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  • News

    February 16, 2011

    How to Make Domain-Name Millions

    Four not-so-easy steps to beyond-.com cash.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Jothan Frakes, Domain Name Guru, Offers Tips on the New "Internet Land Rush"

    ​So you want to be a domain name millionaire? Now's the time. The obscure California non-profit that controls the domain names of the world--known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN-- is about to authorize an unlimited number of new suffixes.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    UW Students Hack Kinect to Perform Robotic Surgery

    ​Manboob simulator? Check. Flying robots? Check. World of Warcraft interface? Check. Robotic surgery scanner? Ch-wait . . . robotic surgery wtf?

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    New Reader Interaction System (Comments) Launched for Seattle Weekly Blogs

    ​We hate Captchas. You hate Captchas. So why the hell would we want Captchas on our reader commenting system? Boom! No more Captchas. Instead we've got a fancy new reader interaction system from Disqus that will make commenting on Seattle Weekly's website exponentially faster, easier and bette ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Washington's Ban On Online Gambling May Affect Players Outside Washington

    ​Washington State's ban on internet gambling may be keeping people who don't live in Washington from playing too.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    The Fearless Critic Seattle Restaurant Guide Is Ready for Battle

    ​The pool of restaurant reviews available - at online review sites, in magazines and newspapers, and on blogs - is deep and murky. User-generated review sites like Urbanspoon and Yelp, offer crowd-sourced restaurant reviews. A few bad reviews from diners miffed about wait times, ketchup brand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    The Screen Shot that Shows How eMusic Has Taken a Turn For the Douche

    The eMusic business model​ We've got a post up now about how Sub Pop hasn't joined other indie labels in bolting from eMusic in the wake of the latter going lamestream. To which commenter Aaron Sedlak says, "My question is this to the indie labels that left - itunes and amazons online malls ar ... More >>

  • Music

    December 1, 2010

    Belief in Nothing, Key Chains, and eMusic

    An online music retailer changes its system.

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    If Only Sub Pop Had As Much Faith In Beer Cozies As They Do In eMusic

    Sub Pop has sold more than 129,000 digital copies of Fleet Foxes' 2008 debut LP, but not a single Fleet Foxes key chain.​"I'm not an innovation freak on the delivery side," Sub Pop chief Jonathan Poneman told me recently via email. "Content remains my principle interest." The problems afflict ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Today in Sex: Runners and Hyper-Texting Teens Hogging All the Sex

    ​According to a new study out of the UK, "one in ten joggers have sex at least once a day and three per cent of joggers said they have sex twice a day." Oof. So where does that leave the rest of us? Well, this same study asked people who never run how often they went at it and one in four repo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2010

    Corin Hewitt

    ​According to a new study out of the UK, "one in ten joggers have sex at least once a day and three per cent of joggers said they have sex twice a day." Oof. So where does that leave the rest of us? Well, this same study asked people who never run how often they went at it and one in four repo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    Michelle Bates

    ​According to a new study out of the UK, "one in ten joggers have sex at least once a day and three per cent of joggers said they have sex twice a day." Oof. So where does that leave the rest of us? Well, this same study asked people who never run how often they went at it and one in four repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Microsoft's Confusing Windows Phone 7 Ads (VIDEO)

    ​Microsoft Windows Phone 7: the phone you won't ever actually have to use. If that sounds like a confusing way to pitch a product, then welcome to the club. Microsoft is said to be spending "billions" in order to hype its entry into the smartphone market. After this year's embarrassing failure ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Nuclear Power Plants Are Due for a Makeover

    The industry seeks to retire the "flour mill" look.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming Soon(ish) to a Fish Market Near you

    Salmon of the future!​A few months ago, the Waltham, Mass-based company AquaBounty Technologies created something of a stir among scientists, biotechnologists, fish farmers and those prone to freaking the fuck out over things like genetically modified foods and daydreams of oceans full of 900l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Are E-Readers Greener Than Books?

    ​Let's say you're the kind of person who likes to read and cares about the enviro...wait. This is Seattle. Let's just assume those things. Here's a question you might have asked yourself before: are e-readers like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad better for the environment than books?

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Dodge Takes Monkey Out of Ad After Local Primate Group Sends Friendly E-Mail

    ​You don't often see the words "reasonable animal rights activist" in the same sentence. Most people love animals. And most people don't want to see them exploited. But those same people are often turned off by tactics of more extreme groups like PETA. So it's nice to report on a reasonable an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Kindle and iPad Displays Under a Microscope

    ​A lot is made about the difference between Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPad when it comes to price and features. But equally important for an e-reader is what it actually looks like when you read on it. That's long been the Kindle's strength -- an ability to recreate the actual reading experi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Meteor Shower! Here's Where and When to Go and What You Can Expect to See

    ​The biggest meteor shower of the year is happening early in the morning on Friday the 13th. If you're a sexy teen looking to lose your virginity to a fellow member of the Astronomy Club, expect a slow and painful death at the hands of an escaped mental patient. For everybody else, here's wher ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Dow Constantine Wants to Cut County Energy Consumption 10 Percent in Two Years

    ​With air conditioning units whirring nearby on the roof of the Chinook building, King County Executive Dow Constantine pledged to reduce the amount of energy each county building uses by 10 percent in the next two years with at least half of all energy consumed coming from renewable sources. ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2010

    Murray Stumps for Biodiesel

    But will it do much for our dependence on oil?

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Patty Murray Pushes Tax Credit to End Our Dependence on Foreign Oil; If Only It Would Work

    ​Standing beside a Propel Biodiesel pump on Westlake today, Sen. Patty Murray appealed to what's become a standard argument for supporting the alternative fuel industry: patriotism. Murray argued that by importing oil to fuel our cars (gasoline and standard diesel are both made from petroleum) ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    And the Winners Are...

    Seattle Weekly's Best of the Web 2010 Awards.

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    In Light of Louisiana Spill, Will Dino Rossi Come Out Against His Big Oil Donors?

    FacebookWill Rossi go with the greens on offshore drilling, potentially pissing off big donors?​In announcing his campaign yesterday, Senate-hopeful Dino Rossi didn't talk about the Louisiana oil spill, which we learned today has surpassed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in size. Nor does he of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    iJacking Becoming the New Rage for Lazy Headline Writers

    Even the Hamburgler knows iPhone theft has been going on for years.​Smartphone owners, beware! KOMO News says that you're the target of the latest crime wave sweeping greater Seattle. In an article published last night, KOMO declares that iJacking is "becoming the new rage for criminals." Wha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    The Meanest Corporation on Earth? Microsoft Files Lawsuit Against Smiley Face People

    ​Nobody's laughing and least of all smiling at Microsoft today over an alleged trademark infringement by two California companies who market those digital smiley faces. In a federal court lawsuit in Seattle, sourpuss MS CEO Steve Ballmer ​ et al claim that Digispace Solutions and yMulti ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2010

    Rhapsody in Zune

    The best feature of Microsoft's underrated mp3 player just lost some of its shimmer.

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    TV Weather Forecasters Deny Climate Change--Except the Ones in the Northwest

    Say it ain't so, Al.​It makes sense that there's a lack of consensus between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to climate change. But meteorologists and climate scientists? Really? I thought those guys were supposed to be on the same team. According to a study by researchers at George M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Do You Suffer From iPod Dependency?

    ​Life as I know it is over. I woke up this morning to discover my car had been ransacked. My glove compartment was empty, the backseat strewn with registration and insurance papers. I knew the damage before I even took a closer look. The asshole stole my precious pink Nano iPod. (No thanks, I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    The Videos: Shrimp Blogger? So This Is What We've Sunk To...

    Photo courtesy wouldibuyitagain.com​The picture above? It's of the brand new Pacific Shrimp Taco currently being pimped ad nauseum by Taco Bell, in a commercial which features, of all things, a fictional "shrimp blogger" talking about the new $2.50 delight at Le Bell. The video below? That's ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2010

    Atom's Eve

    While environmentalists squabble, nuclear power is on the rise.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Microsoft Employees Use iPhones, Also Enjoy Oxygen and Committed Relationships

    Steve Jobs's dark merlot stains the collars of about 10 percent of Microsoft employees.​Ask anyone who works at Microsoft whether or not they have co-workers who use an iPhone and you're bound to get one or two stories about employees who'll refuse to answer a call in front of their boss, beca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Oregon Senator Ron Wyden on Port of Bellingham Bid For NOAA Center: We're Rubber, You're Glue...

    If Senator Wyden had his way, the NOAA would still be headed south. ​Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) is down for his. And by that, I mean his constituents, whose side he's jumped in on in the ongoing political slapfight between the Port of Newport (Oregon) and the Port of Bellingham over which w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Windows Phone 7: The Early Reviews Are In

    All new! All different! But you can't buy it yet.​Windows Mobile is dead. Long live "Windows Phone 7 Series," which kills Microsoft's old, unloved WinMo at version 6.5. Announced today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the renamed and redesigned mobile OS is expected to reach the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Music Blogocide 2K10: Blogger (Poorly) Explains Site Takedowns

    Follow the drama as it unfolds using Twitter tag #musicblogocide2k10.​In the past 24 hours, several sites run through Google-owned blog hosting service Blogger were quickly and (at first) quietly pulled from the Interwebs: a number of popular mp3 blogs, including Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, Living ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Is the Rumored Apple iSlate Aimed at Amazon's Kindle?

    Will Bezos be laughing when the iSlate arrives?​With the holiday shopping season but a memory, with Amazon likely to report impressive year-end sales, how are retailers, consumers, and electronics manufacturers going to keep busy during the January doldrums? Rumor-mongering, that's how. Appl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Reader: Social Media Doesn't Sleep In on Christmas Morning, and Neither Can You

    "No opening presents 'til you update your LinkedIn accounts, kids."​Reader and social media blogger Kristy Bolsinger responds to 107.7 The End's Religious Profiling Twitter Post. "Fine. It was hacked. Now the problem is that someone there doesn't understand social media. You are not allowed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    NOAA Thumbs Its Nose at 'Rising Political Star' Maria Cantwell

    NOAA to Cantwell: We'll put our boats wherever we damn well please.​The Daily Beast named junior Senator Maria Cantwell a rising political star, but apparently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is unimpressed. The Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce reported yesterday that NOA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    "Game Over" for Microsoft?

    Do you really care if this software is or isn't on your phone?​Up in the San Juans, tech analyst Mark Anderson publishes an influential newsletter called Strategic News Service, little read by laypeople but studied intently by industry players in Redmond and Silicon Valley. In a recent pronoun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Hardly a Kindle-Killer: Barnes & Noble's Nook Cooked by Tech Critics

    The Kindle: Very much alive, and possibly in better shape now that its biggest competition got trashed.​Good news for Amazon. The two biggest kingmakers in tech have just reviewed the Nook, Barnes & Noble's e-reader answer to the Kindle. Their verdicts: Just like Kindle, only not as good. Wal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Microsoft Trails Firefox in Critical Slovakian Browser Market!

    Is Microsoft losing its grip of tiny Eastern European markets?​Everybody pisses on Internet Explorer, and nowhere more so than in Europe, where antitrust issues have dogged Microsoft for years. Two years back, the European Commission forced the company to sell a version of Windows without its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Bellingham Pulls a Good Gotcha on Oregon, But It May Not Be Enough to Keep NOAA Jobs in Seattle

    noaa.govThe Okeanos Explorer in Seattle earlier this year. Headed for a floodplain in Oregon?​Last August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would be moving its Pacific Marine Operations Center from Lake Union to Newport, Ore. in 2011. But yesterday the Governmen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    What's It Like to Be Hounded by Global Warming Deniers? The UW's Eric Steig Knows All Too Well

    "You better show me your data."​For the global-warming's-a-fraud crowd, these have been a fun-filled few days. Hackers recently posted hundreds of private emails to and from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia in the U.K. The authors of the emails--like anyone in a similar situ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    The UW Goes Green With Help From City Light and the Guy in Suite 13

    Warning students: this is probably not on the list of approved dormroom appliances​Earlier this month, the Seattle City Council voted 5-4 in approval of a 13.8 percent hike in City Light fees. Now the utility company announces that it will partner with the University of Washington to test an a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Microsoft to Team With Rupert Murdoch in Effort to Block Google?

    Collude with this man at your own risk, Microsoft.​According to a report from the Financial Times, Microsoft is in talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to pay for the exclusive rights to deliver search results for papers like the Wall Street Journal, New York Post and others. Murdoch has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2009

    New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof Bashes Microsoft Bing

    Don't even ask about the Dalai Lama.​While several nice things have been written about Microsoft's new Bing search engine, including by his NYT colleague David Pogue, op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof does not agree. In a scathing Friday blog post, Kristof accuses MSFT of tailoring Chinese-lang ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2009

    Cover Story: Critical Mass

    A Carl Sagan protégé who bikes to work on the Burke is changing the way weather is forecasted in America.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    You Damn Penguins Get Off My Phone!

    ​Has it come to this? Are we so besotted with penguins and other cute animals that the Woodland Park Zoo insists on our monitoring them via smartphone? The answer, apparently, is yes. The zoo announced today that it's offering a 99-cent application via iTunes for your iPhone. Developed by som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Scary NOAA Charts & Graphs!

    ​El Nino? La Nina? Make up your damn mind already! (Sorry, our blog software doesn't do diacritical marks.) September and now October have proven to be remarkably mild and dry; and there's hardly been a trace of precip that would fall as snow in the mountains. Local weather guru Cliff Mass say ... More >>

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