So we've made it to the double digits. So far so good. I'm enjoying this project and the feedback I've gotten from it. Thanks for your support and comments.

Yesterday I asked for any suggestions or challenges for photos. I got a few and this morning I tried two of them out. Underwater and children's toys... combined. They were two separate requests, but Meagan suggested combining the two! So, I filled the tub with water, found a cute little rubber ducky, and waterproofed my Droid (aka double bagged it in Ziploc baggies). First I tested a paper towel inside of a zipped bag to see if it would get any bit wet while submerged for 30 minutes. It was dry, so I continued.

To sum it all up in a few sentences. I may have ruined the light I used for yesterdays photo. I thought it was waterproof, turns out it just LOOKS like it is! And on the photo side of things, I'll still be hunting for today's photo as the day goes on. I'll have to figure out a new waterproofing technique for the camera. It didn't focus well through the bags and all the images were a bit hazy. On the bright side, my Droid is dry and survived it's submarine impression.

R.I.P Craftsman LED Worklight

Nate (Motorola Droid X)

Here's Day Nine. I might get another one up later on, but just in case, this is going to be it.

The weather here has been less than desirable recently, so we haven't ventured outside too much. To put it into perspective, I was wearing shorts and flip flops less than a week ago and we were considering turning the air conditioning on. Yesterday? IT WAS SNOWING!!! Our willow tree had just sprouted a bunch of small leaves for the spring and now I think it's second guessing it's timing.

Alright, any guesses as to exactly what this is a photo of?

Also, I'm up for a challenge. If anyone has any suggestions of possible photos or something that they think can't be taken with a camera phone, let me know and I'll give it my best shot.

Later

Nate (Motorola Droid X)

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In keeping with the coffee theme, here's my beans!

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The morning cup :-)

This morning I'm sitting here working on another project and enjoying some of Starbucks finest, AND drinking it from my favorite mug! The Tribute blend was just released at the beginning of March and it's so good! It has notes of Berry and Dark Cherry, and is a nice Full-Bodied coffee. It's a blend of beans from Ethiopia, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, and Colombia. Most of my favorite single-origin beans in one bag? Can life get better? I submit that it cannot!

In fact, I can't think of a better "tribute" Starbucks could give to their customers. Well, maybe free drinks... but I'll take a new delicious coffee blend. You're welcome Starbucks for being a loyal customer since the dawn of my coffee drinking years.

Sincerely,

Caffeinated-Nate (Motorola Droid X)

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It's before noon and I already have my photograph(s)! Yesssssssss :-) I've got another one that I may post, I'm trying to decide if I like it enough.

I went to drop off our recyclables this morning and thought that the glass bin looked pretty cool. It was even better I was throwing my glass containers in and they were shattering into a million pieces! I just might need to take the D700 back there next time and capture the pieces shattering, how cool would that be?

Well, I suppose I'll post my other picture too. It's of my Technivorm coffee maker filter basket while brewing some Sumatra. I thought the colors of the oils on the bubbles were really pretty against the dark brown grounds. The blur in the corner is the water flowing into the basket and a perfect 200F :-) How did it taste you ask? Like perfection in a cup. Here's the other photo below. UPDATE (a few minutes later) So, after seeing the coffee photo on the bigger screen I don't really like it as much. I'll leave it because I said I'd post it... just don't grade me on it, I realize it's not great. Come to think of it... I don't really like the first ones very much either. I'll find a better one throughout the day :-)

Nate (Motorola Droid X)

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Ok, I'll claim this one as the Day Six photo. This was taken through the front end of our DuaFlex camera. I had the idea earlier when I was loading up our recycling stuff to take one through my old 35mm Minolta. Then I saw the DuaFlex as I was putting some clothes away and thought it'd be fun to try and get a cute one of Liam. I think I succeeded ;-) How can a photo of my son not be cute?

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At some point I know I'm going to have to quit writing the number out. Android 365: Day Two-Hundred Fifty-Six is a long title. Maybe it looks better than the number 256 though? I guess we'll decide when we get to that point, it's still a ways away.

So, here's today's photo. It's my Taylor guitar... one of a few we have around here. Meagan has a Gibson electric, which I'm sure will make Android 365 at some point, and I've got this Taylor and an old 1976 Martin 12-String. They're all really pretty guitars, maybe we'll see if we can shoot them all together.

I just saw today that someone makes a tripod for your Android phone! I can't imagine a situation in which I'd need one, but still it's kinda cool :-) I'll find it and post a link.

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My first contribution! Not the best, but I'll get better. I was telling Nate that I feel being a contributor to his blog like a guest speaker at a major conference. Excited and nervous ;)

Meagan (Samsung Fascinate)

I'll be uploading a few more for today when I get within Wi-Fi range, but this is the start of today's find. I'm happy with what I got, I think you'll like the rest of the series.

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Aaaaand here are rest of the pics. These were taken at the Baldwin City Depot which was constructed in 1906. The tracks were first laid in 1867. I'm not certain if that's the proper train track lingo "laid" but it seems to make sense.

Anyways, today I figured out that a man taking photos of train cars with his phone must be entertaining. I must say, that after seeing the workers of the nearby grain silo staring at me I did get a little self-conscious about kneeling down and and framing photos with my sweet phone camera. The only thing that helped me feel a little better was the fact that my photos probably looked a lot better than what they might think a tall guy in jeans, a t-shirt, and flip-flops might be taking with his phone.

I was tempted to go back to my car and grab my real camera to start taking photos with it, just to be like "yeah? Now what!?!?! Booyah!" Buuuuuut... I just let it be. Then I sat there on one of the train cars and went through my photographic bounty of images to choose my favorites and begin to post them.

THE END

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As I've been searching for new and better photos to post over these last few days, my wife Meagan has become interested in contributing to the blog and joining this year long effort. She has an Android phone as well, so we are within bounds of the initial rules. I still fully intend on posting a photo each day, some days... hopefully most days, there will be a photo from each of us.

The photos will be noted as to who took them and which device they came from.

I will be "shooting" with a Motorola Droid X and Meagan will be using her Samsung Fascinate. She will be following all of the same rules I am.

My Motorola Droid X has an 8 MP camera while the Samsung Fascinate is slightly behind in the MegaPixel race at 5 MP. I don't imagine you will see much of a difference in the quality of the images however, but only time will tell!

This will be a little more exciting I think with two different cameras. It'll be a year long duel.

Soon, I plan on implementing the ability to have followers submit their photos from their Android phones so we can all see what everyone is doing out there.

Maybe I should stop typing and figure out my photo for today?

Please excuse our messed up blog right now. It may look pretty jumbled throughout the day today. It should look normal again by tomorrow.

~Nate

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It took a while today to find and take the right photo. Meagan and I had the afternoon together so we decided to go to a movie (which we haven't done in months!) and have lunch. It was fun, we rarely get time to ourselves these days so it was a really nice day. :-)

I was looking around for something to catch my eye during the day, but didn't see anything good. Luckily the sunset was pretty when we got home. I took this photo through my sunglasses, which have a tan tint and are polarized. It has not been edited in any other way.

~Nate (Motorola Droid X)