by JL on October 27, 2009
Okay, I’m actually sending this virtual postcard the day after I got back from Oregon, but I’ve been “AFK” as they say on the internets.
We had a thrilling trip to the great Pacific Northwest to visit family and friends, and while I keep saying that “we went to Portland” we never actually set foot in PDX proper, just the suburbs all around the tri-met area. We’re saving that action for our return visit in less than a month – if we didn’t see you this time, we’ll see you then. Anyway, I’ll probably be posting photos and other wonderment in the next few days.
Right now, I’m finishing up my lunch break at work, and then about to get back to work grinding out promos for the rest of the week. At home I’m getting caught up on projects and going on a wasteland rampage in
Borderlands.
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by JL on October 22, 2009
Supposedly, Yahoo! my web provider, is going to do some database/wordpress upgrades this month, and I’ve been warned that it could be anytime during October. It hasn’t happened yet, and I’ve got all the plugins and theme customizations standing by, ready to go when it goes down. Without a doubt, it’ll happen while I’m in PDX on vacation and my blog will look broken for a few days. If you see anything ‘brokeny’ looking, that’s what going on.
Anyway, it’ll be a fun trip to Portland, seeing friends and family and stuff, though the real reason for our visit is soley to have fondue and beer at Gustav’s – everything else on our trip is a bonus after that.
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Seems like everytime I find something that is cool and clever, I look at the fine print and see that it’s from Portland, Oregon. Right now I’m too lazy to make a list, but I assure you that it’s true. Anyway, it was with no suprise that when I finally broke down and got the Lensbaby for my DSLR kit, I saw that it was invented in PDX.
Anyway, I’ve been jealously eyeing the ’selective focus’ features of the lens for some time now, but have been waiting for the right version to come out. I finally got a Lensbaby Composer, which enables you to ‘lock’ your weird focus angle, making for much easier shooting. I’ve started shooting HD test video with some of the less blurry f-stops, and it’s looking great.
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Photography
Four Rivers Smokehouse
Full Sail 2
NYPD Pizza
Aveda Institute
TrenD
