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Oct 18, 2024: Timelapse from an Everett to Edmonds morning Sounder trip back in May. It’s a fun scenic way to commute to work!
Oct 17, 2024: So I’ve heard some people like using separate word processors like drafts or ia writer to write and edit their posts, then submit afterwards. …
Oct 16, 2024: You should be using an RSS reader – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 100% on this! If you need a RSS reader suggestion, I’m a fan & …
Oct 16, 2024: Just had a coke flavored Oreo and while not as good as the double stuffed, I can’t hate a food that integrates the fizz & snap of pop-rocks into …
Oct 15, 2024: Pumpkin Carving 2024!
Oct 15, 2024: Testing photos & crossposting to threads, Bluesky & mastodon. Hello world lets go
Oct 15, 2024: Finished reading: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine 📚Loved it, little bit of a slow burn as I adjusted to the writing structure and in-universe …
Oct 15, 2024: Hello World via micro.blog
Oct 15, 2024: Cross post test If I have this setup right, this should get posted here, to tumblr, Facebook Threads, and to my mastodon account. For some reason Wordpress.com …
May 31, 2023: Big Island 2023 I’ve been trying to figure out how I want to publish what are basically my vacation photos. Quite literally the modern version of the slideshow. So, I …
Mar 19, 2023:
Sunday Morning at Brimmer & Heeltap
We recently stopped by Brimmer & Heeltap, a trendy little spot in Ballard, for a quick breakfast. As seems to be the case with many restaurants these …
Dec 28, 2022: Christmas Day 2022 Christmas Day 2022 Hope everyone had a great Christmas, going through and editing those holiday photos now. Here’s to New Years!
Jun 2, 2022: Timelapse from the Westin Seattle Presidential Suite I had an opportunity to spend some time in the presidential suite at the Westin Seattle a couple weeks back. They've got a great view of the cityscape …
May 11, 2022:
Staying Safe on the Web
I occasionally get asked by friends and family what to do about security on their phone and computer. I give them the usual advice install uBlock …
Sep 18, 2021:
Saturday stroll through the Seattle Japanese Garden
https://anchor.fm/radio-free-erik/episodes/Saturday-stroll-through-the-Seattle-Japanese-Garden-e17i2uo/a-a1pvt2 Ended up heading down to the …
Aug 25, 2021:
Mexico Trip Cabo - La Paz 2021
We ended up taking a mildly impromptu trip down to Mexico at the end of September. Originally the plan was to drive down the Baja peninsula to Cabo …
Mar 3, 2021:
Birthday Trip to Cannon Beach 2021
Took a couple days to drive out to the Oregon coast for my birthday. Mostly just some driving up and down the coast enjoying the sights, as well as …
Feb 4, 2021:
Recent Trip to Ruby Beach
Some recent photos from a day dive over to the Washington coast. Good way to get out of the house, get some sun, and listen to some podcasts.
Jun 27, 2011:
Seattle Pride Parade 2011
Finally doing some fun photography again! Check out some of my favorite shots from the Seattle Pride Parade. More for you to peruse after the …
Nov 15, 2010: Seattle Recap Just a recap of some of my older Seattle based shots.
Mar 1, 2010: Voltron Vs The Littlest Link I can’t decide which one is cuter… Voltron or the littlest Link? Source
Jan 1, 2010: Welcome to 2010! Happy New Year! Gonna start off the new year with a call back to an old photograph (Due to the awesome weather surrounding the Space Needle this year) …
Sep 5, 2009: More Bars In More Places Wind Turbines at Wild Horse Wind Farm
Aug 27, 2009: Charmander Found this online a couple weeks ago on an image board and dug the art style. Anywho, enjoy the Charmander.
Aug 6, 2009: Qik for iPhone Just loaded Qik onto my iPhone. It seems pretty awesome, but I'll withhold final judgement till I've tested it for a couple days. Basically Qik allows …
Jul 31, 2009:
Fap At Rear Entry
So many jokes... But lets take this seriously. So far as I can tell this is the only "Fap At Rear Entry" sign in existence. If you're so inclined …
Jul 30, 2009: Always Test your stuff before you deploy it... So I feel like a rather large heel or whatever other insult is appropriate. You know that contact me page I have set up on erikpersson.com/about …
Jul 29, 2009: Don't Be A Dick Its like this guy can read my mind sometimes...
Jul 8, 2009: Happy 12:34:56 7/8/09 Day! Happy 12:34:56 7/8/09 Day!
Jul 5, 2009: Happy Day After The 4th Of July!
Jun 21, 2009: Neil Gaiman and Caring About Characters Interesting article by Neil Gaiman about writing about characters. Its one of those things that make perfect sense once you read it. When I was a …
Jun 17, 2009: Austere by The Joy Formidable is most awesome If you haven’t heard this song yet you need to. I’ll wait a minute while you listen. Ignore the trippy music video. Pretty awesome, no? It …
Jun 16, 2009: GoTime For iPhone & Free Tickets To Seattle International Beerfest 2009 I've been using GoTime's iPhone App "Happy Hours" for the last month and a half or so and so far I'm liking it. Basically Happy Hours uses the GPS …
Apr 2, 2009: A Ridiculous Example of Badassery? I can’t decide if this motorcycle jacket makes this guy look more badass or just completely ridiculous… The badass idea holds up for …
Mar 28, 2009: Coal Creek Falls Waterfall Videos I ended up taking a second hike toCoal Creek Falls a couple weeks ago and recorded some video while I was there. Enjoy. [vimeo …
Mar 16, 2009: Girl Scout Cookies: Oh How The Cookie Crumbles I like Girl Scout Thin Mints. They taste awesome and you’re helping a Non Profit whose goal is to turn little girls into trained assassins for …
Feb 6, 2009: Wolverine Heritage Collection Boots Look Rather Spiffy I’m liking the look of Wolverine’s new Fall line of shoes. Funny thing is they’re actually their old line of shoes. About 125 years …
Jan 31, 2009: Bathymetry Haiku I had to write an oceanography themed poem on my timed Oceanography test. My knowledge of poetry is limited to limited to haiku, limericks, and iambic …
Jan 5, 2009: Coal Creek Falls Hike in the Winter Over the weekend I hiked up to Coal Creek Falls in the Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park. Its a nice little hike with this great looking …
Dec 15, 2008: Awesome Art of the Day: Zombie Playground by Jason Chan Found this awesome zombie themed art while browsing the web. Its drawn by an artist who goes by Jason Chan. He has some pretty cool imagery on his …
Dec 11, 2008: Mustache Pint Glass I’m digging these Mustache Pint Glasses… What can’t you improve with a stache? (Besides a hot Italian girl?) The Stache itself is …
Dec 8, 2008: FCUK The Dark Knight T-shirts I’d just like to take a moment to complain about the lack of awesome FCUK Batman The Dark Knight T-shirts in the US. See all those awesome …
Dec 6, 2008: Xbox 360's New Avatars: Because Everbody Else Jumped Off The Bridge Already... Before you stands my new Xbox Live Avatar. Not really sure what his purpose is, but he stands here none the less. I was sorta disappointed in the eye …
Dec 5, 2008: GeeMC Halo 3 Spartan Generator I got this spiffy looking representation of my Halo 3 avatar via the GeeMC Halo 3 Spartan Generator. Ain’t he nifty looking? Now go make your …
Nov 2, 2008: Erik's Links For November 2nd 2008 Erik’s Links For November 2nd 2008 Resize Your Web Browser with Bookmarklets : CreativeTechs Tips: Neat way to quickly resize your web browser …
Sep 24, 2008: U.S. AQUA PURE DRINKING WATER I found this U.S. AQUA water can in an antique shop in Poulsbo, Washington. On the side it talks about how it's "IMPERVIOUS TO NUCLEAR FALLOUT" and …
Sep 22, 2008: Mac Tip: Change Screen Capture Format With Terminal Remember how easy it is to screen capture on a Mac? Cmd + Shift + 3 to take a picture of your Entire active screen. While cmd + Shift + 4 gives you …
Sep 20, 2008: Burn After Reading Was Great [caption id=“attachment_340” align=“aligncenter” width=“338” caption=“Burn After Reading …
Sep 19, 2008: Spiffy Looking Fragile Heart T-Shirt I know there is a song that would go perfect with this shirt. I’ve heard it before but for the life of me I can’t remember how it goes. Anywho, the …
Sep 17, 2008: Mac and Linux Tip: Bulk Rename File Extensions With Terminal and/or Shell How To: Bulk Rename File Extensions With Terminal/Shell Lets say you have a bunch of .jpg files that you know are actually .rar files. What would be …
Sep 16, 2008: The Dark Knight Motorcycle Jacket The Dark Knight easily ranks as my favorite movie for this year. If you’ve seen it you know how great it is. Heath Ledger, so awesome as the …
Sep 16, 2008: Cool Looking Harley Saw this Harley outside of the local grocery store recently. So cool looking. I love the matte black finish on it.
Sep 12, 2008: iPhone 2.1 Feature: Partially Completed Podcasts Just updated to the 2.1 iPhone firmware. Features mentioned by Apple include Decrease in call set-up failures and dropped calls Significantly better …
Sep 4, 2008: First Seinfeld Gates Ad Out The first new Microsoft ad, featuring the comic duo of Jerry Seinfeld & Bill Gates, is out. First Seinfeld Gates Ad Not really sure what to say …
Aug 21, 2008: FaceYourManga This little image making program, FaceYourManga, has been making the rounds on the internet. Anywho here’s my contribution to the trend. I …
Aug 12, 2008: Dr.Horrible Is Available Online For 4 More Months! Yay Dr.Horrible is available online for a couple of months on Hulu! Now If they would just release the DVD and Soundtrack
Jul 25, 2008: Greetings from the Olympic National Forest Greetings from the Olympic National Forest. We’re waiting in line for the Bainbridge ferry. Home soon hopefully. This iPhone wordpress app has …
Jul 23, 2008: New iPhone Ads Apple just put out some new iPhone ads. Thats all well and good but the cool thing is the song thats playing, “You, Me, & the Bourgeoisie By …
Jul 22, 2008: iPhone test post Trying out the new wordpress app for the iPhone. Seems to be working so far. Hopefully the image will show up at the end
Jul 17, 2008: Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog Is All Kinds Of Awesome Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog is all kinds of awesome and everybody needs to watch it. It stars Neil Patrick Harris and the episodes are only free …
Jun 22, 2008: Looking at the Sky Looking at the Sky
Apr 25, 2008: Note To Self: Keep Your wp-content folder backed up So I updated my wordpress install to 2.5.1 Only problem is I managed to deep six my wp-content folder. So until I get an hour it looks like the site …
Apr 10, 2008: Mac Tip: Add The Date To The OSX Menu Bar Without Installing Additional Software I was surfing around and finally found out how to add the date to the OSX menu bar without installing additional software! The tip says you need to …
Apr 6, 2008: ISO 50 Is A Lie I just took delivery of an EOS-1Ds Mark III and wanted ask a question about ISO to ensure I'm optimizing the quality of images from this fantastic …
Mar 18, 2008: 3 Days I joined Vimeo 3 days ago. Just got a google alert telling me a new result for Erik Persson showed up. (I swear I’m not vain) My vimeo profile …
Mar 14, 2008: Happy Pi Day! Happy Pi Day!
Feb 17, 2008: What Lies Beneath What Lies Beneath
Feb 14, 2008: Mac Tip: Change The Login Screen In Mac OSX Am I the only one that’s getting tired of Leopards fireworks loginscreen? It turns out you can replace that image with anything of your choice. …
Nov 5, 2007: FlickrSlidr Looks Pretty Cool Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR. Found this cool little Flickr slideshow app. We’ll see how it works. Via Strobist
Oct 26, 2007: Now we know who the Mac users are in the neighborhood “Now we know who the Mac users are in the neighborhood'' Thats how I was greeted by the Fedex guy this morning. Apparently he’s been …
Oct 16, 2007: Little Houses Little Houses
Sep 8, 2007: Online Online
Aug 30, 2007: Catch The Wind Catch The Wind
Aug 26, 2007: This Weeks Links Editor-in-Chief John Owens, of Popular Photography, shares the sights and shooting secrets of Tokyo, Japan while visiting Nikon headquarters …
Aug 25, 2007: Crazy Little Curve Crazy Little Curve You can find this and other themed photos in Geographic Compostion #5: Metal
Aug 23, 2007: Hanging With Bruce Willis Did I mention I met Bruce Willis recently? Yippie Kay Yay
Aug 21, 2007: I See Seattle I See Seattle Just got back from Hawaii, so I'll show off another shot from Seattle I took recently. After going over my burgeoning RSS reader (Google …
Aug 9, 2007: I Wonder As I Wander I Wonder As I Wander
Aug 6, 2007: Blue Angels and More At Seafair 2007 The Blue Angel show was pretty cool, though I didn't realize how close they were getting till I processed my shots later. I'm definitely going to …
Aug 4, 2007: Russell & Russell at Seafair 2007 Currently processing my shots from Seafair 2007. I told these guys they could find this photo on my site and here it is. Large Res Here
Aug 1, 2007: Red Rock Waterfall
Jul 31, 2007: Ceramic Pinhole Camera Check out this awesome ceramic pinhole camera created by Steve Irvine. “It is made of stoneware, fired to 1,300 degrees C. (2,350 F.) It has a …
Jul 29, 2007: Sunrise In Glacier Sunrise In Glacier This photo is also part of a project called "Geographic Composition". A bunch of photographers in different geographic locations …
Jul 13, 2007: Locked Up With Locks
Jul 11, 2007: Untitled #3981
Jul 9, 2007: Fuzzy Family
Jul 3, 2007: Grand Prismatic Spring
Jul 2, 2007: Charles, Noooo! Get Outta My Head, Charles!
Jul 1, 2007: Back In Five
Jul 1, 2007: On The Roof Again
Jun 26, 2007: Lookup Sunrise & Sunset Time For Anywhere In The World The U.S. Naval Observatory provides a simple and easy to use website to lookup the sunrise & sunset time for anywhere in the world. You just need …
May 6, 2007: 02:03:04 05/06/07 02:03:04 05/06/07
Mar 14, 2007: Happy Pi Day! Ï€! Almost missed Pi day! (3/14) Yet I missed saying anything about my birthday… (2/25) As I was saying… Ï€! Ï€! Ï€! Ï€! Ï€! Ï€! …
Jan 10, 2007: Snowing In Seattle There's Something On My Nose Snowballs
Dec 18, 2006: Blowin Blowin Blowin, Keep That Electricity Flowin (Originally written on December 15th 2006. Still don't have Cable but Verizon EVDO has been up) It's been a tad breezy in the Puget Sound the last …
Dec 7, 2006: The Leica Rifle Yes, that's a Leica gun camera. Looks like a blunderbuss to me. No idea when these were produced though I'd guess early 60's at the latest. This …
Dec 6, 2006: A Rose Of Any Other Kind A Rose of Any Other Kind
Dec 1, 2006: Luminescent Shirts: Go Forth And Glow In case you didn't notice the shirt is glowing. Rather spiffy, no? They’re made by the aptly named Lumigram and they sell pillows, purses, and …
Nov 14, 2006: Doggies! Chasing That Feeling We adopted two pooches over the weekend, they're originally from a shelter over in Montreal, Canada. The pups are a Shih …
Oct 4, 2006: The Solar Powered Day For Night Dress It's the fashionable solar powered Day For Night dress! It's made out of interconnected white circuit boards and RGB LEDs, plus its powered by the …
Sep 28, 2006: Oh No No No I’m A Roller Man Now this would be entertaining... I wonder what the lights above his elbows are for though. Plus if you get bored rolling on your stomach you can roll …
Sep 27, 2006: The Greatest Line Ever... I'm pretty sure this is the greatest line ever, it's just brilliant.
Sep 25, 2006: A Camera Made Of Wood It's a camera with a crunchy wooden shell and a gooey digital filling! I like the unique look, though I wish the camera looked less like a planchette. …
Sep 24, 2006: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo! Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo! This is actually a proper sentence. How you may ask? Why, through the wonderful …
Sep 19, 2006: Talk Like A Pirate Day 2006 Ahoy me hearty! Today be Talk like a Pirate Day! “What be this day?” you may be asking yeself. Why it only be the greatest day of the …
Sep 15, 2006: The Leica D-Lux 3 Is Spiffy The Leica D-Lux 3 has a 28-112 F2.8 Lens on it. It has a nice figure at 4.2 x 2.3 x 1.0 in, with a weight of 7.8 ounces with the li-ion battery. …
Aug 27, 2006: The Yahoo Search Engine Is Weird I am now the top ranked search for Erik Persson on the Yahoo search directory. The only problem is that the top link goes to the Genealogy page …
Aug 18, 2006: Tags, Categories, and Updates, Oh My! As you can see the The Journal section has been updated. The biggest update you’ll find, besides the theme change, is the addition of Tags. You …
Aug 18, 2006: Sun Buys Hewlett & Packard for a Steal! In an announcement that will surely send shockwaves through the the technology industry, Sun Microsystems has revealed that they have just purchased …
Aug 16, 2006: 9 Weird Words That Amuse Me The English language is full of weird or interesting words describing minuscule or gigantic occurrences. Some are remarkably specific and some are …
Aug 5, 2006: Vibram Five Fingers: Shoes With Toes! I just heard about the Vibram FiveFingers Shoes. After a little bit of searching on the ol' Google I came across some more info on them. The legend of …
Aug 4, 2006: 1/12th Scale Gundam Model When you think about it this isn't any geekier than those life size Super-Man models that are sold at Sharper Image. At least the Gundam has 15 points …
Jul 28, 2006: If you thought the US DMV was bad... If you thought the DMV in the US was a horrible tortuous proccess, you should read about the process in China. My heart sank when the military uniform …
Jul 22, 2006: Cursor Kite! Just remember to double click! Windfire Designs Creators of the Cursor Kite Update July 25: Just got an email from them “…The Cursor Kite …
Jul 19, 2006: Hidden Functions in Microsoft Notepad! You know Notepad? The basic text editor that has been part of Windows since 1.0 Turns out it has some hidden functionality! Journal Functionality Open …
Jul 11, 2006: Interview With The Director Of Photography At The New York Times I recently read this interview with New York Times Assistant Editor of Photography, Michelle McNally. Turns out that the NYT photo department is run …
Jul 9, 2006: Happy 150th Birthday Nikola Tesla! Nikola Tesla, the leading proponent of AC power, would be 150 today. Damn Interesting Article
Jun 22, 2006: Life, The Universe, And Everything It’s really rather amazing how small the earth is in comparison to the gas giants of our solar system. It’s even more amazing how small …
Jun 3, 2006: A tip for conversing A friend told me this remarkably simple tip for conversing at events. Always enter a conversations with a drink you are about to finish. If things …
May 28, 2006: Indexed! I’ve been indexed by Google and Yahoo! Google Yahoo! Currently I’m number 3 on Google and 86 96 (I have angered Yahoo somehow) on Yahoo.
May 24, 2006: Dell's New Features Part Deux Buckling under pressure Dell has partially given in to complaints by users. They are now offering their XPS line of computers with no bloatware and …
May 3, 2006: Exciting New Features From Dell (Non-Snarky Edition) If you’d like to read a satirical and much more amusing account of this post click here otherwise read on Recently I discovered that Dell …
May 3, 2006: Exciting New Features From Dell Computer! Do you sometimes look at your computer and think, " I wish I had a program that would would monitor where I go and report back to a third party! …
Apr 5, 2006: Stormtrooper Armor It turns out the guys that created the original stormtrooper armor and helmets are still in business. It turns out they still have the molds for the …
Mar 15, 2006: Camera Bags First off we have this nice looking Kata R-103 backpack Pretty compact and you can supposedly fit a laptop in it. Kata is also known for making body …
Feb 7, 2006: Get Mono! Mono Great little video game. Plays like asteroids and making a tye dye shirt while listening to techno. You need to play it to understand.
Feb 7, 2006: Headphones! File this under something I don’t need at the moment. But these are so sleek and pretty. First Up Amadana PE-117 headphones They give you wood, …
Feb 3, 2006: How to Text-Message a cellphone via Email Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com Former AT&T customers: 10digitphonenumber@mmode.com Sprint: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com …
Feb 3, 2006: Last.FM Last.Fm Pretty cool service. Watches what you play then recommends new stuff to listen to. Has a web radio service that plays songs for you. All free …
Feb 1, 2006: Tripods and Gear Nice Reasoning for getting type of tripod Gitzo 1227 for 414 @ B&H Kirk Photo for ball head BH-1
Jan 20, 2006: Locknote: Text File Encryption Locknote Neat little open source Text File Encryption program. Doesn’t install anything so I’ll try it out on the key fob for awhile. Just …
Jan 19, 2006: The Purpose Well I have wordpress up again. Expect to find a bunch of programs and articles I find interesting. Need to think up a better name than “The …