This morning came complete with an awesome sunrise looking off our back deck towards Mount Hood.  I guess that is the one thing I like about these shorter days… you don’t have to wake up at 5am to catch the sunrise.

Here is the original photo this morning:

And here it is after applying a little magic with the iphone’s Camera+ app (just 99 cents).

It is always fun to watch news reels from the 90′s explaining the internet.  This MTV clip is no exception. Enjoy.

Portlandia is a new show on IFC and while it sometimes is dead on accurate in the way on portrays Portland, other times it is just weird. This clip, however, is one of my favorites and has me cracking up every time I watch it. Enjoy.

It is Friday. And that, my friends, is “Most Excellent”.

“Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.”

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

This is a really cool Video I found on Vimeo.  Awesome videography and editing.

Below are 5 examples showing how Google can make fun of themselves.  Most of these were likely derived from an April Fools joke.

Enjoy…

http://www.google.com/googlegulp/

Thirsty?  Give Google Gulp a try.  That’s right, Google has it’s own drink now. Or do they?

http://www.google.com/mentalplex/

Search without typing.  Simply think about what you want to find and Google will do the rest.  The future is now.

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

Ever wondered what PR really stands for?  Truth be told, it actually has NOTHING to do with Larry Page!  Pigeon Rank is the new standard.

http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html

So you want to work for Google, huh?  How about living on the moon?  You can have the best of both worlds if you apply here.

http://www.google.com/romance/

E-harmony not working for you?  Well the guys at Google have finally figured everything out.  Test your romance luck with Google Romance.

This is a newsreel I found on Mount Hood. It is from 1956 and features the Mount Hood Skiway which at the time was the worlds longest tram. It was built from old city buses and used a cable system that was developed by timber loggers in Oregon that ran from Government Camp to Timberline Lodge. The Tram opened on February 3rd, 1951 but only lasted a few seasons as it turned into a financial disaster. In 1961 the cable system and tramway was permanently removed from the slopes of Mount Hood. Enjoy!

For more history on Mount Hood check out http://pdxhistory.com/html/mt_hood.html