I downloaded a very interesting photo stitching iPhone app made called Photsynth. The author listed is Microsoft and it is supposed to work with a site called photosynth.com with authentication provided by Microsoft Live. To make a panorama, you touch the screen then simply start moving the phone around. The app automatically takes the pictures when needed and stitches them together. This is a crude test while sitting near the Horizon Air gates at Portland International Airport.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet some of the bloggers I had met last July in Bend. Troubadour and Trobairitz have mentioned several times in their blog postings that they usually met with other riders for coffee most Saturday mornings. Troubadour sent me the time and location so I crashed the party obviously showing up "bikeless".
Stacy of bolty.net was there as well as about a half dozen others whose names I don't remember. (I'm horrible at remembering names) It was pretty entertaining seeing the interaction of obviously good friends and I immediately felt welcome. After some pastries and coffee, the group moved outside for another hour or so before folks headed of for rides or errands.
Trobairitz's Gladius looks even better in person than in the pictures. Maybe it was the sunny warm weather (atypical I'm told) but the blue frame really stands out. It was a real pleasure to meet everyone and their friends. By Saturday evening, the wind and rain returned and it pretty much rained the entire trip to the Portland International Airport this morning.
BTW, Blogger/Google does not make it easy to edit posts without a real computer.
Wow, that's a cool app with stitching capabilities! I'll have to try it with the weaker iPod camera.
Also, that was nice that you got to meet with the Corvallis area moto-bloggers. Yesterday the weather was a mighty fine. Have a good flight!
Nice seeing you as always. Though I wish someone had told us it was his birthday... hummm hummmmmmm.
Dear Richard: Happy belated (?) birthday.
Hope your travels will lead you to Vancouver one fine day.
Neat-o app for your phone.
You should have told us it was your birthday. We wouldn't have sung to you promise. We would have bought your coffee and pastry though.
Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and say hello and meet our "coffee enthusiasts with a motorcycle habit" crowd. Anytime you are in town you are welcome to stop by.
At least you had one sunny day.
Glad you could join us, it was good to see you and we all look forward to your next visit.
First of all, the entire staff at Twisted Roads would like to wish you a belated birthday. Since we are on Twisted Time, however, your birthday is also today too. I look forward to meeting you in Alaska some day... When the temperature climbs and the whale blubber shimmers in the heat. Mybe you could recommend a great place for "stinky fin."
Sorry to have missed out on seeing you. Thanks for thinking of me even if you couldn't find my cell number!


Rare are the days, these days, when I stumble across a Grand Royal Records release for under $2 that I don't already have in the collection. Such was the case with GR063 and DJ Strictnine and Paranorm's The Blow Up Factor contribution from 1999 titled, Mic Reaction. Included is the raging title track, its instrumental sibling, in addition to three other off-the-hook hip hop explosions (there were hooks? I didn't see any hooks…). Anyway, one simply doesn't pass up a Blow Up Factor release. If you own one, you know exactly what I'm talking about. All that's left to complete the set is 2000's Vol. 4 by The Prunes featuring Freestyle, the final of four in the coveted series. The label would be defunct a year later, finally closing its bankrupt doors in 2001.
Fat Wreck Chords' Fat Music Vol. IV: Life in the Fat Lane was released back in April of 1999 and contains some classic, pop-punk tracks from seminal Fat Wreck mainstays. Lagwagon's May 16 to start it off, Road Rash by Mad Caddies, and San Dimas High School Football Rules by Indiana's The Ataris. Presented here is a detailed insert featuring all the information one would need to get to know any and everyone one of the artists on this fun and playful compilation. Sometimes, information just simply laid out in black and white is the most effective and viable option.
Life in the Fat Lane, Fat Music Vol. 4 was my first introduction to The Ataris, and their late 90s summer classic, San Dimas High School Football Rules. They must have fallen into obscurity after that, as that was my only exposure to this crazy pop punk band. A quick Discogs check indicates that The Ataris, in fact, did NOT fall into obscurity as they put out a new, self-released album just last year. LitFL also houses Lagwagon's May 16, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes' My Favorite Things, and Tilt's Old School Pig, all of which were late 90s personal classics. Anyway, enjoy your hump day, kids!