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Wednesday, January 29, 2003

Measure 28 Defeated
Measure 28 was defeated by approximately a ten percent margin. For schools that means an additional nine days cut from the school year, bringing it to a total of 24 days. That means a pay cut for all school district employees. Anyone want to recommend some good temp agencies?
posted by ml @ 11:35 AM PST [link]

Tuesday, January 28, 2003

Income Tax Increase
Will Portland pass the income tax increase? If so, Oregon voters would be the first in the country to raise their own income tax rates in this current economic downturn. Good articles here and here.
posted by ml @ 11:13 AM PST [link]

Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Brand New Bag
Look what I just ordered from Chrome Bags! It's the Sputnik 3. I can't wait. I've been using a bulky backpack (it has big zippered compartments that stick way out) to carry my laptop around and would rather have this cool streamlined messenger-style bag instead. Even better was that the bag was a factory second, which means it was way cheaper. I found the company via Boing Boing.
posted by ml @ 04:30 PM PST [link]

Tuesday, January 21, 2003

The Pianist
I spent yesterday's holiday at the movie theater watching The Pianist. It was a great film and I'd highly recommend it. Adrien Brody did an amazing job as Wladyslaw Szpilman. Roman Polanski also did a wonderful job of directing the movie and telling the story of this individual. I guess what I liked most was that the movie focused on this person and his struggle with survival in the Warsaw ghetto rather than focusing on the Holocaust. Go see it.
posted by ml @ 11:26 AM PST [link]

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Teacher Teacher
Work sucks. Education is not a great field to be in right now.
posted by ml @ 09:33 AM PST [link]

Monday, January 13, 2003

Bend: The Rules
In Bend, Oregon, city officials are proposing a strict set of regulations for those who want to use public transportation. In addition to rules against smoking, spitting, skateboarding and defecating (nitpickers...) a ban would go into effect for anyone who "emanates a grossly repulsive odor that is unavoidable by other Bend Extended Area Transit customers."
http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/odds_bus.htm
[via NextDraft]
posted by ml @ 02:03 PM PST [link]

Friday, January 10, 2003

Fair-Weather Fan
Blazers Top Spurs to Keep Rolling Go Blazers!
posted by ml @ 03:08 PM PST [link]

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Bill Maher is Back
HBO will premiere a new series, Real Time with Bill Maher, on Feb. 21. I can't wait. I've sorely missed Politically Incorrect since it went off the air last year.
posted by ml @ 03:55 PM PST [link]

Apple Introduces...
*Safari, a new browser for OS X
*12-inch PowerBook
*17-inch PowerBook
*Keynote, presentation software
*iLife, iApps
*Final Cut Express

Safari is pretty fast, but it took me a while to get used to the streamlined look. I felt like the screen was cut off. I also miss viewing a link address when I mouseover it. Update: I figured out that if you click and hold on a link and drag it off to the top, side, bottom, etc. it will show you the link address in a spiffy grey box. The new PowerBooks look cool! The Big and Small ad with Yao Ming and Verne Troyer (Mini Me) is hilarious.
posted by ml @ 11:47 AM PST [link]

Tuesday, January 7, 2003

Arf!
Check out these vintage dog postcards and photos. I love dogs! [via Metafilter]
posted by ml @ 09:43 AM PST [link]

Thursday, January 2, 2003

Save that Stub
Ticketstubs is a project that allows you to upload an image of a ticket stub and tell a story about that particular night.
posted by ml @ 02:44 PM PST [link]