So, after many, many months, I’ve relaunched The Portland Scene. This is mostly a visual thing – I’ve tried to generally make the site less hideous, faster to load, and more (heh) Web 2.0-compliant. It should be a bit easier to navigate as well.

Additionally, there are some enhancements:

• Events can occur on a range of days
• Stories can be written about nearly anything (places, pictures, events, etc…)
• A recently added page helps keep you up to date on, umm, the most recently added things
• A conversation/questions section replaces the odd, and somewhat malfunctioning live chat section. Ask away!
• Events don’t actually have to be tied to a specific location

The Portland Scene is a website focused on finding something to do in Portland OR, the results of this hunt. Members can post pictures, write stories, add events to the community calendar and promote their favorite places. Check it out and let me know what you think!

“Weren’t Sun Chips healthy enough for you, you goddamn hippie bastards?”

Too funny. More here

So, in the wake of the demoralizing 2004 elections, I registered the domain saluteback.com. I wasn’t entirely sure what I was going to use it for, but dammit, I was going to use it for something. For awhile, I used it to host my video response (seen here) to George Bush’s infamous one-finger salute, prior to his debates in the Texas governor’s race. But now it’s languishing unused. However, with the sea change in Congress largely complete, leading to a Democratically-controlled House and (hopefully/likely) a Democratically-controlled Senate, I’d like to trot it out for something. Hmm…fighting back, perhaps? Now that we actually can, of course.

Thoughts?