August 2011
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A hilarious re-telling of that stupid Gizmodo... →
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Written by my friend Kiala, who is obviously on the right side of judging others on the internet.
Awesome.
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Hurricane Preparation : The Basics →
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1. Stalk up on batteries and powdered milk.
2. Compose several hurricane-related jokes; upload said jokes to your Twitter Hootsuite account; schedule your jokes to be Tweeted at hourly intervals on Sunday August 28, 2011 i.e., the day said hurricane’s spouting winds will rape & pillage New…
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Dave Knows Swag →
WatchHere’s a lovely song/interview with the great Ural Thomas, via Into The Woods. Thomas is playing at the Oregon Rocks concert and exhibition this Thursday. Get your tickets here, dudes.
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There were an excessive amount of police in North...
In case you were wondering where all of the police in Portland were yesterday, let me tell you: There were several (many?) officers patrolling Williams and Vancouver at rush hour yesterday - all on motorcycles, and all pulling cars over for whatever illegal driving stuff CONSTANTLY. Your editor had to circle between Williams and Vancouver a few times last night looking for a parking spot for,...
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Portland is the kinkiest city ever →
Finally, everyone! We’re victorious! It’s been a rough year for our civic pride here in Portland. We lost our craft beer title to…uh, where? Ashland or something? And then we lost our most-bike-friendly city title to goddamn Minneapolis, where it is actually below freezing for a billion months a year. But don’t worry: We are now officially the kinkiest city in the...
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Here's what Gawker has to say about Oregon
Gawker is running down its list of the worst states in America at the moment, and Oregon came in at number 43! Pretty good, but one place behind sucky old Washington, which sucks. Booo! Anyway, here’s what Gawker had to say about our fine state, plucked verbatium from the list:
43. Oregon
Washington’s neighbor to the south, Oregon is a place you’ll want to, uh, make a trail...
Here is the new Decemberists video that you can't... →
The New York Times hates you, so they don’t let you imbed their videos. Anyway, here’s the new Decmeberists video for Calamity Song, based on DFW’s Infinite Jest. BUT NOT THE WHOLE BOOK, for fuck’s sake, that would take forever.
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Off to nature again.
Camping for the fifth weekend this summer. And swimming this time, for sure. It’s going to be HOT in this piece, yo.
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Portland's bomb squad saves Portland from tennis... →
Oh, this is great. You know that thing, where kids can make bombs out of a tennis ball if they cut open the tennis ball and fill it with match heads? And then you throw the tennis ball at the wall to make it explode? That’s fun. Anyway, earlier today, Portland’s bomb squad got called to Arbor Lodge park to save the city from a tennis ball with a wire sticking out of it.
They also...
Junk With Paint | Thrillist →
The big homey Tom is FAMOUS AS FUCK this morning, thanks to the folks at Thrillist and their nice little feature story about Tom’s window art. It’s kind of chit-chatty, isn’t it, this “Thrillist”? Anyway, check it out, buy some of Tom’s dope window art, etc.
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Portland became even more Porlandy today
Curbside composting! Bike sharing! OMFG EVERYBODY IT’S LIKE WE LIVE IN PORTLAND BUT TIMES A BILLION OTHER PORTLANDS.
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USA Today story about PSU's Electric Avenue...
“Here’s a cool idea: Portland State University in Oregon has created its own Electric Avenue. But instead of being a TV show for kids on PBS, this Electric Avenue showcases electric cars and charging stations.”
Ugh, shut up. And this is the most-read newspaper in the country?
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Zero For Ninety in 2011 →
It is weird that it hasn’t been properly hot in Portland this year. But most of the past month has been really, exceedingly nice, too. I’ll take that over what the rest of the country has had to deal with this summer.
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ON SECOND THOUGHT: Re: Groupon story in the WW
Ok, look: The Groupon story in the Wiliie is still a pretty good read, but, on a second evaluation, I feel like all of the story’s anger toward Groupon is misdirected. At least a bit.
First of all, taking part in a Groupon promotion is inherently bad business. And any suggestion by Groupon that taking part in a promotion will lead to a larger customer base and sustained business is merely...
Groupon horror stories in Portland →
Here’s your fun story about how awful spam email producer Groupon harms local stores and restaurants, from this week’s Willie. It’s long, so watch out. BUT READ IT IT’S GOOD kthx.
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Crafty: The Oregonian News Network & Beer &... →
Linking to a story on Byron Beck’s site this morning with photos from last Friday’s Beer & Blog action. It really was quite a good time. There are some photos of your editor in the slideshow somewhere.
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The folks from Grilled Cheese Grill talk about... →
Love this episode of Organic City Sounds. Food cart folks talking about cart culture, their growth, why it is trendy but will likely outlive the trendiness of it, etc. It’s Friday. I know you have seven extra minutes.
Also, Baconfest is happening →
Another year, another Baconfest: Robert Wagner’s tribute to bacon, world’s second-greatest breakfast food, after eggs.
We went last year and took loads of goofy photos. It was great. But, it’s like we said last year: MOAR BACON PLZ. Not bacon-flavored m&ms. Not bacon vodka shots that are basically an express train to diarrheaville. Just actual pans of bacon. I’ll...
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As the Mercury says: My, what a fucking busy... →
Lots of shit going on this weekend, right? Like, all of your summertime events packed into three days, right?
Ok. Alberta Street Fair is on Saturday. It’s kind of for kids, but there are three stages of music staggered all day, and a beer garden, and plus you can get all boozy and ride your bike drunk on Alberta street with NO TRAFFIC duh. There are a few other things we like going on...
Why won’t eBay sell all my worthless, unwanted... →
Ha. One of my personal fav blog posts ever. Loved this blog. I should start doing it again.
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- The Get Up Kids, Mass Pike
For all of you old...
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IBM and Portland team up to see into city's future... →
This project seems nifty, but why doesn’t the city open them up to the public, so citizens can plug in data and basically crowdsource ways to solve current and future problems? I’m sure the city and IBM have come up with great interactive models, but, I mean, why not open it up?
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WatchA gentrification map of Albina, including all of the small businesses that existed along N. Williams in 1956.
via this amazing article in The Skanner.
