CauseWorld, a new mobile App, encourages users to “check in” for charity. Similar to Foursquare, it utilizes your phone’s GPS capabilities to determine your current location. From there users are provided with a list of nearby stores that they can sign into, sharing the information with friends and others using the App. Each entry earns “karmas” which can be redeemed for donations to the cause(s) of your choice. more ›

• Hey, Seattle--you gave Northwest Film Forum $44,000 just because they asked. That's short of the $70K they need to forestall any cuts, but still far better than a poke in the eye with a sharp film gate.
• As of October 14, you'll have a whole new Whole Foods to boycott on health care principles. Queen Anne View says the anchor tenant at the Interbay Urban Center "will feature an interactive healthy eating center, cooking classes and demonstrations, [and] a coffee shop."

Seattlest Donte is part of the brain trust behind the new iPhone app U2 Can Yodel, so we aren't going to review the program ourselves. Let's give Applick the mic for a quick thumbs up: "The app takes you through a detailed yodeling tutorial, including a record-and-playback feature, then on to a 'yodeloke' where you can sing along with a professional yodeler, and a free-style section. The app is highly usable and very engaging, largely thanks to the charming animated backdrops and easter eggs (well, egg)." It may be hilarious simply to own a yodel app, but the startlingly extensive tutorial (with master yodeler Kerry Christensen) that U2 Can Yodel provides opened our eyes to just how much more potential there is for iPhone apps. more ›

Thanks, everyone who came out to the Seattlest Happy Hour at Zig Zag last night--and thanks to Ben and Autumn for pouring drinks down our thirsty gullets. We had a chance to order an Aviation, which we wanted ever since we read about creme de violette in The Atlantic. It may be impossible to convey in words how cool you feel drinking a slightly purple drink called Aviation. more ›

Lowell's APP program might be splitting up along North/South lines. Sable Verity dives into the controversy surrounding KUOW's coverage of one APP student's description of how she was treated in the program. Over at HugeAssCity, it's mourning time once again for the loss of the Ballard Dennys, now that the monstrous development plans for that space have been revealed. Lake City Live did a bad news (frowny face) round-up, and CHS has an interesting piece on what the light rail ride from Capitol Hill to the airport will really look like (eleven stops...!). Reverb has an update on Renton's Jimi Hendrix Foundation involving a comic book character named Captain Strata. Hmm. more ›

LIVE LOCAL RADIO: Seattlest Abbey joins Josh from Sound on the Sound (Abbey's other writing gig) to play over an hour of great local bands, who not only have great albums out but also put on an amazing live show. This celebration of the best local live acts of 2008 is courtesy of basement-dwelling Hollow Earth Radio, an internet-only radio station that's on 24 hours a day, despite the fact you've never heard of them. more ›