Over on BoingBoing Gadgets, Rob Beschizza lets us know that hard drive manufacturer Seagate has just shipped it’s 1 billionth drive. To commemorate the event, he asked readers to create something less then 1K: 1 kilobyte. 1 kibibyte. 1 kilobit. 1,000 ASCII characters. Source code, file size, tile size, the number of letters in a […]

February and most of March had been unseasonably warm. Many days it felt like springtime. But during the past two weeks, winter has been playing catch-up. During several days last week, I stepped out of the office to find that it was snowing – big fluffy flakes. Then this weekend we had snow followed by […]

Our good friend Fish recently left the Pacific Northwest and moved to sunny, sunny Florida. He just sent me an email about his fishing trip (something that I guess people down there do on a Thursday). He included a great shot of his gear and an even better one of a danger sign. It is […]

I try to ride my bike whenever possible. Over the years, it has become obvious that drivers are trained to see other cars. I have narrowly avoided several accidents where drivers later claimed that they “did not see me”. When this happened to me on bicycle – I thought that it might my relative size […]

For over 15 years in Portland, I have stared up at Mt. Hood. Each winter, it becomes covered in a fresh blanket of white snow. I have gone hiking, snow camping and even snowshoeing. But, until this year – the most traditional of snow sports (skiing) had eluded me. This was my third time and […]

A big weekend. On Saturday, we went urban-lumberjacking again. On Monday, Fish flew out to his new home in Land-o’-lakes Florida. Between those two, I found some time to do a little paddling. Jamie and I went to the Elk Rock Island dock that is about 5 minutes south of my house. When you launch […]

To quote the disgruntled Mr Fish: “They said it could not be done, but 3 bottles of gin and 15 packs of marlbros later i overcame the dark side!! Will miss the game and all the coaching. Thanks to 2 iPhones and 3 grown adults, we beat an 18 year old game!!! Damn I had […]

“Some” photos of my parents dogs. They are both mutts rescued by the Oregon humane society. Mabel Has the lighter brown, tiger-striped coat. She is either a Plott hound, or Black Mouth Cur mix. Indigo (Indy) Is much larger and has grey/black spots. She is most likely a Catahoula mix.

This weekend we went out fishing – for sturgeon. These prehistoric looking fish can live for hundreds of years growing up to 18 feet long. In Oregon, you use barb-less hooks and can only keep fish of a certain size – between 4 and 5 feet! While we didn’t nab any keepers, the four that […]

Last night, there was a lunar eclipse. There have been several over the past few years, but the Pacific Northwest’s heavy cloud cover usually blocks the best views. Yesterday was an exception – the sky was crisp and clear. Click to see the larger: 1) a bit blurry, 2) a little shake and 3) wide […]