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    April 19, 2012

    Sonicsgate Movie Set to Debut on CNBC in Late April

    Yesterday afternoon during an exclusive media screening the production team behind the Internet-famous Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team presented a new 43-minute cut of the film set to debut on CNBC later this month. CNBC recently acquired rights to broadcast the film, meaning the number of people who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    10 Reasons Seattle's On the Most-Stressful List (And How We Can Get Off!)

    We all see these lists accumulated by Forbes or Yahoo! or CNBC; you know, the "Top 50 Cities To Live In," "Top 10 Beaches In The World," or "Most Literate Cities In America." We all love these lists. It also seems, that all of the different media outlets do competing lists at the same time. I like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Royal Grinders and 30 Rock Keep It Fast and Simple

    ​ Although 30 Rock provides a veritable swarm of options to continue the noble TV Dinner pairing tradition of just choosing whatever restaurant has a remotely similar name, I felt like show protagonist Liz Lemon's insatiable lust for sandwiches (thankfully) superseded any notion of having to e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Top 10 Osama Bin Laden Death Tweets

    Unconfirmed photo of bin Laden's corpse.​Osama bin Laden is dead. Fuck yeah. And while some Americans have taken to the streets to ring in the news by waving flags and doing the Bin Laden is Dead Dance, a much larger swath are celebrating in a more socially-accepted way: via Twitter.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Top Pot Doughnuts Lost its S, and the Rest is History for Seattle Millionaire Co-Founders

    Bros Mike and Mark​The 'S' fell off their sign and they didn't know how to make donuts. But the Klebeck brothers, founders of what was going to be the Top Spot - Top Pot after the S was lost - persevered, starting out with a small Capitol Hill coffee shop, later peddling some nondescript cake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    America's Top "Foodie" Cities: Sure, It's Nice to Be Mentioned, But . . .

    ​Because of the fondness of web-surfing cubicle monkeys and ease of reading, there are a lot of lists out there on the Internets. Because food is a perennial favorite search term, because cheeseburgers and barbecue and chicken wings can start digital food fights that make most MMA cage matche ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Free Cupcakes, Free Cheeseburgers and The Best Restaurant in the World

    ​So, did you manage to score your free cupcakes from the new Eastside location of Cupcake Royale yesterday? Well you might've been able to if you'd read this here blog with a little more frequency. And if you were reading carefully, you might also have figured out how to get some free cheeseb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    CNBC Ranks Seattle No. 4 in Nation for Happy Hour

    ​In a CNBC.com feature ranking the top 14 cities for happy hour in the country, Seattle came in fourth -beating out the likes of Austin, Philadelphia, and even New York. The findings were based on a city's total number of happy hours, density, quality, and variety as listed on happy hour web ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2010

    Weed Takes Root

    Marijuana’s steady creep toward legalization nationwide.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Rachel Maddow on Tim Eyman's I-1033

    Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyTim Eyman's I-1033, otherwise known as the Quest for a Permanent Recession, gets the full Maddow treatment on CNBC. Don't forget to vote. And when you do, don't forget to find that little sucker hiding in the lower left-hand co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Boeing News Roundup: Jim Cramer Says Buy!

    This probably would've been worth more to the aerospace giant in those days before The Daily Show made Jim Cramer the poster child for irresponsible financial press cheerleading. But for those who think he got a raw deal or just like to keep tabs on him, CNBC's manic market-watcher says a (predicted ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Is the Economy Actually Looking Better?

    Yesterday, a couple of Forbes columnists argued that "the recession is over", though they warn that employment recovery tends to lag. A Northwestern economics professor made a similar argument. Today, the Seattle Times had a big story on how pending sales of single-family homes surged in April, wh ... More >>

  • News

    April 1, 2009

    April Fool: 22 Things About Seattle That We Wish Were a Joke

    The people, trends, and events that even our cynical minds find hard to believe. (Online exclusive! Two bonus April Fools' jokes!)

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Our Subprime Time Is Coming

    We hate to be all doom and gloom about Washington's homeowners, but it's looking all doom and gloom for Washington's homeowners--at least for the fair number paying a high premium for their mortgages. And African-Americans and Latinos were more likely to be paying that high premium. According to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    Server Reboot Wednesday: TV Guide Edition

    We hate to be all doom and gloom about Washington's homeowners, but it's looking all doom and gloom for Washington's homeowners--at least for the fair number paying a high premium for their mortgages. And African-Americans and Latinos were more likely to be paying that high premium. According to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2006

    Weekend Telegraph Room

    We hate to be all doom and gloom about Washington's homeowners, but it's looking all doom and gloom for Washington's homeowners--at least for the fair number paying a high premium for their mortgages. And African-Americans and Latinos were more likely to be paying that high premium. According to a ... More >>

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Bus-Stop Smoking Ban

    Plus: Another congressional scandal to be ignored by "Ethics Committee Chairman" Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Health Care, The Economy, Boeing

    Plus: Another congressional scandal to be ignored by "Ethics Committee Chairman" Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    From CEO to Cipher

    Boeing's chief ethicist—the CEO—is fired for having an affair with a D.C.-based vice president.

  • News

    December 3, 2003

    Bad News Boeing

    Since Phil Condit took over, it's been one thing after another. And the bigger Boeing's grown, the more unmanageable it's become.

  • Arts

    January 30, 2002

    Dot.came, Dot.went

    Two new books recall the high-tech halcyon era.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    News Clips— Needle Exchange

    Two new books recall the high-tech halcyon era.

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    Damn you, suck.com

    Your must-read shelf of geek books expands by six, or maybe five.

  • Arts

    November 10, 1999

    Northwest Bookfest 1999 Event Listings

    Your must-read shelf of geek books expands by six, or maybe five.

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