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Four lovely yet very different photos from my Glass timeline in the last couple of days.

https://glass.photo/shelovesgrain/3GW8p1BvToC2FeQ75kKmWv

https://glass.photo/timtrautmann/5tcQxP1KmOVCHXkgvuPtBT

https://glass.photo/pratik/5rz6hfbCNU0Dmn3pGoNtgz

https://glass.photo/janee-smith/42GgFT8TVMFlRbJldCQnOI

As someone who enjoys photography it’s really nice to have a place to just view photos from photographers whose work you like.

My partner, Jenni, made this wonderful Portland illustration 😍, now available on Cotton Bureau!


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We got some very rare snow today. Apparently haven’t seen snow like this since they started keeping records. A little over two years ago we had set a record for March.

Our cherry poofs have arrived.


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This is why Portlanders go nuts when we get a warm sunny day in spring 😄


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Over the last week I framed and installed a window in the shed in our yard.

As part of this project, I also started using a “real” video editor. I’ve edited videos in the past using iMovie, but this was quite different, as expected, and it was fun to pick up a lot of the beginner level skills in the process.

The editor I used was DaVinci Resolve, mostly because it has a version available for free and it is a very capable app for video editing on the Mac.

I watched a YouTube video to learn how to get going and to get familiar with the interface. Then I would search when I wanted to figure out how to do something specific as I went along e.g. extracting a frame to use as a thumbnail.

Update: 18th May, 2022.

A couple of weeks ago I finally got around to putting a frame on the window.

The other window on the shed has angled ends on the top piece, so I measured and mirrored them on the top piece of this one. I cut it on the table saw as shown in the photo below.

And here’s a photo of the window with the frame.

Maybe next month I’ll get around to painting it…


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Hubble flexing before JWST goes fully operational – Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen

Backyard fire at sunset.


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Got a new card for my driver license. 2014 (Left) vs 2022 (Right).

And… as a GIF!


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Had a great time at Micro camp yesterday and today. Great talks that had me thinking about how I can apply some of that wisdom and knowledge to my own blogging and app development journey. Thank you all!