Two Months and We Can’t “Bear” It

It's official – Chuck Bear is two months old. We can't handle all the cuteness ourselves. We have to share. So prepare to "Bear" the incredible cuteness. And a Brown Dog photo bomb.



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Backyard Sports Science

The Brown has decided he loves to catch frisbees. We break it down with a little Backyard Sports Science. Filed under: media, shenanigans, video, wildlife Tagged: chocolate, dog, frisbee, funny, lab, lewis, puppy, video



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WildDog at Work: A Ruff Day with IKEA

Why put together one large IKEA bookshelf when you can assemble four of them? Luckily, WildDog was on hand to supervise. When you’ve got a massive book storage problem, the only solution is to go to IKEA, right? And while you’re there, you really should spend 2 hours wandering the Swedish jungle only to select [...]



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Variable Depth of Field Images

From the mad scientist video lab comes: Variable Depth of Field Images.

Variable DOF images are interactive photos that allow you to change the focal point of the photo while you view it. You click on a part of the image and that part of the image pops into focus. In other words, the focal point is "variable."

When I learned how to do this, it triggered my evil laugh reflex and I had to experiment. Here are a couple of my hastily assembled attempts.

Shout out to Eric for pointing me to this lifehacker post which features this nifty variable DOF generater by Chaos Collective.

Attempt #1: Kitchen Table

1. Arrange cactus and candy.
2. Use wide open aperture.
3. Eat candy.
4. Do not eat cactus.

Attempt #2: WildDog

1. Set up camera.
2. Bribe subject.
3. Work quickly.

Attempt #3: WildDog

4 months, 40 pounds

Lewis is packing on the pounds at a clip of 10 per month. As you can see, he takes everything very seriously -- including his food.

At this rate, the vet estimates Lewis will reach 90 lbs.

Yup. Ninety.

Now's the time to teach him to walk calmly and not attack humans in search of a scratch behind the ears. Before we know it, Lewis will be the one taking his humans for a walk.

you dirty dog

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