Sunbeams illuminating a coastal forest in Port Orford, Oregon

Chuggnutt!

Category: Travel

  • Portland Spirit

    We’re off to Portland tomorrow, without the kids, for an anniversary dinner cruise on the Portland Spirit. Should be a pretty good trip; I may even get to finally see Star Wars Episode II.

    Here’s an interesting little piece of news/trivia: Deschutes Brewery is apparently bottling their beers in a new bottle (they were simply plain brown 12-ounce bottles): brown with a nice raised imprint of hops around the bottle just below the neck, and gold caps (formerly they were silver). These were from a six-pack of Mirror Pond Pale Ale picked up at Fred Meyers today. I can’t find any mention of this bottle upgrade on their web site, but maybe it’s to help celebrate their 14 year anniversary.

    Random Web Link: It’s been around for awhile, but still proves entertaining: The Greedo Assassination Conspiracy Page

  • Wayback to Portland

    Went on a business trip to Portland today (for Alpine Internet Solutions, the company I work for) to meet with a new client we recently signed. It’s a big project, potentially high profile… though I probably shouldn’t mention who they are yet. I don’t want to attract the wrong kind of attention too soon…

    Here’s a cool link: The Internet Archive, featuring the Wayback Machine. They’ve been taking “snapshots” of websites for a number of years now (in association with Alexa) that you can search for and view. So you can check out what your favorite website looked like in days past. Pretty nifty!

    Random Web Link: Tilt of the hat to my bro: WildStorm Comics.