Day eight of our countdown in photos is here and you're in for a treat. As we sift through the last year's photos all the memories come rushing back and Morgen is excited to share those with you. Today she takes you back to down to what was Qwest Stadium with the most massive show we have seen in Seattle for a long time, if ever, with U2. more ›

Over on the online science salon The Edge, Daniel Kahneman talks about the difference between inside and outside views in decision-making. People are prone to taking the inside view, he says:

The inside view is looking at your problem and trying to estimate what will happen in your problem. The outside view involves making that an instance of something else -- of a class. When you then look at the statistics of the class, it is a very different way of thinking about problems. And what's interesting is that it is a very unnatural way to think about problems, because you have to forget things that you know -- and you know everything about what you're trying to do, your plan and so on -- and to look at yourself as a point in the distribution is a very unnatural exercise; people actually hate doing this and resist it.

Guru of Gang Starr fame is dropping by Chop Suey this evening. If there was any justice in this world Guru would be selling out the Key Arena (admittedly awkward if the Sonics happened to be playing there at the same time). Gang Starr had some of the most thoughtful lyrics around and they really did a lot to redefine the limits to hip-hop. Since he's not selling out Key Arena, we can at least enjoy him within the intimate confines of Chop Suey. more ›