As we told you the other day, the Windows 7 beta went live today. However, apparently there was a bit more demand than Microsoft had planned for. Thanks to NeoWin, we’ve got the direct download links for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7: Windows 7 32-bit ISO Windows 7 64-bit ISO Be sure to check out the post on NeoWin for specifics on what to do with those files once you download, and also know ...

tags: beta, microsoft

We all know there'll be no buyers for the P-I, but what do you think the chances are that it could live on as an online-only publication like The Christian Science Monitor did last year?

tags: christian science monitor

Sometimes book readings are news because of the book; sometimes because of the author. With Steven Johnson, you get both. He's in town for a few days on his book tour for The Invention of Air: at Elliott Bay Book Company on Sunday, at 3 p.m.; Town Hall on Monday, 7:30 p.m., and holding court at a "Words & Wine" event at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Johnson is as well ...

tags: elliott bay book company, joseph priestley, propers, invention, town hall, few days

The Seattle School has a true knack for creating clever, fresh art projects, often utilizing unusual performance spaces. Like the bathroom. Specifically, the bathroom of the Hideout at 1005 Boren in Seattle, the women’s bathroom to be precise, where they are presenting a piece called “Remember Me (Klaus Nomi bathroom)” that combines elements of the writings of Austrian architect Bernard Rudofsky, 20th century electronics, a colorful array of fresh carnations and 80s ...

tags: seattle school, performance spaces, art projects, boren, hideout, knack

Hey there all ya’ll. Today’s post can be found over at Type-A Mom, published alongside other articles by real moms! My article is about moms finding freedom to chasing one’s dreams and such… Click here if you wanna read it :) *wink* ********** Keep up on the ridiculous, the insightful, the always digressive… Subscribe to my Jenny On The Spot RSS feed Subscribe to Jenny On the Spot by Email Share and Enjoy:

tags: dreams, freedom, ya

Although most of us are currently without tickets for Barack Obama‘s big day, those with cable or satellite service will have front row seats to the first major event of Inauguration Week. On January 18, HBO will exclusively air the festivities from the Lincoln Memorial. The program is expected to be filled with A-list performers including a rumored appearance from Bruce Springsteen. Unlike the channel’s coverage back in 1993 (when Bill Clinton was ...

tags: barack obama, opening ceremony, hbo, free access

According to the Rep's website, SF-based Capacitor's visiting performance of biome this weekend, as reported in yesterday's "Weekend Theatre," has been "delayed indefinitely" due to the flooding closure of I-5. According to a note from the company, they are trying to re-schedule the Seattle appearance for May. Advance ticket holders can get a refund from BrownPaperTickets; call 1-800-838-3006 or write support@brownpapertickets.com.

tags: capacitor, ticket holders, closure, appearance

Mortgage rates have improved but continue to be volatile.  Today’s rates are actually up about 0.125% from yesterday.   Very important to note that Fannie Mae announced their revised LLPA (hit to fees with rates) will be implemented by April 1, 2009.  This means that lenders will start factoring these adds any day in order to make sure their loans will be purchased from Fannie without having to absorb the price difference.   Are you a condo ...

tags: mortgage rates

Hurts alot, probably having a heart attack or something.

tags: chest area, having a heart attack, heart attack

Should someone be thanking Britney Spears? Not too long ago we were wondering if How I Met Your Mother was going to be renewed. Now CBS is rewarding the show’s cast members for sticking around. As a thank you for boosting Monday night’s numbers, the network has just given all five actors - Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris and Alyson Hannigan - substantial raises. Their pay bumps, retroactive to the ...

tags: how i met your mother, britney spears, cbs

Photo from FlickrAccording to the Seattle P.I., the Seattle P.I. is being put up for sale, and probably closing: The Seattle P-I is being put up for sale, and if after 60 days it has not sold, it will either be turned into a Web-only publication or discontinued entirely. "One thing is clear: at the end of the sale process, we do not see ourselves publishing in print," said Steven Swartz, president of the Hearst ...

tags: hearst corp, art thiel, sunset bowl, millstein, editor and publisher, money problems, space needle, senior vice president, brilliant idea, oglesby, favorite sports, sports writer, denny, sonics, ballard, thirty years, newsroom, condos, lincoln, seattle

"Window To 2004" by Seattlest Flickr Pool contributor Grundlepuck. Poignant... Here's the official notice at the top of Seattle P-I's website:The Seattle P-I newspaper is being put up for sale. Steve Swartz, president of Hearst Newspaper Division, told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer. If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, possible options include creating an all digital operation, or shutting ...

tags: hearst corp, steve swartz, nwe, smart move, transitional period, breadth, competitor, contributor, newsroom, good luck, proceeds, seattle, pool, quotes

photo by Shawn McClung [flickr] and grabbed from our group pool [#] Just because you shouldn’t need an excuse to help homeless youth during this particularly climate-challenged winter doesn’t mean that rocking incentives aren’t appreciated. Tonight, the Whore Moans, Thee Emergency, and the Lost Episode convene at the Vera Project to make up for their “warm for the winter” show that was previously snow-delayed. Tickets are $9 [vera] and the doors open at 7:30; bring along ...

tags: weekend agenda, flickr, nphoto, hump, bikes, pool

You all remember how until last year the Stranger’s masthead read “Seattle’s Only Newspaper?” Did you ever think it might just come true? Today Hearst put the P-I up for sale, the first step in shutting down the paper. By spring we will have one print daily in Seattle, the Times… which is struggling under mounting layoffs, the inability to close the sale on their Maine papers and local real estate, and a real lack of ...

tags: stranger, fish

Despite Twitter proving to be a very effective client development tool for lawyers, I shared 7 reasons why a lawyer still needed a blog. I also asked legal professionals on Twitter why they thought a blog was still needed even though the lawyers were using Twitter. Here's the response from legal professionals around the globe on why a law blog is still needed. Delaware business litigation lawyer Francis Pileggi (@fpillegi): easy to search ...

tags: lawyers

Uh oh:The Seattle P-I newspaper is being put up for sale. Steve Swartz, president of Hearst Newspaper Division, told the newsroom that Hearst Corp. is starting a 60-day process to find a buyer. If a buyer is not found, Swartz said, Hearst will pursue other options. The options include moving to a digital-only operation with a greatly reduced staff, or completely shutting down operations. In no case will Hearst continue to publish the P-I in ...

tags: seattle post intelligencer, seattle times company, hearst corporation, hearst corp, seattle times, steve swartz, operating agreement, printed form, ditch, newsroom, heart, money

So how is it that KING-5 TV has “a source close to the deal” telling them that the sale (and ultimate closure) of the Seattle P-I is imminent, while everybody at the P-I and the rival Times seemed to have been totally in the dark?  Could it be that KING-5 got the scoop on the deal because they’re at the heart of it? That’s the rumor that’s making the rounds now, which has Hearst in a ...

tags: king 5 tv, seattle media, fire sale

Top 12 Yonic Monuments (that's the opposite of phallic, kids). [via]

tags: monuments, yonic

I get questions like that a lot, from my kids. Is $1 a lot? Is $10 a lot? It's probably because I spend A LOT of time trying to get my kids to understand the value of a dollar. It bothers me when my kids say that a kids meal is ONLY $4. It seems like a timely question in these economic times. How much is a lot of money?

tags: timely question, value of a dollar, kids meal, economic times, mommy, nit, money

It's one of the first questions I ask my son every day after school: Did you eat your lunch? Half the time, the answer's "kind of." Which means the carrots and apple slices are still sitting in the bag. Now, new research shows most preschoolers who brown bag it aren't getting enough nutrients, largely because parents said they usually pack what they thought their child would eat. One of my biggest battles is all the ...

tags: healthy snacks, apple slices, processed carbs, nso, blueberries, half the time, cupcakes, oatmeal, crackers, carrots, nutrients, resolutions, birthdays, new year, occasions, lunch, nit, parents

...at least as far as sports-affiliated reusable shopping bags are concerned. Pro sports franchise shopping bags where everywhere on our trip to Chicago for the holidays, but we've never seen a Mariners or Seahawks shopping bag in this style in Seattle. Of course, that's the Chicago Way: when you're trying to direct the population you don't legislate, you just slap a Bears logo on the desired behavior. However, on a more serious ...

tags: sports franchise, garbage bags, shopping bags, trip to chicago, recyclables, pro sports, shambles, shopping bag, mariners, cubs, recycling, bears, trash, seattle, holidays, faith, population

Three weeks in Asia gave us a burning desire for a burger, but a snowstorm put out the flame at Flame, so stuck on foot, we settled upon Hilltop Ale House to satisfy our craving. We've liked Hilltop since back when its non-smoking days mattered most, and we appreciate the neighborhood feel. The menu hawks the hormone-free nature of the burger, which comes on a baguette with sautéed onions and peppers along with ...

tags: frozen burgers, sautéed onions, burning desire, queen anne, ale house, tartar sauce, five cents, free nature, lunchbox, snowstorm, baguette, pickles, ketchup, lettuce, non smoking, top and bottom, mustard, hawks, fast food, potatoes

Azur & Asmar, this week at SIFF Cinema, image courtesy GKIDS French animator Michel Ocelot is best known in this country for his film Kirikou and the Sorceress, this Saturday’s Film4Families selection at SIFF Cinema. A lively fantasy based on African folklore, Kirikou is the charming tale of a chatty newborn who takes on the sorceress who has laid a curse on his village, told via Ocelot’s vivid imagery and engaging ...

tags: film agenda, azur

photo by joshc [flickr] year, Starbucks rolled out its latest experiment in caffeine addiction with the time-honored dealer’s techniques: the first taste’s on them, followed by a month of afternoon discounts, and winding up in a back alley of regular priced hopeless dependency. “TeaTime” involves tea lattes (tea, frothy milk, and secret herbs and spices) and tea infusions (tea mixed with steamy cider or juice). So far, I’ve only sampled the lavendery vanilla London Fog ...

tags: caffeine addiction, flickr, nphoto, starbucks, remedy

A 6 year-old boy in Virginia missed his school bus so he decided to take his parents’ car to school. During his time behind the wheel, he passed some cars, made a couple of 90º turns and ran off the road a few times. He eventually crashed after driving almost 6 miles, but suffered only minor injuries. His parents were then charged with child endangerment when it was found that his mom ...

tags: playing video games, school bus, parents

We know how much you like to Twitter. Now there is even more reason with these three new applications. twtcard allows you to make a greeting card with square heads and your allotted 140 characters. With twtpoll, you type in a question and multiple choice answers. And twtvite is an event manager app. Create your event and enter specifics including room for an RSVP. All three are free (donations gladly accepted) and can also be ...

tags: free donations, choice answers, facebook, fri, myspace, twitter, multiple choice, greeting card, rsvp, specifics, square heads

Logitech’s G19 Keyboard won the Best of Innovations in Electronic Gaming at this year’s CES. With a color GamePanel LCD, its tilting 320x240p display gives gaming info for over 60 games, VoIP data, a clock and CPU load. There are 12 programmable G-keys with 3 macros per key. It also features multi-key input-functionality, 2 USB 2.0 ports and a Game Mode switch to disable the Windows Key so you don’t get locked out. Compatible with ...

tags: keyboard, logitech

A 6 year-old boy in Virginia missed his school bus so he decided to take his parents’ car to school. During his time behind the wheel, he passed some cars, made a couple of 90º turns and ran off the road a few times. He eventually crashed after driving almost 6 miles, but suffered only minor injuries. His parents were then charged with child endangerment when it was found that his mom was asleep during ...

tags: playing video games, school bus, parents

Tired of squinting at fine print? The Computer Magnifier mounts on your 17 or 19-inch display and gives you 2x glare-free images. Available in beige, it is priced at $109.98. The Carson E-Z Reader is even simpler. Plug the 10 ft. power cord into a wall outlet and another cord in your TV RCA input, place it over your book, newspaper or photos and the magnified image appears on the screen. The reader’s price is ...

tags: rca input, power cord, free images, photos

Microsoft has posted videos from the Mix sessions, which means you can view the video of our panel online. There’s also a WMV version you can download directly (roughly 80 MB). Unfortunately, the production quality of the video isn’t very good. The video shows only the projection feed, which was fairly static except for about 25 minutes worth of demos by myself and Tom Bodkin. Also, the projector in the room was running at 1280 by ...

tags: reporte indigo, english language version, mix sessions, reading experiences, driven features, screen dimensions, tim anderson, production quality, aspect ratio, rendition, projector, layouts, advertisements, demo, microsoft

Those attending Mix 07 next week in Las Vegas might be interested in going to Beyond the Reader: Improving the Online Media Experience, a panel discussion featuring yours truly (along with Roger Black of The Font Bureau/Danilo Black and Tom Bodkin of the New York Times). It’s currently scheduled during the first timeslot on Wednesday morning. Here’s the abstract: Is it really possible to make online narrative content glamorous? Smart designers are complementing their traditional strengths in ...

tags: smart designers, danilo black, font bureau, portal digital, traditional strengths, wpf, bodkin, tv content, new york times, timeslot, panel discussion, wednesday morning, producers, las vegas, newspapers, magazines

A few months ago, Nick Thuesen posted his SpanningStackPanel class, which is basically a cross beween UniformGrid and StackPanel. Around that time, I was working on a project that called for exactly that layout. Unfortunately, Nick’s panel didn’t work in my application because he was modifying the Children collection in his code, which is a big no-no if you want to support databinding (e.g. in order to use it as the ItemsPanel within a ListBox). I ...

tags: external consumption, size elements, thuesen, misnomer, source code

While reading an article in today’s New York Times, I saw the following sleazy ad: How tall is Paris? Answer correctly to receive your Pink Laptop You’ve probably seen this genre of ad before, which offers free merchandise for a trivial task — of course, the ads always state that “Details Apply” in tiny text (I wonder how the FTC feels about these “details”). As stupid as these ads are, they’re not much worse than the advertisements for escort ...

tags: digital publication, nthe, tiny text, scummy, trivial task, back pages, free merchandise, sad state, nyt, escort services, new york times, ftc, advertisers, advertiser, tiffany, advertisements, laptop, publishers, genre, advertisement

Although I used to work for Microsoft on the WPF team, I’m not tied to the platform. WPF and its alternatives (Flash, HTML, Apollo, Silverlight) each have advantages and disadvantages and choosing between them depends on your requirements. Since I’m doing a lot of work around reading experiences, I thought it was a good time to go back and re-evaluate the existing choices. In this post, we’ll look at how each platform renders fonts at 9, ...

tags: bitmap fonts, reading experiences, sans serif, anti aliasing, flash 8, silverlight, old standby, nup, readability, alphabetical order, good reason, apollo, good time, platforms, animation, choices, newspapers, microsoft

There’s a new version of the Top Level Categories plugin. The changes aren’t huge, but they do fix all known issues, including: Will now work correctly with the /%category%/%postname% and %postname% permalink structures (this was the top request). No longer need to manually update the permalink structure on install or uninstall. Fixed incompatibility with some installations of the K2 theme. If the previous version works well for you, then there is no need to upgrade. Download Top Level Categories v1.0 (ZIP ...

tags: level categories, previous version, zip file, incompatibility, k2, bugs, nif