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August 31, 2010bicycling
Riding the Broadway Bridge

Riding the Broadway Bridge

Photo Credit: Colleen
August 31, 2010
Ron & Alison on the Trail

Ron & Alison on the Trail
August 27, 2010webdev
Multi-step decorator for Lettuce
Cucumber seriously has me spoiled. Lettuce is great, but it has a lot of catching up to do. I’m glad to see such active progress on it.

One quick tip I wanted to give out was one of how to write steps that can be used with minor verbiage differences. For instance:
```
Scenario: Make a new post
    Given I am logged out
    When I follow "/posts/new"
    Then I should see "New post"
    And I should see "Create new post"
```
The “Then” and “And” lines use the same step, but with a special regex to make it happen. Essentially what you want to do is to create a capture group so you can group some or’s, but not actually use the capture group. You can achieve this by using “?:”. The lettuce step looks like this:
```
@step(u'(?:Then|And) I should see "(.*)"')
def i_should_see(step, text):
    world.res.mustcontain(text)
```
Hope that helps someone out there.
August 3, 2010testing python webdev
Using Lettuce and WebTest to Test Your WSGI App
Maybe I’m weird, but I don’t use Django. At my office, we’re using a home brew framework. One thing that is missing from our framework is good testing. I came from a Rails background and one thing I missed was Cucumber. Thankfully, someone was nice enough to make a clone in Python. It’s called Lettuce and you can find out more here.

What I noticed about the Lettuce documentation, being as extensive as it is, there really is no info on how to use it with any other web framework than Django. I was a little discouraged at first, especially when I tried to use the Django’s test client standalone. That wasn’t pretty and I thought all was lost. Persistence led me to Ian Bicking’s WebTest. It’s a fairly simple library to do web testing. For instance: go to this URL, click on this button, and I should see “X”.

With Lettuce and WebTest in hand, I knew it would be feasible to use the two together. I just had to figure out how.

Writing the features is easy. The hard part was getting steps.py to use WebTest so I can interact with my WSGI app just like a browser would:
```
from lettuce import *
from webtest import TestApp

@before.all
def set_browser():
    world.browser = TestApp(myapp)

@step(u'Given I am a visitor')
def given_i_am_a_visitor(step):
    pass

@step(u'When I access the url "(.*)"')
def access_url(step, url):
    world.response = world.browser.get(url)

@step(u'Then I should see "(.*)"')
def i_should_see(step, text):
    text in world.response
```
It’s simple, really. The only trickery was to use the @before.all decorator to set the world browser as WebTest’s TestApp. From that point on, I can use WebTest like normal.

Hope this helps someone out there!
July 25, 2010photography
Aziz Ansari
July 25, 2010photography life
Looking towards downtown PDX:

Looking towards downtown PDX:

Standing on the Vista bridge
July 15, 2010music
Cocteau Twins - Box Set No. 1 180g 4xLP:

Cocteau Twins - Box Set No. 1 180g 4xLP:

Head Over Heels
Garlands
Treasure
Head Over Heels + Sunburst and Snowblind
June 28, 2010music life lastfm misc
Regression Tagging
I know you run your new albums through Picard, but have you done “regression tagging”? I’ve been spending a little time retagging my massive music library in groups of letters. Most of it is already tagged, so Picard picks up it quickly and i notice that 50% have modifications (e.g. updated year, misspellings, etc)

Also, I did the unthinkable: I cleared all album artwork. That’s right, I selected all 45,000 songs and checked the artwork field with nothing in it and clicked save. It took a few hours to remove them all. I think there were some problems because Picard has an option to embed the artwork in tags (?) I don’t like the sound of it and i think iTunes didn’t like it either.

One other good thing about regression tagging is that I was able to find broken/incomplete albums. Not that I am planning on completing them, but it’s definitely an easy way to find that stuff out.
June 17, 2010
Stickers
June 13, 2010bicycling photography
Bikes galore at Cirque Du Cycling

Bikes galore at Cirque Du Cycling
June 13, 2010food photography
Homemade Chai

Homemade Chai
June 13, 2010food photography
King Salmon w/Maitake Fiddlehead Sauté:

King Salmon w/Maitake Fiddlehead Sauté:

Best fish dish I’ve ever made.
June 13, 2010photography travel
Oregon Coast:

Oregon Coast:

No, this has not been altered. This is how it looked through the camera.
May 8, 2010
Lines:

Lines:

Waiting to get on the MAX after a Blazers game. Madness!
May 8, 2010
Mt. Hood:

Mt. Hood:

View from our hallway. This photo didn’t make it into the Flat Stanley album.
May 8, 2010
Repotting:

Repotting:

My bonsai gets a new home.
May 8, 2010
Samson:

Samson:

@ OMSI
March 7, 2010
Cherry Blossoms Blooming

Cherry Blossoms Blooming
January 31, 2010florigon
Florigon
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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Monday, February 1, 2010
5:00 AM
Just now leaving Pensacola
5:05 AM
Got up at 4:40 this morning. Took showers, gathered belongings, ate breakfast and said goodbye to Pensacola. Here’s hoping the movers will pick up our stuff and transport it without destroying it! We still don’t know an eta on their arrival in Portland, but we’re sure to be entertained with hours on hold on the road. Now outside of Mobile, just in time for rush hour :)
5:18 AM
Pretty sky.
5:28 AM
First rule of roadtrip: deleting photos is forbidden. Colleen is unsure of this arbitrary rule.
5:53 AM
Traffic in Mobile wasn’t as bad as we anticipated. Now we’re 85 miles away from I-12.
6:05 AM
Stopped at Mississippi welcome center. Facilities are not very welcoming… Digging in to Nam’s amazing blueberry banana bread!
6:10 AM
Breakfast in Mississippi. Mmm…
7:24 AM
Made it to Louisania! Almost on I-12. Cruising at 65 mph - takin’ it slow.
7:56 AM
Stopping for people fuel at PJ’s coffee in Abita Springs.
8:04 AM
8:10 AM
People fuel.
8:32 AM
Stopped by Abita Pub. Sadly it was closed, but we got some fun pics with the Nikon. Getting gas now, and then back on the road
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9:45 AM
Encountering crazy traffic in Baton Rouge and a person holding a mattress on the back of a truck.
10:04 AM
Encountering some light rain on I-10.
11:07 AM
Both hands on the wheel except when taking pics of eating fries.
11:30 AM
Rain, rain, rain. Looks like we’ll be stuck in this till Houston.
11:34 AM
By the way, the USB car charger was a really good investment. Let’s us charge the gps and iPhone at the same time.
12:11 PM
Going through Lake Charles, LA. It is very industrial and very depressing.
12:50 PM
Crossing the border into Texas.
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2:23 PM
Lame bum experience outside of Houston. Guy asked for gas money and then took our 35 cents to Starbucks.
2:45 PM
Houston at rush hour. Deep breaths…
3:23 PM
We survived Houston traffic hell. ETA of 8ish to Carmen & JP’s.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
6:08 AM
Made it safely to Carmen and JP’s in San Antonio. We had a bit of trouble trying to find a Chipotle restaurant that didn’t exist. Our GPS lied to us! Found a restaurant called Pei Wei which is associated with PF Changs. Really good affordable Asian food. Been on the road for well over 12 hours and we’re beat! Time for some much needed rest. Tomorrow we head towards Carlsbad, NM.
10:00 AM
Leaving Carmen and JP’s. It was awesome to have a friendly place to stay and their air mattress was sooooo comfortable to sleep on. We’re now grabbing lunch at Thai Corner in San Antonio. We’re getting a ton of food for $7.95! After that, we’re on the road for 8 hours to NM.
10:02 AM
Carmen and Bruce Wayne waving goodbye.
10:04 AM
“Thai it, you’ll like it!”
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Leaving San Antonio and starting to see hills. Exciting!
11:23 AM
Driving in east Texas.
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Scary moment: car kicked back going up a hill (had a hard time shifting). Freaked us out and so we stopped when we saw a rest area at the top of the hill. Made sure everything was okay and then noticed that our surounding had changed and it was beautiful. We’re just going to have to learn how to manage the hills, but for right now we’re enjoying the amazing scenery.
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1:01 PM
Like to give some shout outs to people who are helping us on the road: Thanks Ben and Sherry for making sure our stuff got on the moving truck safely and handling the final cleaning and walkthrough of our condo. Thanks Peggy for giving us the number to Carlsbad Caverns. Thanks Melanie for being our travel agent & helping us find a hotel. Thanks Kenny for giving us car feedback and telling us to leave OD off going through the mountains. Thanks everyone else for following us on our cross country trip from Pensacola to Portland.
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1:40 PM
Stopped at a rest area. Pleasantly suprised that all Texas rest areas have been (so far) nice and clean.
1:41 PM
2:19 PM
Colleen is becoming obsessed with trees…
2:20 PM
“Speed limit is 80 mpg on this part of I-10. Great for getting through Texas, but bad for gas mileage. Sorry Kenny.” — Wes
4:32 PM
Just drove through Pecos, TX. It was everything you’d expect of a rural Texas town. Too dark for pics, but WOW.
4:33 PM
50 miles to Carlsbad. Driving down a two lane hwy with absolutely nothing to look at. We’re in the Middle of Nowhere, TX.
5:17 PM
We made it to New Mexico! Also, hello Mountain time. Thanks for the extra hour.
6:25 PM
Made it to Carlsbad and booked a room at the Days Inn. We were going to stay at the Motel 8, but Peggy read a review about bed bugs that spooked us. Everything looks nice and clean, so we should be safe.
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7:20 PM
Best salsa we’ve ever had at Rojas. Super spicy and fresh!
7:23 PM
Rojas dining room. It’s a converted house with the original kitchen. We were probably eating in the living room. Great little hole in the wall off the beaten path.
8:07 PM
Because of Wes’s Innerweb magic, everyone can now post comments!
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
6:54 AM
Great day to be inside a cavern.
7:34 AM
Making coffee in Carlsbad with our electric water kettle and via packets. It’s our portable coffee shop.
8:02 AM
Driving to the caverns. Can’t see much through the rain and fog, but it won’t matter once we’re in a cave!
3:00 PM
Leaving Carlsbad Caverns. It was amazing. Would have shared that sooner, but we’ve had no cell coverage. We also have TONS of photos, but they have to be downloaded before we can post. Now we’re on our way to Albuquerque to cut our drive time to Flagstaff in half. Hoping the fog clears up some so we can get a better view of New Mexico.
3:51 PM
Driving into the caverns this morning we stopped at a pull-off to take some pics. The road was long, but the terrain was amazing.
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5:32 PM
This is the closest we came to a UFO in Roswell. Bummer. But we did get gas and hit a lot of red lights. Hoping we have smooth sailing till I-40.
6:19 PM
SNOW! Not really exciting to see in total darkness down a lonely road, but Wes is driving safely. We’ll make it.
9:16 PM
10:52 PM
At Carlsbad Caverns.
10:54 PM
Slightly out of focus :\
10:56 PM
This place is magical. Go see it.
10:57 PM
Carlsbad Caverns: I think this was part of the Great Dome. So magical.
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We made it to Albuquerque and we’re nice and warm in our room at the La Quinta. However, the journey to get here was stressful. We’ve encountered rain and fog for almost our entire trip. It’s only slightly annoying when it’s mixed with miles and miles of nothingness between cities. We were on one such isolated path when we left Roswell, NM on Hwy 285. The sun had completely set and there were no lights, no billboards, no cars and no reflectors on the road. Suddenly, the rain we’d been wiping off our windshield turned into a dizzying flurry of snow. It was almost all we could see, and it slowed us down tremendously. Not only do we not feel comfortable driving in snow, there were no plows and very bad visibility. We were white knuckled for 150 miles. Our lifesaver was a semi that seemed to be comfortable driving in the snow and knew where he was going. He made somewhat of a path for us to follow, and there was no path we followed his tail lights. We were very grateful, especially when snow started to scrape the bottom of the car! The snow persisted when we got on the busier I-40, and then 5 miles from our hotel, it changed to rain! We were relieved to have less threatening roads to travel and happy to exhale before we reached our destination. Starving ourselves the entire way from Carlsbad, we decided we wouldn’t drive any more tonight and settle to walk to the Denny’s that’s sharing a parking lot with our hotel. As soon as we walked outside - we were hit by gigantic melting snowflakes. It’s still not cold enough here to have snow accumulate, but we’re going to wait and see what the weather looks like in the morning. For now - we rest :)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
8:13 AM
Snow on the car in Albuquerque!
11:25 AM
Driving out of Albuquerque. Road conditions are good and skys are blue.
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So beautiful through here.
1:17 PM
Just passed a flipped FedEx truck. Looked bad. On the brighter side, we’re almost in Arizona. The drive so far has been a gorgeous mix of mountains and snow.
1:32 PM
Made it to Arizona! Getting super mountainy now.
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3:16 PM
Visiting the Petrified Forest right now. Lots more photos to come!
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The Petrified Forest National Park was awe inspiring. It was a great outdoor activity even in the winter because all the stops have easy access for cars. We didn’t get to see everything in the 28.5 mile drive, but we did take in a lot!
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5:15 PM
Route 66 used to go through the park. Now it has been diverted and the park road has an overpass over the historic highway.
5:19 PM
Natural petrified wood bridge.
5:25 PM
Close up of some petrified wood. It is illegal to remove from the park, but places outside the park give/sell it. A lady we ran into at this pull off told us about her personal collection and how she payed lots of money to have it moved from Arizona to Michigan. Not sure it’s worth that, but it does make for cool pictures.
6:20 PM
Hanging out in Flagstaff, AZ. Found a really cool sushi/tapas bar called Karma in Historic Downtown on Route 66. Eating before we head up to our cabin on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Snow piles as tall as 5ft line the streets, luckily none is on the roads!
Friday, February 5, 2010
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In Flagstaff after eating at Karma. The downtown area was lined with snow.
8:54 AM
Warming up after our snowy walk along the south rim.
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So we woke up at 6:30am to go see the sunrise at 7:29, but the closest thing to a sunrise was the “Sunrise Breakfast” we ordered.
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Outside of our cabin.
9:56 AM
Inside of cabin. Wes is looking out at our view of the Grand Canyon.
9:59 AM
The view from our cabin.
10:00 AM
Decended these stairs to see an art exhibit and more of the canyon.
1:08 PM
Big icicle and great view.
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Leaving the Grand Canyon. We’re sad to go, but hoping to make it to Hoover Dam and Vegas before it gets too dark . Also wanting to avoid the snow and rain that’s supposed to fall in the late afernoon/evening.
1:35 PM
3:13 PM
In the last few hours we gone from an elevation of 8400 feet to 4000 feet. Our ears are poppin’!
4:20 PM
Rainbow sighting on our way to Vegas.
5:10 PM
A lot just happened: Hoover Dam, Nevada, And Pacific time zone. Almost to Vegas!
5:12 PM
Kenny, this is for you!
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5:18 PM
Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada.
5:19 PM
Kenny, we got this t-shirt for you. Just kidding :)
Saturday, February 6, 2010
6:54 AM
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Leaving Las Vegas. Our stay here was much more than we had planned for/expected thanks to Chaz. In less than 24 hrs, we had the best Thai food, awesome donuts, a trip through the “Pawn Stars” pawn shop, a stop at the Belleagio, a walk through Mandalay Bay aquarium, a drive down the strip, and a feast at a great vegetarian restaurant.
3:42 PM
We had to wait in a line outside in the rain to get in!
3:46 PM
Saw the Old Man and everyone else who is featured on the show. I think their trying to turn Chum Lee into their mascott. Didn’t buy anything but had a fun time looking around.
3:57 PM
Driving down the strip!
4:01 PM
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4:03 PM
Chaz took us to the Bellagio and we were able to see the Chihuly sculpture in the lobby.
4:04 PM
Outside of Mandalay Bay. The aquarium was really neat.
4:05 PM
This fish posed for us!
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Good times in the gift shop.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
10:55 AM
All the walls in the hotel were painted by Marta Becket.
10:55 AM
Entrance to the opera house. We did not get to see Marta perform last night, but it was still a great experience.
10:55 AM
Our room at the Amergosa Opera House Hotel.
1:57 PM
Driving thru California
3:30 PM
We’re in the valley in CA. It’s so nice to see green after the desert.
4:54 PM
Lots of wind power being generated on the mountains.
4:55 PM
Lots of oil being drilled for in the valley. Only in California.
5:06 PM
The farm to the right had a billboard that said “we grow our own food and generate our own power.” Pretty cool!
5:13 PM
Green hills everywhere! Elevation is 800 ft. So different from a few days ago!
Monday, February 8, 2010
11:00 AM
We’ve post-dated a lot of pics from the Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. Be sure to check them out!
11:19 AM
The Adelaide Inn in Paso Robles. This is probably the best hotel we’ve stayed at and it’s a great value. We already want to come back here.
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We got an ‘06 cab from the Tobin James winery. It is really good. Thanks for the recommend Michelle!
11:24 AM
Tagged all of the map posts: http://florigon.tumblr.com/tagged/maps/chrono
12:23 PM
Green hills and blue skys everywhere we turn.
12:25 PM
We stopped outside of town to take some pics. Driving south on Hwy 46 right now.
12:26 PM
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12:59 PM
Driving down the 1!
1:04 PM
We made it to the Pacific coast!
1:06 PM
Stoped at a pull off on the 1 outside of Cambria, CA.
3:27 PM
“Time for an oil change, we driven 3000 miles.” — Car
3:34 PM
Cows on the coast.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
4:25 PM
Made it safely out of San Fransisco. Now heading to Redding.
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5:00 PM
Made it to SFO. We’re hangin at Mr. Larner’s.
6:30 PM
Just saw our first road sign to Portland right outside Redding, CA.
8:38 PM
Shimo, Colleen and Wes. Shimo’s sushi was top notch!
9:05 PM
Brigit and Mr. Larner
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9:28 PM
First time we had sashimi. The Red fin tuna and Saba were both excellent.
9:30 PM
Breakfast in ‘frisco.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
9:45 AM
Leaving Redding, CA. 419 miles to home. ETA is 4 pm PST.
9:55 AM
Driving through Shasta, CA. Looking more like home.
11:28 AM
Our 10th and last state.
11:30 AM
We’ve reached snow in the mountains. Glad it’s not snowing right now.
12:16 PM
2:02 PM
Driving through the mountains. Constantly changing elevation and going around curves.
3:20 PM
Rain and rainbows. Counting down the miles ‘til Portland.
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We made it!!!
6:26 PM
Home!
6:32 PM
Looking out from our 6th floor hallway.
8:42 PM
GPS tracked our entire trip. The fuel cost is not accurate.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
1:48 PM
Wes is proud of his parallel parking skills.
1:56 PM
Bathroom: Left. Kitchen: Right
Thursday, February 18, 2010
6:21 PM
Electronics graveyard in a table @ pizza schmizza
Friday, February 19, 2010
7:18 AM
We <3 Powell’s!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
5:38 PM
Looking out from our hallway window.
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Our apartment building. Established 1904.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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January 22, 2010
I did the flickaday thing for a while… don't know why I didn'
I did the flickaday thing for a while… don’t know why I didn’t keep it going :\