One-word SEO — a vastly simplified approach to using data to optimize your site Patrick Kelly — Harper College With Search Console, Google gives us all the data we need to do SEO — so why is it so hard? The problem is, there are too many similar-sounding phrases that are just variations of the […]

I’ve built decks before and had to look up the span on overhang tables. Today I ran across the following document that lays it all out nicely. Thought I would keep a copy around for reference.

There is a 40 mile section of the John Day river that is perfect for paddleboarding (if the weather cooperates) This section travels through high desert hills and deep basalt canyon wilderness. It stays in the wilderness and is filled with views and wildlife. For 3 days we paddled without seeing a road, house, or […]

Today I’m attending the Analytics and AI summit put on by the HighEdWeb association. It is an online summit featuring various speakers across the fields. This is just a place for my notes. Leverage AI and Analytics to Supercharge Your Content Brian Piper — University of Rochesterhttps://brianwpiper.com/getmyslides/ We all need to create incredible content, put […]

Who doesn’t love a good quest? Oregon senator Jeff Merkley is challenging people to explore a special location in each county of Oregon: The Oregon treasures quest To submit your selfies, send the picture along with your name, the date of the picture, and the name of the location to: OregonTreasuresQuest@Merkley.senate.gov This is a wonderful idea […]

Despite the rain in Portland, most of Oregon is dry desert. This beautiful landscape is worth visiting, but the temps can be extreme with very cold winters and scalding hot summers. However, for a few weeks each spring, the opportunity for camping is perfect. We headed out to Cottonwood Canyon for a few nights. There […]

I have a running document for the optimal settings on my 20W Atomstack diode laser. It includes: wood, acrylic, fabric, glass, and even rock. However, there is a material that I’ve been meaning to try… metal. Raw aluminum would be near impossible to etch. Luckily, most of the aluminium we encounter (like your Apple laytop) […]

This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else… I am not an expert woodworker and not claiming that this is the only way. Rather, it had been a while since I needed to finish a piece and I didn’t completely remember my prefered method. Next time, I can just look back at […]