When rain gave way to the setting Sun,
briefly the other day
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I went down memory lane and discovered that Federico Viticci reviewed my first and only indie iOS app way back in the day π www.macstories.net/news/twee…
Hiking at Angel's Rest
Last Saturday we went hiking at Angel’s Rest in the gorge. I’ve been on this hike several times and always enjoy it. It is only a thirty minute drive from home, and offers great views and a good workout.
This trail, along with many others had been closed for over a year since the Eagle Creek Fire, and had reopened last fall.
All the way from the trailhead to the viewpoint on the top of the cliff there were charred trees. I’ve never hiked through a place devastated by fire before, so it was a new an interesting experience from that regard.
Some areas on the trail were a bit muddy with puddles but mostly it was fine.
Views were great as always.
Activity stats:
Distance: 4.9 miles
Elevation Gain: 1484 ft
Time (including breaks): 3h 5m
Who doesnβt like a nice sunbeam on a cool spring day?
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It was a nice day for a hike.
St. Johns Bridge from Ridge Trail. Portland, Oregon. 30th March, 2019.
Stop. π₯.
It boggles my mind that the Activity app on the Apple Watch shows percentage completed for the rings, but the one on the phone does not Β―_(γ)_/Β―
It took five months of hard work, with zero support from Jenni, but I finally finished all the leftover candy from Halloween.
Ha ha ha! This is awesome: twitter.com/JoannaSte…
Friends who live in Oregon, please consider sending an email to the legislature today in support of sexual assault survivors. Takes two minutes with the info in this thread: twitter.com/MaryNumai…
A tabletop shelf/box for the kitchen
Jenni wanted a shelf in the kitchen to organize things a little better and I wanted to make different kinds of boxes. That’s how this came to be.
I’m a beginner woodworker and always on the lookout for new projects that I can use as an excuse to learn new skills, and let’s be honest, to buy new tools. For this project I ended up buying a new blade for my table saw. One that has teeth with flat tips to make a flat cut, so that the finger joints fit snugly.
I also made a new tool, or as they call it in woodworking, a jig. I made a crosscut sled for my table saw, and that was very useful in making the 232 cuts for the finger joints on this box. That required some patience since you have to set things up correctly, make sure the sides are properly aligned, and not make adjustments until you’ve made all the cuts. I used some scraps to make a few joints, and messed that up a bit, but that led to this working out fine. Although at one point I dropped one of the sides and broke a couple of the end finger joints on it. I made sure they were on the back when I put it all together. π
Jenni picked the interior color. The paint company called it Salmon. I constructed the whole box before applying paint, so that step was a little awkward, but it turned out alright. Lesson learned, I think. We decided to keep the plywood edges showing, so I ended up finishing those, and the exterior, with some clear satin polyurethane. Oh, the material was baltic birch plywood, which as you can see has a lot of layers.
Many parts of this were great learning experiences. Not all joints came out equally well but they were acceptable. Making the crosscut sled took longer than making this box but it was totally worth it. I’d been wanting to make one for a while and I look forward to using it for many projects to come.
Lazy Sunday Olive
Closed the move ring on my Apple Watch while repeatedly getting potato chips out of a bag over the last few minutes. #winning
Decided to learn some JavaScript stuff today and now my head hurts.
Love this post by Justin where he describes how he went about using a diagram from an old mechanic’s manual to 3D print a tool for doing maintenance on his VW van. justinmiller.io/posts/201…
Switched to Twitter’s new design on their website, and within a few minutes I’d accidentally unfollowed someone Β―_(γ)_/Β―
This claim of fair use is a flagrant disregard of a photographer’s copyright and sets a really bad precedent: www.dpreview.com/news/2775…
Is there a way to create a link (like an alias) from Finder to an album that lives in Photos? So that opening it, basically navigates to that album on Photos. Natively, or via Automator. Not seeing a way to do either. Drag and drop does an export.
Family selfie π₯°