My biggest problem in wanting to share trips is timing. I enjoy taking pictures on trips, but I don’t want to spend time while on the trip going through the steps of choosing what to upload and uploading them. But when I upload later, the time and location data isn’t aligned unless I do so automatically.

So, what I’d like is the ability to select from the photos and decide which ones to upload, and have my site take care of posting them, rather than a one-by-one flow. I can probably build a basic version of that into my site, but I’d prefer a mobile app(of course, I won’t be creating one).

Today is Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day in the United States. In honor of same, I’m writing about Lebn Zol Kolumbus, a song from the 1915 Thomashefsky production, Der grine milyoner. In the song, the immigrant characters praise Columbus for setting in motion the events that led to an America of opportunity for them.

Jane Peppler’s rendition comes with historic notes, as she includes the two verses that were removed by the time the play launched in 1915, which included references to the case of Leo Frank and an anti-immigration bill. It is also the only version I found online with subtitles.

The musical Ragtime even pays tribute to the song in their song, A Shtetl Iz Amereke, where some of the lyrics and tune of the song were incorporated into, though played at a lower tempo.

For more about the Thomashefskys, I recommend their grandson’s musical tribute to them that was broadcast on PBS in 2012.

I heard some social networks were down. As long as I have my website, my social network is always running. If you’re interested, join the #indieweb community on Wed at 6PM PST/9PM EST for Homebrew Website Club, this weekend for Create Day. All events at events.indieweb.org.