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Glacial Escape

Last week, Stefanie and I got out for a few hours just west of town 20 miles to exercise our day permit we had got a few days ago. We got it to hike into the Three Sisters Wilderness to Broken Top Mountain (a collapsed volcano), the Bend Glacier, and the beautiful blue-turquoise No Name Lake from the Broken Top Trailhead in the Deschutes National Forest. Stay tuned for more technology and industry articles, advice, and reviews on the Between... Read more →

Last Weekend - Diving Kayaking and Spending Time with Friends

Last weekend we visited a beautiful Central Oregon lake that is formed from a freshwater spring, and gin crystal clear. 360 photo: Photos of this lake could be mistaken for the Mediterranean oceans clear waters. I hope you are having a nice summer and getting out in nature. Its a great place to relax, quiet the mind, and come up with new ideas, inspiration, or realization of gratitude. -Shaan Read more →

Visiting Portland This Weekend

We are visiting Portland Friday August 18th through Sunday August 20th afternoon. We are coming for a few meetings, and some fun. First and foremost we are going to the Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Saturday at Mt Tabor Park. This will be my first year not being a course official in the infamous “Blood Alley”, and I will enjoy getting to enjoy the fun. We are also visiting some of my PDX favs like Portland Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, St... Read more →

Spring Finally in Central Oregon

The other day I went with the Deschutes Land Trust to photograph and film some wildflowers starting to appear. It was a very warm and sunny day near the Ochoco National Forest where we spotted many wildflowers like Indian paintbrush, prairie stars, balsam root, flax and phlox, checkered lilies, wild onion, wild strawberries, chokecherry, serviceberry, larkspur, columbine,and so much more as well as wildlife like vultures, squirrels, lizards, small birds, rabbits, elk and deer tracks, and one small 5-7-year-old northern... Read more →

Pure Stoke – Skiing on a Volcano

I went alpine skiing, Wednesday at Mt Bachelor. Mt Bachelor is an extinct volcanic cone mountain about 20 miles West of Bend Oregon where I live, and the 6trh largest ski resort in the US. We have received so much snow recently, that I had to go skiing even after so much recent travel left me exhausted. It was also my lucky day to be skiing with sunny skies and fresh powder “pow” when they opened the summit ski lift... Read more →

Recent Adventures

I am still traveling and visiting with family, but soon will be back and ready and reviewing future opportunities and adventures. This Between the Lines Blog will remain my blog, as always, and be back to an active cadence, although less Autodesk-centric and more wide across-industry and technology-focused as well as my fun personal posts and photos as I have for 18 years and no plan to stop. Some photos from recent Mexico, backcountry snow playing in Oregon, and Vegas... Read more →

My Labrador, Coho, Turns One Next Week August 21st

From 8 pounds when I got him and now Coho is a 99 pound Silver Labrador. He has been a real bonus and entertaining, active outdoor adventure buddy, and best friend addition to my life. I had no idea he was going to be this big, but that's ok with me if he can’t fit on my kayak or SUP. When he was a puppy, and ate much less. Read more →

2022 Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Course Marshal Again

Look 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. #pdxsoapboxderby Read more →

Been Out for the Past Week for Holiday and Vacation

I really needed the downtime with so much going on. I spent the time with friends and Coho the 90-pound labrador puppy, projects around the house and garden, getting my dental implant reinserted (ouch), and a lot of time outdoors and on the rivers and lakes. A few photos from the outdoors portion of the week off since I'm fairly confident you weren't interested in photos of my dental implant issue, but just in case. Outdoors: Read more →

Weekend Adventure

I was quite busy this weekend, but yesterday went kayaking with a friend up at beautiful Hosmer Lake in the Deschutes National Forest of Central Oregon. Snow had just melted within the week allowing access and the reeds haven't yet greened and llilypads are yet to bloom or the water clear up to the summer clear white/blue waters, but the mosquitos are REALLY hungry. Here is a quick aerial 360 of the lake and mountains. Read more →

Weekend Hike Along the Upper Deschutes

It has been about 4 weeks since my knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus. I have done great with little to no pain and getting back to everything active that I enjoyed before, and more. I hope to get back on my mountain bike and kayak this weekend. Last Sunday I took the big pup Coho for a 5-mile hike along the Upper Deschutes River. It is so beautiful along the river just a few miles from where I... Read more →

Happy 2022

Happy New Year, everyone! I had a nice two-week annual holiday break and spent time with friends and doing several outdoor adventures. I have family visiting (hopefully depending on airline flights) later this week including my two sons, mother, and brother. The past year 2021 had some high points, but a lot of tough challenging parts and I am optimistic and working for a much better 2022. Here is to hoping for a better year for everyone and hoping I... Read more →

Happy Holidays!

It is that time of the year wear most Autodesk employees take their holiday week of rest and the holiday break. We will be back around the week of January 3rd , 2022. During this time we spend time with friends and family, catch up on home projects, enjoy the holiday we celebrate, ring in the new year, and recharge. I will be personally spending a lot of time outdoors skiing both downhill and cross country, snowshoeing, fat tire biking,and... Read more →

This Happened – Meet Coho

I got a new puppy named Coho, named after the famous Pacific Northwest silver salmon. His name is fitting as he is a silver labrador retriever and he jumped on the river the first day I had him. He is full of energy an a love bug who will grow big since his father was 110 pounds. Meet Coho He is going to be a handful, but we needed each other. Here is a bonus 360 photo from Sunday of... Read more →

Autodesk Company Day of Rest

Today is a company day off at Autodesk. Autodesk recognizes that employees can feel burned out dealing with the past 18 months juggling life, family, and work. They have been providing employees some days to recharge and refresh, or just time to take with no email since the company is mostly off of work as well. I started early with a nice chilly kayak paddle on the Deschutes River last evening. #Autodesklife Read more →

Autodesk Community 5k Day One

Today Autodesk University 2021 opened and the Autodesk Community 5k Fun Run started. This is not a race, nor a run or a length 5k – it is just having fun and being active. I did a 8 mile mountain bike ride this morning and was rooted-on by a friendly squirrel and some waterfowl. Wherever you are on the planet, post photos from your Autodesk Community 5k! October 5th to the 14th. Use hashtag #AC5k when sharing your photos on... Read more →

Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall

Happy Autumnal Equinox everyone! This is the first day of Fall. Last evening, I headed about 20 miles outside town (Bend Oregon) to the Cascade mountains to capture some photos of the last summer sunset. Of course this change of season also means the inverse for my friends in the southern hemisphere who are now entering spring existing winter. Read more →

Weekend Adventures – Clear Skies

After weeks of extremely heavy wildfire smoke, the smoke cleared up this weekend here in Central Oregon where I live. I got out for some local bike rides on trails along the Deschutes River as well as a paddle on my paddle board. It was an amazing and well needed escape. Read more →

Fake or Photo - What is Your Score?

I got 92% with the current version up on the Area at the Fake or Photo. Go ahead, give it a try, beat my score. Read more →

Shaan's Throwback Thursday – Way Way Back

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... Read more →

Availability of Photos API in Autodesk Build

Autodesk Forge announces the availability of Photos API, another Autodesk Build specific Forge API. Photos is one of the modules in Autodesk Build. It provides a single, unified place to view and manage photos and videos in Autodesk Build. This is useful, such as for documenting progress photos, informal communication, and material tracking. Everyone on your project can upload photos and videos. These files will all be available in the Photos gallery, but they can also be attached as a reference to issues, RFIs, submittals, and forms in UI. Read more →

Weekend Snapshots – Walla Walla Win95

I was in the Walla Walla Washington region the past weekend, and went flying practice one my 97mph FPV drone over some nice open fields. In one photo taken during a flight, it looked similar to the old Windows 95 screen background image. Read more →

What a Garden!

Last weekend I attended a small gathering for a bonfire and party. I was taking some aerial photos of the event and the most amazing private garden I had seen, and in my neighborhood. I hope to get a nice tour in the near future of this amazing and peaceful and uniquely designed space. The small building located in the center, is a greenhouse. Several birdhouses around the garden, a pond that was covered, and small houses on the peripheral.... Read more →

Fun Finds

In packing my house up to move, I am going through boxes of my technology and Autodesk history items and having a blast remembering all the tech and fun times. There is a slew of my phones and PDA, from the Palm to the super teeny iPhone 5s. The Blackberry with the missing scroll ball saved my life many years ago while in my shirt pocket during a gas fireplace explosion, and my Blackberry was taking the shard of glass... Read more →

Spring Break on the Oregon Coast

I just returned refreshed from disconnecting and enjoying the beautiful Oregon Coast for spring break. The time was restorative with sunny fresh ocean breeze days watching the ocean waves, exploring tide pools, adventures, and watching sunsets. I also received my COVID first vaccination yesterday. Cheers, Shaan A low tide hike into the Devils Punchbowl. I love sunsets. Read more →