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Walking the Moors

Walking the Moors

This is a post that originally appeared on my old website in August 2014. It's one of the posts that was too large or complicated to be migrated to my new blog platform in 2018, and I'm steadily (well, erratically) migrating those old posts manually so

Fleecer Station

Fleecer Station

Fleecer Station is a Forest Service cabin that is used as headquarters for local Forest Service crews part of the year, and available as a rental the rest of the year. I spent last Saturday night there with two of our dogs (Jamie and Isaac), and this post contains some

Nancy & Strummer's 1st Year

Nancy & Strummer's 1st Year

It's hard to believe that it was just a year ago today that we drove Nancy and her brother Strummer from Seattle to Montana the day after we picked them up at the breeder in Canada. What a ride. This post has a photo of the two of

2020 Hindsight

What a year. On January 1, 2020, few of us had any idea what was coming. And frankly, I'd say we still don't know much about what we've been through or when it ends or what it means in the long run. But if

My Juggalo Journey

My Juggalo Journey

Before 2017, I had never given Insane Clown Posse (ICP) much thought. Sure, I’d heard they were a rap band out of Detroit known for being the “worst band in the world,” and I knew their fans were called Juggalos, but that's about it. I had a

McGuire Lookout

McGuire Lookout

In 1923, a well-windowed wood cabin was erected on top of McGuire Mountain, for the purpose of detecting forest fires in the area around Eureka, Montana. Eureka sits in a valley between mountain ranges just south of the Roosville border crossing between the United States and Canada. McGuire Mountain Lookout

Four months in Montana

Four months in Montana

It's been four months since we moved to Montana. There's so much to think about and write about here, but I've been super busy and don't have time for that now, so here are a few dozen photos that I feel sum

Juggalo Weekend 2020

Juggalo Weekend 2020

On February 22-23, 2020, Megan and I attended the annual Juggalo Weekend event. It took place in in Los Angeles this year, at Pershing Square. Some folks in LA apparently didn't like the fact that a public park was rented out and closed for the weekend, but Juggalos,

Monument Valley 2020

Monument Valley 2020

In January 2020, we visited Monument Valley. We flew from Seattle to Phoenix, then drove a rental car up to Monument Valley for two nights at the View Hotel, then we drove to Santa Fe for two nights of relaxing before flying out of Albuquerque back to Seattle. I took

Photos from the 2010s

Photos from the 2010s

On 12/31/2019, I posted the following Twitter thread about photos I'd taken in the 2010s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • tweet [https://twitter.com/dmahugh/status/1212195940234170368] • I took a LOT of photos in the 2010s: 203,913 photos in my backups, although that number is skewed high by days

Installing a NAS

Installing a NAS

I've augmented my backup strategy to include a NAS (Network Accessible Storage) device at home, giving me nearly 12TB of online storage. This post covers a few things I learned while setting it up. What's a NAS? A NAS is simply a file server — a computer

A decade of Jamie & Alice

A decade of Jamie & Alice

Today we published a photo book commemorating a decade of Jamie and Alice's adventures. It's huge and expensive, so it may only sell one copy (which we've already ordered). But there's a free PDF download version that anyone can enjoy. Click here

Reactivate Pro Wrestling

Reactivate Pro Wrestling

A few photos from the wrestling event at the Richland casino on 7/21/2019. I drove over from Seattle to photograph my friend Adan Reyes from Salt Lake City. Adan Reyes and JD Mason, airbound.A few faves in black & whiteAdan in action

Seattle Pride Festival 2019

Seattle Pride Festival 2019

An album of favorite photos from Trans Pride Seattle [https://www.transprideseattle.org/], the Seattle Dyke March [http://seattledykemarch.com/], and the Seattle Pride Parade [https://www.seattlepride.org/parade/]. It was great to meet so many of my Microsoft colleagues who organized groups for the events! There's

London, Ireland, Madrid & Nice

London, Ireland, Madrid & Nice

We've never taken a full 3-week vacation before. This could get addictive! This post includes a few favorite photos from our trip. We flew from Seattle to London, where we spent the night of our 13th wedding anniversary in a hotel with a spectacular view of Tower Bridge.

One year with the Nikon D850

One year with the Nikon D850

Over the last 20 years, I've carried 7 different Nikons: N90s, F100, D40, D70, D700, D800, and the D850, which turns 1 year old today. To me, the F100 was the pinnacle of film cameras: sturdy and reliable, well-designed, with state-of-the-art performance and capabilities. The D850 is the

Women's March on Washington, 2019

Women's March on Washington, 2019

A few favorite photos from the rally at Freedom Plaza after the march on Saturday, January 19, 2019. We were also in DC for the inaugural women's march two years ago – here are photos of the 2017 Women's March [https://sway.office.com/oygvnF0eANn5wTyg?ref=Link&

FFmpeg FTW!

FFmpeg is a popular command-line tool for converting, encoding, decoding, and editing audio and video files, and if you work with audio or video it's a tool you'll find useful over and over again. It's free, fast, cross-platform, widely used, and well supported. In

Antarctica

In December of 2018, Mom and I took a cruise to Antarctica [https://www.quarkexpeditions.com/en/antarctic/expeditions/antarctic-explorer-discovering-the-7th-continent] on the Ocean Endeavor from Quark Expeditions, thus checking the 7th continent off our life list for each of us. Special thanks to my cousin David Phillips, who sponsored Mom&

Gathering Of The Juggalos 2018

Gathering Of The Juggalos 2018

Photos from the 19th Gathering Of The Juggalos, July 18-21, 2018 in Legend Valley, Ohio. All photos by Doug Mahugh, but I don't care what you do with them. Parking Lot Party We arrived in Legend Valley around 6PM the evening before the Gathering began, and spent a

Dogsitting in Montana

Dogsitting in Montana

The first week of October 2017, I had the opportunity to spend a few days alone in rural Montana (near Three Forks) with four amazing dogs. Getting There I've been driving across the western US for decades, and it never gets old. Our first stop on the way

Verifying backup drives

Verifying backup drives

I prefer managing my backups myself on a set of replicated USB drives, for all the reasons I’ve covered before [https://www.dougmahugh.com/my-backup-process/]. This approach works great for me, but it’s vulnerable to human error because I manually copy new backup content to the drives. While

Seattle Pride Parade 2015 & 2016

Seattle Pride Parade 2015 & 2016

A few of my favorite photos from the pride parade in 2015 and 2016. Dykes on Bikes kicking off the parade ...

Creating time-lapse videos

Creating time-lapse videos

Time-lapse sequences have become de rigueur in many types of video, movie and TV production. As a typical example of their popularity, the hit series Breaking Bad had nearly 40 of them: Time-lapse video clips typically last only a few seconds (although some are much longer [https://www.youtube.com/

How many photos have I taken with my camera?

How many photos have I taken with my camera?

Cameras wear out eventually, but a quality lens is a lifetime investment. This is an important concept to remember, the next time you’re tempted to buy an expensive lens. Go for it, it’s an investment! One of the things that wears out on your camera is the shutter.