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13 Jazzed to be here

7 I think I found my new favorite way to get protein! 🤔

19 I’m always surprised when I don’t see a TV in front of a couch these days.

16 I have questions. 18 North side of Mount Hood last month.

7 Being in the zone can be amazing…but not necessarily healthy. 14 Paper cut example…and Apple has thousands. Sigh.

4 New Season’s (local grocery store) had their annual 50% of chocolate sale.

14 This brought a ride to an abrupt end. I am not a fan of bike lanes…at least when they are rarely cleaned.

13 Less than a month from my last puncture. If you were wondering, this is horribly inefficient (and costly) way … 25 Our neighborhood is getting a little wild these days.

5 As much as my family loves spiders I’m surprised our house doesn’t look like this.

26 Earlier this week I celebrated my 55th with a little hike up Saddle Mountain: …

13 Roderick Fortunate enough to have an amazing logging road nearby that I ride a lot. Today it took me above the …

15 I can just about touch it. 📷🌈

19 Worth the 3.5 hour drive

14 Yes that is doggie drool 30 Can’t remember the last time I was so nervous to “deploy” a change as updating MX records. Just successfully …

1 My teenage son released his first game on the App Store: Jem Junction. He has really enjoyed learning how to …

28 I don’t mind trying new espresso gadgets, especially when they are inexpensive, but I’m surprised by those … 30 My reward after making four Neapolitan and two Detroit style pizzas in the Ooni for my son’s LAN party.!

2 Maybe not as popular as “no alcohol” or “no meat”, or “go to the gym three times a week”, but I’m thinking a … 9 Be right back. Off to get a pot of gold. 17 An idea is brewing 17 Delish! Even with gluten free flour (wife appreciated the modification). Thanks again @josephaleo for the … 23 Someone isn’t ready for the week. 28 I always thought Lightroom’s share to Micro.blog didn’t work because of something silly Adobe was doing but it … 28 Oregon sunset, but facing east. 29 Mount Hood looking pretty good today.

14 Tucson, AZ, Sunset on Feb 2015 using iPhone 6 15 Estacada, OR, Sep 2018 using iPhone XS 16 Destin, FL, Feb 2016 using iPhone 6 17 Port Angeles, WA, Jul 2022 using iPhone 13 Pro 22 Jasper, AB on Sep 2015 using iPhone 6 23 Forest Grove, OR, Feb 2022 using DJI Mini 3 Pro 25 You’re old when this excites you.

2 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 2: Weather 43.32, -117.226 on May 2020 using Hasselblad - L1D-20c 2 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 1: Secure 45.535, -123.151 on Feb 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro … 3 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 3: Solitude 45.77, -123.413 on Feb 2019 using DJI - FC220 4 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 4: Zip 45.207, -123.97 on Oct 2020 using Apple - iPhone 11 Pro 5 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 5: Tile 45.535, -123.151 on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 5 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 5: Tile 41.928, -91.901 on Mar 2016 using Apple - iPhone 6 6 Door County on Jul 2010 using Canon - Canon EOS 5D Mark II 6 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 6: Engineering Megler Bridge on Nov 2013 using Apple - iPhone 5 7 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 7: Whole Bean Vaults on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 7 Love to see AI policy in simple terms. Plus it seems like a sensible use of AI: www.wired.com/story/how… 8 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 8: Walk Whitefish Dunes State Park, on Jul 2009 using Canon - Canon EOS … 9 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 9: Together 45.554, -123.086 on Nov 2019 using Apple - iPhone 11 Pro 10 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 10: Ritual Espresso on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 11 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 11: Gimcrack Gaffer tape on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 12 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 12: Shiny Moose Pass on Aug 2022 using Apple - iPhone 13 Pro 14 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 13: Connection So disappointing to have all these. Mar 2023 using Apple … 14 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 14: Horizon Door County Sunset on Jul 2019 using Apple - iPhone XS 15 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 15: Patience Patience indeed on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 16 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 16: Road Certainly a road less traveled on Mar 2023 using Apple - … 17 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 17: Early Early bird gets…on Sep 2021 using Apple - iPhone 13 Pro 18 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 18: Portico Not really a portico, but the closest we have and we use it … 19 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 19: Analog Analog or digital, I still stink at this…on Mar 2023 using … 20 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 20: Houseplant This is a big one on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 … 21 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 21: Tiny Nosebleed seats makes everything…on Mar 2023 using Apple - … 22 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 22: Insect According to Apple, this is a spruce big on Mar 2012 using … 23 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 23: Chance Last Chance on Jun 2022 using Apple - iPhone 13 Pro 24 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 24: Court Portland Trail Blazers on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 … 25 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 25: Spice 46.571, -120.48 on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 27 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 26: Instrument Chef’s knife on Mar 2023 using Apple - iPhone 14 Pro 28 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 27: Support Amazing how little support this wind turbine blade had, yet … 28 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 28: Prompt This prompts so many feelings for me…on Mar 2023 using Apple … 30 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 29: Slice Sooooo good…on Feb 2022 using Apple - iPhone 13 Pro 30 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 30: Mirror 45.612, -123.068 on Jul 2022 using Apple - iPhone 13 Pro 31 📷 March Micro.blog photo challenge day 31: Practice I suppose this entire month has been an example of …

1 I asked Siri, “How long is a timeout in woman’s college basketball?” I thought it was 1 minute, but wasn’t … 5 We spent a few days of Oregon’s Spring Break at a house in Suncadia. It was peaceful to go during the … 10 Over the years our hummingbird community has grown, but this is the first time we have seen a rufous. 12 Thanks to @alongtheray for linking to an Oatmeal post that mentioned replacing pinboard with linkhut. Even … 28 It’s Fun Friday and gorgeous in the Pacific Northwest soooooo…lunch at a local “food cart pod”.

2 I just bought an arguably inferior tech product just because it had USB-C instead of a dreadful micro USB. 19 At first you might be concerned that our pooch has been hurt. The fact is though, she is a raspberry thief…and …

14 After hours and hours of pressure washing, sanding, and staining our deck is finally looking halfway decent … 14 First, our dog is completely zonked, right? Two, this is a test micro.blog post to see if cross-posting to … 23 This seems a little short of my typical gig connection. :(

7 So if a teenager has been using Unity for the past year to create some games and now would like to find … 10 Joining the “post first downloads” party on App Store 15th. 19 Received a random Google Alert. One of my (ancient) photos was used in this article, For cold times sake: 24 … 22 It may be hot outside, but not afraid to kick it up a few notches.

11 If you happen to find yourself in Southeast Iowa near the almost non-existent town of Ainsworth, wet your … 17 The Readwise Reader web app is a rare example where it is superior to the iOS/iPadOS version. What are some … 23 Spent some time this morning revisiting CSS-in-JSS options. Tired of the overhead (and limitations) of CSS …

22 It’s new Apple product day…woohoo! 22 It wasn’t intentional but this was the first photo from the iPhone 15 Pro 24 Random cables, adapters and stuff in my home office that will soon be out of my life. #declutter 27 La Marzocco USA is the first website that I’ve seen have a screensaver-like feature. After having their site …

3 Was so excited that Apple Music finally had a Discovery Station, but after listening to hundreds (let’s say N) …

16 Testing out the Canon RF 100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM. Odd how with the Canon 5D Mark IV this lens (with … 17 First time using the Ooni for breadsticks (in Kerry butter) today. Delish!

6 Pacific Northwest mountains and a lake on today’s gravel ride.

8 People seem to love bagging on non-native apps. These are the common CPU hogs on my system. I should note I … 10 Who can identify this? 14 Proof some are more fortunate than others. 19 Found some mud today 🚴‍♂️ 24 Challenge: a better, jaw-dropping season ending than Ozark Season 3. Go…

9 Love a post-ride beverage in the sun. 🚴‍♂️ 11 This is the box LG sent me to send my Ultrafine 5K in for repairs.

4 I think it’s about time our dog gets a job or something.

13 Sabbatical Day 3 of 56: Hike near Mt. Hood 15 Really!? 16 I know people bash on Yeti and their prices, but I just placed a warranty claim (zipper broke) for the first … 16 Per my previous Yeti post…not once during the process was I asked when I purchased the cooler. It was 7+ years … 27 My Fuji road bike is getting retired for a Trek Emonda. Hopefully I get as many miles on it as I did the Fuji. 30 Apparently I’m in hell…a lot sooner than I thought.

20 Bon voyage 22 Female (bad ass) bald eagle

4 Odds are something here is getting delivered to my house. 5 These martinis go straight to your head. 6 Every year I buy the new iPhone since the camera keep getting better and that is my primary use really. … 7 After an 8-week sabbatical this is gonna be tough. 16 Gotta support the uptick of dog pics as everyone tests their new iPhones, right? 🦮 28 Was looking through photos and videos taken with a DJI Osmo Pocket to provide examples to anyone interested in …

4 Where am I?

16 For years I paid for Spotify. With Apple One it didn’t make sense to pay for 2 music services so I dropped …

19 Dogs really are love magnets 🐶 26 This pretty much sums up why people are shocked that I’m actually 50 years old… vimeo.com/505015370

22 In typical fashion @siracusa nails it.

22 Test post (with a photo) using Ulysses. 30 Been using Obsidian casually for a year, but spent last night falling into the Linking Your Thoughts (and …

2 So green right now 📷 28 I used Hey as my email client for over a year, but sadly after switching back to Spark as my email client (iOS … 29 Whether selling or giving away old tech, I like the receiver to feel like they are opening up a new product.

4 Be the dog. Be the dog. Be the dog. 30 Ordered my next road bike. Woohoo! Won’t come until next May. Doh!

14 While delicious, I’m surprised United thought this was a wise choice to provide to their lounge patrons. 15 The Swatch Watch way ⌚️ /cc @jack @Pilchuck @Ron @mbkriegh 21 I’m not typically a showboat but my wife captured this photo a few years ago and it popped up in my memory … 23 The awesome folks @making_light do an amazing job, but they hit a grand slam with this month’s smells.

3 My co-worker is such a slacker 12 Apparently my power hub is drunk 🚴‍♂️ 12 A year later I’m finally joining the cool kids 🍕 14 Thrilled that my 12+ years of making pizza in my oven so easily translated to superior pizza from an Ooni … 17 Whoa, Ren and Stimpy turned 30 this week

22 Anyone else using a custom email domain with iCloud (new feature of iCloud+)? Shocked at how easy was to set … 30 Ooni pizza FTW! 🍕

1 Day 1: Touch The most irresistible thing to touch in the whole wide world. #mboct 2 Day 2: Dark I generally roast to a Full City or Full City+ which isn’t nearly as dark as a French roast, but I … 3 Day 3: Majority Looking through photos that I’ve taken this year, the majority seem to be of food that I have … 5 Day 4: Sharp James Brand, a local knife maker, has some sweet knives. #mboct #adaylate 5 Day 5: Toy I don’t know about others, but my toys have gotten more expensive as I’ve aged. This is currently … 6 Day 6: Street This is why I love living in the Pacific Northwest…we share our streets with all living … 8 Day 7: Spice My two favorite sources for spices. Do a little research; they have an interesting story too. … 8 Day 8: Twilight Our little slice of heaven at twilight. #mboct 9 Day 9: Safe Every year I get a case to keep my iPhone safe and every year I barely use it. #mboct … 10 Day 10: Bridges One of many foot bridges at Cape Disappointment State Park #mboct 12 Day 11: Hygge Does this photo represent hygge? #mboct #adaylate 13 Day 12: Legend Often trail signs have legends, this one does not but I find it very useful and readable … 13 Day 13: Animals Sometimes animals behave like humans (and vice versa). #mboct 14 Day 14: Wheels Sometimes the right wheels can take you to glorious places. #mboct 15 Day 15: Ethereal An ethereal view from a camping trip. #mboct 16 Day 16: Rotation It takes a watchful eye to time the rotation when cooking pizza in an Ooni. #mboct 17 Day 16: Compass My compass. #mboct 18 Day 18: Finished After finishing a long trip part way across the states, I finished with some good beer. … 19 Day 19: Mirror Sometimes a mirror doesn’t help. #mboct 20 Day 20: Sports One of my favorite sports is cross country. It has been a blast to watch my son run this year … 31 Tonight we successfully hid from trick-or-treaters. Does that make us the Scrooge of Halloween? 🎃

8 Surprisingly clear day in the Pacific NW. 19 Unsurprisingly there is a huge difference between the 14” MBP and 16” MBP. Such a huge performance upgrade I …

1 Nature welcoming the new year 3 Well, collecting indoor trainers now too 4 I can’t believe I haven’t seen anyone talking about Casper’s Glow Lights…they are amazing! … 11 I got this for myself as a Christmas gift in 2018. This is the year I finally put it together. 12 Called Apple Support for the 3rd time ever. HomePod wouldn’t recognize my voice. Instructions provided by the … 12 Yeti sponsored coffee roast. Well, maybe not. 19 Cleaning out my garage…probably can ditch this from our Arizona days 🚲🌵 27 Interesting. 📷 Quick Tip: How to Calibrate Your Lenses Without Buying a Special Tool

1 Is there anything more challenging than putting socks on wet feet!? 1 Open 📷 2 Sight 📷 4 Reflect 📷 4 Spot 📷 5 Hide 📷 6 Spot on. An API is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good. 7 Plant 📷 7 Above 📷 8 Contrast 📷 10 Lull 📷 11 Sign 📷 12 Plain 📷 12 Attachment 📷 13 So I haven’t fallen in love with Roam like many others, but those that have: how do you use it and how can you … 27 METALACHI tickets procured: www.ticketweb.com/event/met… #ftw

8 After being sick for two weeks it was awesome to get out for two gravel rides this weekend. Time for clean-up. … 11 Going through some old photos…iPhone 5 in 2011 wasn’t awful 14 Oregon Coast Sunset 16 At least in some respects the world is still normal 17 I’m a LONG time Spotify user, but switched to Apple Music last October. Music is inferior to Spotify in … 22 O sure hope someone at Apple while quarantined is working on the horrendous iOS spellchecker. I swear it was … 27 Interviewing Coronavirus #jpsears 29 Thrilled to be able to get rides in during these times. 🚲 31 Whoa, Dark Sky has joined Apple.

16 Finally WHO figures out what many of us have been saying for weeks…“social distancing” is silly. We need to … 18 Colors at sunset were gorgeous tonight 23 Hmmm. Just realized that the Kindle Paperwhite (2018) is thicker than the 2018 iPad Pro (12.9”). 24 Squirrel theft is my fave 30 For those that have switched from Spotify to Apple Music do you really like Music better? After 6 months I …

1 Is it possible to like a movie but still think it deserves a 1 out of 5 stars? 29 Leslie Gulch 30 Storm-a-brewing 31 Owyhee River

1 Coffeepot Crater 2 Coffee is good, so let’s do one more Coffeepot photo 9 I don’t have a schmancy ooni pizza oven like so many others have these days, but I make do just fine… 10 Wow. 10 And since the iOS share sheet didn’t work for Micro.blog…this pic is for my “Wow.” 13 Whiskeys, Whiskies, Ryes and Bourbons. What are your faves? 🥃 28 Put up a weather station yesterday. #weatherflow

1 Oregon Coast 📷 4 Kombucha mint + blueberries (both from garden) ginger + lemon + cayenne + turmeric 14 Who else has a HomePod with Alzheimer’s? I have two that remember me half the time. And if I try to add a … 23 Someone got into our raspberries 29 Who can spot the packaging flaw? 29 speaking of shipping fails…

8 Best order confirmation ever 14 Rookie mistake 15 Surely I’m not the only one getting near their iCloud 2TB limit who is saddened by the lack of storage … 19 It’s the weekend…time for homemade bagels! 28 A shot of life

1 Tot Thursday! 3 I don’t know if it is because of the world we currently live in or if it is just that good but we have … 10 Photo 13 Feel very fortunate to have awesome places to bike and hike nearby during these times. Pacific Northwest … 15 Not as thin as my normal pizza, but far easier to make…the skillet pizza. 16 Fun on the beach 24 Fall

4 Mesmerized by what is normally under water at Hagg Lake 4 Another perspective of Hagg Lake in a drastically receding state 19 Awesome that my wife shares my love of Field Notes and bought me their F’n shirt.

1 Lego Star Wars Advent 2020 - Day 1 5 From today’s ride 🚴‍♂️ 16 I love fracture prints. I have many hanging up in our house. Until this sunset shot though they were all from …

1 Not an amazing year comparatively, but given 5 months in the middle due to travel, air quality, sickness, and … 12 If you don’t find the Everything is Alive podcast funny, I’m sorry, but I can’t help you. 14 A benefit of early morning travel. 20 Best thing about a hike is what inevitably comes after 25 I typically am not a fan of the targeted ads I get from social sites I begrudgingly participate in. However, I …

2 Apparently this is where recycled cardboard goes. 5 I wish I had half the sketching skills my dad possesses. This sketch of our house is one of several he has … 6 This kombucha gets a solid 👍 from me. 9 Fun in the snow 10 Finally played with Adobe Rush. Certainly simpler than Premiere (and even Final Cut Pro), but not sure I can … 14 Had some fun in the snow last weekend. 16 Because Portland didn’t get enough snow last weekend. 16 Wonderful place to stop for the night before heading to Santa Fe. Their restaurant, Campo, is spectacular. 22 Didn’t want to roast when I got home from Santa Fe so bought some bean from a local favorite. Not … 23 Day One 23 Anyone know of a way to get a photo from Adobe Lightroom CC (iOS) into the micro.blog iOS app? The share sheet … 25 Unfortunately this is all that is left. 28 I’ve been using CSS Grid on the last several projects, but now I’ll do it better: Using CSS Grid the Right Way 28 Some of Roomba’s alerts make me laugh

1 Time to… 3 I don’t know what other people did at 10pm on a Sunday night, but I made homemade English muffins. 6 Maybe just gave my entire neighborhood Internet access 7 I am beside myself right now 9 I just upped my coffee roasting game 10 Views like this make five hour gravel rides almost enjoyable. 🚲 18 If these count as eating my vegetables, I’m set. 22 Received the pre-ordered AirMagic yesterday and upon initial testing it seems like it is going to be an …

4 (null) I don’t think Lightroom CC > Share > Micro.blog works. Bummer. 16 Flew over this…sadly still baconless 19 I do as I am told #growlergarage #forestgrove

18 Douglas Lake (Reservoir) 21 Boat ride on Douglas Lake 30 I am waaaaaaay behind in my cycling efforts this year. 🚲

1 Nice to be out on a bike again 🚲 2 Really digging the Brydge keyboard for the iPad Pro. I’m sure those that dislike the butterfly keyboards would … 6 First photo (JPEG, no edits) from my new drone. Just about as much resolution as my DSLR. 8 Always enjoy hanging out at the coast 11 Should one continue to pay for Vimeo or just give in to the YouTube beast? Give me some reasons other than … 12 I really like the Brydge keyboard for the big iPad Pro, but now I’m finding myself constantly swiping on a … 14 More Pacific Northwest Coast footage for anyone that cares. 17 A silver certificate bill. It may look fake, but is real. “Its history dates back to the 1860s, and the … 19 Small Midwest town

14 Nothing tastes better than a hazy IPA after a hot, long bike ride #growlergarage 23 These summer squash look so fake 24 My son cracks me up 29 My favorite part of Mondays 30 Aptly named

4 Hagg Lake 5 Maybe my favorite bike “accessory”: the Theragun. 14 Timothy Lake 21 My toy store 31 Bainbridge Island

1 Moonset 2 Not just for pizza. Fantastic with eggs too! 8 Maybe my favorite thing about summer…fresh, homemade salsa! 16 Fall is coming 19 Can’t believe the internet folks aren’t abuzz about this 21 How to use the amazing new text tools in iPadOS | Cult of Mac Definitely need to remember these. 21 Learn React in 10 tweets Impressively thorough yet succinct 26 I’m not convinced, but will have to dig in to be sure 29 Vimeo Disappoints 29 Let the winter gravel rides begin

28 Have others noticed a massive reduction in finger grease on their iPhone 11 Pro compared to every previous … 29 Red 31 Digging them so far

1 I’m no audiophile, but the fact that I can drown out multiple vacuum robots (Roombas) running in my house … 5 Obligatory dog photo 13 Tis the season I guess 18 Love @RogueAmoeba’s confirmation message 22 Ok, I’ll be the first (and last) person to say it…I preferred the less mushy keys of the butterfly keyboard …

1 Bash to zsh 4 Who knew you could grow stuff from a wet paper towel? 14 Day 14 15 Day 15 24 Merry Christmas Eve!

28 My son just made me so proud…upon finishing an episode of The Simpsons he said, “oh man, Simpsons are so good … 31 Who remembers the JPG magazine? 31 I think our house would be a hit (for egg throwers) if we handed these out for Halloween.

7 It might not look like it, but there is a big difference in size between the new and older versions of the … 13 Disappointed that it is getting harder and harder to find written tutorials and tips…seems like everything is … 19 At the coast for the week, but guessing we could stay for months 20 Cascade Head Trail. One of our faves on the coast. 21 Been successfully using this workflow for all my photo work since the release of the new iPad Pro and Pencil. …

19 I have always loved the AT-ATs…even the miniature ones. 21 If the Latest Facebook Revelations Won’t Get You to Delete It, What Will? Facebook’s practices are the online … 23 Love this time of year in the Northwest 27 I guess it has been a really long time since I created a repo on github.com because I was stumped when I got … 30 First concert I’ve been to in recent history where the performers actually encourage the audience to take …

4 Costa Rica