Puget Sound News

The power is currently out around most of the Puget Sound area, but I managed to make it into work anyway. My boss brought a generator out so we got the essential workstations and servers up and even our Asterisk server and thus the phones. So if any of our customers actually have […]

The power is currently out around most of the Puget Sound area, but I managed to make it into work anyway. My boss brought a generator out so we got the essential workstations and servers up and even our Asterisk server and thus the phones. So if any of our customers actually have […]

According to the study cited in this Seattle Times article, Seattle is second only to San Francisco.

According to the study cited in this Seattle Times article, Seattle is second only to San Francisco.

I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that a state that was recently fawning over Chinese Communist leader Hu Jintao would do something like this
Calendar marks dubious birthdays - A “diversity calendar” published by the state Department of Corrections that lists the birthdays of several controversial historical figures, including the Japanese commander who planned […]

I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that a state that was recently fawning over Chinese Communist leader Hu Jintao would do something like this
Calendar marks dubious birthdays - A “diversity calendar” published by the state Department of Corrections that lists the birthdays of several controversial historical figures, including the Japanese commander who planned […]

Infopackets has an interesting article that argues that piracy actually helps Microsoft make money. It points out that due to piracy MS products become dominant in emerging markets, then once those economies pick up businesses and individuals start buying legitimate copies, boosting Microsoft’s profits. Even Microsoft sees the wisdom of this observation, as […]

Sound Politics has a story about former Gregoire operative Morton Brilliant being forced to resign his current job due to dirty political tricks. Not only did he slander his current political opponents, but for some reason he also slandered Dino Rossi after he left the Gregoire campaign.

2 Seattle car dealerships get landmark status - The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board designated two 1920s-era automobile dealerships in South Lake Union as city landmarks Wednesday, helping preserve the low-rise buildings, even as the neighborhood surrounding them grows up.

Rotten notes disrupt kids’ egg hunt - JoAnn Viles’ grandchildren received an unwelcome surprise during a Sunday morning Easter egg hunt at their grandmother’s South End home: about 20 plastic eggs that contained a variety of handwritten and typed notes with anti-Tacoma Police Department messages.