Categories Misc.

Been Out for the Past Week for Holiday and Vacation

I really needed the downtime with so much going on. I spent the time with friends and Coho the 90-pound labrador puppy, projects around the house and garden, getting my dental implant reinserted (ouch), and a lot of time outdoors and on the rivers and lakes. A few…

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Categories AI

Down the Melting Neon Rabbit Hole of AI-Generated Art

I have recently been experimenting with a new technology, I know, I’m a techy geek and your are not shocked that I’m geeking out on something new. There are many new technologies harnessing AI to generate images based on words and instructions you feed it like Dall-E, Dall-E…

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Categories Misc.

Hardware + Travel = Potential Problems

I have been limping along for 3 weeks after a series of multiple laptop hardware failures. The last one left me using only my phone for a week and a half and having to make several computer store trips in Lyft in Atlanta Georgia and so many phone…

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Categories Misc.

Weekend Hike Along the Upper Deschutes

It has been about 4 weeks since my knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. I have done great with little to no pain and getting back to everything active that I enjoyed before, and more. I hope to get back on my mountain bike and kayak this…

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Categories Funny

Daylight Savings Time

There are two things harder to reset than a clock with daylight savings time than a microwave, and that’s kids and dogs. My dog Coho  a six month old  75 pound Silver Labrador is whining with his leash at 4 pm now, instead of 5 pm. Not even…

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Categories Autodesk Community

On the Mend

On Friday February 18th, 2022, I had, surgery to repair a tear in my left knee meniscus. I’m doing great, and even walking short distances now.

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Categories Misc.

Bizarre Weather Year

Thursday was a record high temperature at 74 degrees in Bend Oregon on February 10. It is normally a high of 30-40 degrees for the high temperature. We have had geese migrating back north, honeybees out, trees blooming, and even a few hungry mosquitoes biting us humans. Bizarre…

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Categories Misc.

Farewell To Dr. Richard Leakey

The world lost a tough impactful warrior this a week, Dr. Richard Leakey. Without Richard Leakey who was a world renowned paleontologist turned conservationist, there may not have have been a science rich research work, or perhaps a single living elephant or rhino remaining in Kenya. And we…

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Categories Misc.

Happy 2022

Happy New Year, everyone! I had a nice two-week annual holiday break and spent time with friends and doing several outdoor adventures. I have family visiting (hopefully depending on airline flights) later this week including my two sons, mother, and brother. The past year 2021 had some high…

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Categories Announcements

Happy Holidays!

It is that time of the year wear most Autodesk employees take their holiday week of rest and the holiday break. We will be back around the week of January 3rd , 2022. During this time we spend time with friends and family, catch up on home projects,…

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