Archives for “portland”

Reason I Love Portland #375

This was the image used on the cover of the most recent issue of the Willamette Week. The original image was done by Barry Stock, ...


WebVisions 2008

WebVisions is a Portland-based web conference that I've attended twice before. Sadly, due to a crisis at the office, I was only able to attend ...


75,000 People

Sen. Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his 15-month campaign in Portland Sunday, an estimated 75,000 people, according to Portland Police. -- from ...


Recently, a friend let me know that she had noticed the rusted version of the Enron logo that I did for the New York Times ...


Not Cool

Temperatures like this are uncivilized. I know this is not that bad for some places, but for Portland it might as well be 200°.


The good news (for scott):My

The good news (for scott):My Linux box appears to be working! I had a 6GB drive that windows wouldn't touch, but Linux installed right onto ...


My Days as a Bike Messenger

Oh man, I am loving this courier book Scott got me (The Immortal Class) It's this guy's memoir of his days as a bike messenger ...


A Vacation Before Job Hunting

Once I got to Portland, I decided to allow myself a vacation before I start seriously job hunting. It's been pretty nice, just goofing off ...


Back in Portland

Ah, it's good to be back in Portland. It'll be better once I have a job and an apartment, but it's still good right now. ...


Progress is being made! The path is being paved for my triumphant return to Portland! Wednesday is my last day at ShirtWorks. Last Wednesday was ...


College Towns

You can tell you're living in the college section of town when you see a young man who is clearly hung over slowly stagger across ...


Operation: Portland

All the pieces are falling into place. In a few months, I will be able to kick back with a cigar and proudly announce "I ...


Villagers Need Flowers

Sorry for such a long delay in posting, but I just bought a copy of Black and White, so I've been playing pretty much non-stop. ...


Went home for lunch today. Got a call from a recruiter 15 minutes after I got there. Did I wan to move to ...


Moving Back to Portland

We might be moving back to Portland this summer, instead of next summer, as we had originally planned. The situation here is a lot rougher ...


Yarr, that's right, I've returned! Christmas was a blast. Annie and I went to Tacoma, and hung out with her family for awhile, then I ...


Biking in the Snow, Part 2

The shift from Portland to Ellensburg is pretty radical. Portland's temperature ranges from 30 to 80, with both of the extremes being fairly rare. The ...


HA HA HA! Steve, our girlfriends have been declared WRONG by the experts! Behold, Money magazine's #1 Best Place To Live 2000, PORTLAND OREGON! BOO-YAH!


Submarine Dream

I just remembered a crazy dream I had last night. My brother Sean and I had found a submarine. Not one of the huge nuclear ...


Graduation

It's an interesting (frustrating) feeling to go through your college graduation ceremony, knowing full well that a week later, you'll be going back to school ...


Y2K Ate My Paycheck

say hello to the only person who was affected by the "Y2K bug." That's right. The bank ate my paycheck. I deposited my small check ...