Archive for August, 2005
Monday, August 29th, 2005
I found a really funny website this evening. Two articles are making me laugh so hard I have tears in my eyes! The All-Natural PrankExcerpt: "The gastrointestinal effects of my initial taste test were minimal, except for violent eruptions of gas throughout the night. These deep tuba notes were ...
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Monday, August 29th, 2005
There was a bit of a storm heading in last night and Codi took this cool photo in black & white.
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Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Codi and I went to the Portland Rose Gardens again yesterday. It was gorgeous there! The roses were huge and some of the bushes were over 7 feet tall!Some of the roses are single-colored, but this one was very vibrant with colors.Inside a rose...Of course, there were lots of ...
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Saturday, August 27th, 2005
Codi and I went to downtown Portland and got sidetracked by a sign that said "Huge Sale". We had time to spare, so we checked it out. The drive up the mountain was so long and windy, I would have turned back several times if I was by ...
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Thursday, August 25th, 2005
Back when I was living in Russia, I had the coolest, baddest camera ever. It was a Zenit FS-12 Fotosnaiper, complete with gun stock mount and shutter trigger. It was an attention getter, and it only cost me $62 at the time!Unfortunately, I left Russia in a ...
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
Codi has been begging me to take her dress shopping for an upcoming wedding. Sooo... I took her to Nordstrom this afternoon - Nordstrom and five other stores. I brought along my trusty hacked camcorder, though I didn't find much to document on video... =0
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
This amazing photo was taken from the International Space Station on a digital camera. I love it! (Though I would expect some better close-ups of the moon, seeing as though the photographer was already in space!)Click this image to see the full-sized photo.
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Sunday, August 21st, 2005
I performed my first 'complex' hardware hack! I recently read two nearly identical articles at Download Squad and Engadget which described how one could hack the new CVS One-Time-Use video camcorder on sale for $30 at CVS pharmacies. The hack turns the $30 "throw away" camcorder ...
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Sunday, August 21st, 2005
Of all the photos Codi and I took, I keep going back to look at these two. This is a photo of a barge moving along the Columbia river toward Portland. I loved the fact that it says "WATER". Even the reflection of the letters can be ...
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Sunday, August 21st, 2005
Codi and I found out that there's a jetboat that runs from downtown Portland to Astoria, Oregon on the coast, so we decided to take a day off and see what Astoria is like. We learned that Astoria is a major shipping center with a maritime history ...
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