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Stethoscope bike rack

Frank — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:11:45 +0000

Spotted this by a doctor's office this morning. A bunch of other fun racks can be found around town as well.

Rebel wolf stencil

Frank — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:49:19 +0000

Making apple pie

Frank — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:43:04 +0000

I can't recall if I've ever made apple pie before. I hope it works!

Silent Night in Quenya

Frank — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:13:50 +0000

For no particular reason, I just sat down and translated the first verse of Silent Night into Quenya. Calligraphy will be forthcoming if I can find the time, and haha maybe I should record this for my Christmas album.

quildë lómë
airë lómë

ilúvë ná sivë
ilúvë ná sila

ela vendë amillë ar hina
airë hina milya ar senda

a fumë mi meneldëa sivë
a fumë mi meneldëa sivë

Airdrop on an old computer

Frank — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:30:00 +0000

FYI if you want to run Airdrop on a really old computer, you need to run the following two commands on both sending and receiving computers:

defaults write com.apple.NetworkBrowser BrowseAllInterfaces 1 killall Finder

After that it should run normally. Not sure why this is disabled on older models, performance hit maybe?

Portland Nights HD time lapse

Frank — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:43:46 +0000

Super pretty high def motion controlled time lapse movies of Portland.

Found via reddit

Occupy Portland

Frank — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:12:28 +0000

#opdx, a set on Flickr.

I took a couple of photos of the cleanup of the Occupy camps downtown the other day. Things sure got cleared out of there in a hurry. Currently the parks are all fenced off and guarded by many police.

Airport X-ray scanners: can we get rid of these things yet?

Frank — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:32:26 +0000

I'm looking forward to visiting my family around Christmas, but I am really not looking forward to going through security at the airport. Specifically I am really hesitant to put my self and family, especially my two children, through the scanners of unproven safety. The alternative pat-down is also an unsavory option, being invasive and humiliating. I wish taking a train were a viable option.

Welcome to Earth, my son

Frank — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:05:19 +0000

Lucas here was born today at 11:45am pst and he was 9lbs 5oz and 20inches long. I do love him so.

There were chicks everywhere

Frank — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:25:18 +0000

A random weird thing stapled to a utility pole. Near as I can tell it says:

There were chicks everywhere, white as stars. Strangely, they were silent and soft and ~~(aberrant?)~~ pleasant to look upon.