Archive for January, 2005

STRANGE WEATHER IN LAKE O

Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

It was 31 degrees this morning. It's 57 degrees out now - just before midnight. Since when is the highest temperature of the day supposed to happen at midnight? Now we're expecting flooding in some parts of Portland due to excessive ice melting during this heat wave. ...

MY LITTLE GATEWAY STORY

Tuesday, January 18th, 2005

Once upon a time, I was a huge Gateway fan. I got a Gateway tower in 1991 and aside from one Dell computer in 1997, I've purchased well over 25 Gateway desktops and laptops. I convinced many people to buy Gateway - family, friends, businessmen, Hollywood stars - ...

IT’S GETTING EVEN COLDER

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

The temperature is dropping as the day moves on. Our windows are covered in ice and the trees outside are coated in ice. It's raining now, but the rain is freezing almost as soon as it hits the ground. Our dining room window: A tree off our balcony:

COLD WEATHER IN LAKE OSWEGO AND PORTLAND METRO

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

I went out for a walk and saw these people trying to walk across their apartment driveway. The guy's foot slipped and he went sliding down the hill. Amazingly, he didn't fall. The ice is about 1/8" thick here on top of Mountain Park. It's hard to walk ...

ICE ICE BABY

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

I woke up this morning around 3am and noticed that it was about 23 degrees outside.  At 7am I went outside to see what it felt like and it was exceptionally cold.  The wind is blowing at about 25mph, which makes the wind chill factor somewhere near or below 10 ...

AMPHIBIOUS MINIVAN? NOT QUITE.

Saturday, January 15th, 2005

I wonder what this person was thinking.

MAC MINI MAKES ME DROOL

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

Even a die hard PC expert like me can appreciate the beauty and appeal of the new Mac Mini (2" by 6.5" and less than 3 lbs). I want one - not only for testing designs on Mac platform, but as an easily transported home media server, a car ...

HOT, FRESH BREAD

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

My brother Ryan and his girlfriend Liz gave us a neat Christmas present - a bread machine. It seems that this particular bread machine has already been given as a gift to at least one person, and was re-gifted to me and Codi. It's pretty funny. Anyway, ...

FUN WITH STICKERS

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

A few weeks ago, Laura gave me some stickers from Starbucks. I photoshopped one of them today for fun.

RYAN’S NEW EAST-WEST BREW

Wednesday, January 12th, 2005

Codi and I got my brother Ryan a beer brewing kit for Christmas. He's just set it up and started his first beer batch tonight. Looks like it's going to be a good one! Canadian High Test is a real kick in the pants!! Really tasty, ...