Lately I’ve been playing around a bit with Google Earth, and correspondingly Google Maps, and it’s amazing the kinds of things you can do with it. Unfortunately, their source data for Central Oregon is less than impressive; try to zoom in too tightly and you just get pixelated blobs. Well, the city of Bend website… Continue reading Online Bend maps
Month: July 2005
Hobbit holes in Bend?
Now this is some kind of crazy: The hobbit holes will hold lawn mowers instead of diminutive, barefooted halflings from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, but The Shire aims to bring some Old World styling and a fantasy setting to Bend’s east side. “We call it the place of enchantment, and we… Continue reading Hobbit holes in Bend?
Hard drinkin’
Heard about this on the radio this morning, and I wanted to blog it before I forgot about it. On the front page of the Bulletin today there’s a picture of three people floating the river (a popular summer activity here in Bend)—which by itself is no big deal. However, the focus of the article… Continue reading Hard drinkin’
Chelsea Lane is closing
Just a quick note about Chelsea Lane, a nice little wine shop that used to be downtown but is now located at the factory outlet stores on south Highway 97: they’re closing! I don’t know when the last day will be, but right now they’re selling their wines at 30% off, and beer for 15%… Continue reading Chelsea Lane is closing
The one Shannon didn’t want to read…
Eh, it wasn’t that bad. We had our picnic dinner in the park with Shannon and Simone, at the farmer’s market. I’m rethinking this whole “blogger meetup” thing though since only Shannon, Simone, and myself ever get together… if someone else wants to organize a blogger deal, I’ll come, but I’m done trying to put… Continue reading The one Shannon didn’t want to read…
The Donald Trump/Bend urban legend
Note: This post was originally written way back in 2005, when most of the world still considered Trump to be (at best) an orange-skinned clown with questionable tastes and shady dealings. Of course now it’s 2022 as I update this and we all know he’s even more of a racist shitbag who absolutely destroyed our… Continue reading The Donald Trump/Bend urban legend
Comments on some of the Bulletin’s news
You can tell I’ve been busy these last few days: I’ve got a number of things to write about but haven’t had the time to until now. These next couple of things are about articles that appeared in the Bulletin. First: 7-story hotel planned for downtown. This, of course, will be literally right next to… Continue reading Comments on some of the Bulletin’s news
Ariana
Amid all the craziness of the past weekend, my wife and I were able to have a Saturday evening out (the grandparents watched the kids). We went to Ariana with Shannon and her fiancé Ariana is located on Bend’s west side, in one of the renovated old houses that make up much of the west… Continue reading Ariana
Da bloggers
Busy busy busy weekend, that’s why I haven’t been posting. And I’m getting hammered at work with things, but I needed to jump on to post this bit, lest I forget again: There’s finally another Bend blogger meetup this week! Wednesday (July 27) at the Farmer’s Market downtown, at six o’clock. Basically we’ll have a… Continue reading Da bloggers
blogknocking
Jeremy Zawodny wonders When will blogging peak? I don’t think it will, anytime soon or maybe even at all. Why? Because, like I wrote last month, it ain’t even mainstream yet. Plus, it’s too compelling. It will likely evolve, but it isn’t even close to peaking, if it ever will. Dave Winer mostly agrees with… Continue reading blogknocking