A little over a month ago, I had this crazy idea. It wasn’t quite as crazy as no sleep for charity, but it was a little out there. You see, I have played with iPhone development, technically, since before there was an official SDK but for most practical purposes, for a little under a year. … Continue reading 30 Hour Day on the iPhone
Category: Portland
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
Friends & Foster Burger
I had a great dinner with great friends at Foster Burger tonight. Liam ordered a deep-fried avocado that we all split. The natural fattiness of the avocado plus the deep-frying made a concoction that was hard to eat just one slice of. There were not many main courses to choose from, but I believe our … Continue reading Friends & Foster Burger
My Foursquare heat map
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A night of debauchery at Ron Jeremy’s sex club
How’s that for a catchy title? You’ll note that I said “a night” and not “my night” up there. That’s one of those tricks sensationalist writers use, much like the misleading or false headline ending in a question mark (“Obama is an illegal space alien?”). You’ll also note that “debauchery” is a nice vague word … Continue reading A night of debauchery at Ron Jeremy’s sex club
Holmes on homes
There is a really excellent Sherlock Holmes quote that, for the life of me, I cannot seem to find reference to1. Although the quotation itself is not as famous as some of the other Sir Arthur Conan Doyle quotations, it is quite practical and I find I use it with great frequency. The general gist … Continue reading Holmes on homes
Last weekend’s DASH puzzle hunt
Something that I mentioned to a number of people in real life, but I do not think I blogged or tweeted about much was the DASH puzzle hunt that I attended last weekend. DASH stands for “Different Area, Same Hunt.” As the name somewhat implies, a number of different cities around the country participated in … Continue reading Last weekend’s DASH puzzle hunt
Portland’s Robotic Goths
Here are two “Portland excels at…” links I have run across in the past week. I lurk on the Portland Industrial Gothic (PIG) mailing list. Actually, “lurk” is an understatement. I subscribe, the messages come into my inbox, and the vast majority of them get moved, unread, to an archive folder. One subject line recently … Continue reading Portland’s Robotic Goths