Free beer with your haircut
The first time I visited Portland I remember being surprised that they served beer at the movie theater. Now I am not so surprised that they serve beer at the barber shop/hair salon, Bishops.
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Day 1 at WordCamp
Scott Berkun from automattic is talking about blogging every day and how he and the wordpress development team are starting to do this internally. It’s a great practice which he calls dogfooding; I love this word. The great part about this is that when developers use their own products then they get better, faster, because they experience the same frustrations that we as users do. More dogfooding please 
Evan Soloman is talking about a/b testing. He ended with a note that a .org plugin is forthcoming. Exciting.
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Diigo for Organizing Web Research
I just tried Diigo which is a web-based tool to organize information found on the web. I know, it sounds like a mouthful. Anyway, I created my homepage and it appears that this tool is the evolution of social bookmarking tools. It allows you to mix bookmarks with your own notes and images. Seems like it would be most useful as a tool for academic type research projects.
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Breitenbush Hot Springs Is A Great Way to Unplug
You know you are a little too wired when you need to go somewhere with no cell phone service and no Internet to fully unplug, but thanks to the mellow folks at Breitenbush Hot Springs that is exactly what I did this weekend. Miles of hiking, hours of soaking in hot tubs, and good vegetarian food that I didn’t have to cook and clean up; the cabins here are an excellent way to go Glamping!
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Lamborghini in Portland
It’s not everyday you see a Lamborghini on the streets of Portland Oregon.
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Web Based Screen Shots
I ran across an interesting tool today that allows you to make web based screenshots and then easily post them to a webpage or twitter feed. Here’s my test:
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Understanding the Debt Crisis
I am fed up enough with our politicians that I feel the need to express my opinions. One of the more amazing things that I have read about our current “debt crisis” is the fact that 95%+ of the current debt was accumulated in the last 30 years. Now from looking at the historic charts provided by the New York Times, it is slightly reassuring to note that this is not the highest level of debt to GDP that we have ever seen as a nation, giving me some hope that we can recover, however, it is very close to the highest level and the only time it was higher was during World War II.
Now what is it about the politicians from the last 30 years that makes them so incredibly fiscally irresponsible compared the the politicians prior to that? Were all of our current crop of politicians born with a golden spoon? Have they never had to worry about money and learn to live within their means? It is a well known fact that we as a nation cannot live beyond our means for very long, and the longer we do it, the greater a price that our society will pay for these irresponsible decisions.
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