… and Jean has one hanging on her wall now. She named this one Hasenpfeffer (a German recipe for Rabbit/Hare stew). Since Jean loves her cryptozoology, oddities, gaffs, and the like, I figured she had to have one of her very own. I tried waiting for her birthday, but gosh darnit, August was just too far away.
In lieu of more interesting topics which require proper words, I thought this week would be a good time to show a few images which I captured over the holidays; specifically when we visited the Lan Su Chinese Gardens in downtown Portland: These were all taken with my Canon EOS 60d using the…
This morning I posted a short bog article on Notes from Rational Support outlining the “Think Friday” and hackday concepts in IBM as different ways of implementing Google’s 20% time policy. I’d encourage you to take a few moments and check it out…. In that short post, however I didn’t touch on the logistics of…
Looking back at 2012 Looking back on my Goals for 2012… I’ve realized I accomplished more than I expected, though far less than desired. Unlike years prior, however, the bits I did accomplish were the larger of the sorts, and not the easiest low-hanging fruit tackled just to cross it off the list. You’ll note in…
This past weekend my sister-in-law and mother-in-law arrived for a ten day vacation. Saturday was spent relaxing around the house, but Sunday we decided to take a quick day trip up to Timberline Loge on Mount Hood for lunch and a trip up the mountain on the chairlift. I don’t recall much of the chairlift…
Protect yourselves, stay vigilant On Monday, I ran across a story on a local news station regarding a security breach of some DNS servers, how the FBI put a temporary safety net in place, and now how the servers will be shut down in July. This prompted a larger scale informational campaign to help computer users…
I give you 20 Answers: The ‘rules’ are, once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with any number random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. I don’t like these ‘rules’, so if you…
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