Michael Barrett Rails under NW 23rd
The city of Portland has been slowly, steadily repaving NW 23rd. There are big banners unfurled across the streets to ensure shoppers that, yes, no stores have been paved over and still accept all major credit cards. It’s been fun to watch the construction. They close down a few blocks at a time and excavate [...]
Congratulations
You shouldn’t have. I’m putting the finishing touches on a new WordPress theme. It’s still a little rough in places, comments need formatting, lists need sweetening, various twiddles need to be twaddled. But it’s mostly there, so why not take it for a test run? This theme is fully ‘widgetized’ (to use the WordPress nomenclature) [...]
A little afternoon silliness
I don’t know anything about the Django web framework. I just know the name sounds like breakfast.
The Pink Caroline
One tablespoon of raspberry syrup (preferably made the night before for your wife’s dessert), 2 ounces lime juice, 2 ounces of vodka, over ice, fill with soda water and stir. Sip while in sunshine
Steak and Beans
I was traveling over the weekend and got a much needed dose of Nigella Lawson on Food Network. This dish (cribbed shamelessly) is pan-seared sirloin steak with white beans sauteed in olive oil with arugala, paprika, garlic, and lemon (with a Vesper cocktail).
One of the best things in the world
Start with a farm-fresh egg from your local farmer’s market. Note the nearly orange yolk. This is how you know this egg will be good. Gently fry this egg, sunny side up, in butter, in your grandfather’s cast iron skillet. Sprinkle a small pinch of kosher salt on top. While the egg is frying, toast [...]
Currently
I recently left a very big corporate IT department (subject to the whims of a much greater IT department over the river and across the pond) in order to join a small technology company. In my old job I was “working in IT”. In my new job, I’m working on software. The difference is astounding. [...]
A tempest for every teapot
Back when I was fresh out of graduate school, I was sitting in my favorite local pub with a buddy of mine. We were talking about navigating the bureaucracy of a typical graduate art program. That or girls. Probably girls. At some point in the conversation, after my friend had described a vexing problem, I [...]
Poster Modern
This is a poster of a yard sale sign. Is it advertising the yard sale, or the sign? Hmmm.
Photographic Updates
Tall Bar Is Tall. On a recent trip to the beach (playing ambassador to English tourists) I discovered my hair matches the landscape. Speaking of the beach, hot dogs are in fact, delicious. Local pig, with lipstick. Speaking of pigs, we caught the Veep Debate at the Lucky Lab.