Archive for the 'Life' Category
An Open Letter to My Friends on the Right
On right wing media and demagoguery.
Posted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Kristi’s Ultimate Blog?
I'm hoping to rebuild a blog for my wife. What's hot now? What would you like to see?
Posted on Saturday, April 19th, 2008Pre-NAB Trip Tidbits
I have two videos and a presentation to pump out today, as much as I'd love to sift through NAB Show intel and work on my blog.
Posted on Monday, April 14th, 2008Simple Tips for Great Presentations
Dan Pink: "The only reason to give a speech is to change the world. That’s a high bar. But that’s what we should aspire to when audiences give us this privilege."
Posted on Friday, April 11th, 2008Pirates! Vegas! Crunch Day! Geek Poetry!
A few quick hits this Crunch Day, April 10.
Posted on Thursday, April 10th, 2008BigDog Quadruped Robot; Inevitable Spoof
The BigDog robot kinda looks like two guys tied together with a giant fly head. Weird, but kinda cool.
Posted on Thursday, March 27th, 2008Two Enter. One Leaves.
What is Allan talking about? It's Peep Jousting!
Posted on Friday, March 21st, 2008Obama is Here!
I passed the Benson Hotel where Barack Obama was about to exit en route to his speech at the Memorial Coliseum in NE Portland.
Posted on Friday, March 21st, 2008Happy St. Patricks’ Day!
In honor of St. Patrick. Where's my green beer?
Posted on Monday, March 17th, 2008Saturday Blogwad
Haircuts; software; iconic Portland images.
Posted on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Alphabet Game For Toddlers
Want to let the toddler in your life bang on the keyboard, without disturbing that spreadsheet? Fire this up. They might learn something.
Posted on Friday, January 11th, 2008Car Hunting? Avoid That Lemon!
If you're hunting for a car, I can run a VIN for the next 28 days.
Posted on Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Betta Getta Jetta
I've bought a car! I'm excited, but there's a bad taste in my mouth.
Posted on Monday, January 7th, 2008MoNoBloPo
I've decided to declare November my own, personal MoNoBloPo - Month of No Blog Posting.
Posted on Saturday, November 24th, 2007Surf’s Up!
Watching surfers catching the waves is oddly mesmerizing.
Posted on Friday, November 2nd, 2007Chinese Gardens
We go to the Chinese Gardens in Portland, Oregon with family.
Posted on Saturday, October 27th, 2007Kristi’s Secret Driving History
Kristi's secret driving history gets her into trouble.
Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2007What does it mean to follow the Bible literally?
What does it mean to follow the Bible literally? AJ Jacobs explores this in his latest book.
Posted on Saturday, October 13th, 2007I’m off to FaithQuest 2007
I'll be at FaithQuest this Labor Day Weekend.
Posted on Friday, August 31st, 2007Creativity On Demand?
Can genius be summoned on demand? How?
Posted on Saturday, August 25th, 2007The City of Blind Children
There seems to be a lot of kids here - and they're all blind.
Posted on Saturday, July 14th, 2007iPhone Dream
The iPhone was in my hands at last... but it was huge!
Posted on Saturday, June 9th, 2007Invasion!
The other night I dreamed that there was an army of evil. I felt no fear of the army, strangely; what I did fear... was its captain.
Posted on Saturday, June 9th, 2007BlogStorm: Burst Transmission
The reservoir of entries nears bursting. At least in my head.
Posted on Saturday, June 9th, 2007Decline of the Blogging Empire
Why aren't people blogging as much?
Posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Soup Stealer
Apparently I'm pretty selfish, or so my dreams reveal.
Posted on Saturday, April 21st, 2007Inside Aperture Podcast: Mental Excercises and More
Mental excercises for the photographer.
Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2007Ligamentum Patellae
About a year ago, I was shooting some hoops up near my in-law's house. As I was jumping up to shoot, I felt a twinge in my knee.
Posted on Saturday, April 14th, 2007Unread Number of the Beast
My unread news items tend to stack up sometimes. Apparently, if I let mine accumulate too much, I am hastening the apocalypse.
Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2007Saturday Blogwad
Blog updates; work stuff; presentation design; God Things; a knee scan.
Posted on Saturday, March 31st, 2007Trapped In Jericho
Looking at the EspressoMap image I posted the other day, I found myself seeing the Map of Destruction that the mysterious Hawkins fills in, noting incinerated cities across the land. Think of the coffee lost to civilization!
Posted on Saturday, March 10th, 2007It’s Just Life
Things have been rather quiet in this corner of the blogosphere lately, but a flood of posts looms.
Posted on Sunday, February 18th, 2007He Had A Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.
Posted on Friday, January 19th, 2007Nga Kitalo.
Missionary, adventurer, and friend Adam Langford died yesterday.
Posted on Wednesday, January 17th, 2007Congratulations, Andrew & Aimee!
Our friends Andrew & Aimee Martin are expecting! I'm so excited for you both.
Posted on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007King Connor of the Backyard
King Connor of the Backyard - images on Flickr.
Posted on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007Friday morning at breakfast
A few snapshots, Friday morning, shot with the iSight.
Posted on Friday, December 22nd, 2006Lost Mt. Hood Climber Updates
Get your Mt. Hood climber updates here.
Posted on Saturday, December 16th, 2006Santa Visits the Kiddies
Last night, we had a Christmas party just for the kids at my office. Santa came!
Posted on Friday, December 8th, 2006I walk, snow crunches.
I walk, snow crunches. I wait. No mountain, just clouds Orchard rows silent.
Posted on Sunday, December 3rd, 2006Whiter Than Sour Cream
Weird Al Yankovich is nerdy - to the extreme.
Posted on Friday, December 1st, 2006There’s a Song In My Head
A beautiful song haunts me - what band is that?
Posted on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Current Conversations
Allan's current conversations - all over the blogosphere.
Posted on Friday, June 24th, 2005