Archive for March, 2004
Tuesday, March 30th, 2004
Spring is here in Portland, and that means lots of great views of the moon in the middle of the day. Unfortunately, I missed a shot of an airliner passing within "feet" of the moon (dargh!), but the two shots below came out well. One of the moon, ...
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Monday, March 29th, 2004
Codi and I hiked up to Latourell Falls this afternoon. It was really windy, but it was nice and warm. We hiked under the falls, then all the way up to the crest of the falls - something like 1.5 miles of hiking up. Not too far, ...
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Sunday, March 28th, 2004
I spent a good part of the day doing genre research for a screenplay. I had to watch some scary, bloody movies. Among them: Jeepers Creepers 2, Skinned Alive and Psycho. Skinned Alive was by far, and with no exaggeration, the worst movie I have ever seen. ...
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Saturday, March 27th, 2004
Curious about the slight nausea I was feeling, I recalled the dinner I'd had this evening in order to pinpoint the source of trouble. Ah, yes... Grilled cheese, oriental-flavor top ramen, turkey dogs with extra-hot Chinese mustard, red wine, chocolate cake and warm milk. I wonder what ...
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Sunday, March 21st, 2004
I was experimenting with different shutter speeds and aperature settings this evening. The black & white image of the old man is not from tonight, but it's a cool sample of slower shutter speed in bright sunny light. (Some slight PSP mods for smoother texture.) The flower ...
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Friday, March 19th, 2004
A classic piece of Japanese art!
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2004
I have been learning Japanese for a couple months now, and I'm really enjoying it. I'm using Pimsleur Japanese audio lessons and I've got a great Japanese book for learning characters and their derivations. So far, I've got a written vocabulary of about 250 characters. Once in ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
I don't usually link to other sites, but I found this stress tester to be pretty accurate. Read the directions first. Dolphin Stress Test
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2004
I got a close-up of a spider near the apartment. No macro lens this time, but it's a pretty decent shot.
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Monday, March 15th, 2004
I found this quote from Nike (which happens to be located just outside Portland). I like the message and how it describes how advanced they want to be in the 'sports products' world. Granted, I don't own Nike shoes and I'm not a sports freak who drools at ...
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