In honor of its 40th anniversary, Bumbershoot rolled out a list of 40 ways you can help celebrate. They've been going on all summer, which means you missed out. It's never too late to party, though, so we're here to suggest 5 last-minute ways to participate. more ›

We just spotted this vaguely threatening ad on CL: "Writer (Seattle): I will write your obituary." And there's a phone number to call. For the record, we don't advise calling it. more ›

Tech Flash got curious about Microsoft's new budget-conscious laptop shopper ad and did a specs comparison with a Mac, but they didn't cover one area that people will pay lots of money for, which is quality and customer service. more ›

We can vouch for this because we've been IMing with a friend of ours who is on the Amtrak Cascades train to Portland, and other than getting false disconnection notices, it's working like a charm. We filled him on the Seattle Metblogs story about Seattle atheists buying ads on Metro. That seemed like a good use of WiFi. Tell Portland! The atheists are coming! more ›