In the next day or three, I’ll have this year’s "Free (or nearly free) Summertime Activity Guide" posted, similar to the ones I’ve posted the last couple of years. It’s exactly what it says, a guide to free summer activities for the Bend area. Something that’s important this year more … Continue reading
In light of GM’s announced bankruptcy and the recent news about Bob Thomas in danger of being closed, a grassroots website has sprung up overnight in response: KeepChevyInBend.com. Its goal: The goal? Collect, gather, and share information to understand and support the practical business reality that GM must make hard … Continue reading
A collection of random bits that have been emailed in: Oregon ties for 8th place for the best drivers in the nation. Of course, the person who emailed me the link pointed out that California ranks 4th from the bottom. There is a free earthquake talk this Saturday (the 30th) … Continue reading
The Bulletin has launched their first blog: Frequency, featuring music reviews and news from Bend and Central Oregon. It’s written by Ben Salmon, the key player responsible for the Bulletin’s Near/Far (the freely-downloadable music compilations), and the "mission statement", as it were, is: Here at Frequency, I’ll aim to keep … Continue reading
Busy lately, but I was able to post some items to the Twitter account. (Re-post, actually, since I was "retweeting" other people’s tweets.) Reproducing here. Tomorrow (April 21st), there is a book release party for the new book, B is for Beer, at Between the Covers on the corner of … Continue reading
That would be BendNights.com, the online restaurant and events guide. They’ve launched a series of blogs, which look interesting because they have the potential to get guest bloggers that are local business owners and such. (Which is the case with their wine blog, which is written by the owner of … Continue reading
In case it’s not obvious, this will be a slow week on the blog, as I’m currently out of town with limited computer access. In the meantime, go check out Bend Blogs—lots of good stuff there.
This post is more an illustration of some of the sometimes odd processes of blogging and of the random connections made in a small town, than anything overly serious. Though there’s a free event involved. So yesterday I received a message on my MySpace account that I presume is targeted … Continue reading
Last month I had been invited to be on media panel at the Deschutes County offices, as the resident blogging expert representing how blogging and "new media" are becoming more prevalent in news and reporting and such. (The "expert" notion is up for debate, of course. I just do what … Continue reading