friend Ever grateful to be surrounded by kind, generous, loving, fun, and funny people I so admire. We fill our time immersed in the beautifully mundane, like sipping hot cider and smoothies, dreaming, shopping, and texting. We spend mornings together in sunlit offices, some thousand miles apart. We walk and ride and chat,
Guest photographer John Brandt caught this cool (and cold) scene in Wilderness Park recently. His description: Taken at the pond on the east end of Wilderness Park. The pond is an old gravel extraction barrow pit. I was told it had been operated by one of the Staytons. I think his name was Cliff [...]
knitting & needle(s) in the blue light of dawn my favorite reading chair pillow often left speechless by the artistry of creation One Community is a monthly project in which participants photograph their homes and community with a theme in mind. The goal is to both showcase similarities and differences in our communitie
Guest photographer Tom Miller took today’s lovely image of Gilkey Bridge, also known as Thomas Creek Bridge, which span Thomas Creek near Scio. It was built in 1939, and looks quite a bit like the Jordan Bridge here in Stayton. Very pretty. Thanks, Tom!
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods. Christopher [...]
It was a tradition. Each year during the holiday season, Rolling Hills Community Church hosted a Christmas Drama for church members and the surrounding area Last year, however, there was no Christmas drama. This year, however, the tradition revives. Rick Tillman’s original screenplay and drama, “The Empty Box
Alabama was finally knocked off their perch with Florida State claiming the number one spot, but it was not unanimous. Consensus Poll:
I managed to go out for a few minutes yesterday to take a few photos, including the one above. I was wandering around the neighborhood across from Bi-Mart on Shaff Rd., and noticed this pond-like bit of water in the middle of some construction. I don’t know if that water is temporary due to the [...]
We'll start today's The Dam Links by analyzing OSU's depressing bowl possibilities, focusing more on the "if" than the "where." 73 days until first pitch... Remember the good
We have more great holiday cards to share! There are soft watercolor designs from Driscoll Designs, the popular chalkboard style cards from Waste Not Paper and Sugarcube Design and beautiful letterpress cards from one of our local favorites Lark Press. …
Pretty funny web series from Chris Wylde. Even though I’m not a parent I still found it quite funny. I’m sure parents will find it even more funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http
I went out and bought an iPad Mini with Retina yesterday thanks to a new program at my company. They’ll buy me a new mobile device every 12 months in addition to the existing new laptop every 16 months program. I had originally planned on waiting (a long time) for the iPhone 6 but decided […]
I thought this house on Mountain Dr. looked rather pretty a few nights ago, so here’s a picture of this house on Mountain Dr. looking rather pretty. A call for guest photographers! This week’s weather is supposed to be pretty bad, which means I likely will be unable to go out and take pictures. So [...]
We’ve celebrated Thanksgiving and officially kicked off our holiday shopping with Black Friday, Little Boxes, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday… I am now officially in the holiday mood and excited to get my holiday cards out in the mail! Now what do I choose? …
Noticons is our internal WordPress.com font, based on Genericons. Check our what my co-worker Warren just finished having installed in Automattic’s lounge in San Francisco! Yes, that’s real life Noticons made from laser cut wood. Pretty cool. [Photo thanks to Warren, posted on an internal blog.]
The Pac-12 conference announced the 2013 All-Conference team
The Gardner House Cafe on 3rd Ave. was looking pretty and festive a couple of nights ago. It’s hard to believe it’s already time for Christmas lights. Anyone want to come over to my house and put my decorations out?
The momentum was constantly shifting in this game, with six lead changes in the second half. Only a few plays changed the flow of the game more than any other. The beginning of the g
Continuing my love affair with the Saint John’s Bridge… and this city! Warming up at the James John Cafe. Go for a wee biscuit and gravy! Mmm… Happy 91st Birthday to you, Grandma! I love you…
Off for a long weekend retreat, planned when I thought a lack of sun would be weighing down on us. Happy to be wrong, we left sunny Portland for sunny Bend. Mount Hood Three Fingered Jack Mount Jefferson Fishermen on the Deschutes Warm Springs Railroad Bridge over the Crooked River at Peter Skene Ogden [...]
Rivalry weekend did what it usually does; deliver both clarity and confusion to the football landscape, after a variety of outcomes, many more surprising than less. Oregon beat Oregon St. as ex
Blue Demons Bounce Beavers By 12 Oregon St ran into a different style of play, and a different style of officiating Sunday, and struggled with both. DePaul controlled most of t
At the start of November, I decided that I would challenge myself to a month of blog posts, similar to my friends and acquaintances participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Well, the month is up and the results are in.My 2013 blo
Guest photographer Melissa caught this lovely moonrise over a pond on Cascade Highway recently. Her description: I took this photo somewhere close to a month ago now after coming home from work. The sun was setting as the moon was rising and it was just stunning. I hurried home and managed to stop [...]
A pretty cool video of all sides of one of the local and gorgeous mountains, Mt. Hood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http
Overview Way back when, just after the dot-com-bomb, I found myself working for a media company named Metapa. We made mp3s and 30 second preview clips from boxes of CDs that tech-clueless record companies snail-mailed us. Metapa was staffed with a ton of Unix-heads and I received a great schooling in the ways of the […
This creative bit of advertising made me smile when I saw it last Saturday. It certainly gets the point across.
Oregon State and Oregon meet up in the 117th Civil War with strictly pride on the line, and the Ducks
By now, everybody is [over]stuffed with Thanksgiving turkey, and it's already time for the Civil War, the last game of the regular season for both Oregon and Oregon St. The game that often, regardless of the success
We have another awesome rural scene from guest photographer Tom Miller. Thanks, Tom! Attention Google+ and Twitter Users I finally created a Google+ page for this site, if anyone is interested. It will have each day’s posts automatically posted there as links, just like the Facebook page. Please [...]
Every Thanksgiving I try to point to the William S. Burroughs “A Thanksgiving Prayer” in one form or another. Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts. Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison. Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge a
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it! And happy day to everyone in general. I swear I wasn’t going to post another sunset photo today, but then the above happened last night, so I kinda had to change my mind. Blame nature.
Yes, another sunset. Because sunsets are pretty, and it’s what I have to post so I’m posting it. This was taken at St. Mary’s Cemetery on 3rd Ave.
Google Voice Search now works in Chrome for desktop , not only just in Android and iOS. Now you can bypass the microphone icon. Just use the hotword “OK Google” when you’re using Google search. You need to install this extension first. Chrome will listen for you to say “Ok Google” and then send
China Mobile will be the first carrier to offer 4G LTE in China on Dec. 18, followed by China Unicom and China Telecom, bringing the most advanced telecommunications technology to the country’s more than 1 billion mobile users. The news was confirmed by Xinhua, the Chinese government’s official mouthpiece, reports T
The HomePlug Alliance, the worldwide industry group for powerline communications networking, today congratulated the industry on approval of the IEEE 1901.2 Standard for Low-Frequency Narrow-Band Powerline Communications. HomePlug is the family name for various power line communications specifications that support networkin
A Swedish-based startup has launched Trax: GPS Tracker for Children & Pets, a smart device and application that lets users locate their children and pets. Trax combines GPS and sensor fusion technology to provide indoor navigation capabilities with more precise, real-time outdoor tracking. The waterproof Trax tracker s
Lighter Than Air Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Surveillance Group, a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats, has entered into a distributor agreement with U.S. Government prime contractor ADS, to distribute Blimp in a Box aerostat systems and related sustainment equipment. ADS is in the business of selling op
ExactEarth, a provider of satellite AIS data services for vessel tracking, announced the successful launch of another AIS satellite that will extend its constellation and increase the capacity of its global vessel monitoring service. The spacecraft, built by SpaceQuest of Fairfax, Virginia, was launched from Russia last Thu
Motorola will start selling its inexpensive Moto G smartphone in the U.S. today, more than a month ahead of schedule. The U.S. launch was initially planned for January. The phone starts at $179 without a contract requirement. That compares with $600 or more that people must typically pay for high-end phones without traditio
These shoes were hanging from the power lines over W. Hollister St. a few days ago. As you can see, the sole of one of the shoes is dangling down, which left the shoes with a sole sole. So sad. It’s a loss I can feel down in my soul, and they weren’t even my shoes. I posted another photo of shoes [...]
The Federal Communications Commission next month will consider lifting the ban on the use of cell phones and mobile broadband devices on planes. The Federal Aviation Administration recently ruled that electronic devices no longer had to be turned off for takeoff and landing, provided those gadgets remain in airplane mode. B
Apple has completed its acquisition of PrimeSense, the Israel-based company focused on 3-D sensor technology, for a price sources said was around $360 million, according to All Things D. PrimeSense worked with Microsoft’s Kinect gaming product, which uses cameras and depth sensors to capture players’ motions. Microsoft
Australian energy distribution company SP AusNet has selected Ericsson to develop and implement a 3G network-enabled communications solution to support its electricity smart meter program. Ericsson says the standards-based approach allows this solution to be replicated on 3G networks globally. SP AusNet will extend its exis
We have another set of “then and now” images for today (see also: Etzel farm — then and now)! Terri Jo Adams, who volunteers at the Santiam Historical Museum, found this old undated photo (top) of the water tower on E. Regis St. Since there’s no date, it makes me wonder how long that star has been [
The Vintage Portland staff is taking Thanksgiving week off. We’ve recently passed our four-year anniversary with almost 1,000 entries so we’ll be back next week refreshed and ready to go again. Enjoy!Filed under: Uncategorized
Guest photographer Tom Miller just has a knack for finding old abandoned houses and then taking very cool photos of them. This is one such house he found near Scio. Thanks, Tom!
An Albany woman was killed when her car went off Grand Prairie Road early Saturday morning and smashed into a cedar tree near the intersection of Snyder Road.
Super cold and super windy! It keeps blowing my car around while parked.