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December 30, 2012

Snowshoeing through Yosemite

Over the holiday break I spent a week at my parents’ place in California. Got in lots of reading and family time and, on the last day, headed up to Yosemite for a short snowshoe trip.

We set out from Badger Pass Ski Area and walked along Old Glacier Point Road before cutting back and ending up at the top of the ski runs. Really fantastic hike with almost no one else out there.

: The intrepid explorers.

: Bundled up for warmth.

: The view out one side of the ridge. The weather and clouds held just long enough for us to finish our hike.

: The view out the other side of the ridge.

: The view at the top of the ski runs at Badger Pass. We stuck to the tree line and hiked down through fresh powder.

October 20, 2012

It’s been a month but I finally got around to getting the photos from Automattic’s San Diego meetup off of my camera. Earlier I posted the video from skydiving and there are a few photos in this set as well. This was the best company meetup yet.

: We take our go-karting seriously. I think Toni’s secret strategy is to start in front.

: Bryan’s ready for the meetup!

: The skydiving crew of Automattic.

: Gary comes in for a safe landing.

: The somewhat sketchy waiting area of the skydiving airstrip.

: The Core Happiness team from Automattic. Woo!

August 26, 2012

Hiking on Mt. Hood

I spent this weekend at a cabin outside of Welches, OR near Mt. Hood. We headed out there Friday afternoon and stuck around through Sunday afternoon. Saturday and Sunday were hiking-filled days.

On Saturday we headed out Lolo Pass Road and hiked toward McNeil Point. The weather was flat out amazing. Blue skies, warm temperatures, and no wind. Perfect. On Sunday we took a far more well-traveled route out to Mirror Lake. (more…)

August 9, 2012

Cathedral Lakes, Yosemite National Park

A couple weeks ago I spent a week at my parents house in California. First day there we hiked to Cathedral Lakes and back which I hadn’t done since I was a little kid. Great 8 mile hike up through a forest and ending in a gorgeous alpine lake.

: The view from halfway up the trail.

: This was behind us as we walked to the lake. Made me think of the White Tower of Gondor.

: There’s nothing like a meadow in the high country of Yosemite.

: Cathedral Lake. Not as cold as you might imagine for being at about 10,000 feet.

August 9, 2012

Amsterdam Meetup

I was in Amsterdam with my team at Automattic from July 13th through the 20th. We had a great time, ate well, saw quite a bit of the city, and finished some fun projects.

: Gorgeous stained-glass ceiling in one of the places we ate lunch.

: The stables at the royal family’s summer residence.

: More of the stables at the royal family’s summer residence.

: The main part of the royal family’s summer residence.

: My favorite sign from the trip.

: The gardens at the royal residence were amazing. I wish it had been better weather to explore them in.

: I have no clue what the heck this sign means.

: Sad boat. 🙁

June 3, 2012

Mount Defiance, in the mist

Spent the first half of yesterday hiking Mount Defiance with Leah, Luke, and Luke’s sister who’s in town for the week. It was a decent day of weather in Portland but the mountain ended up surrounded by clouds and mist. Still a great hike but we missed out on what should have been great views of Mount Hood.

: A lovely old dog who was wandering around the summit. Turns out he was significantly faster to the summit than his owners. 🙂

: The “view” from the summit. Not exactly ideal visibility.

: One nice view we glimpsed through the trees on the way down. I think it is Bear Lake that’s pictured.

May 7, 2012

A week at the Oregon coast

Last week I spent Monday through Thursday at a friend’s beach house in Waldport, Oregon. It was a half work week, half vacation week. Snapped a few photos, went on a nice little hike, and got lots of reading in. Good way to recharge the batteries.

: The view from our living room.

: This is what happens when I forget to change the light metering. Neat effect, though.

: I love walking through Oregon forests. And, no, I didn’t mess with the color levels here.

: The view down from Cape Perpetua.

: Thought the profile of these mushroom gills was pretty cool.

: Finally got a good sunset the last night we were there.

March 24, 2012

Using WordPress as your publishing hub

This morning at WordCamp San Diego I gave a talk titled “Using WordPress as your publishing hub. It went well and lots of people had great questions. If anyone has followup questions I’m happy to answer them in the comments. The slides are included below.

The blurb I sent in for the talk was:

WordPress as Your Publishing Hub will cover everything you need to know to simplify your web publishing. With Facebook, Twitter, and many other services it can be stressful to make sure you are publishing the right content in the right places. In this session you will learn how to simplify this with plugins, core features, and theme options. Best of all, you won’t need to know any code to do it! You can make WordPress your digital home on the web.

Plugins and Tools mentioned:

March 9, 2012

Tybee Island Meetup

On Monday I got back from a week-long meetup on Tybee Island, GA. I posted some photos while there but this is the rest of what was in the collection. The horse mask was a surprise left for my co-worker, Hanni. You can get your own on Amazon.

Most of the photos are from Bonaventure Cemetery which is fantastic to wander through. Food spots include the Sundae Cafe and Huey’s. I only brought my iPhone with me for photos and ended up wishing I had brought my Nikon but such is life. 🙂

If you’re heading to Tybee check out Mermaid Cottages. Or, if you have a much larger group, Happy House.

November 19, 2011

Hiking Devil’s Rest via Wahkeena

Got out for a great hike this morning with Daniel and Leah. Hiked about 8 miles in the gorge up to Devil’s Rest. We lucked out with weather, it only started to rain when we were within shouting distance of the car.