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Library of Congress Trading Card

Originally uploaded by osumike

Wow! I remember when Magic: The Gathering first came out (and my brief flirtation with the same). So when I saw the card maker I really got a kick out of it. I’m still a little shy about pictures, so I used one of my D.C. trip photos to create a “facility” card.

I was impressed by the sheer variety of mashup utilities, though I must admit that I don’t always understand the utility of them at times.

One utility I had higher hopes for was Montagr. Its a really cool idea, but I’d think the execution could be better. It really didn’t make recognizable pictures. To create really effective photomosaics one needs to use a lot of pictures. Perhaps they need to use more photos.