Portland is a fantastic place with a wealth of fun, exciting, unique activities that require little planning, little money, and little time. The weather was absolutely gorgeous this past weekend so we embarked on a couple of these “urban” adventures. On Saturday my wife and a friend joined me to take on the newly inaugurated [...]
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I love the idea behind Google Voice, and appreciate the rich set of features, but transcription frustrates me. Sometimes the transcription feature is relatively useful, but more often than not the resulting text can be very odd. Here’s a couple examples: I work to get rid of the quest secret given some Democrats [...]
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While returning from a camping trip a couple years ago, this little guy and his sibling were standing in the middle of the road near Tillamook, Oregon. When I got out of the car to coax them out of the street, he approached me with great interest. All the while Mom [...]
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Running is a great way to stay in shape, and can be an integral part of a healthy life style. Almost anyone can do it, it doesn't require much in the way of equipment, it is inexpensive, and it can be done just about anywhere. But if your approach to running is that it's just [...]
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It's amazing what creative, smart people come up with. Learn how CAPTCHAs are being used to digitize books; if you don't know what a CAPTCHA is, the video explains (you probably have used them many times). This clip is a little long, but very interesting and actually kind of entertaining, in a geeky sort of [...]
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If you like good ol' Texas barbecue, Podnah's Pit Barbecue is the place for you. A friend suggested we give it a try, and after seeing the restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives I couldn't wait to go. Podnah's Pit is located in Northeast Portland at NE Prescott St. and 15th Ave. We caught [...]
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There are so many, but the biggest reason I love Trader Joe's are the unique, tasty little goodies that I don't see anywhere else. My latest discovery is Sea Salt & Turbinado Sugar Dark Chocolate Almonds. These little treats are "roasted almonds drenched in dark chocolate and sprinkled with sea salt and turbinado sugar", [...]
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List of XML and HTML character entity references — Comprehensive list of character entities and unicode values (Tagged: webdesign webdev html standards xhtml wikipedia character entities).
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META Tags and Locking in Future Compatibility — IE 8 compatibility and META tags to emulate IE 7 (Tagged: msie ie ie8 microsoft browser css compatibility meta).
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1st time skiing at Mt. Bachelor. I think I saw @rachaeliditarod's very happy dog team! [mitchcontla]
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