Ryan Prins' Blog

More Napa Pictures Online

Ryan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:36:27 +0000

Grapes » Originally uploaded by rprins.

I’ve uploaded the pictures from our Sunday in Napa. This day included visiting the Sterling Vineyards, Paraduxx, as well as the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The night was capped off with dinner in Sausalito.

Next up are the pictures from our last day… on safari!

Back from Napa

Ryan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:34:19 +0000

Us in Napa » Originally uploaded by rprins.

Jamie and I are back from Napa and I’ve been able to get the first set of photos up on my Flickr site. More detailed posts, more photos, and video of the trip will be upcoming in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!

Hawaii 2008 - Hana Highway Video

Ryan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:06:48 +0000

Hawaii 2008 - Hana Highway from Ryan Prins on Vimeo.

Video: Otter Falls

Ryan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:03:20 +0000

Hiking Otter Falls and Lispy Lake from Ryan Prins on Vimeo.

Last weekend Jamie, Kevin, Taylor and I hiked along the Taylor River to Lispy Lake and Otter Falls. The falls are pretty crazy and ridiculously high. Take a look at the video for some perspective.

Feeding Seagulls @ Stanley Park

Ryan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:29:48 +0000

Here’s some video of Jamie, my Mom, and I feeding the Seagulls at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B.C.

Butchart Gardens Facepalm

Ryan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:02:04 +0000

Butchart Gardens » Originally uploaded by Jamie.

Looks like I had too much flowers for one day.

But I drank almost an entire pot of tea, which was good :)

Upgraded to WordPress 2.6

Ryan — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:52:51 +0000

WordPress 2.6 was just recently released and has a few new features and quite a few bug fixes. Probably a worthwhile upgrade if you are running Wordpress. Plus, it has a nifty “Press This!” bookmarklet that you can quickly blog with (such as I am doing now for this entry).

Bike Stolen

Ryan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:01:16 +0000

Bike Rack » Originally uploaded by rprins.

Sometime in the last week my Gary Fisher Paragon mountain bike was cut loose from its lock and taken from the secure garage at my condo. In this picture it is the bike on the left. It has Shimano XT components and clipless pedals that are Red. It should also have a Minnesota bike license on it from several years ago. If you happen to see it or see it for sale online, please let me know.

Thanks!

WaMu Family Fourth 2008 Fireworks

Ryan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:29:04 +0000

WaMu Family Fourth Fireworks 2008 from Ryan Prins on Vimeo.

Happy Fourth of July!

Ryan — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:33:24 +0000

WaMu Family Fourth » Originally uploaded by rprins.

Hope that you all were able to go out and enjoy the Fourth of July yesterday. Lucky for us in Seattle, the rain missed us and we were able to enjoy a pretty fantastic fireworks show on Lake Union. You can check out my entire set of photos from the night in my WaMu Family Fourth 2008 Photo Set.

Seattle Skyline at Dusk

Ryan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:09:00 +0000

Seattle Skyline at Dusk » Originally uploaded by rprins.

Here’s the view from my new place (w/ Jamie) at dusk this past weekend.

A Couple Hawaii Videos

Ryan — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:46:58 +0000

I have been slow in getting the video up online from our recent trip to Hawaii. But, here are two clips that I put onto YouTube recently.

This is Jamie and I at the sliding sands trail at Haleaka. It was a fun hike going down, but not so much on the way back up.

This is Jamie’s tour of the Westin Maui Resort. We stayed here on the first part of our trip.

Enjoy the videos, more will be coming in the future… hopefully.

All Hawaii Photos Online!

Ryan — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:21:25 +0000

I finally finished getting all of the photos from our recent trip to Hawaii online. You can see all of the pictures that Jamie and I took by looking at the Flickr tag ryjamHI08. You can see all of the photos that I took in my Hawaii Vacation collection.

The next part is to go over the video that we took and put some of that online too. Hopefully I can get that done before the month is over.

Carrier: Life aboard the USS Nimitz

Ryan — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:11:44 +0000

Starting this past Monday on PBS I happened to stumble upon a documentary titled “Carrier” (website). This show is a ten part series that was airing two hour long segments each night this week. For some reason this show captured my attention right away and I have now seen the entire series. I think, for me, the part that fasciniates me is how they live their lives on the carrier while they are out at sea. There are the typical story lines that you hear when it comes to military families (e.g., baby born out to sea, the government owns me, I miss my family), but it was really interesting to see how these sailors reacted throughout the series when it came to these themes in their lives.

The ten hour series covers the entire six month deployment of the USS Nimitz from back in 2005. The series did a good job of mixing what life is like every day on the carrier with the life changing experience it gives the sailors. Some of those experiences are extremely beneficial to some sailors who may have otherwise gotten themselves into trouble back home, while others are more heart wrenching, like the birth of a new child or even missing their children who they have to leave back home.

Overall, the series was a great watch, it is in HD (which I love, because I’m an HD junkie), and it provided a view into the lives of those on the carrier like I’ve never seen in another show before. If you have the chance and you missed it on PBS, all of the episodes are available online at pbs.org.

Day 2 Hawaii Photos Online

Ryan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:05:31 +0000

Jamie Blue » Originally uploaded by rprins.

The second day’s worth of Hawaii photos are now online. These are from Friday, April 11th. On this day we spent some time on the beach, went to the Feast at Lele, and I asked Jamie to marry me. Unfortunately there aren’t any photos of the proposal, but we have some “fake” ones coming up that we took on Wakiki Beach on our last night. You can check out the full set here.