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Smokey’s

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Another great sign from Foster Rd in Portland. Truth in advertising until the smoking ban, no doubt.

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Trike at the Charlston

Found this old postcard for a Trike/Sprague show, at the Charleston, a bar/pizza joint where the owner would swing flashlights around as makeshift spotlights. Circa 1996?

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LIDAR maps

LIDAR is essentially radar or sonar with [freakin'] lasers, plus GPS. A plane with a LIDAR unit can scan the ground below and get really accurate high-resolution 3D maps of the terrain and buildings. You can spot old roads and even trails in forest, buried volcanic craters, odd hidden geological features, map wetland, measure tree height, find landslides, etc. The Oregon Department of Geology has so far scanned about a tenth of the state and you can cruise around using their online map site.

Here’s a presentation on LIDAR and the scanning process from Oregon Geology.com.

[Above is "bare" and topo version of Mitchell Point on the south shore of the Columbia River.]

[via Wyeast blog]

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The Water Heater King

The George Moreland sign on Foster Rd. He’s the water heater king.

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Spaced

And here’s an edited version of the amazing slow mo gunfight scene from series 2.

Just finished watching the excellent UK series “Spaced” on Netflix. Great show, so good-natured and silly, so sad it’s over. Looks like someone has posted a great deal of the episodes on YouTube.

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Jerry’s Map

Jerry’s Map from Jerry Gretzinger on Vimeo.

Chance Map art project, endless and fascinating.

Jerry’s Blog is here: http://jerrysmap.blogspot.com/

Air Flow wing lift explained

It’s all smoke. No mirrors. I have to be honest, I didn’t think it was one side is faster OR low air pressure, I thought it had to do with vortices and lift. Anyhow, this explanation helps me think about this physical process we all sort of take for granted. Damn, if only there were some physics majors around.

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Insurance Bro

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In the International district in Seattle.

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Would You Press It?

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(via street art utopia)

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Noir highway

Foggy cones.

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