There are a small handful of surprising things I have taken past airport security in recent years. Some of them were knowingly, some of them were forgetfulness. This is a pictorial chronicle of those items. One of the first questionable items I managed to get past security was “The Bill of Rights – Security Edition.” I got this … Continue reading The things I have taken past airport security
Author: Brian Enigma
Brian Enigma is a Portlander, manipulator of atoms & bits, minor-league blogger, and all-around great guy. He typically writes about the interesting “maker” projects he's working on, but sometimes veers off into puzzles, software, games, local news, and current events.
The fractal martinis
The following pictures are of fractal martinis. They are extremely poor excuses for fractal martinis, being recursive only two generations, but technically they are still fractal. They are fractal in the same way as “yo dawg, I heard you like martinis, so we put a martini in yo martini…” but I still find them entertaining. … Continue reading The fractal martinis
Yes, I can has cheezburger
I like to poke fun at Etsy. It seems that for every one reasonable product, there are thousands of crafty products that are a little too “craft.” These include items made with popsicle sticks, puffy paint, shrinky-dinks, rhinestones, and assorted garbage. I am also a big fan of Regretsy for this reason. Until recently, I … Continue reading Yes, I can has cheezburger
The Neo-Victorian Cubicle
If you’re going to do something, do it big. Make it spectacular. Whether it’s a fantastic success, an amazing effort, or an astounding failure, make it something people will talk about for a long time. A couple of weeks ago the office in which I work did a bit of a reshuffle. We ran out … Continue reading The Neo-Victorian Cubicle
Questions for the wearers of glasses
Back in September, I started wearing glasses occasionally for computing. Since then, I have been getting used to the idea of wearing glasses while reading and working at the computer. The main problem I have faced has been keeping them clean. I think this would not be as big of a deal if I wore … Continue reading Questions for the wearers of glasses
The Crazy Neighbor
A couple of months ago, @geekygirldawn started up a website called The Crazy Neighbor. I guess she has a few crazy neighbors. The format of the site is like many others out there — I Can Has Cheezburger, Picture Is Unrelated, GraphJam, and so on. Users submit photos and those pictures get posted. While I … Continue reading The Crazy Neighbor
How to locate historic photos of Portland
A few years ago I made a blog post, The Neighborhood Then and Now comparing historic images of Portland street scenes with similar modern-day images. In that post, I linked to my source, Efiles. Efiles is a City of Portland website with a database of historic records — photos, documents, recordings, maps, and other things … Continue reading How to locate historic photos of Portland
In which I try not to feel creechy while looking at girls in their underwear
Long-time readers of this journal may know that my wife is a fashion designer. She has fashion designer friends and as such, we occasionally get invited to fashion shows. Last night was one such event. Although I often feel a little out of my element at fashion shows, I take it in stride and always … Continue reading In which I try not to feel creechy while looking at girls in their underwear
Hot chicks with objectification
In lieu of an intelligent post about the iPad, which will inevitably be a rehash of opinions found elsewhere on the internet, I present to you, dear reader, two shallow links. First there was Hot Chicks at Art Openings, and now there is Hot Chicks with Stormtroopers. You’re welcome.
My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk
I have experimented with online backup solutions over the past few weeks. I keep local backups, but the saying goes that any important digital data should exist in three places or you should consider it nonexistent. In fire, flood, or EMP, the backup drive across the room is not going to help. What I have I have … Continue reading My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk