Speaking to students of the University of Alabama law school, Chief Justice John Roberts launched a blistering attack on President Obama's State of the Union criticism of the Court's Citizens United decision. Calling Obama's prime-time critique "very troubling," Roberts complained...
Speaking to students of the University of Alabama law school, Chief Justice John Roberts launched a blistering attack on President Obama's State of the Union criticism of the Court's Citizens United decision. Calling Obama's prime-time critique "very troubling," Roberts complained...
Need your early morning donut/cupcake fix? I explore the link between sweet baked goods and charitable giving in this morning’s food section of the Eugene Register-Guard. The article features the cupcake club of one of my honors students and two local businesses: Holy Donuts and The Divine Cupcake. If Voodoo Don
Haim was taking over-the-counter and prescription medications at the time of his death.
themattsmith: rillawafers:
Craft brewing sales were up in 2009--a remarkable fact given how bad the economy was. This story has been circulating for a few days now (and was even
NYT: Ex-Congressman Describes Tickle Fights With Aides I prefer the version in this morning's print edition: Congressman Who Quit Says He Had Tick
[Insert Turkish Delights joke here]
Insect Sculpture with M.E.C.C.A Art Studio Hundred Dollar Bill Project Ford Lecture Hall Flower pot decorating Ford Lecture Hall Family Day art activities at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art include: Appearances
Today Google announced a business-oriented, cloud-based app store called Google Apps Marketplace. Google says their new online store makes it easier for users and software providers to do business in the cloud by providing integrated business applications. The Google Apps Marketplace allows Google Apps customers to easily
Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838)Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)Arthur Honnegger (1892-1955)Dame Eva Turner (1892-1990)Bix Biederbecke (1903-1931)Sir Charles Groves (1915-1992)William Blezard (1921-2003)Andrew Parrott (1947)Stephen Oliver (1950-1992)andHenry Watson Fowler (1858-1933)
But not until December. Can’t wait.
How to increase conversions on any Website in 45 minutes.Why is Oprah replacing David Attenborough as narrator of Life
Someone posted photos of a cat they said they lost a few months ago, down on 3rd in Albany. It looked exactly like the orange and white cat a friend of mine and her neighbors found on their street, just off Marian, who has been wandering as a stray for two months. So I e-mailed both my friend and the poster who said she l
No. 243 - Brian Bushlach is still a douche, Google maps your bike route, Portland is probably more depressed than ever, and a tip of my hat to a friend that passed away yesterday. Download audio file (pdxsucks-episode243.mp3) Related posts:
Geoff Boucher of L.A. Times’ Hero Complex had a chance to visit Christopher Nolan in the editing suite for his upcoming sci-fi thriller Inception, and of course, he couldn’t pass up an opportunity like that without asking about Nolan’s plans for his Superman reboot and Batman. Read the full article HERE.
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Evernote uses the “cloud” to store data and perform tasks. Your mobile device can gather (or view) the files you create. Evernote on the iPhone and Evernote for Android let you create text notes, snap photos and record audio memos and store them on “the cloud”. The idea behind Evernote is to be a sort [...]
Here's an interesting one. The Portland water bureau has given up on rehabbing the Fulton Water Pumping Station (above) on SW Nevada Street near Macadam Avenue, and is instead g
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Here’s an oldie but goodie: a 2004 photo from a trip to San Blas, Mexico, where we encountered this cow gazing at us from a riverbank. That white blur is a cattle egret. Photo: Cow, hand colored black and white, 2004
Actor Corey Haim (not Corey Feldman!) is dead at the age of 38 of a possible drug overdose. Updates to come. Americans polled about health care still like Obama, but
Matt Davis at Blogtown: Oregon Republicans Using Robocalls To Find CANDIDATES Classic. They're running in two districts, one in Portland, one in Eugene, confirms Bob Tiernan, chairman of the Oregon Republican Party. Here's what they say, according to one astute reader who transcribed his message: This is Bob Tiernan, Chairm
What Luke didn’t know was that the Dark Side was also FAHHHHHHHHHHHbulous…
Fiverr is a marketplace for gigs that are priced at $5. Essentially, you can sell and buy tasks for $5. So anyone can create a gig for small service on the site, and visitors can accept gigs as well. Gig prices are fixed at $5. Buyers can order gigs and are required to pay for [...]
Doesn’t matter what the secret ingredient is…. you just got served.
Sam Adams is at it again -- telling a totally preposterous story, hoping no one will notice how patently absurd it is. Today he's babbling that although he wants $20 million immediately diverted from the sewer bureau (a.k.a. Bureau of Environmental Services) budget to build portions of the city's quixotic bicycle plan, som
Google Reader: "10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein:"
6h057: So coding is going well…
Cyanide and Happiness: Speed Racist Great Sassy Molassey!
Amazing chart here showing the residents of Edmonton using their toilets in concert during the gold medal game: via neatorama.com
Happy birthday to my wonderful daughter, light of my life, scourge of my wallet, carrier-in of big bags of cat food! Excelsior! # For her birthday, she got Scribblenauts (TY for the rec, Rachel Swirsky) & Professor Layton's Diabolical B
Our First Thursday EA Inferno Showcase was a huge success. We have one hell of a Studio. They are the ones who helped concept, design and construct the event. Karen Koch, Peter Yue, Katie McHugh, Mike Weihs, Erin Sorenson, Ademar Matinian, Walker Cahall, Rehanah Spence, Joe Limauro, Julia Dickey, Denise...
The First Amendment is a delicate subject — surprising given its nature, which is one that protects the opinions and speech of all. Such was the argument of a federal appeals court that dismissed a suit against a group of extremist Christians who picketed the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew A. Snyder in 2006. The protes
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As I raise my son (3 years old) I see just how easy it is to fall into a ’simple food’ trap with kids. Cheddar bunnies are easier than making a whole wheat PB&J. Raisins are easier than making carrot sticks. And so on. I am tired and I am busy and so I go [...]
Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist, spoke about the economics of news — offline and online to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry. Even though online advertising has grown rapidly in the last five years, it appears that somewhat less than 5% of newspapers’ ad revenue c
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This is unfortunate news for Oregon Republicans. It looks like Republican Senatorial leaders in Oregon just could not find anyone decent to run against Democrat State Senator Floyd Prozanski in...
The Middle Fork of the Willamette river is currently flowing at about 400 cubic feet per second, this is super low and makes the river extremely accessible on foot. The water below Black Canyon Campground normally slow and lake influenced, is now miles of water flowing into Lookout Point Reservoir. All of this water i
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The last time I tackled a cheap art project, I stayed safely within the confines of my computer so that if I hated it, then I could just blame it on a less-than-stellar computer skillz. But when we recently decided to tackle our guest bathroom for a mini-makeover, I tried to think outside the (computer) [...]
If geography is a factor in how you decide where to eat you should try searching the word "restaurant" in Google Maps. It's not exactly a new technology but I rediscovered it this morning and thought it would be an interesting discussion for eatsalem.com. View Larger Map With gas prices on the rise, you may not
Is it bad to say I was kinda hoping it was “the other one” based on how the local news was teasing it this AM?
Apparently Conan O’brien is going to launch a live revue show tour. One even blipped up briefly on the Ticketmaster website. Clever and smart idea, that. I guess you try for the basic structure of the late night talk show format, tweak it in several places, perhaps — I guess you lean a bit more heavily [...]
Until last week I had never really experienced the Wild West. In fact, the closest I I’ve been to homesteading was helping gather eggs from my friend’s urban chicken coop (and when I say helping, ...