photos of the photographer

t and i went for a drive tonight to capture the sunset along the mississippi river. while she was catching the sun, i was catching her...

maiden voyage with the banjobrothers backpack

this is the large (2000ci) commuter backpack. still pretty low profile. it rode ok, but after all these years with messenger bags, it felt a little weird to have straps on both shoulders. plenty of room for laptop, clothes, raingear, food and coffee.

i've been using macvim as my development environment for groovy/grails at work and i'm slowly building up my toolbox of functionality. Here's one I put together based on based on a RunShellCommand method

function! s:RunShellCommand(cmdline)
  echo a:cmdline
  let expanded_cmdline = a:cmdline
  for part in split(a:cmdline, ' ')
     if part[0] =~ '\v[%#<]'
        let expanded_part = fnameescape(expand(part))
        let expanded_cmdline = substitute(expanded_cmdline, part, expanded_part, '')
     endif
  endfor
  botright new
  setlocal buftype=nofile bufhidden=wipe nobuflisted noswapfile nowrap
  call setline(1, 'You entered:    ' . a:cmdline)
  call setline(2, 'Expanded Form:  ' .expanded_cmdline)
  call setline(3,substitute(getline(2),'.','=','g'))
  execute '$read !'. expanded_cmdline
  setlocal nomodifiable
  1
endfunction

i found out about this here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Display_output_of_shell_commands_in_new_window


then, i added some commands to my vimrc:


this one searches all my groovy files for the word under the cursor (the thing is the under-the-cursor magic):

command! Srchwg call s:RunShellCommand(
'find . -name \*.groovy -exec grep -H --regexp="' .expand("<cword>").'" {} \;')

this one, takes an argument for a filename extension and will search all files of that type for the word under the cursor:

command! -nargs=+ Srchw call s:RunShellCommand(
'find . -name \*.'' -exec grep -H --regexp="' .expand("<cword>").'" {} \;')

now, i can have my cursor on a line and type :Srchwg which will open a window with a list of files that contain the word. or, if i type :Srchw js, i'll search all js files in my project for the word under the cursor. nice.

i was thinking of writing a function to, then, open files based on the buffer opened by the RunShellCommand method, but i found that vim already has functionality to do that. all i needed to use was the handy-dandy gf functionality!

anyway, one of these days, i'll package up all of my vim tricks into either a vimball or just a vimrc that you can source into your vimrc and open source it on github.

yeah, i landed that

challenge accepted (and crushed by ryan)

what's worse than e-mail spam?

phonebook spam! i neither need nor want this damn thing, yet someone killed trees, wasted energy manufacturing it, and burned fuel delivering it. now, additional energy is going to go into recycling it. PITA? more like a PITE (pain in the environment).

so i just found one of these in my fridge

rest on our ride

the fam took me on a bike ride for my birthday present (couple of days early). this was a pr in distance for the kids, we did a 20miler.

all 43 seconds of the roseville fireworks were fun

but it was a little sad that red, white, and boom (minneapolis), started before and ended after our fireworks. an attaboy for whomever selected the launch site for roseville, as we had a completely unobstructed view from the victoria st ball fields, my favorite spectating location.

grossest mascot ever

poor peety peecup, destined to go through life half empty (or only half full, either way, it's gross)

it's funny what the camera chooses to focus on

find the point of crisp focus...

hint: broadway & pine.

weird, right? 

bike maintenance in the office

another effin flat. i need to bring a bike stand to the office!

cookin on the fairgrounds

cat 1, 2, 3 women racing bikes in 90f heat. awesome display of toughness!

twin 6-er in the nvgp

so, twin 6 which do you like better?

 the plain-old photo

or the sweet photocopy version...

photographer lady at the nvgp

it's as if... the rest of the world

was just painted with a different palette

and rendered with a different level of focus

than she was...

creaky crank repair kit in tha house

there, dane, ya happy?

dane sez i should lock it up, even in the building.

the daisies' last stand

daisy season is coming to its end and the flowers decided to get a little freaky

american standard, can you identify me?

i think i need a new cartridge for this shower fixture. it was installed in 2006 (yes, i have hard water), can you identify the model # of the cartridge that i need?

the few remaining live daisies

 

 

JPod by Douglas Coupland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An odd flow for a book (at times) but it really works. The pages with odd typography and the inclusion of the spam e-mail created an internet-esque stream of consciousness.

Coupland's appearance in the book is an interesting device. I was totally surprised when he showed up, but I it was foreshadowed a little.

The end? Eh... maybe not the greatest, but there were a ton of great hooks throughout the book, e.g., the team's little competitions. He also took characters who do some pretty outrageous things and showed you their human side. There are many shades of grey, even the douchey Steve has a soul.

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postprocessing fun with some of my recent photos.

traffic jam at the office

TP protip

when the TP starts lookin' cardboardy, it's empty. replace it.

garden-fresh strawberries with lunch, today

already getting strawberries from the garden.

hidden treasures around the yard

jeeze, there's all sorts of beautiful stuff tucked in the nooks and crannies of this yard!

thanks to my beautiful wife for her gardening prowess!

great day at the office

berries in waiting

went up to weed the garden and, WOW, we have strawberries growing.

flowery apparition

we have some fuschia hanging on our porch. it looks a little ghostly under the porch light...

no sh*t, jared

tonight's dinner

awesome dinner near malibu, tonight. very fresh fish!

rare sunbeam across my evening dishwashing

springonabike

crisp, sunny spring morning
positive vibe untouched by the call of the mourning dove.
turn the pedals;
locomotion turns to...
fleeting, disposable poetic thoughts.
escaping and being traffic,
dodging shadows, and
turning pedals;
a solar-and-caffeine-powered ride
arrives at its destination.

for you iphone users, this is what a spare battery looks like

pitching tents at minnebar

2 shadows, one rolling, one standing

track standing, that is... not so easy to get a phone out, unlock it, go to camera and snap a pic--all while doing a trackstand, mind you!