Do Animals Get Oxygen?
Here is an interesting company, Pet Airways, that is starting in these questionable economic times. If they succeed, they could prove out two economic principles: 1) people will pay for a service that they desire, and 2) the rich are never affected by down economic times. Though, on this second one, I have a feeling the rich that are unaffected by the down economy fly on private jets and bring their pets on their planes. But that wasn't actually my interest in this company; my question is, do they provide the animals protection in the event of loss of cabin pressure, i.e., do the pets get oxygen? And so I asked them.
My First Picture “Published”
Okay, so it is only published in the sense that it is being used on the Internet, but I'm still excited for it. My picture is being used here on Schmap in its information about the Seattle Aquarium. Apparently, Schmap found this on my Flickr because I had included it on my map. (Yes, I got permission from the Aquarium to use the picture.) And, despite the fact that it is just on the Internet, I'm still excited about it. I put pictures on Flickr because I want them to be seen, and this way more people will see them. And, I guess technically this isn't my first picture published: I had a few pictures used in my Universities art magazine, including the cover, but it still seems more impressive than a school art zine.
Cymek Launch
So, here is the new and personal Cymek. I was going to call this a "soft launch" of the site, but let's be realistic—I'm going to be constantly changing and tweaking it. And, I guess I'll start this blog off by answering a few questions that you may have about it...