On it’s face, a picture of your daughter and a good friend wrapped in a San Jose Earthquakes flag while watching an entertaining soccer match wouldn’t normally be fodder for a geeky discussion of photo-sharing geo-tagging. And it is a cool picture.

But the really cool thing is that I took this photo with my new Palm800w cell phone, and had the picture automatically geotagged by an awesome free plugin called GPSToday.

GPSToday gets my location from the GPS unit inside the phone and adds it to the EXIF data on the JPG file, and then the picture automatically shows up on the map when I upload it to Flickr.

But that’s not all of the fun. Ironically, Flickr got the global location right, but wanted to describe the location as “Downtown San Jose.” But in fairness to the fine folks at Santa Clara University’s Buck Shaw Stadium (where the Sj Earthquakes play for now), Flickr allowed me to teach it that the location should actually be known as Santa Clara.

Confused? Get your geek on and explore our family’s Flickr Map.

We don’t necessarily believe in New Year’s Resolutions, but we’re happy to support the efforts of others. And if you read our website, there’s a chance you’ll enjoy the words of our cousins, uncles, grandparents, and friends.

Therefore, we’re quite pleased to acknowledge the resurgence of “Kruising Down the Keller Highway,” a collection of recollections from the Vancouver Kellers. They also might be keeping their respective Flickr pages current.

And it’s not exactly a blog, but I’ve commandeered all of Jenni Martin’s digital images, and they are available for anyone who asks nicely for privileges to Jenni’s Flicker Page. I’ve promised to keep them up-to-date, as long as she downloads them from her fancy camera.

Of course, neither Tim nor my mom need much encouragement. The Tennessee Martins (aka FlamingO’bear.com) are always up-to-date, and Grandee (the Frog Reports, plus another whole weblog she keeps private) is also good for a smile everyone once and a while. Even my aunt and uncle get into the spirit occasionally at The Rambo Family.

Apologies to anyone left out …. add a comment to keep us up to date!