Between the Linestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-41432023-12-07T12:55:38-08:00 Design, Strategy, Technology, and more blog.TypePadSanta Visited the Neighborhoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02c8d3a53158200d2023-12-07T12:55:38-08:002023-12-07T13:08:26-08:00The local Bend Oregon fire department brought a fire engine and Santa to my neighborhood last night. They were doing a canned food drive. We donated some cans of food to the good community holiday effort and program to help...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The local Bend Oregon fire department brought a fire engine and Santa to my neighborhood last night. They were doing a canned food drive. We donated some cans of food to the good community holiday effort and program to help others in our community. </p><p><img width="744" height="399" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://www.btl-blog.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02c8d3a53150200d-pi" border="0"><br><br>Poor Coho, our goofy 2-year-old silver labrador retriever had to stay inside with all the sirens and lights going on. So, he stood in the front window and stared and glared at us the whole time.<br><img width="744" height="844" title="Coho the Lab in the Widow" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Coho the Lab in the Widow" src="https://www.btl-blog.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02c8d3a0d339200c-pi" border="0"><br><img width="744" height="995" title="Coho - Ho Ho Ho" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Coho - Ho Ho Ho" src="https://www.btl-blog.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02c8d3a53154200d-pi" border="0"></p></div>
2022 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Course Marshal Againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a2eecd9bfc200d2022-07-18T09:27:21-07:002022-07-18T09:27:21-07:00Look out Portland! I will be the bullhorn & radio abusing course marshall again in top of the action-packed course section 4 aka “blood alley” at the 2022 Portland Soapbox Adult Derby Saturday, August 20th. #pdxsoapboxderbyShaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a30d44fb47200b-pi"><img width="222" height="239" title="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a308d7950a200c-pi" border="0"></a><br>Look out Portland! I will be the bullhorn & radio abusing course marshal again in top of the action-packed course section 4 aka “blood alley” at the 2022 Portland Soapbox Adult Derby Saturday, August 20th. <br><br>This is the world’s largest gravity race event. I will keep you safe, laughing, and accepting high fives, snacks, and cold beverages. <p><br><p>I was the section 4 (in the BYO Beer Section) course marshal, the last time we held this fun, unique, and adrenaline filled event.</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a2eecd9bea200d-pi"><img width="740" height="1339" title="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Map" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Map" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a30d44fb50200b-pi" border="0"></a></p><p><br><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2019/08/portland-adult-soapbox-derby-2019.html">Portland Adult Soapbox Derby 2019 </a></p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a308d79514200c-pi"><img width="744" height="485" title="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby 2019 of Shaan Hurley" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Portland Adult Soapbox Derby 2019 of Shaan Hurley" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a2eecd9bf2200d-pi" border="0"></a><p><br><p>Here is the Toothfairy entry from 2019.</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a30d44fb56200b-pi"><img width="744" height="991" title="Toothfairy entry from 2019" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Toothfairy entry from 2019" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02a2eecd9bf8200d-pi" border="0"></a><br><br>Autodesk Portland team entry in 2019 and again this year along with 41 other car entries.<br><img width="740" height="984" title="Autodesk Portland team entry in 2019 and again this year along with 41 other car entries." alt="Autodesk Portland team entry in 2019 and again this year along with 41 other car entries." src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a4cab7f7200b-pi"><br><br>A beer bar entry in 2019.<br><img width="740" height="986" title="2019 Beer Bar entry" alt="2019 Beer Bar entry" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a47cd9bb200c-pi"><br><br>2022 Event Video Promo<br><iframe width="560" height="315" title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RcEqEHiL3To" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe><br><br>Join me August 20th 10am-4pm, at Mt Tabor Park in Section 4, for a memorable event and fun, and free.<br><a title="https://www.soapboxracer.com/" href="https://www.soapboxracer.com/">https://www.soapboxracer.com/</a><br><br>#pdxsoapboxderby</p></div>
Daylight Savings Timetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef027880724110200d2022-03-22T09:04:20-07:002022-03-22T09:04:20-07:00There are two things harder to reset than a clock with daylight savings time than a microwave, and that’s kids and dogs. My dog Coho a six month old 75 pound Silver Labrador is whining with his leash at 4...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>There are two things harder to reset than a clock with daylight savings time than a microwave, and that’s kids and dogs. My dog Coho a six month old 75 pound Silver Labrador is whining with his leash at 4 pm now, instead of 5 pm. <br><br>Not even my microwave clock is this tough to reset forward an hour.<br><br><img width="720" height="960" alt="Image" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FOaZdDcUcAQqtp8?format=jpg&name=large"></p></div>
Metapup in the Metaversetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0278806bfa7c200d2022-02-16T15:32:44-08:002022-02-16T15:32:44-08:00Coho my 5-month-oldlver labrador puppy wanted to go to the park for a walk, and I have a busy work day. Oculus Quest 2 + dog = problem solved! Thanks, Technology! #metaversedog #VR #metapup #woofVR I'm kidding, of course ,...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Coho my 5-month-oldlver labrador puppy wanted to go to the park for a walk, and I have a busy work day.<br><br>Oculus Quest 2 + dog = problem solved!<br><br>Thanks, Technology! #metaversedog #VR #metapup #woofVR <img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-dogface" style="" alt="Dog face" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02942f99b1d3200c-pi"><img class="wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-disappointedsmile" style="" alt="Disappointed smile" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02942f99b1d7200c-pi"><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0282e144968e200b-pi"><img width="744" height="744" title="Image from iOS (3)" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Image from iOS (3)" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02942f99b1da200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p><br></p><p>I'm kidding, of course , I didn’t really send him to the virtual dog park, I just put the Oculus on his head as he was very iinterested in seeing and sniffing it in my home office.</p></div>
Bizarre Daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdee7fb81200c2021-08-12T16:34:00-07:002021-08-12T16:34:00-07:00One of those bizarre days, unusually hot weather, wildfire smoke filled skies, and I just joined a Zoom meeting - and found I was already in there. Is this a Black Mirror episode? Did I cross some sort of time...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><br></p><p>One of those bizarre days, unusually hot weather, wildfire smoke filled skies, and I just joined a Zoom meeting - and found I was already in there. <br><br>Is this a Black Mirror episode? <br>Did I cross some sort of time space continuum or portal?<br><br></p><p><img width="704" height="398" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0278803fe3fa200d-pi" border="0"></p></div>
Shaan's Throwback Thursday Way Way Backtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdee7ed43200c2021-08-12T12:01:18-07:002021-08-12T12:01:18-07:00I only ever had about 3 photos from my childhood until two weeks ago when a bag of photos and hand drawings was rescued as it was being hauled to the dump. I wont go into all the details, but...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><img width="744" height="535" title="Young Shaan" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Young Shaan" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0282e118485b200b-pi" border="0"><br><br>I only ever had about 3 photos from my childhood until two weeks ago when a bag of photos and hand drawings was rescued as it was being hauled to the dump. I wont go into all the details, but I will share few things that blew my minds and made me laugh, smile, and be so grateful for my brother finding these and rescuing them. As you see above in the photo, I have always been character in the middle of groups hamming it up. In this photo it is my three cousins. <br><br>No judgment please, I don't claim to be an artist. To be fair, I was really young when I drew these Picasso-like drawings.<br><br>A Lamb…<br><img width="504" height="283" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0278803fd62d200d-pi" border="0"></p><p><br>My rendition of the Planters Peanut character.</p><p><img width="504" height="643" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdee7ed35200c-pi" border="0"><br><br>A scene of native Americans. Sure looks like the fishing was much better back then.</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0278803fd631200d-pi"><img width="504" height="344" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdee7ed39200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Apparently I haven't always been an Out of the Box type of thinker, or doer.<br><img width="504" height="372" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0278803fd635200d-pi" border="0"></p><p><br></p><p>One unexpected thing was finding that my grandmother kept a timecard for when she paid me to work at their company packing potatoes and sweeping floors as a child. I made $2 an hour.<br><img width="504" height="809" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdee7ed3f200c-pi" border="0"><br><br>I hope you enjoyed this one tenth as much as I did seeing these and so many more.<br>Shaan</p></div>
Who Drove it Better?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0282e111ad96200b2021-07-19T10:06:28-07:002021-07-19T10:06:28-07:00Something fun on a Monday morning. I'm in the middle of moving to another home, but had a loud laugh seeing a car in the Milwaukie area of Portland Oregon. The car going through the intersection looked like my sons...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Something fun on a Monday morning. I'm in the middle of moving to another home, but had a loud laugh seeing a car in the Milwaukie area of Portland Oregon. The car going through the intersection looked like my sons plastic play car, from when he was 4 years old!<br><br> <img width="640" height="312" title="SNAGHTML14bb6145" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="SNAGHTML14bb6145" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0282e111ad92200b-pi" border="0"></p><p>I sure needed that laugh since moving has been a two stage move, and a super stressful time, but end of this week I will be in my house in sunny <a href="https://www.visitbend.com/">Bend Oregon</a>.</p></div>
May the Fourth be With Youtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26cad200b2021-05-04T17:08:05-07:002021-05-04T17:08:05-07:00Flashback to Autodesk University 2015, what a great event, and so memorable having a fun group of Star Wars Stormtroopers with me. I took them for gelato, skinny jean shopping, dancing, looking at cars, to an Autodesk Inventor class, and...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Flashback to <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/"><a href="http://au.autodesk.com">Autodesk University</a> 2015,</a> what a great event, and so memorable having a fun group of Star Wars Stormtroopers with me. I took them for gelato, skinny jean shopping, dancing, looking at cars, to an <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/products/inventor/overview">Autodesk Inventor</a> class, and then they had to take a break before the AU party.</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26c5a200b-pi"><img width="270" height="154" title="DJI_0054" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="DJI_0054" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8e0200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02788027aa33200d-pi"><img width="241" height="154" title="IMG_8127" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_8127" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8e4200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02788027aa37200d-pi"><img width="229" height="154" title="IMG_8303" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_8303" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26c5e200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02788027aa3b200d-pi"><img width="229" height="154" title="IMG_7953" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_7953" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26c62200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8e8200c-pi"><img width="229" height="154" title="IMG_7997" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_7997" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8ec200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8f0200c-pi"><img width="229" height="153" title="IMG_0634" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_0634" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8f4200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8f8200c-pi"><img width="244" height="164" title="IMG_8820" style="margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_8820" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb8fc200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb900200c-pi"><img width="244" height="164" title="IMG_8861" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_8861" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26c6c200b-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9a26c70200b-pi"><img width="244" height="169" title="image" style="margin: 0px; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb939200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Back in the large event days, restroom lines effected everyone.</p><p><img width="744" height="264" title="IMG_8028" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="IMG_8028" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdecfb93d200c-pi" border="0"></p></div>
I'm here live, I'm not a cattag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e98f1084200b2021-02-10T07:59:37-08:002021-02-10T08:20:12-08:00Yesterday, a viral video posted by a US district court in Texas had me laughing so hard that I shared it with many in Twitter, Facebook, Slack, and texts. Now I will share it here for a fun Wednesday laugh,...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Yesterday, a viral video posted by a US district court in Texas had me laughing so hard that I shared it with many in Twitter, Facebook, Slack, and texts. Now I will share it here for a fun Wednesday laugh, and show you how you too can inject some fun into a meeting. </p><p>Be sure to reset your camera before the next person uses your computer and ends up like the lawyer in the YouTube video with a cat filter applied.</p><p><br><a href="https://youtu.be/76C5qIk6dmg"><img width="562" height="312" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef027880144388200d-pi" border="0"></a></p><p><a title="https://youtu.be/76C5qIk6dmg" href="https://youtu.be/76C5qIk6dmg">https://youtu.be/76C5qIk6dmg</a></p><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/76C5qIk6dmg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></p><p>You can use the free software <a href="https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/">Snap Camera</a> (<a title="https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/" href="https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/">https://snapcamera.snapchat.com/</a>) to apply filters to your live webcam feed that is used by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, or other source that uses your webcam. This is the same company behind SnapChat. You can search among the thousands of user created filters. Some are really good, and funny, others are really poor. Be aware, this software is buggy and performance degrading on some filters. I found that after using I had to end task it to be able to use my webcam again without a filter and do not allow this to load automatically with Windows start. </p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e98f1079200b-pi"><img width="504" height="515" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef02788014438c200d-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Here I am as a nice plump tabby cat in a Zoom call.<br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026bdebc64d3200c-pi"><img width="504" height="312" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef027880144391200d-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>They said “<em>you can be anything when you grow up</em>” <br>Me “can I be a potato” – yes I can!</p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef027880144396200d-pi"><img width="504" height="298" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e98f107f200b-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Have fun,</p><p>Shaan</p></div>
Generatively Designed Pumpkintag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026be41f30c8200d2020-10-30T14:13:14-07:002020-10-30T14:13:14-07:00Thanks to Autodesk’s Zack Kron for this Halloween fun!Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Thanks to <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a>’s <a href="http://buildz.blogspot.com/"><strong>Zack Kron</strong></a> for this Halloween fun!</p><p><img width="720" height="423" title="Generatively Designed Pumpkin" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Generatively Designed Pumpkin" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026be41f30c4200d-pi" border="0"></p></div>
Throwback Thursday Email Cloggage in the 90stag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e9729567200b2020-10-29T11:10:13-07:002020-10-29T11:10:13-07:00How a one person stopped all email communication by accident as a new employee in the 90s. The Great Email Cloggage Incident of 1998 Back in the 1990’s email was a rare and new communication tool and the technology behind...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>How a one person stopped all email communication by accident as a new employee in the 90s.</p><p><img width="183" height="236" title="image" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef026be41ed686200d-pi" border="0"></p><p><strong>The Great Email Cloggage Incident of 1998</strong></p><p>Back in the 1990’s email was a rare and new communication tool and the technology behind it was archaic compared to today. Imagine there was just a single server back then handing all of the email for a large company. The email was managed using then Lotus Notes on what was a state of the art network bandwidth back then, but also in contrast to today it was super prehistoric about on par with a shared ISDN line.</p><p>So this new employee joined the company and lives 20 miles from the main office. This new employee loved his work and was up late and up early working on new projects and on this one faithful morning he didn't have a floppy disk to write out the file he had been working on and needed to take it to the office. This file was a mere 25MB. So this new employee figured, why not email it to themselves before they leave this morning to commute into the office and it will be waiting for me when they arrive at work.</p><p>The employee arrived at the office after a long over hour commute as the traffic in the North Bay of San Francisco could be brutal and slow as everyone in the North Bay was all driving into San Francisco.</p><p>The employee logged into their computer and, weird no email at all. There was no email until almost 4 hours later. Other employees began discussing the lack of email in morning meetings and in the halls over coffee. Hrmm so weird, no email…</p><p>Around noon, an email was sent out from the IT department. It mentioned the “outage” or “clogged email server” and how someone had sent a large file attachment which had clogged the email server. Apparently the server handled one email and attachment at a time.<br><br>I receive hundreds of email some days, and I am so thankful that email architecture and file attachment sizes have increased to prevent unnecessary cloggage or embarrassment.</p></div>
Poor Mervin Learns an Important Construction Safety Lessontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0263e949b347200b2020-05-19T08:29:09-07:002020-05-19T08:57:41-07:00An Autodesk colleague Justin Taylor spent time teaching his 6 year old son the importance of construction site safety using a small tomato named “Mervin”. “I combined work and home schooling with my 6 year son today – the topic...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a> colleague <strong>Justin Taylor</strong> spent time teaching his 6 year old son the importance of construction site safety using a small tomato named “Mervin”.</p><p><em>“I combined work and home schooling with my 6 year son today – the topic this lunch time was safety on the construction site.</em></p><p><em>I showed him:</em><ul><li><em>The importance of proper site planning</em><li><em>The importance of PPE</em><li><em>How to capture an incident on a phone </em></li><li><em>And how useful kitchen roll is for cleaning up accidents”</em><br><br></li></ul><p><img width="700" height="357" title="The Importance of Consstruction Site Safety" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="The Importance of Consstruction Site Safety" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0264e2dbc80c200d-pi" border="0"></p></div>
Throwback Thursday 1975 Drafting Standards Point 8tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a4c00076200b2019-08-01T14:05:48-07:002019-08-01T14:05:48-07:00Awhile back I found these in my old CAD and Drafting standards boxes and thought I would share another on this Throwback Thursday. The following was from a Drafting Standards Manual from Ralph M. Parsons Company in 1975 and were...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Awhile back I found these in my old CAD and Drafting standards boxes and thought I would share another on this Throwback Thursday. The following was from a Drafting Standards Manual from Ralph M. Parsons Company in 1975 and were titled the Basic Dozen.. Although the illustrations and terminology may be way out of date, the wisdom is still true to this day.<p><strong>Point 8 Avoid EXCESSIVE fabrication details</strong><p><img width="744" height="1037" title="Point 8 Avoid EXCESSIVE fabrication details" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Point 8 Avoid EXCESSIVE fabrication details" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a4c00072200b-pi" border="0"> <br><img width="744" height="1067" title="Point 8 Avoid EXCESSIVE fabrication details" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Point 8 Avoid EXCESSIVE fabrication details" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a47229ce200c-pi" border="0"></p></div>
It Wasn't Itsy Bitsytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a46c7ffe200c2019-07-03T08:04:07-07:002019-07-03T08:04:59-07:00I'm a bit nervous leaving my house again knowing that my security system cameras may send me spooky videos. A couple months ago I was in San Francisco in a meeting when my phone buzzed with an alert from my...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1CckoXzfKhc"><img width="554" height="313" title="Spider Selfie" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Spider Selfie" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a495c087200d-pi" border="0"></a><br>I'm a bit nervous leaving my house again knowing that my security system cameras may send me spooky videos. A couple months ago I was in San Francisco in a meeting when my phone buzzed with an alert from my security system, so I took a look. I was a bit shocked and surprised to see a big spider climbing over my camera. It continued to send me spider selfies for the next few days leaving me a bit nervous to enter my house when I returned. I never have found this eight legged resident, but wondering will the spider once again taunt me.</p><p>To me it appeared as though my home was being eaten by a giant spider. It continued to send more videos to me which made the meeting I was in a little hard to concentrate on. After the 3rd video and my look of horror someone asked what was wrong and so I showed them and others in the meeting which resulted in a lot of comments like “ooooh”, “eeek” and “burn the house”.</p><p>Here are two of the spider selfies in low resolution format.<br><br><strong>Spider Selfie 1</strong> <a title="https://youtu.be/1CckoXzfKhc" href="https://youtu.be/1CckoXzfKhc">https://youtu.be/1CckoXzfKhc</a></p><p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1CckoXzfKhc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></p><strong>Spider Selfie 2 </strong><a title="https://youtu.be/TkAg7sJQYrE" href="https://youtu.be/TkAg7sJQYrE">https://youtu.be/TkAg7sJQYrE</a><br><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkAg7sJQYrE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe><p>Well, perhaps one way to look at it is that I have a big security spider guarding my home.</p></div>
Throwback Thursday 1975 Basic Drafting Rule 2 Don't Repeat Identical Detailstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0240a46b165e200c2019-06-27T09:05:00-07:002019-06-27T09:05:00-07:00This is from an old Ralph M. Parsons engineering and drafting manual from 1975. It is about drafting but many of the principles still apply to drawings from 3D models today. I will post more in the future. Enjoy!Shaan Hurley
This is from an old Ralph M. Parsons engineering and drafting manual from 1975. It is about drafting but many of the principles still apply to drawings from 3D models today. I will post more in the future. Enjoy!
National Engineers Weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3c4332c200d2019-02-20T06:42:44-08:002019-02-20T06:49:17-08:00Sharing this funny graphic from one of my favorite comedians and Autodesk University presenter who understands our engineer world, Don McMillan. https://www.youtube.com/user/donmcmillancomedy/videosShaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Sharing this funny graphic from one of my favorite comedians and <a href="http://www.autodesk.com"><a href="http://au.autodesk.com/las-vegas/overview">Autodesk University</a> </a>presenter who understands our engineer world, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DonMcMillan/">Don McMillan</a>. <br><a title="https://www.youtube.com/user/donmcmillancomedy/videos" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/donmcmillancomedy/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/donmcmillancomedy/videos</a></p><p><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3c43326200d-pi"><img width="404" height="515" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3e3d98b200b-pi" border="0"></a></p></div>
Rats in Autodesk Portland Officetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad391a409200c2019-01-25T09:12:26-08:002019-01-25T09:12:26-08:00Well, this is Portland Oregon and yes we are weird or uniquely creative including the placement of small toy ponies attached to old city horse hitching rings and yarn or knit bombings of local statues. In the Autodesk Portland office...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Well, this is Portland Oregon and yes we are weird or uniquely creative including the placement of small toy ponies attached to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_rings_in_Portland,_Oregon">old city horse hitching rings</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS753US753&q=knit+bombing+portland&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrvfTpsongAhWxHDQIHUMiA8kQsAR6BAgGEAE&biw=1520&bih=686">yarn or knit bombings</a> of local statues. In the Autodesk Portland office some of the weird fun culture crept in to our new Portland office in the East stairwell. In this stairwell there are crevices in the brick where there old janky spooky stairs were mounted and then removed to put nice safe stairs in the building during the renovation before we moved in last year. These crevices were great to hold a coffee mug when I was laser scanning (LiDAR) the building during renovation, but someone found a new unique and fun use. Someone placed a small toy car in one and a rubber rat in another.</p><p><img width="720" height="723" title="Rats in Autodesk Portland Office" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Rats in Autodesk Portland Office" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3b7b27a200d-pi" border="0"></p><p>I love seeing Portland fun and creative weirdness creeping into our building. To the person who did this – I salute you!</p><p>Of course being an <a href="http://www.autodesk.com">Autodesk</a> employee, I had to generate a 3D model using <a href="https://www.autodesk.com/products/recap/overview">ReCap Photo.</a> Using about 40 photos taken with my phone I uploaded to ReCap Photo to generate a 3D textured model using photogrammetry. ReCap Photo is great for everything from creating a 3D mesh from small objects for 3D props or orthopedics, to generating 3D site maps and DEM using photos taken from a drone.<br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d75718200b-pi"><img width="354" height="192" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d7571c200b-pi" border="0"></a> <a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d75720200b-pi"><img width="354" height="192" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad391a3f0200c-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad391a3f8200c-pi"><img width="354" height="192" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad391a3fc200c-pi" border="0"></a><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d7572b200b-pi"><img width="354" height="192" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d7572f200b-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3d75736200b-pi"><img width="713" height="385" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad391a404200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>See the video showing the model.</p><p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c4Edceuk_Dc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"></iframe></p></div>
Smelly Glitter Bomb for Surprise Package For Thieves Designed Using Autodesk Fusion 360tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3c8150d200b2018-12-19T11:10:32-08:002018-12-19T12:34:11-08:00I have always said that we at Autodesk have the most awesome and creative customers in the world, and to that point I submit another fine example. Having personally been a victim of a package thief that stole my package...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I have always said that we at Autodesk have the most awesome and creative customers in the world, and to that point I submit another fine example. Having personally been a victim of a package thief that stole my package from my doorstep and made off with my new yoga mat, I would rather have boobytrapped my stolen package like <strong>Mark Rober</strong> and<strong> Sean Hodgins</strong> did. These two are in my top admired people doing good things and should be tasked with more projects to solve and perhaps nominate these two for a Noble Peace Prize based on innovation, creativity, and engineering.<br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo"><img width="724" height="442" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3a86950200d-pi" border="0"></a><br><a title="https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo" href="https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo">https://youtu.be/xoxhDk-hwuo</a></p><p>Well, look at 1:11 in the video to see the proof it was one of our awesome Autodesk <a href="http://fusion360.autodesk.com">Fusion 360</a> customers users!<br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3a86954200d-pi"><img width="724" height="403" title="Fusion 360" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Fusion 360" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3a86958200d-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Co-builder Sean Hodgins, posted a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMxOmUcfOI">tear down video about the clever engineering</a>. </p><p>After watching the mesmerizing glitter in slow motion as the package blows, am I the only one that really wants to open one of these just for the fun of it? <br><a href="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3a8695c200d-pi"><img width="724" height="409" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3a86960200d-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>So, do you think it was real?</p><p><br>I still hope the package thief that stole my new yoga mat used it and is a better and more kind person.</p><p>Namaste and karma for package thieves is a bad smelling glitter experience!<br>-Shaan</p></div>
Don't Be Kanye with Securitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad3b97491200b2018-10-17T13:35:47-07:002018-10-17T13:35:47-07:00It’s always good to provide reminders to be mindful of security, especially in this day of technology where much our life and data is contained on our phone and laptops. So, last week Kanye was meeting (crazy rambling meeting) with...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>It’s always good to provide reminders to be mindful of security, especially in this day of technology where much our life and data is contained on our phone and laptops. </p><p>So, last week Kanye was meeting (crazy rambling meeting) with the US President and broke out his phone and many of us noticed that he used all 0’s for his passcode to unlock his phone. It’s bad enough he unlocked his phone within view of cameras beaming the view to the world but all zeros, sheesh. If you are doing this, change your passcode now as that is probably one of the first passcodes a thief would try to get into your phone. </p><p><img width="241" height="244" title="Kanye unlocking his phone in front of media -ALL ZEROS!" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Kanye unlocking his phone in front of media -ALL ZEROS!" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef022ad399cce0200d-pi" border="0"></p><p>Don't be a “0 0 0 0 0 0” passcode user like Kanye.</p></div>
Remember that Time in Vegas?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0224df303feb200b2018-05-04T12:25:15-07:002018-05-04T12:48:11-07:00Autodesk University 2015, oh yeah, May the Fourth Be With You! A popular and fun May 4th pun on the Star Wars “May the Force Be With You.” Autodesk product sessions, networking, tattoos, gelato, dancing, singing, and fun. What happens...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://www.autodesk.com"><a href="http://au.autodesk.com/las-vegas/overview">Autodesk University</a> 2015, oh yeah, <strong>May the Fourth Be With You</strong>! A popular and fun May 4th pun on the Star Wars “May the Force Be With You.”</p><p><a href="http://www.autodesk.com">Autodesk</a> product sessions, networking, tattoos, gelato, dancing, singing, and fun. What happens at <a href="http://au.autodesk.com/las-vegas/overview">Autodesk University</a> Las Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas.</p><p><img width="644" height="813" title="Autodesk University 2015 Fun!" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Autodesk University 2015 Fun!" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0224e0373917200d-pi" border="0"></p><p>Conference bathroom lines aren’t fun for anyone.</p><p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0223c84893bb200c-pi"><img width="644" height="268" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0223c84893bf200c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Skinny Jeans??? #NOPE<br><img width="644" height="508" title="Skinny Jeans + StormTrooper - NOPE" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Skinny Jeans + StormTrooper - NOPE" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0224e037391e200d-pi" border="0"></p><p>In honor of May The Fourth several Autodesk offices have Star Wars playing in common areas including the shiny new Autodesk Portland office.</p><p><img width="644" height="482" title="Star Wars in Portland Office" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Star Wars in Portland Office" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0223c848952d200c-pi" border="0"><br><br></p><p>Need more Star Wars this May the Fourth?<br><img width="644" height="526" title="Ultimate Star Wars Fanatic Evan Atherton and Troopers" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Ultimate Star Wars Fanatic Evan Atherton and Troopers" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef0223c84893c6200c-pi" border="0"></p>Watch the award wining short film made by Autodesk employee Evan Atherton <br>“<a href="http://www.artooinlove.com/"><strong>Artoo in Love</strong></a>” at <a title="http://www.artooinlove.com/" href="http://www.artooinlove.com/">http://www.artooinlove.com/</a>.</div>
Not a Billionairetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2c8fc12970c2017-12-20T09:52:52-08:002017-12-20T09:52:52-08:00When they said Bitcoin price was doubling almost daily and all the hype, I thought they said “Bitmoji” so I got involved in Bitmoji. Now I am still broke, but have an accurate and sweet Bitmoji to show for it…Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>When they said <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/">Bitcoin</a> price was doubling almost daily and all the hype, I thought they said “<a href="https://www.bitmoji.com/">Bitmoji</a>” so I got involved in Bitmoji.</p><p> <a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2c8fc00970c-pi"><img width="167" height="167" title="High Five! Bitmoji Shaan" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="High Five! Bitmoji Shaan" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2c8fc04970c-pi" border="0"></a></p><p>Now I am still broke, but have an accurate and sweet Bitmoji to show for it…</p><p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb09e1b615970d-pi"><img width="210" height="210" title="Image-1-b" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Image-1-b" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb09e1b61c970d-pi" border="0"></a><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb09e1b621970d-pi"><img width="210" height="210" title="Image-1" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Image-1" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c93ea976970b-pi" border="0"></a><br><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c93ea97b970b-pi"><img width="240" height="240" title="Image-1m" style="border: 0px currentcolor; border-image: none; display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="Image-1m" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb09e1b625970d-pi" border="0"></a></p></div>
Throwback Thursday VRtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8f4dec7970b2017-05-04T15:16:30-07:002017-05-04T15:16:30-07:00Back in the 80s and 90s with the Autodesk Cyberspace Developers Kit.Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Back in the 80s and 90s with the Autodesk Cyberspace Developers Kit. <p><img title="clip_image001" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="clip_image001" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8f4dec1970b-pi" width="552" height="387"><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8f4dec5970b-pi"><img title="clip_image002" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb0997f4a1970d-pi" width="2" height="2"></a><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb0997f4a3970d-pi"><img title="clip_image002[1]" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="clip_image002[1]" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d27f2a86970c-pi" width="2" height="2"></a></div>
When Technology Goes Bad but So Goodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb095aa7d5970d2016-12-02T09:57:19-08:002016-12-02T09:59:38-08:00I seen this image on Twitter yesterday and it made me laugh out loud so I thought I would share on this Friday. Most smartphones have a panoramic photo mode where the phone stiches photos together into one wide panoramic...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I seen this image on Twitter yesterday and it made me laugh out loud so I thought I would share on this Friday.</p> <p> </p> <p>Most smartphones have a panoramic photo mode where the phone stiches photos together into one wide panoramic photo after you pan the camera. Well technology is not always perfect but in this case it was so perfectly weird that it was better than just a panoramic photos with a cat waking through.</p> <p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb095aa7cb970d-pi"><img title="2016-12-01 18.49.34" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2016-12-01 18.49.34" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb095aa7d1970d-pi" width="644" height="364"></a><br><font size="1">Seen on @YouHadOneJ0B</font></p> <p>As the cat walked by when the person was shooting the pano it resulted in the centipede cat. Please don’t start rumors and internet conspiracy theories that this is a real cat with multiple legs and 9 feet long. Can you imagine the cat box or foot long hair balls coughed up on the floor?</p></div>
Mr. Hurley's Neighborhood is Under Attacktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d240ef93970c2016-12-01T13:33:48-08:002016-12-01T17:14:35-08:00I use the popular mobile app for Nextdoor to keep up to date on what is going on in my neighborhood. In my SW Portland neighborhood we put the Weird in Portland. This week after many coyote sightings and other...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d240ef8f970c-pi"><img title="2016-11-29 16.07.27" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="2016-11-29 16.07.27" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8b72790970b-pi" width="116" height="203"></a></p> <p>I use the popular mobile app for <a href="http://www.nextdoor.com">Nextdoor</a> to keep up to date on what is going on in my neighborhood. In my SW Portland neighborhood we put the Weird in Portland. This week after many coyote sightings and other reports, someone posted a funny sarcastic warning about “pygmy wolves”. There is never a dull moment or something not funny in Mr. Hurley’s Neighborhood. </p> <blockquote> <p><em><font size="2">It's become clear to me that SW Portland is suffering from a major infestation of pigmy wolves. Based on panicked daily reports on Nextdoor, I estimate that there are probably upward of 7000 of these vicious creatures running in about 500 packs. They are dragging away our cats, small dogs and unwary toddlers.<br><br>This is no laughing matter folks. Experimentation with pigmy wolves leads to the next step up and eventually you're dealing with a full-blown timber wolf infestation.<br><br>I think we in the west hills have three logical alternatives for action:<br><br>1) Gather all the villagers in a line at the ridge with garbage can lids and shotguns. Beating the lids with baseball bats, we will drive the savage beasts down towards the river, drowning most and shooting those that escape.<br>2) Gather at the river with lit torches, then set the fields and forests aflame, driving them up towards the ridge line where we will shoot them as they run across the exposed alpine meadows.<br>3) Pool our resources and rent a few helicopters. We can then shoot them dead from the air or hit them with tranquilizers when they can then be radio tagged and released in the wild (Beaverton is my suggestion).<br><br>Anyone have a better suggestion? I'm scared stiff to take my cat out for a walk lest I return home trailing an empty leash and with a lot of explaining to do to the wife.</font></em></p></blockquote> <p> </p> <p>Oh and if you spot this friendly <strike>tasty</strike> chicken, please let me know as another of my neighbors is looking for this escapee pet before the pygmy wolves or another hungry neighbor find it.</p> <p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb095a2865970d-pi"><img title="SNAGHTMLff35faf" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="SNAGHTMLff35faf" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8b72794970b-pi" width="157" height="244"></a></p></div>
Happy Halloweentag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094d9521970d2016-10-31T10:11:01-07:002016-10-31T16:22:53-07:00Today in the Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon (aka Portland) office we have costumes, food, and a pumpkin contest. I think already found my current creative pumpkin “I'm Here for the Boos” complete with a tap and pours wine. Some cleverly...Shaan Hurley
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db477970d-pi"><img title="IMG_8838" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8838" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8aab7bd970b-pi" width="404" height="268"></a></p> <p>Today in the <a href="http://www.autodesk.com/">Autodesk</a> Lake Oswego Oregon (aka Portland) office we have costumes, food, and a pumpkin contest. </p> <p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db47b970d-pi"><img title="2016-10-31 06.34.58" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="2016-10-31 06.34.58" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8aab7c1970b-pi" width="210" height="139"></a> <img title="Autodesk Lake Oswego Pumpkin Contest" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Autodesk Lake Oswego Pumpkin Contest" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8aab7c5970b-pi" width="214" height="143"><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8aab7c9970b-pi"><img title="IMG_8840" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8840" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b7c8aab7cd970b-pi" width="214" height="143"></a></p> <p>I think already found my current creative pumpkin <strong>“I'm Here for the Boos”</strong> complete with a tap and pours wine.</p> <p><img title=""I'm Here for the Boos" Pumpkin" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt=""I'm Here for the Boos" Pumpkin" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db47f970d-pi" width="320" height="215"><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d234836c970c-pi"><img title="IMG_8874" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8874" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db483970d-pi" width="324" height="217"></a><br><br>Some cleverly costumed colleagues, including me. Do you see Scooby Doo?<br><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2348371970c-pi"><img title="IMG_8885-2" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8885-2" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2348375970c-pi" width="644" height="327"></a><br><br>What else would you expect from a potluck lunch and costumes. Brains made from red velvet cake and frosting.<br><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2348379970c-pi"><img title="IMG_8848" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8848" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d234837d970c-pi" width="404" height="271"></a></p> <p>Steam Punk’in</p> <p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db488970d-pi"><img title="IMG_8844" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8844" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2348381970c-pi" width="404" height="271"></a></p> <p>One of the scariest things to be feared in an office, the “Reply All”…</p> <p><a href="http://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01bb094db48c970d-pi"><img title="IMG_8861" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="IMG_8861" src="https://autodesk.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341bfd0c53ef01b8d2348385970c-pi" width="404" height="271"></a></p></div>