posted by: Mac | February 19, 2004 at 11:18 PM
I didn't know that lawyers could get an attractive wife.
Posted by: John J. Coupal | February 21, 2004 at 10:17 AM
Of course the lawyer can get an attractive wife...they get first shot at the divorcee market.
Posted by: Mark Webster | February 28, 2004 at 07:11 PM
Uh, thanks Mark. But that's not quite how we met. Actually, we met when I was dating her older sister's roommate. Somebody once told me that was a "very Southern" way to meet a future spouse, though I've never been sure exactly why that would be.
Posted by: Glenn Reynolds | February 28, 2004 at 07:56 PM
Glenn, on the thumbnail issue... just place this HTML code before the "VIEW IMAGE"code.
{img src="http://glennreynolds.typepad.com/glennreynolds/helen3.jpg" width="150" height="200" border="0"}
Don't forget to replace the outter brackets with the greater and less than symbols. The thumbnail will be half-sized.
Maybe that's what your looking for...
Posted by: DeWaun | February 28, 2004 at 08:20 PM
Thanks DeWaun -- that works. But it doesn't explain why using the TypePad photo buttons doesn't work the way I wanted. Oh, well.
Posted by: Glenn Reynolds | February 28, 2004 at 08:53 PM
Glenn, when you upload the file, make sure you press the "show me the html" radio button (it's defaulted to "new post") and check "create a thumbnail for this image" and select whether or not you want an embedded or popup image.
I just tried this on my testblog and it looked like I still had to manually set the proportions for the thumbnail.
Anyway, that solves your new post issue anyway. It'll spit out the html for you at the end and you can cut and paste it.
Posted by: Nathan | February 28, 2004 at 08:57 PM
Damn...you've got a good-looking wife Glenn!
Posted by: Max M | February 28, 2004 at 11:29 PM
Ditto what Max said.
Posted by: Beldar | February 29, 2004 at 12:13 AM
Glenn:
The TypePad photo button will only create a thumbnail when your initial image is wider than the post column of your blog. Otherwise ya gotta do it by hand, unfortunately.
Paul
Posted by: Light & Dark | February 29, 2004 at 02:18 AM
What is that hot looking MAMMA doing there? Is she for sale?
Posted by: Ricky Vandal | March 08, 2004 at 06:44 AM
Sonneries
Posted by: sonneries | June 27, 2004 at 09:16 PM
Whoa! How many blogs does this make for you? Three?
How friggin' FAST do you TYPE, anyway? 300 WPM? Do you blog while waiting for red lights? (Or ... ulp ... while driving?)
The Instawife is a major babe, BTW.
Posted by: Whoa Nelly | September 13, 2004 at 03:32 PM
I am relatively new to your blog...a few months now... but I would like to make a very important observation. I saw the picture of your wife that you posted and I truly think you are totally and unequivocally insane. You have to be to spend so much time blogging when you could be away from all this with her alone and without electricity or a phone, some would call that heaven. I hope this small intervention is of some help because you really need it.
Frank*
Posted by: Frank | September 13, 2004 at 07:00 PM
You should have gone with the Amelia island shirt, Glenn. It's one of my absolute favorite places. My kids love to shoot up there for a Saturday.
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Her?
SHE?
Is married to YOU?
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