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06.30.08

When Will That Bus Arrive? Uncategorized | (0)
You know the problem. You're on the bus and you have a choice: You can get off in two stops and make a transfer to a bus that will get you to your destination, or you you can stay on and transfer to a different one at a second stop. The switch at the first stop is a shorter and faster route, but only if the bus you are changing to is coming in the next few minutes. Otherwise, you might get stuck waiting for half an hour. Sure the schedule says it'll be there, but the variables of traffic ...
06.30.08

Minnesota Pays Video Game Industry $65K In Fees Games | (0)
I Said More Ham writes "Minnesota's attorney general will drop the state's efforts to fine underage buyers of violent videogames after a high court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. The Entertainment Software Association, one of the plaintiffs in the case, announced Monday that the state paid $65,000 in attorney's fees and expenses."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
06.30.08

That Z for Zorro Is Silent Uncategorized | (0)
Seattlest likes to put on a party-planner hat for you every once in a while (we blame it on unresolved "feelings" stirred up by Julie from the Love Boat). Tonight we've got a one-two punch all lined up, centered around a screening of the silent-era Zorro, with Douglas Fairbanks, at the Paramount (7 p.m., $12). The more we watch Fairbanks, the more certain we are that he invented parkour back in the 1920s. Watch this three-minute YouTube excerpt from Zorro to get in the mood. However, be warned that the tinny soundtrack you hear is in no way comparable to ...
06.30.08

Xandros Reportedly Buying Linspire Culture | (0)
Practical Technology is reporting tonight that California-based Linux distributor Linspire is being bought by Canadian Linux vendor Xandros. Linspire CEO Larry Kettler alerted stockholders this afternoon of the decision to sell all of Linspire's assets, including the company's free version, Linspire, and its Click N' Run desktop installation platform. According to Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols, though neither company is directly confirming the news, several sources have confirmed the news. " According to a source close to the acquisition, the approximately $1-million loan that Linspire had made to Xandros several years ago did not play a role in this transaction. That loan, the ...
06.30.08

The Saturday Knights Owned Friday Night At Nectar Uncategorized | (0)
The Budos Band opened up the night in style! Photo by Seattlest's Abbey Simmons. The Saturday Knights/Budos Band show at Nectar on Friday night was sold out by 9:30 p.m., as in guest lists closed, no further entrance, and crowds of people partying outside the gates. Seattlest arrived at a normally respectable hour of 10:45 p.m. to find the Budos Band's shiny brass horns blaring, congo drums thumping, and every inch of Nectar packed with happy people. Our brief summary: the Budos Band sounds like "Hot damn!" spicy, and we're head-over-heels for the sunny punk-pop-rap-rock of The Saturday Knights. The ...
06.30.08

Can’t Miss It: Monday Uncategorized | (0)
LOCAL LIT: Tired of living la vida loca after pride weekend? Sick of the sun and the heat? Want to retreat back into your dark, shade-drawn house and dream of the rain? Of course not, which is why it's so hard to recommend you spend your Monday at a literary reading. Still, local author and medical expert Carol Casella has a reading tonight down at Elliott Bay Books, for her debut novel Oxygen. Casella, a physician, draws on her intimate knowledge of the health industry to construct a dramatic portrait of the subtleties and complexities of medical malpractice, when a ...
06.30.08

Dishin’: Getting Sauced at Tidbit Uncategorized | (0)
Per the dictionary definition, a tidbit is a delicate or tender morsel of food…a choice or pleasing bit. Tidbit, the north Capitol Hill restaurant that’s Italian meets Spanish in a non-fusion fashion, offered us tidbits aplenty during a recent visit. And it was in the tidbits called tapas that we found our favorites—with carryover to other parts of the menu. Owners John van Deinse and Nicola Longo are welcoming and as warm as the orange walls that highlight the intimate dining room, and we turned over control of the menu to them. We confess we loved the little crock full of rosemary-scented ...
06.30.08

GigaOm: 10 Biggest Platform Development Mistakes Culture | (0)
When you're developing a platform--whether it's an open source effort or not--it's just as important to avoid mistakes as it is to execute on good decisions. Over at our sister blog, GigaOm, two analysts from AKF Consulting have written up the 10 Biggest Platform Devlopment Mistakes. These range from failing to design for code rollback, to scaling through third parties, to not taking into account the multiplicative effect of failure. These look like some good ways to stay out of trouble.  Trackback URL for this post: http://ostatic.com/trackback/166848 Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question ...
06.30.08

On How We Sweat Our Face Off at Pride Uncategorized | (0)
Well, folks, Pride weekend has officially come and gone, and every last ounce of rainbow has been squeezed out of our veins. It was a hot weekend to be outside on hard, hot pavement drinking beer and scoping the scene, but we perservered so that we could have a tale to tell you people. We didn't bother dragging ourselves to boy parties, so feel free to tell us all about those in the comments. However, we did our fair share of baking under the sun in the Wildrose beer garden where drinks were a little cheaper than we remember them ...
06.30.08

Euro Cup Calls for a Euro Pub Uncategorized | (0)
We were mid-bite on our Bratwurst Sandwich mit Pommes Frittes ($8) when Spain's Fernando Torres scored the sole goal, and we celebrated quietly with a swig of Franziskaner Dunkel Weissbier. A friend of ours whooped and threw her hands up in the air. She suddenly felt very alone, she mentioned later. Not surprisingly, the crowd at Feierabend, the German-style bar down the street from REI, was solidly in Germany's corner. At least we assumed that from the Deutscheland hats and the guy wrapped (literally) in the German flag. We chose Feierabend because the game started at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, and we ...

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