diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index 4edb1e8..2841f53 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -5,3 +5,29 @@
 #
 #   cities = City.create([{ name: 'Chicago' }, { name: 'Copenhagen' }])
 #   Mayor.create(name: 'Emanuel', city: cities.first)
+require 'open-uri'
+remote_base_url = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/event_sample_images/sample"
+#remote_base_url = "https://www.dropbox.com/home/Apps/social-butterfly-images"
+
+#remote_files = Dir.entries("sampleimage").select {|x| x =~ /.*(jpg)/ }
+remote_files = ["IMG_0537.jpg", "IMG_0555.jpg", "IMG_0556.jpg", "IMG_0574.jpg", "IMG_0582.jpg", "IMG_0588.jpg", "IMG_0590.jpg", "IMG_0595.jpg", "IMG_0606.jpg", "IMG_0620.jpg", "IMG_0622.jpg", "IMG_0632.jpg", "IMG_0641.jpg", "IMG_0644.jpg", "IMG_0657.jpg", "IMG_0660.jpg", "IMG_0666.jpg", "IMG_0683.jpg", "IMG_0698.jpg", "IMG_0710.jpg", "IMG_0714.jpg", "IMG_0733.jpg", "IMG_0739.jpg", "IMG_0750.jpg", "IMG_0771.jpg", "IMG_0798.jpg", "IMG_0809.jpg", "IMG_0814.jpg", "IMG_0819.jpg", "IMG_0820.jpg", "IMG_0823.jpg", "IMG_0825.jpg", "IMG_0833.jpg", "IMG_0856.jpg", "IMG_0865.jpg", "IMG_0901.jpg", "IMG_0909.jpg", "IMG_0921.jpg", "IMG_0930.jpg", "IMG_0936.jpg", "IMG_0948.jpg", "IMG_0959.jpg", "IMG_0962.jpg", "IMG_0967.jpg", "IMG_0969.jpg", "IMG_0993.jpg", "IMG_1006.jpg", "IMG_1042.jpg", "IMG_1098.jpg", "IMG_1099.jpg", "IMG_1109.jpg", "IMG_1137.jpg", "IMG_1138.jpg", "IMG_1354.jpg", "IMG_3621.jpg", "IMG_4099.jpg", "IMG_4796.jpg", "IMG_5490.jpg", "IMG_5580.jpg"]
+
+#build an array of full URLs
+remote_full_url = []
+remote_files.each do |file|
+  full_url = remote_base_url + "/" + file
+  remote_full_url << full_url
+end
+namespace :db do
+  desc "Fill database with sample data"
+  task populateimages3: :environment do
+	 User.all.each do |user|
+      puts "[DEBUG] uploading images for user #{user.id} of #{User.last.id}"
+      5.times do |n|
+        image = (remote_full_url).sample
+        description = %w(cool awesome crazy wow adorbs incredible).sample
+        user.pins.create!(image: image, description: description)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end