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While I was waiting for my ride at the Las Vegas airport, I settled into some music and a good book. Some old ladies came and sat down by me and wondered what I was reading. I showed them the cover of the book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. One of the ladies stared at it while [...]

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I met up with Matt Haughey the other day and we had a nice chat. Matt runs the suite of metafilter.com sites as well as PVRblog.com and his personal blog. We filmed in the conference room of the Coffee Cottage in Newberg–a little too much echo for my taste, but the interview turned out good [...]

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I bought Tru some used rental gear and we hit the mountain again this weekend. Didn't spend a whole lot of time on the hill, but it's clear that he's getting the hang of it. This video is just three clips of him riding. The middle clip is a bit frantic, since I [...]

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I had a great time speaking with Gary Buhler about his Blue Trout Gallery, Newberg’s “First Friday” art walk, his painting and artistic influences. The Blue Trout Gallery is in Newberg at 111 S. College St., or you can call the Gallery at 503-538-5533.

Running time: 5 minutes, 44 seconds

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Check this out: a little js from del.icio.us and a link to one of the mashups from Best of Bootie 2006 and you can listen to one of my favorites right on this page:
Disfunctional DJ – You’re The One That I Want In The Next Episode (Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta vs. Dr. Dre & [...]

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Nice list of tips from the Cool Tools newsletter:
To track whether the dishes in your washer are clean, use a wet erase marker to write “Dirty” or make a fancy “D” on the inside door of your dishwasher when loading dirty dishes. When you run the dishwasher the mark washes away, so you’ll know [...]

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I’m feeling like I’ve got some resolution. Not the “new year’s” kind, though. During the holiday break I’d been thinking a lot about Slacker Manager and the (still dragging along) book deal. I’ve been dissatisfied with the switch to the blog network–hasn’t really worked out as I’d hoped. Also, I’ve recently spoken with the agent [...]

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