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Portland, Oregon. 13th May, 2024.

A bird in flight against a clear blue sky, with green tree leaves and utility wires in the background.

A new beta of Mimi Uploader is out with a small but significant update. The alt text generation feature now uses the latest Open AI model (GPT-4o) announced yesterday.

If you’re not in the beta, you can opt-in.

I look forward to your feedback. Thank you!

Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon. 12th May, 2024.

A black and white photograph of an indoor ice-skating rink with a few people skating. Large windows cast a grid-like shadow across the ice surface. The rink is bordered by a railing, and the scene gives an impression of movement and stillness combined.

Fifteen people who received both, a Nobel Prize, and a US Presidential Medal of Freedom

Fifteen people who received both, a Nobel Prize, and a US Presidential Medal of Freedom
Name NP1 PMoF2 Note
[John Steinbeck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck) 1962 1964 Shortest interval between awards.
[T. S. Eliot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot) 1948 1964
[Henry Kissinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger) 1973 1977
[Martin Luther King Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) 1964 1977 Posthumous medal.
[John Bardeen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen) 1965 1977 Awarded another Nobel Prize in 1972.
[Norman Borlaug](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug) 1970 1977
[Milton Friedman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman) 1976 1988
[Elie Wiesel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel) 1986 1992
[Jimmy Carter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter) 2002 1999 Nobel Prize awarded after medal.
[Joshua Lederberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Lederberg) 1958 2006 Longest interval between awards.
[Toni Morrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison) 1993 2012
[Bob Dylan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan) 2016 2012 Nobel Prize awarded after medal.
[Mario J. Molina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_J._Molina) 1995 2013
[Daniel Kahneman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman) 2002 2013
[Al Gore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore) 2007 2024
  1. Nobel Prize
  2. Presidential Medal of Freedom

It’s crazy Spring weather time! Just went on a walk when it was quite sunny and got drenched 15 minutes later with cold rain. I was so cold and wet when I returned, but I was enjoying it thinking about the 85°F day coming very soon 😂

Weather forecast application screen showing current and 10-day weather for Portland with temperatures increasing by nearly 30°F over the next three days.

Coquille Point, Bandon, Oregon. 27th April, 2024.

A person standing on a grassy hill overlooking a beach with waves crashing onto the shore and a large rock formation rising from the sea in the distance.

Rock formation with an arch on a coastal beach, with two distant figures walking near the water’s edge, under an overcast sky.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Fujifilm Acros 100 (Expired)

Live in the Depths 74 at Atlantis Lounge. Portland, Oregon. 2nd May, 2024.

Audience and musician silhouettes in front of a screen displaying vibrant geometric patterns at a low-lit event with blue stage lights.

A modular synthesizer with various colorful patch cables connected to different components, and a monitor displaying visuals, in a dimly lit setting.

A DJ in a dimly lit room with blue lighting, sitting behind a mixing console, intently focused on something outside the frame, with attendees dancing in the foreground.

A dimly lit scene with a jar filled with red earplugs on a table and a transparent tip box with a sign saying “PLEASE WAIT FOR VENUE HOST TO RETURN”. Blurred colorful lights in the background.

An orange tabby cat wearing a bow tie resting on the back of a chair, with a softly focused home interior in the background.

Mr. Momo. 21st April, 2024.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 (Expired)

Coastline with jagged cliffs and trees overlooking turbulent ocean waves, captured in black and white.

Shore Acres State Park, Oregon. 27th April, 2024.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Fujifilm Acros 100 (Expired)

A flowering pink dogwood tree next to a white garden trellis, with a house and power lines in the background, under a partially cloudy sky.

A flowering dogwood tree with vibrant pink blossoms against a blue sky.

Portland, Oregon. 20th April, 2024.

📷 Hasselblad 500C/M
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160 (Expired)