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We have a new Nurture sign and with it comes a lot of exciting changes at Nurture. More on that soon, I promise. Until then, take a peek at our lovely sign. Thank you to Patrick Carson for all of your help and fabulous sign-making skills!
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Smack.
Long Story Short: The Blazers use timely defense to thwart Sacramento's repeated stabs at the rim, hobbling the Kings enough that Portland's own (somewhat clumsy) paint attack prevails.
The Game
Circle two names on your scorecard tonight: Nicolas Batum ...
(Portland, OR, March 5, 2010) - American Medical Response (AMR) is making preparations for the 2010 season of its successful River Rescue Program—with a grant of $7000 from the Troutdale Booster Club (now known as the Oregon River Safety Association). For nearly 30 years, the Sandy River in Troutdale was ...
Adams says Green Streets funding plan a “double-win” and won’t increase sewer rates
BikePortland.org
1 hour, 18 minutes ago
“Over the past two years, actual contract costs have come in much lower than the estimates on which rates were based. These significant savings mean we can make these Green Streets investments without impacting rate payers.”
— Mayor Sam Adams
Last week, the City released the ordinance language behind Mayor Sam ...
There it is.
The League of American Bicyclists has just sent out a press release confirming what I speculated (and all but confirmed) earlier today — Google has turned on biking directions for Google Maps.
Google will publicly announce the big news at Wednesday morning’s Opening Plenary Session. About the ...
Learn how to leverage advanced SEO tools to improve the performance of your website.
Speakers:
Rand Fishkin - SEOmoz
Richard Zwicky – Enquisite
Moderator:
Scott Hendison
Liveblogger:
Live blogging by Rachel Andersen of Anvil Media, a Portland SEM Agency.
Session Details
10 Problems SEOs Face – and the Tools to Solve Them (Rand ...
It’s looking like my class this Thursday will be my last. No, not for the term, but for life.
Which raises the prospect of giving a proverbial “last lecture” in my “Writing for the Media” class.
I’m inclined to not let my students know that on Thursday I ...
Hey all, there’s a party in need of a food cart. BARISTA, Billy Wilson’s espresso joint, is having a one year anniversary party on Saturday the 13th and wanted to give people a sneak peak at their new location on NE Alberta. They want a food cart to ...
12:30pm Briefing on Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Conceptual Design Report
Just a warm-up for the hearing next month (April 13).
1:14pm Hearing on Portland Plan background documents
Some of the testimony points toward a conflict point we’re likely to see later in the process: environmentalists lining up to ...
March 18: Multisite features and more in WordPress 3.0
Portland WordPress User Group
3 hours, 23 minutes ago
Join us March 18th as Aaron Jorbin demonstrates the new multisite, custom post type, and menu management features coming in WordPress 3.0. This will be an opportunity to see some of the biggest changes to WordPress in quite some time. Some of the things Aaron will go through include ...
Red Cross responds to Gresham Apartment Fire
American Red Cross - Oregon Trail Chapter
4 hours, 9 minutes ago
Disaster Responders from the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross are responding to a single apartment fire in Gresham. They will assist 2 adults and 2 teenagers with their emergency needs - including food, clothing and shelter. The apartment was totally destroyed.
Video: 254 seconds: Kenton Library opens, tour the inside
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
4 hours, 28 minutes ago
Featured Teaser:
Kenton library EXPOSED!!!!
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At long last, the Kenton branch of the Multnomah Library System opened on Monday March 7th. A grand opening ceremony and party is scheduled for this Saturday March 13th.
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH & Wacom Technology Corporation Present: Light Troupe Drawing in the Fourth Dimension
Calagator: Events
5 hours, 17 minutes ago
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH & Wacom Technology Corporation Present: Light Troupe Drawing in the Fourth Dimension
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 from 6–8:30pm
705 N. Killingsworth St.
Portland , OR 97217
US
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Come on out and join Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH & Wacom Technology Corporation as they present:
Light Troupe ...
Hey folks. I'm back. Sort of. I've moved over to Wordpress at www.elizabethfuss.com. Please come check it out. You can see my blog, plus recipes, plus links to my other writing and even my resume. Exciting, right?
Let me know what you think, k?
PDXPUG
Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 7–9pm
1731 SE 10th Avenue
Portland , OR 97214
US
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PDXPUG monthly meeting.
Where: FreeGeek
When: 7pm 18 Mar, 2010
Who: you!
What: PostgreSQL 9.0alpha testing party
Drinks afterward at the SE Lucky Lab.
Links
Tags
pdxpug, postgres, postgresql ...
MARC developer asks City Council to delay Coliseum redevelopment process
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
5 hours, 58 minutes ago
Featured Teaser:
DJC reports on story broken by the Sentinel
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Last week, we reported on the unease of Memorial Coliseum redesign finalist Douglas Obletz regarding the city's current Coliseum operating agreement with Portland Arena Management.
Obletz, a principal with the firm Sheils Obletz Johnsen, which proposed the ...
Up-to-date strategies for achieving prominence within Local Search listings
SEMpdx » blog
6 hours, 32 minutes ago
Local Search SearchFest 2010 Session
Up-to-date strategies for achieving prominence within Local Search listings.
Speakers:
Mary Bowling – SEOverflow
Matt McGee – Small Business SEM
Chris Silver Smith –KeyRelevance
Moderator:
David Mihm
Liveblogger:
John McPhee of Anvil Media, a Portland SEM agency
Session Details
David Mihm has taken the stage to discuss ...
Unbeknownst to me until now, Spring is conference season. For the next two and half months, I’m attending a conference every two weeks. I’m already looking forward to June when the conference gauntlet ends.
One of the conferences I’m looking forward to the most is the Voices ...
5:30pm Neon Night Ride Old Town Pizza, 226 NW Davis St Portland's Neon signs dazzle all through out downtown. Join a loop ride seeing some of the best. Bring cameras!
I'm trying to clean out the ridiculous amount of crap in my house, and this is part of it. It’s a Sugino crankset (170mm, 110/74 bcd triple, square taper of course) that I bought on ebay for the midlifecrisismobile several months ago. I ended up not using ...
Go Portland Tech
Friday, March 26, 2010 from 6–8:30pm
107 SE Washington St., Suite 520
Portland , Oregon 97214
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Go Portland Tech is a chance for everyone involved in Portland technology to come try their hand at Go, a game that is loved by geeks the ...
THE MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA KEEPS TRYING TO SPIN ITS RIDERSHIP FIGURES
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
7 hours, 42 minutes ago
THEY INCREASE MAX SERVICE BY 25% AT THE SAME TIME CUTTING BUS SERVICE AND WONDER WHY MAX RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING WHILE BUS RIDERSHIP IS DECREASING?
SPIN SPIN SPIN, THE CREATE THE REALITY THEN TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE HOW GREAT THINGS ARE!
Green Wok, Brief Review Overall Service Food Quality Atmosphere Vegan Options 8.5 9 8.5 8 10 Location:v 11137 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR 97219 503-246-1683 Hours: Sun-Thurs 11am-9m, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm,
Buffet lunch M-F Times Visited: 5
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Step inside of Green Wok, and it’s easy to believe ...
Via Leo Laporte, If I was traveling through a strange and foreign land, like maybe Petaluma, I’d want one of these with me:
On the other hand, it would probably be an easy way to get thrown out of a restaurant. Can you imagine the chefs face? “hmm… a ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
7 hours, 57 minutes ago
Screenshot from the just-launched
PeopleForBikes.org.
At tonight’s opening reception of the National Bike Summit, national non-profit group Bikes Belong will announce the People for Bikes campaign.
A tri-fold promo brochure being handed out here at the Summit reads:
“Millions of Americans ride bicycles and recognize the economic, social ...
Cary Clarke came to Portland in 2002 to play music in a band, but as he immersed himself in our city’s vibrant creative culture, his focus shifted from his own artistic potentials and aspirations to those of his new hometown as a whole.
In 2004, Cary co-founded PDX Pop ...
Tools & Competitive Intelligence SearchFest 2010 Session
Learn more about your competitors. This session will teach you how to gain the insights necessary via tools to help facilitate advantageous business decisions.
Speakers:
Neil Patel – ACS
Jordan Kasteler – Search and Social
Brian Carter – Fuel Interactive
Session Details
Brian Carter was the first ...
City Council will decide on new funding for Portland Bike Plan tomorrow
BTA Blog
8 hours, 25 minutes ago
During the past few months, hundreds of community members have rallied at City Hall, attended Community Budget Hearings, and written to City Council in support of the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030. Together, we asked City Council to take critical first steps beyond adopting the plan to identify new funding ...
Photo by Tim Labarge
If you’re walking along the east edge of Mt. Tabor Park, as I was last weekend, you can see the house Webster Wilson designed and occupies nestled into the hillside just beyond the park’s picnic tables.
The house, which was included in last year ...
Look what I found chained up in downtown — it’s the Tripod, a three-wheeled velomobile made by Columbia Cycle Works, LLC. And it’s a mighty pretty thing, in my humble opinion.
If you want to go truly green with your commute, you should walk or ride a bike. Unfortunately ...
Inaugural Celebration in honor of Emma Allen, new Radical Women Organizer
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
8 hours, 49 minutes ago
When:
03/20/2010 - 7:00pm
Celebrate the hundredth anniversary of International Women's Day by saluting the emergent leadership of Portland Radical Women Organizer-elect, Emma Allen. Saturday, March 20 at 7pm, the Bread and Roses Center, 819 N. Killingsworth, Portland (on Tri-Met lines #4 and #72). International buffet served ...
Landing Page Testing
Great session full of tips, and excellent advice about how to deal with landing page testing and optimization. Please bare with my gross spelling and grammatical errors, and special shout out to Evan Davies for the use of his laptop.
Mary Huffman kicked off the session by ...
Hello Dear Readers,
Last Night I did not go to a show. For Shame! If you did please a comment about what show it was that you saw and how great and/or horrible it was. I on the other hand, got out of AristeiA practice at 9 and then ...
Bikestation DC has a location
that’s impossible to miss.
- Slideshow below-
(Photos © J. Maus)
Today I took a peek at the latest and most conspicuous addition to Washington D.C.’s transportation infrastructure — Bikestation DC.
Opened for business only since last October (it was under construction last time I ...
EcoTuesday - Portland
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 from 6–8pm
322 nw 6th ave, suite 200
Portland , Oregon 97209
US
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EcoTuesday is committed to changing the way people do business. The monthly event provides a structured environment where sustainable business leaders network with one another and gain insight from ...
EcoTuesday - Portland
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 from 6–8pm
322 nw 6th ave, suite 200
Portland , Oregon 97209
US
(map)
EcoTuesday is committed to changing the way people do business. The monthly event provides a structured environment where sustainable business leaders network with one another and gain insight from ...
EcoTuesday - Portland
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 6–8pm
322 nw 6th ave, suite 200
Portland , Oregon 97209
US
(map)
EcoTuesday is committed to changing the way people do business. The monthly event provides a structured environment where sustainable business leaders network with one another and gain insight from ...
EcoTuesday - Portland
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 6–8pm
322 nw 6th ave, suite 200
Portland , Oregon 97209
US
(map)
EcoTuesday is committed to changing the way people do business. The monthly event provides a structured environment where sustainable business leaders network with one another and gain insight from ...
For the first time in a year, systemwide ridership is up
TriMet News and Service Alerts
9 hours, 47 minutes ago
Sally Ingus Wilder debuts
This month’s Miss Thing: Broadway Babes on Wednesday is a tribute to all things showtune. Hosted by Heklina and the ladies of Trannyshack, San Francisco Miss Thing takes to the Fez (316 SW 11th Ave) monthly to showcase thematic drag numbers that have a chance ...
read more at qPDX - Queer news, views and events for Portland
This week, as usual, we rolled into Deschutes Portland and were gladdened by the presence of some interesting new brews.
A cheap low-power home entertainment PC running Boxee on linux 64 bit (and XP, sigh, brickbats to Netflix)
bottleworld.net
9 hours, 56 minutes ago
Last month I finally got sick of cleaning peanut butter off DVD’s. Between me and the 4.5 year old, there probably was a grocery store stuck in there, and a corresponding amount of skipping. We’d turned to online streaming services like Hulu, which sat on remote servers ...
American Red Cross Breakfast of Champions Photos/Video Available
American Red Cross - Oregon Trail Chapter
10 hours, 6 minutes ago
Following this morning's American Red Cross Breakfast of Champions event, photos are currently being added to http://www.oregonredcross.org/2010Heroes. Images include hero portraits, award presentations and photos from the "Red Cross Experience" exhibit, which has now closed for the day.
Videos of four heroes (Jack the Chihuahua ...
Take steps now to preserve community access television and free speech. At the city of Portland budget hearing yesterday, Commissioner Amanda Fritz said that if people are concerned about public access television (Portland Community Media) and want to prevent more budget cuts and in fact restore funding to PCM, they ...
This morning, BeerAdvocate tweeted that they were soliciting comments to this hypothesis:
From what the bro and I have been reading, it appears that most people feel that special release beer events have gone too far. Generally speaking, these special release day beers gain an insane amount of hype, get ...
One of this week’s most interesting reads is by Associated Press writer David Runk, published in the Detroit News under the headline Detroit Wants to Save Itself by Shrinking.
The crux: Much of the city has become so bleak and uninhabitable that Mayor Dave Bing and other city leaders ...
Defiant Haiti: Lessons from the 18th-Century Slave Insurrection
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
10 hours, 20 minutes ago
When:
03/28/2010 - 3:00pm
What can we learn today from the only successful slave revolt in human histroy? Explore the powerful rebellion led by Toussaint L'Ouverture that defeated the forces of France, Britain and Spain to establish an independent Republic. Share your ideas about the interconnections of ...
I was alone for several hours yesterday at home with Monroe, who's two-and-a-half, and contemplating my plans for next year in the backdrop of a book I have been reading, the fascinating and inspiriting Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes. Truman was out on ...
Foursquare Introduces New Tools for Businesses
eleven3, Portland Web Design, Solid CSS Websites, Built Green
10 hours, 52 minutes ago
This is a big deal. Think of it as visitor analytics for real life. If I was foursquare I would try to be THE location API to which all location-based games build upon. Even if it's just for the traffic.
read more at eleven3, Portland Web Design, Solid CSS Websites, Built Green
Whiting Tennis, "Bitter Lake Compound", courtesy Greg Kucera Gallery/Portland Art Museum
This Thursday (March 11) the Portland Art Museum will host the latest in its ongoing series of artist talks, in which artists and other creatives select pieces in the museum’s permanent collection to talk about with an ...
By the shuffleboard table in the Broadway Brewery:
Old guy: You guys want to buy me a beer before I go home?
Young guys playing shuffleboard: Nope. Not at all. Have a good night."
Old guy: Shuffleboard, eh? Shuffle it up your ASS!
- Overheard by Eric
Blogosphere SearchFest 2010 Session
Boosting Performance Through Connection
Speakers:
Matt Inman – The Oatmeal
Rebecca Kelley – Formally 10 e 20 now a TBA company
Moderator:
Anne Kennedy
Liveblogger:
Christian Bullock of Amplify Interactive, a Portland Oregon SEM agency
Session Details
Rebecca started off the session with the Basics of Blogging. Why ...
This Thursday: East Burn’s Beer Belly Dinner With 21st Amendment Brewing
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
11 hours, 4 minutes ago
From our partners @ East Burn
BEER BELLY DINNER with 21st AMENDMENT BREWING and Brewer Shaun O’Sullivan!
Thursday, March 11th 2010
6:30pm-9:30pm
East Burn chiefs, Jeff Pagel and Joe Daugherty will be cooking up a storm to pair with five courses of high quality craft brew. From the ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
School board approves resolution to bring changes to PPS high school system
Portland Public Schools News
11 hours, 19 minutes ago
In a 5-2 vote (with student representative Henry Johnson also voting yes), the Portland School Board tonight approved a resolution that directs Superintendent Smith to develop a proposal within 45 days that would provide specific recommendations on the future of PPS’ high school system.
Making Friends & Generating Business (Facebook) SearchFest 2010 Session
SEMpdx » blog
11 hours, 26 minutes ago
Making Friends & Generating Business
4 Point Plan for Facebook Domination
Speaker: Will Scott
1st remember to have a good time…and don’t interrupt people having a good time. Rules:
- Be real
- Give to receive
- Don’t be a jerk
4 Point Plan to Facebook Domination
- Get team involved
- Reach ...
Blogosphere SearchFest 2010
Live blogging from Leisa Hall of Anvil Media, a Portland SEM Agency
Speaker: Mike Roberts, SpyFu
- Know the keywords that your competitors are buying and get to “the best” keywords they have. What happens when a competitor buys a keyword? They are willing to bet their hard ...
Recently, Jessica and I took the plunge into Cell Phone land. After years of working without them, it was becoming evident that my business work was suffering a bit. Also, since we don’t have long distance on our house phone, Jessica wasn’t talking with her family as much ...
Tax time is much easier when you use software. You may have entered your records, receipts, expenses, and income into your software throughout the year. If so, you are almost done before you start!
Even if you've not keep your records up to date, good tax preparation software will ...
[Twitter] PublicAlerts: NWS advises precip arriving this PM means snow levels remain at or below 1000-ft thru Wed AM. Rain/snow mix poss at lower elevations. ^MC
Public Alerts
11 hours, 52 minutes ago
PublicAlerts: NWS advises precip arriving this PM means snow levels remain at or below 1000-ft thru Wed AM. Rain/snow mix poss at lower elevations. ^MC
Advanced SQL Tuning Tips and Techniques with Dan Hotka, 15-16 March 2010
Calagator: Events
11 hours, 57 minutes ago
Advanced SQL Tuning Tips and Techniques with Dan Hotka, 15-16 March 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 4pm through Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4pm
Oracle University Centre Kista
Stockholm
Stockholm , Stockholm 164 28
Sweden
(map)
The course starts out with a complete overview of the Oracle architecture so students ...
***THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT. JOSHUA PLOEG MAKES AMAZING FOOD. FOR REALS.***
Thursday, April 1, 2010
7:00pm – 10:00pm
The Artistery, 4315 SE Division St. Portland
Joshua Ploeg cooks a delicious seven course vegan dinner.
Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow curate a document library and portable museum of classified ...
Mississippi, Alberta Break-in Bandit caught?
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
11 hours, 58 minutes ago
Has one of the key players in a series of commerical and residential break-ins along N. Mississippi and NE Alberta finally been caught. Has the recent crime along these streets been the cause of a select few or many small groups. A group of teenagers was recently arrested in St ...
My pal Sharon Oreck, in whose Los Feliz kitchen I sit, is releasing her first book, Video Slut, on May 20. She'll be reading in LA and NY.
Flowers Restaurant, Seattle
once again, I’m back after a bit out of town. this time, it was for a few days in Seattle. while I was there, I decided my next realistic dream job involves frequent travel and keeping Portland as my home base. I certainly can’t afford ...
Looking at the box score from Sunday night’s loss to the Nuggets, it doesn’t look as if the Trail Blazers offense was the problem. They scored 106 points,
Reminder – $100 Prize In Limerick Contest!
An Exploration of Portland Food and Drink
12 hours, 32 minutes ago
There have not been many entries in the food limerick contest this year. Remember, the first prize is a $75.00 gift certificate from Accanto and a $25.00 gift certificate from Bruce Bauer over at Vino Buys. Second prize $25.00 gift certificate to Story Teller Wine Company, and ...
Learn how to create content to drive search traffic . . . and, motivate visitors.
SEMpdx » blog
12 hours, 53 minutes ago
Content SearchFest 2010 Session
Learn how to create content to drive search traffic . . . and, motivate visitors.
Speakers:
Heather Lloyd Martin – SuccessWorks
Stoney DeGeyter – Pole Position Marketing
Moderator:
Todd Mintz
Liveblogger:
John McPhee of Anvil Media, a Portland SEM agency
Session Details
Todd just introduced Stoney…there’s some confusion on ...
Join the new Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Facebook Group
TriMet News and Service Alerts
13 hours ago
Keep up with project progress and join the conversation at the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Facebook Group! More
Tourist Video: “The Visiting Librarian’s Guide to Portland” | PLA Conference
Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
13 hours, 1 minute ago
The Visiting Librarian’s Guide to Portland
March 04, 2010
Later this month, the Public Library Association will have its annual conference in Portland. Therefore, some local library students made a video to introduce the attendees to Portland. Most Portlanders will not find new information on this video, but it ...
read more at Portland Music, Art, Events, Entertainment, Sustainability | PDX PIPELINE
Apply for $1,000 mini-grants to promote walking and biking to school
BTA Blog
13 hours, 9 minutes ago
The National Center for Safe Routes to School is now accepting applications for $1,000 mini-grants from organizations and groups with creative ideas that support safe walking and bicycling to school and youth-focused activities for elementary and middle schools. Applications are due by April 7, 2010.
More details from the ...
Morrison Bridge back in September.
(Photo: Elly Blue)
It’s been a very long time in the making, but according to The Oregonian’s Joseph Rose, Multnomah County is set to open the new bikeway on the Morrison Bridge by this Friday.
Here’s the blurb from The Oregonian:
“After ...
we are happy to announce an event for rex burkholder to help him get elected to as president of portland metro next thursday march 18th at 6 o’clock pm. rex started the bicycle transportation alliance and is working hard to keep the portland area moving in the right direction ...
My mom used to hate going to the grocery store. As a kid, I couldn't understand that! The grocery store was like a theme park! Bright lights! Colorful products! Tempting treats at eye level. Muzak playing softly overhead. What was NOT to love?
Flash forward 40 years. I hate ...
Speak up for new bike lanes on NW Bethany Blvd in Washington County
BTA Blog
13 hours, 27 minutes ago
People who live or bike in Washington County are invited to attend a neighborhood open house on Tuesday, March 30 to discuss proposed improvements, including bike lanes, planned for NW Bethany Boulevard between NW Bronson Drive and West Union Road.
Tell the county and project team that bike lanes are ...
BREAKING: Gov. Kulongoski appoints Wheeler as Interim State Treasurer, sparking major MultCo political shuffle
Portland Sentinel - Ever Vigilant
13 hours, 28 minutes ago
Featured Teaser:
Novick to file for MultCo County Chair seat; Collymore running for Cogen's seat
Teaser Image:
Last fall's Senate shuffle's got nothing on this morning's political developments. Here's the scoop, courtesy of WWeek and BlueOregon:
-Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced this morning that he was ...
Live blogging from Rachel Andersen of Anvil Media, a Portland SEM agency.
Stefan Weitz discusses the shift in the behaviors of searchers and how marketers will need to adjust their strategies. Gone are the days of searchers doing a simple keyword search, where a URL is pulled up in the ...
Oregon, here’s your new State Treasurer (on a bike of course!)
BikePortland.org
13 hours, 51 minutes ago
Ted Wheeler, State Treasurer.
(Photos © J. Maus)
Earlier today, the BlueOregon blog broke the news that Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler has accepted an appointment by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to be State Treasurer (filling the void left by the late Ben Westlund).
The news is a blow to our ...
No. 242 – Vegan Dinner Invites, More Crappy Plaques, Timbers vs. Sounders in a So-Called Friendly Match, and The Ever Evolving Tale of People Who Waste Our Time
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ActiveTrak (formerly GadgetTrak) lands first round of funding for thief-nabbing technology
Silicon Florist
14 hours, 2 minutes ago
One of the most interesting boostrapped companies I’ve followed during my tenure here on Silicon Florist has to be ActiveTrak (the startup formerly known as GadgetTrak). And honestly, I always saw them as a dark horse around here.
They have a compelling consumer-focused product that helps people recover stolen ...
Last week I went to the MacTarnahan's Taproom to chat with folks about new beers and brands. Mark Carver invited me out, and he may now be the longest-tenured guy left at Mac's. We were joined by Pyramid President Mike Brown and brewers Tom Bleigh and Vasilios Gletsos ...
Summit: Record attendance and a big announcement from Google?
BikePortland.org
14 hours, 15 minutes ago
Finally?!
(Graphic: Peter Smith)
The League of American Bicyclists just announced record attendance for the 10th annual National Bike Summit. They’ve also announced a new speaker for tomorrow morning’s Opening Plenary: Shannon Guymon of Google, Inc. Could Ms. Guymon be here to make a big announcement about adding ...
Now with over 4 million hits on YouTube, this ad is taking the nation by storm. Craig Allen and Eric Kallman have ignited Isaiah Mustafa career. His twitter account says he will be on the Morning Show, Oprah, and now there a campaign to get him to be a host ...
In case you missed it (and your liver might thank you if you had), Lucky Lab's Barleywine and Big Beer Fest this year was a huge success. Everything you'd expect from a beer festival, the selection was exceptional, the atmosphere was welcoming, and the crowds were not overwhelming.
Portland Functional Programming Study Group
Monday, May 10, 2010 from 7–9pm
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Portland , Oregon
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ABOUT: Join programmers, researchers and enthusiasts to discuss functional programming. pdxfunc is a study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group ...
NePo Suet Company - Premium, Handcrafted Suet
Portland Oregon Backyard Birds
14 hours, 44 minutes ago
Hello to all! Sorry that we have not posted in almost a month, but we have been really busy with our new business, NePo Suet Company! We officially started NePo Suet last month and have been going gangbusters since then.
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We have been making suet for quite a while now ...
Here’s Flatlined, the newest release of my 20art10 project (in which I release a new fine art print every week).
The photo is available as a standard print or on canvas (with a few sizes of each). To view sizes/prices, click on the photo and then click the ...
Dean Oliver of the Denver Nuggets and Kevin Pritchard of the Portland Trail Blazers participate in the 2010 Sloan Sports Analytics Conference's Basketball Analytics panel. Photos: Ben Golliver | Blazersedge
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Disclaimer: the following is 4,000+ words about a sports analytics conference. Buckle up.
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The Sloan ...
Portland Police Investigate Robbery With Shots Fired
Portland Police Bureau
15 hours, 10 minutes ago
On March 8th, 2010 at approximately 5:20 P.M., Portland Police Officers responded to a report of shots being fired in the area of S.E. 86th avenue and S.E. Woodstock Street. Officers arrived and determined that the shots were related to the robbery of a market at ...
With the early arrival of “magnolia season” here in town, I’m looking ahead to the year’s bounty in terms of things I can heat up a lot and force oil out of. Yep, it’s almost time to take the big ol’ Portuguese alembic copper pot still off ...
From the Portland Business Journal:
A controversial residential real estate company is expanding into Portland.
Seattle-based Redfin rebates a portion of agent commissions to clients, which is illegal in Oregon. The company plans to challenge the law; in the meantime it will instead donate a portion of buyer-side commissions to ...
Location: SW 9th and Alder
The Story:
You may know Valhalla Sandwiches from when they were in SE Portland down behind Dollar Scholar in 2009. In the past six months, they have done some moving about and even acquired a new cart. Now located at SW 9th and Alder, Valhalla ...
New images from Portland-based Stop Cycles
Joe Bike: Utility Cycles for Portland, Oregon
15 hours, 36 minutes ago
New images of the Proletariat “aggressive commuter” 29er from Dave Meredith of Stop Cycles. Arriving in April–order framesets and complete builds (Gates belt/Alfine/Avid BB7) now at Joe Bike. Other models include a mixte, a whole new frame design called the Malcolm (c)X (shown at bottom), and ...
I am writing this post from the Wordpress app on a Nokia N900 running Maemo 5. The app uses Qt.
Nice!
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SUBJECT: CRIME STOPPERS FEATURED CASE March 9, 2010
The Portland Police Bureau, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers, is asking for your help in identifying a robbery suspect caught on surveillance video.
On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at approximately 12:14 p.m., the Bank of America, located at 121 Southwest ...
Yesterday was my birthday. My 33rd birthday to be specific and look at that… I let the day go by without a blog post. Hmmm. How did that happen? How did I not remember to make my special day with a blog post etched indelibly on the face of the ...
Deadline Looms For Contractors To Get Lead-Safe Trained, Certified
Own a Portland Home
16 hours, 8 minutes ago
Having your house painted? Looking for new windows? Finally remodeling the house?
Painters, window installers, home remodelers and a bevy of other contractors you would normally hire have six weeks, until April 22nd, to abide by a new EPA rule mandating these renovators get trained and certified in lead-safe work ...
There are some events coming up and we wanted to let you know about them. Some are looking for carts to participate.
Seattle is hosting their 3rd annual Mobile Chowdown this Saturday, March 13. This event brings the best of Seattle’s food carts to a single location for their ...
Satisfy your Porteur rack’s Sisyphean cravings: Get a Swift Industries Pelican bag at Joe Bike
Joe Bike: Utility Cycles for Portland, Oregon
16 hours, 34 minutes ago
That rack can’t tell you you’re underutilizing him, so let us speak for him: he’s a mule, so treat him like one! Handmade in Seattle of rugged yet exquisite construction, the Pelican bag expands to hold more groceries than you ever thought an ordinary bike could carry ...
Lots to do and lots to share - Sunday, March 14th, 11am & Jupiter Hotel
Portland Latino Gay Pride
16 hours, 55 minutes ago
Planning committee members will be reporting back on vision and update of their specific events. Find out the latest on Chicas Who Brunch, Portland Latino Gay Pride Festival, Literary Event, and La Lucha Dance Party! Hope to see you -
Planning Meeting, Sunday, March 14, 11am @ Jupiter Hotel, 800 East Burnside ...
Whiting Tennis, "Bitter Lake Compound," 2007
PAM's artist talk series continues this week with Matthew Stadler, a novelist who also writes about art and architecture for various publications, including Frieze, Artforum, Volume, Fillip, and Domus. Stadler will discuss Mark Tobey's Western Town, 1944, and Whiting Tennis' Bitter Lake ...
Is Stumptown the New Starbucks — Or Better? is the provocative title of a Time Magazine story today by Josh Ozersky.
Coffee aficionados have been asking the question over and over again: is Portland’s Stumptown coffee, the most conspicuous exponent of Coffee’s “Third Wave,” the new Starbucks?
Interesting in trying out infant massage? Try it out at this FREE infant massage class at Milagros on March 18, 4pm:
Infant Massage is very beneficial for easing pain associated with colic, gas, constipation, and teething. The relaxing nature of massage also helps reduce stress, helping baby and you sleep ...
I’ve been hearing it for days and sort of refused to believe it.
I expected Oregon (or rather, Nike) to have a big-name ready to go for this job. The behind-the-scenes manipulations have probably been going on for a long time.
I don’t know that there are too ...
Lownsdale Square, for the Eighth Floor of a Parking Garage
Portland (OR) Daily Photo
18 hours, 19 minutes ago
I took this photo on Feb. 25, 2010. Look at the street at the top of the photo. See the circle in the center of the street? The Thompson Elk is in there, behind the tree trunk.
Here's some info on the square, from the Internet: Lownsdale Square, SW ...
Zombotica: Zombies vs. Robots takes place this Saturday, March 13th at Dante’s (1 SW 3rd).
It won’t be the end of the world. It will be better.
PDX.FM is behind this event, which promises to blow your mind and your circuits. Come dressed as a zombie or ...
Woah. What a weekend this was for knitters all across the land. We here at Twisted had so much fun, there wasn’t even any time for photo-taking! Suffice it to say that it was a weekend to remember for crafty folk in the Greater Portland area.
We did pick ...
I have no blog posts in me so you have to look at my knitting.
First up:
A sock. This is a top down plain old sock. I’m using some Koigu I bought years ago in LA. In LA, I went through a sort of yarn-buying compulsion. I was ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
21 hours, 54 minutes ago
INTERESTING CONVERSATION WITH A RAIL SUPERVISOR
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
22 hours, 15 minutes ago
Bill Gilbert
Bill Gilbert has been the Lannan Foundation Chair in the Land Arts of the American West program at The University of New Mexico since 2000 and is the Author of Land Arts of the American West. He took time to answer a few of PORT's questions on ...
MORE MONEY FOR TRIMET-OF COURSE NOT FOR SERVICES
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
22 hours, 33 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Oregon and Washington received nearly $47.3 million in stimulus money, the Federal Transit Administration announced.
The Oregon Department of Transportation got $38.4 million to buy two high-speed passenger “rail station sets” for commuter rail. Also in Oregon, Tri-Met was awarded $4.3 million to build a pocket ...
RANTINGS OF A PORTLAND OREGON BUS DRIVER
22 hours, 37 minutes ago
Just got pictures of these huge fenders mounted up on the Jones SpaceFrame. I am really happy with how well they fit. They follow the circumference of the tires perfectly. An exorbitant amount of time was spent getting the shape, geometry, carbon fiber lay-up just right to make these fit ...