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September 24, 2008

"Bacon Angel" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr contributor erik98122 In the circle we run in, the word/topic/obsession du jour is bacon. It seems everywhere we turn, someone is lauding the delicious versatility of this once-breakfast-only meat. Proving that bacon is not just for breakfast anymore, the Food Network visited Archie McPhees last week to discuss this veritable (and in the case of some of their products, literal) meat candy.The Central District News is covering the bane......

Continue Reading "Neighborhood News and Local Blog Roundup"

May 8, 2008

When we were dissing Clearwire the other day, we had no idea a deal this big was in the works. In fact, plenty of people thought the writing was on the e-tablet for Clearwire after its WiMAX deal with Sprint fell through six months ago. But you can't count Craig McCaw out. The P-I reports:Intel, Comcast, Google, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks have agreed to invest $3.2 billion in the company, which will......

Continue Reading "Seattle's Clearwire WiMAXes Out, But Stocks Fall"

April 29, 2008

Until about 30 minutes ago, we were excited about our switch to Clearwire, a provider we'd never tried before. But as we were signing up for their ~$35/mo. Premium (1.5 Mb/s) plan, we discovered whoops some extra costs not mentioned before: the modem was either $99 to buy or $5/mo. to lease. And of course there was a $50 installation fee. (You know, for the service you just plug into a outlet.) Just to set......

Continue Reading "We Tried to Rent teh Internets from Clearwire"

April 10, 2007

Because we're moving, Seattlest has the pleasure of changing our address and switching our services to our new place. And in an exciting development for consumers, it appears that companies like Qwest and Comcast aren't content to just let you move your existing service to a new place -- at least, not without presenting you with exciting new offers that they're sure will save you oodles of money. Case in point: We use Comcast for......

Continue Reading "Seattlest Asks: Comcast's Triple Play a Good Idea?"

October 26, 2006

Keeping with today's apparent Seattlest themes of cute little references to the past and Comcast, we'd like to tell you about a complaint we have. Remember that guy a few years ago who refused to get a cell phone and what a pain in the ass it was to hook up with him? "I'll meet you at the North gate at 8 o'clock, or, if I'm not there, at the unintelligable gate at 9:45. And......

Continue Reading "The Rest Of The World Has Moved To Comcast Digital Service"

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