Seattlest finally got around to reading Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary. It's been on our "to read" list for, oh, about eight years now. more ›

We couldn't help but notice that maitre d' Mikel Kanter from Vancouver's Elixir bistro is telling tourists an awfully familiar story:

He also offered that the term "Skid Row" was coined just outside the window for the logging skids that led to the water in earlier times. Skid Row, of course, became a term for the down and out, and there's nothing down and out about Vancouver these days.

Seattlest loves the web, but we were sad when the Seattle Public Library got rid of their no-frills dial-up catalog interface. Their web interface is fine, but we think all the nav elements and pictures of book covers clutter things up more than they help us out. more ›

A couple of days ago, the Seattle Public Library announced that patrons can now check out Overdrive digital audio books and eBooks. Enter your card number, browse their digital collection, and check out up to 6 digital files. You get to keep them for 3 weeks. more ›