Apple Stores worldwide are shutting down for an hour (10-11 Pacific) today to watch a live stream of a memorial for Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder, company-rescuer, and industry-revolutionizer who died two weeks ago. The memorial will take place at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California. more ›

A tipster tells us of a rumor that Apple is moving into the old Sharper Image digs downtown, substantiated by a "We're Hiring" post on Monster that mentions a 98101 ZIP code. We've asked our iPhone for comment, but so far we've gotten nothing and we're afraid to try waterboarding. Meanwhile, TechFlash is chronicling Microsoft's Live Search Cashback debacle, in which a promised 40 percent discount on HP products failed to materialize. Live Search query volume "has actually declined 7.8% since last year." Let's see how this "Step Two: Create Thousands of Angry Customers" strategy works. more ›

You know, you kind of want a guy who has a typography tattoo to put a little more effort into a cardboard sign and maybe elevate the medium a bit... Photo courtesy of Jeff Carlson from the Seattlest Flickr Pool. more ›

And in news related to what will fill the iPhones purchased at the U Village Apple Store this week: UW has announced that not only will they not protect students from file-sharing lawsuits, they will hunt them down and club them to death to protect the violated rights-holders. Ok, a shoot-on-sight order isn't in effect yet--for the time being the University of Washington will only serve legal papers to students who use the school's network to download music. more ›

If you can't tell what that picture is supposed to be, it's Seattlest's Nano strapped to the back of Seattlest's phone (which is, itself, an mp3 phone), which is as close to an iPhone as we'll be getting for the time being. Not that we're above a little gadget humping every now and then, but we're going to sit this one out. People with less restraint (or fatter wallets) than Seattlest will soon be lining up, though, at the University Village Apple Store, where we hear there is already an iPhone display set up in preparation for Friday when the things go on sale. Brier Dudley of the Seattle Times wrote yesterday about how professional line sitters aren't really in demand in Seattle like they are in other metro areas, and it seems to be true: we can't find a lot of evidence of line sitting services advertised via Craigslist either. There's this guy, this guy and this guy, but upon further inspection they seem to be the same guy. Looks like he wants $120 to wait in line for you, but this guy will do it for $30. A bloody war is brewing in the seedy world of discount line sitting. more ›

Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. more ›

The American Institute of Architects asked 1800 Americans to name their favorite buildings in the US. After further refinement and surveying, the AIA compiled a list of the top 150 and released it on Wednesday. more ›

A couple of months ago, we noticed that the charger for our PowerBook was starting to wonk out. We'd plug it in and have to twiddle it just so before the orange "thanks for the juice" light came on. more ›

Seattlest has another podcasting event we want you to attend. We really want to hear you out there, apparently, so if you produce or know of a podcast that's Seattle-related in content or dialect you should post it in the comments or email Seattlest. Our all-seeing eye is currently sweeping the internets for some new additions to our links section and we want to make you famous. more ›