So, that was a year, wasn’t it? I’m not going to make any excuses, but 2017 was quite a year on many fronts. Folks far more able to describe it clearly talked about how everything going on with our country and our politics and in the world made it nigh Read more…
Some time ago, roughly four months ago, I was watching a show called The Librarians. I enjoy it because it’s silly and escapist and it’s filmed in Portland. In the past they have used many familiar landmarks including the sub at OMSI (and OMSI) and their secret lair is Read more…
One of my goals for the year is to document some of my projects. Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame is credited with saying “Remember kids, the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down”. Side note: according to Adam, it was actually Alex Jason, a ballistics expert Read more…
grew up on Star Trek. It was an escape for my imagination and it was a place where technology, albeit fictional technology, usually played a part in saving the day. Scotty, the ship’s chief engineer on the Enterprise, would often complain about the impossibility of a request, but always managed Read more…
pple recently made some press with their release of the Swift language. That release provides me an opportunity to do a couple of things: Catch up on what’s going on with the latest Xcode Play with and learn a new language My first language, roughly a millennia ago, was BASIC Read more…
This last weekend I decided to take the plunge and attempt that most manly of pursuits: Making a Brisket. (This for certain values of “manly”) The results were a mixed bag and I have lots to learn and to try and do better/differently the next time I try this. I Read more…
As I get older I’m being forced to acknowledge that my physical body is not accepting my mental premise that I’m pretty much the same as I was when I was 18 years old. I’m forced to rationalize more things to myself. I tell myself I’m wiser though strangely slower Read more…
Oh, this is a good, good thing. Lots of great photos here. [Via: Lifehacker]
Painting is hard. A recent article I read determined that it took roughly 10,000 hours to become good at something. If you do the math, that’s 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year (vacations are good) for five years. So, a full-time jobs worth of work for five years Read more…
This was written after a long day of dealing (unsuccessfully) with the incredible weather we’ve had around here. Worst storm in 40 years, according to the weather wonks. ‘Twas The Week Before Christmas Twas the week before Christmas, in old Portland Town, And the cars and the busses were sliding Read more…