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ios5 Photo Stream Fears? No need to worry….

admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:29:59 +0000

One of the biggest fears I read from people is regarding photo stream. IOS5 introduces Photostream to iCloud.

If turned on on your iPhone, it will keep your photos on the “iCloud” for a period of time (3 months I think) or up to 1000 pictures, allowing them to sync to your phone, iPad, iPod, mac, etc.

But what happens when you take that ill advised inappropriate picture or 25 pictures of your toes. You probably don’t want those hanging around in the cloud or on your device forever.
Luckily, iCloud has a web interface (https://www.icloud.com/#) and once logged in, you can click on your name to enable settings, click on advanced, and clear your Photostream cache.

Hope this tip works for you!

Reset Photo Stream

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Portland Art Museum + 4yr old = Naked people!

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:39:10 +0000

Maybe the art museum isn’t for 4 yr olds.

So on Saturday, we took Olivia to the Portland Art Museum. We use the cultural pass which gives you free access to many of the Portland and Salem area Museums and Institutes for free. It’s a little known gem. The museum is located in the South Park Blocks, near Portland State University. My personal opinion is that it was fantastic; however we walked away with one slightly unfortunate result. Olivia now has a fascination with drawing naked people!

Of course, many artists like to draw the human body without clothes on, sometimes to an uncomfortable level! But with a 4 year old who seems to have a mild appreciation for art, seeing naked people is like feeding her 3 straight cups of Starbucks fully loaded with sugar! It’s ALL she can talk about on this particular evening, and she’s even trying to draw some of the pictures (from memory) herself. Hmmmm, maybe that was a mistake taking her there!

Obviously I don’t mean that because every thought that she has is innocent. But it does make us feel uncomfortable. Why is that?

Looks like I have to go now because Olivia’s drawings are getting a little too detailed for my tastes. Back to the Children’s Museum from now on!

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An Evening to Remember

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:06:58 +0000

Someone told their MAMA to vote for OBAMA.

She did, and she told her friends and apparently they did too! I found this photo on Flickr and thought it was pretty sweet.

Nov 4th, 2008 was truly an historic day, and would have been no matter how the election turned out. It is special for any number of reasons, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy to see a “Black Man”, as he is referred to, elected into office. Not because of him being black, but because it’s symbolic of so many issues that I won’t get into. But moreso, I think that maybe he can be a guy that can inspire people to do so many things. I personally don’t look at him as an “iconic” figure like some do; but I don’t do that for anyone, so maybe that’s my shortcoming! I fully don’t expect him to “change the world”, because after all he’s just one man, a lawyer, a politician, and a seasoned speaker. I also think it’s funny when those on the other side think that the world is coming to an end. Seriously folks, he’s the President-elect, not the second coming of Christ!

I get more teary eyed watching E.R. than getting worked up about politicians, but I did get a little worked up over his speech on Election Night. I hope that great things come from his administration, but for myself, him getting elected was important in it’s own right. Time will tell if he’s worth the wait.

It can’t get any worse can it?

Some other neat stuff. If you’ve ever used Wingbats, or Dingbats fonts, here’s another one for ya. ObamaBats! The creator’s text is below. Enjoy…..

ObamaBats

“I’m proud to announce and share the ObamaBats: A collection of 24 high-quality dingbats featuring Barack Obama and various design elements! This collection is completely free for download, upload, distribution, use and modification. Use these dingbats to start creating your own Obama paraphernalia today!”

Download: ObamaBatsChange.zip / True Type / 344K

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Have You Ever Been Called for a Political Poll?

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:55:40 +0000

I know that I havent. Maybe it’s because I only own a cell phone and don’t have a land line. Believe it or not, this is one of the few occasions where I almost wouldnt mind being called. Let my voice be heard! Instead, I see how everyone else’s opinions on Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin and others are swaying it seems with every new commercial or accusation. Do these people really become persuaded based on a few things they see on TV? Or read in the paper? I don’t know anyone who has gotten polled. Or owns a Nielson box for that matter. Where do these TV ratings come from? OK, maybe Im off subject now…If you do, let me know, and I’ll suggest a few shows to you!

I was just wondering. I think Im a typical American, but never get asked anything? Hmmmm, conspiracy maybe?

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Portland Sets Crowd Record 4 Obama

admin — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:30:39 +0000

Let me preface my post with this. There isn’t an agenda I’m pushing here, just a blurb about what we did on Sunday. We went to see Barack Obama at Waterfront Park in Portland on Sunday and oh what a crowd it was. Estimates were around 72,000 people packed on the Waterfront, not including all the people on boats! The previous high was 35K in Philadelphia this year. It certainly helped that it was a crystal clear day in the mid 80′s without a cloud in the sky. With the music blasting Arrested Development’s “Everyday People”, followed by some Jazz and Bruce Springsteen, Obama came out to a crazy crowd, excited that their vote might make a difference come May 20th. Anyway, without getting into politics, here’s the pictures…

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How do YOU take a great picture?

admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 05:25:14 +0000

I’m still learning, although I think Ive gotten better at it. I was looking through my picture albums from a few years ago and my pictures absolutely stunk! Not to say they are leaps and bounds better today, but I think I have a better eye for content than before.

It’s difficult at times to find things to photograph, although there are things all around us everyday to snap. I even saw one photographer take a stunning photo of a book on a rug! It was just his angle! I invite you to post one of your better photos here , whether it’s a nice scene or a great picture of your kid, and share it with another person. Here’s one of my recent ones. Enjoy!

Yaquina Head Lighthouse, originally uploaded by D-Allison’s.

UPDATE: Instead of uploading a photo, just include a LINK to it in your comment, or EMAIL it to me and I’ll post it here! Don’t worry, no one will be critical, it’s just for fun….

I grabbed this one from Cheryl’s page… (www.jcimagery.com)

This is from Staci (who graduates from Duke very soon by the way…)

This is from Rod in Tennessee.

Here’s one from Julie’s trip to Cabo…

Here is Ashunte’s picture of his son (a nice lookin kid!)

And this one, submitted by Wendy Casey…

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Memphis in the Final Four

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:22:40 +0000

Well, I thought they’d make it but not many others did. Memphis plays UCLA in the final four this weekend in San Antonio. The only bad news is that we’ll be minus one player. That aside, it’s been 22 years since their last FF appearance when they lost to eventual champion Villanova, and I think I cried. I was a kid, so it’s excusable, right?

Im very excited, as I have been all season, and Im sure that Brenda won’t mind that this neverending season will finally be coming to a close. But I’m enjoying the moment, as they don’t come along for true sports fans very often, who arent fans of the POWER teams; ie, Yankees, Lakers, Patriots, Cowboys, TarHeels. The mere fact that i can point to 1985 as the last truly great Memphis team and it’s burned in my memory makes this upcoming weekend all the more exciting.

I think they take UCLA, but after that, who knows. Who you got?

Go Tigers!

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Memphis is having a dream season to remember

admin — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:23:49 +0000

I haven’t really talked about it yet, but many who know me know that I’m a die hard Memphis basketball fan. This season, along with the last two have made that easy. As of this writing, the Tigers are 24-0, and ranked number 1 in every poll out there that one could find. They have broken so many school records at this point that it’s hard to keep count! Even Duke, in all it’s glory is off to their best season ever; and they’ve lost a game! I’m so exited that I just can’t keep it bottled up any more. Plus, Brenda will probably be counting the days until this is over, if she hasn’t already started.

It hasn’t really sunk in how great they’ve been this season, and it probably wont until a few years down the road when it’s likely that mediocrity will return. Nobody stays on top forever, and as Memphis fans, we’ve been at the bottom quite often. I was a little kid when they went to the Final Four in the early 80′s and lost to Villanova, and this is shaping up to be another magical season.

Memphis fans, all I can say is remember everything thats going on around you; the presidential race, your favorite TV show, song, or book; what your child is into right now; all these things, because I have a feeling that a long time down the road, when we’re old tired crusty Memphis fans talking about the good ole days of UM basketball, that will be NOW!

Add to the mix that Tennessee comes to town to play Memphis next week in what could be the top College game of the season, and it just makes it that much sweeter. Tennessee is NEVER good in basketball, and this season, they are 22-2! Craziness!

Here’s to enjoying it while it lasts, even if it hasn’t really sunk in yet! Go Tigers!

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Our California – Tennessee Trek

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:57:03 +0000

It was a fun, but busy week. We went to a wedding in Coloma, CA for some friends of ours here in Portland. We drove from Portland to Sacramento, then onto Coloma, where it’s home to the Gold Rush. It was a cool little town. We then headed on to San Francisco, but not before we stopped at the Jelly Belly Candy factory in Fairfield, CA.

Then we camped in Mt Tam State Park across from San Francisco that night, although there were mountain lion warning signs everywhere! What a gorgeous place that was! The next day, we drove into San Francisco, not knowing that there was a 5 dollar toll on the Golden Gate Bridge until we got there; with no cash of course! They had mercy on us , being from out of state, so we passed on through! Im sure we’ll get a bill in the mail!

Anyway, we walked and hiked through San Francisco all day; rode the trolleys, walked on the crookedest street; we did it all. At the end of a very long day, we drove to San Jose, booked a room, and flew out to Tennessee the next day. When we connected in LA, WE GOT HELD ON THE RUNWAY FOR 4 HOURS! UNBELIEVEABLE! Anyway, we made it, and got to Nashville without incident.

It was great to see family again, and to stay with my sister in her new house! We also were there to celebrate my parents 34th wedding anniversary, where they had a party at the church.

Olivia and I flew back to Portland, and Brenda flew back to San Jose to get the car.

Here are some of the California pictures.
There are family pictures from our time in Tennessee here. (Near the bottom of page)
More pictures from the trip are here.

Enjoy!

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Mt Hood & Timberline Lodge

admin — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:54:37 +0000

So, Mt Hood is in our backyard, but we really didn’t go there much our first 3 years here. I think we’ve made up for that this summer. We went up there this weekend and camped, then visited the Historic Timberline lodge which is impressive.

It’s a little odd to see people skiing in August, but whatever! It was a really nice day, and I’ve got some nice pictures to show for it.

You can leave comments, and/ or click here to see more Mt Hood Photos….

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