Categories Misc.

First Day Back in the Saddle err Office

I have been on sabbatical since mid-June and returned to the Autodesk Lake Oswego office this morning – a little too bright and early. I absolutely love working for Autodesk and truly appreciate that they still believe in giving employees a real disconnected break every four years to…

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Categories Misc.

Beautiful Mt Hood

I absolutely love seeing Mt. Hood on my flights back home to Portland Oregon. I took this photo Sunday evening with my iPhone after returning from surprising my mother in Idaho on her 70th birthday. If you look closely you can see Mt. Jefferson in the background.

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Categories Misc.

Got Trashed in Bali

It’s not what you think, I promise. What I did was spear trash and recycle it in rural Bali. I am currently working in Bali Indonesia on a special project with an Australian colleague Brett Casson and a few other people, and not on a vacation unfortunately. We…

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Categories Misc.

Long and Memorable Weekend in Utah

For the past four days I have been enjoying a trip to Utah with my girlfriend Amy to visit my mother, my 3 kids, and some friends. It was so great to visit with friends and family but also get to show Amy around a place she had…

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Categories AutoCAD

PDX Carpet Designs in AutoCAD DWG

I will never forget many years ago flying into Portland International Airport and seeing the iconic and sometimes visually loud carpet. Over the past 20 some odd years flying into the airport I always felt fairly nostalgic when seeing it and actually looked at carpets in airports around…

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Categories Misc.

Be Safe This Weekend

It is Memorial Day weekend in the United States which kicks off Summer. Sadly it also is the start of more traffic accidents and many related to long holiday drives while tired. Please, if you are driving long distances this weekend stop and take resets and arrive alive.…

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Categories 3D Printing

Corals in 3D for SCIENCE

Our good friend and a smart innovative marine scientist Sly Lee of The HYDROUS had a nice online piece covering his work in Wetpixel.com. Sly uses Autodesk Memento to generate 3D textured models of coral from photos he and teams take underwater in coral reef locations around the…

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Categories 3D Printing

3DRV at Arches National Park this Week

This Thursday morning November 6th, 2014 I will be meeting up with the Autodesk 3DRV and TJ McCue in the mountain bike and Jeep capital of the world, Moab Utah. I live about 4 hours from Moab and will make the drive early for an action packed day…

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