Norman Ollestad will be reading from his book, Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival, at Elliott Bay Book Company on June 15, at 7:30 p.m. Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival, is both a chilling account of survival and a heartwarming coming-of-age story based around Norman Ollestad and his relationship with his father, the late Norman Ollestad. more ›

Seattle, we're a little taken aback. We asked you yesterday whether it was okay for people to surf for porn in the library and, so far, almost 60 percent of said, "Sure." We even gave you a weasel way to pretend it would be too much of a hassle to implement a no-porn policy, but only fifteen percent chose that. The majority of yes-votes have been cast in favor of library porn. And almost none of you are THINKING OF THE CHILDREN! Personally we would not be thrilled to glimpse a little bukkake the next seat over, but fine, have it your way. We are so not going near those terminals without rubber gloves, though. more ›

Our post earlier today about the new, Red-Bullish atmosphere the library is promoting got us thinking about other things that might be classified as "undesirable" in a public space. As we understand it, Seattle Public Library uses no-pr0n filters on kids' area computers, but leaves the adult section...adult. In fact, "All users are asked to respect the privacy of other users and not attempt to censor or comment upon what others are viewing." What do you think? more ›

You can download the beta 2 version of Microsoft's IE8 if you want. We are not that brave, but you should totally do it and tell us what it's like, maybe after the reinstall. While IE Ocho is supposed to be "quicker" than something slower, the new, counterintuitive feature that has previewing journalists in a lather is something called "InPrivate Browsing" (aka "porn mode"). We say counterintuitive, because Redmond has not established themselves as basecamp alpha of privacy concerns. Yet here they are with a browser that lets you selectively keep or delete cookies. Also, for the rest of today, up is down, black is white. [UPDATE:] Alert reader Bilco tips us off that XP service pack 3 may lock in IE8, so once it's installed, you're stuck with it. Now, that's more like the Microsoft we know and love. Of course a beta install should be permanent. more ›

Around Seattlest HQ, word went out about the news that Craigslist will soon start charging for Seattle job listings. Come October 22nd, the site is going to charge $25 for job postings in an effort to curb spam, overposting, and other "quality issues." Seattlest predicts the following: more ›