I saw this snail on my weekend #ForestPark #pdx outing and figure I’d take a picture looking down for once. Much prettier than the banana slugs!

Still mostly avoiding the social media world darkness but at least I made it into the forest this weekend. I was hoping to get some wildflower views but settled for the usual spot - thankfully there were a few wildflowers up there!

I was about five minutes away from leaving for Timberline Lodge when I got a text incidentally mentioning that the conditions were terrible up there today. This made me wonder: where is the best place to get real time info about ski/snowboard conditions? Forecasts are easy to misinterpret.

This is a great YouTube video exposing how Honey (by PayPal) stole affiliate links from YouTubers and then also just failed to do what it promised for their users in the first place. I always felt a little squicked out when I heard a YouTuber or podcaster with them as a sponsor.

But what if… you were petting me more?

Post-Thanksgiving coffee in my favorite mug. Kent Brockman tells it like it is.

Happy Turkey Day for those celebrating. I’m spending some time as a sous chef and watching the #mst3k Turkey Day Marathon

Right now: Hobgoblins!

Absolutely miserable outside today in #ForestPark in Portland - just constant cold rain and muddy trails. Still, sometimes you go around a bend and look up and it might be worth it.

Forest Park in #Portland by mid-November. We’re properly in the cold wet fall. It’s up to the ferns and the conifers to keep things green through the winter.

Other things to think about rather than impending doom: New social networks and POSSE - the idea that you should post on your own site and syndicate everywhere. Important these days when we can’t really trust any server. I chose micro.blog for my host, and this post goes to multiple sites.

Things I’m doing to stop thinking about impending doom for a bit: watching Frieren with my kid. Imagine if your D&D campaign ended 89 years ago and a character was still reminiscing about those times, and put it in a gorgeous setting. It’s fantastic.

I voted, and you should too! #oregonvotes

More Forest Park October magic here in #Portland. The sun through the high canopies was giving a distinct Lothlorian vibe this late morning. This was taken on Wildwood trail, not too far from Birch Trail.

Yesterday I discovered that the remodeled #pdx airport has a little section devoted to the Tiny Chef show! I don’t think they shoot it here in Portland any longer but I think it was here for a while!

Another Forest Park update from #Portland. Fall is definitely showing up now! The trails are now sided with fallen leaves and there are far less worries about hot days. This view is from Nature Trail, between Wildwood and Leif.

Forest Park update: it still feels like summer is hanging by a thread here. Despite the cooler weather, the leaves don’t seem to be ready to drop for a bit. It was noticeably emptier with the #Portland Marathon happening!

Ok, I kicked Wordpress to the curb and I’m trying out micro.blog as a simpler/cheaper home base. The nice thing is that it seems to support cross-posting, but we’ll see what kind of features make it through to Mastodon and Bsky.

I’m trying to play around with the idea of POSSE, or Publish Once and Syndicate Site Everywhere. It’s kind of a pain to get it working so that everything looks nice.

Test mastodon post

(photo credit: Mammut americanum (cc shared photo by Ryan Somma))

I've been getting into Mastodon lately (I'm @gogobonobo@pdx.social over there). This blog was created as a place for Mastodon verification, plus I'm hoping to be able to get the ActivityPub For WordPress plugin working at some point so I can share pictures via blog post rather than sharing them directly on the pdx.social host and taking up their bandwidth.

I've been searching all over the place for a bookmarklet that would let me "follow" someone on a given Mastodon server, either by going directly to their webpage or by selecting their username and clicking on the bookmark on my browser. I couldn't find anything, so I created one!

Copy the following JavaScript code and create a new bookmark with it as the address:

javascript:(function(){s=document.selection?document.selection.createRange().text:window.getSelection?window.getSelection().toString():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():'';if(s==''){s=location.href;}if(s){window.open('https://mastodon.social/authorize_interaction?uri='+encodeURIComponent(s),%20%20'_blank')};})()

You'll want to replace the "mastodon.social" above to point to your specific Mastodon server.
I named my bookmarklet "Follow on Mastodon".

Happy bookmarking!

Testing mastodon previews.

Morning frost on the roof of my car, for some reason growing upwards. . . . . #portland #frost

A small slice of the Milky Way on the shore of the North Pacific Ocean near Lincoln City, Oregon. Taken with a 10 second exposure - you can see the movement of some of the outside stars due to the exposure time. . . . #astrophotography #lincolncityoregon #oregon #night #milkyway

Frosty morning. This ice was on the top of my car a few days ago. . . . . #portland #portlandoregon #ice