Archive for January, 2007



Maybe they should just put us on payroll

One day after the Tempest in a Pizza Box, the P-I’s got another story that appears ripped from the pages of West Seattle Blog (but with a few new details, such as, who’s trying to buy, and build on, that big front yard).

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this. Apparently Adobe has acquired a little company called Antepo:
Adobe is pleased to announce that it has acquired Antepo, Inc. Antepo is a technology company that developed the Antepo Open Presence Network (OPN) System — an award-winning platform for Enterprise Instant Messaging and Presence capabilities — […]

Tim Sneath showcased a Windows Presentation Foundation app today over on his blog for the British Library. This thing is absolutely awesome and shows why 3D interfaces are not just frivolous eye candy. In this case, the books really seem to come alive. Tim has all the info on the application, so I’ll just […]

No Tunnel Alliance Officially Endorses New Viaduct

From an email sent to No Tunnel Alliance supporters earlier tonight:At the January 30th general meeting of No Tunnel Alliance, the following resolution was passed without opposition, +++++++++ The No Tunnel Alliance members endorse a NO on Measure 1, Hybrid/…

Calendar Blogging or ‘Clogging’

This is a classic case of history repeating itself, and it cracked me up. Lately I’ve been jotting things down in Google Calendar after-the-fact, as a way for me to historically mark days or events as having happened for future reference. Before this, I had been taking the traditional (or at least I think it’s traditional) approach of adding things to my calendar that were still forthcoming at the time. Tonight, I was thinking about how adding things to my calendar after-the-fact almost seemed like a really stripped-down version of blogging. Then I thought to myself…”calendar blogging”…”calendar + blogging”…”clogging!”

At that moment in time I thought, “I should really blog this” (in the traditional place, of course), but decided to do a quick check via Google just to be sure. The first link that popped up for a search for ‘calendar blogging’ was Calendar Blogging - Clogging, an article written by a German by the name of Matthew Langham back in 2002.

And here I was thinking I was being all ingenuitive and stuff.

Tara McPherson

I?ve been a big fan of Tara McPherson?s work for a long time now. She?s an amazing illustrator with a fun, quirky and visceral style that?s familiar but unlike anything else I can think of.

Vista Launched today and I wrote a bunch of nice things about it on my ZDNet blog. I thought we were friends. Then I brought home my new cell phone, a Motorola Q and Vista and I had a falling out.
I love the phone. I’ve been hearing great things about the BlackJack, but I’m […]

T-Minus 7 Days: Friends of Seattle Launch Party

7 days left! Our launch event is on Tue the 6th from 6:00-8:00 PM. Become a member to help us change Seattle. More details and RSVP here. From our website:Do you dream about a more urban and sustainable city? Does…

Light Blogging

We’re working on some Viaduct campaign stuff, so we will be blogging lightly until further notice….

Chopper-buzz update: The police tell all

Tonight, thanks to helpful Cindi from MorganJunction.org, we have actual police info about last week’s incident that kept some WSers awake thanks to chopper involvement. A lieutenant from the Southwest Precinct sent her this explanation of (a) the crime and (b) why one inquiring caller couldn’t find anything out:
The call was a burglary with two […]