Tag Archives: Seattle

Heh, scooping the West Seattle Blog

I’ve recently become a big fan of the West Seattle Blog, not just because I live in West Seattle. The author is very purposefully anonymous, but is clearly from around here. Why do I know? Well, because we seem to all share this small city obsession with new retail that comes to the area. I [...]
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Seattle Library/Amazon LibraryLookup bookmarklet

Stumbled into Jon Udell’s Library lookup bookmarklet and thought I’d give it a spin. It took some tweaking, but now I’ve got a Seattle Public Library/Amazon Bookmarklet To use, just drag the bookmarklet above to your toolbar. Visit Amazon, search for a book, and then click on the bookmarklet. It’ll check the availability of the [...]
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Many U.S. Cities Losing Battles To Preserve Their Burger Kings

Every once and a while, The Onion still makes me smile. Many U.S. Cities Losing Battles To Preserve Their Burger Kings Quote: In Seattle, volunteer canvassers went door-to-door, collecting signatures to save the Burger King on Rainier Avenue. As a result of their efforts, Mayor Greg Nickels granted the store historic-landmark status. “There are children [...]
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Seattle Bus Monster

The Seattle Bus Monster is one of the cooler examples of Google abuse that I’ve seen yet. Merges Google Maps and the funky real-time bus tracker app.
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