Friends and Other Pertinent HyperLinks
This page is due for a deep overhaul. Hasn't been updated in years. Literally. YEARS.
Actual Friends
Cary & Tommi
Woah, I just found this. My friends Cary and Tommi from TWU have a blog! Exciting news. For me, at least. I am also excited that they have a dog and that it is in obedience training.
Clearcut Press
Clearcut Press is an independent publishing house run by our friends Matthew Stadler and Richard Jensen. Astoria rules. Goonies was filmed there, as was Kindergarten Cop.
Jen Kane
Jen Kane is in Eugene.
Jocelyn Durston
My friend Jocelyn is attending grad school in Glasgow. This is her blog, replete with awesome pictures of Scotland in the winter.
Jonathan Anderson
Jonathan Anderson (musician, graphic designer, producer, engineer, all-around LEGIT guy) has a blog. Langley, BC
Kevin Erickson
Kevin has a really good blog about religion, culture and politics over at Urban Honking. Get in, get deep.
Plastic Pattern
The blog of Steven the Brit. He's a web designer from England who likes to hang around Anacortes. Currently living in Vancouver, I hear.
Rachel Satterfield
Rachel is my DoS cohort and good friend. Although it is on myspace.com, which I loathe, I still support her attempts at an online presence. NEAT!
Rachel Shimp
Ex-DoS Worker Rachel writes about mostly music but also other stuff in Seattle.
Slow Loris
Jessica silkscreens really beautiful t-shirts just across the beautiful Guemes channel on beautiful Guemes Island. Beautiful!
Musical Friends
Bobby Birdman
Bobby Birdman is incredible RIL music. He also plays lovely piano and bass. Word to your mutha!
International Falls
Pop songs from a horse farm in Langley, BC. 1" 16 track analog tape. Boom!
Karl Blau
Legendary Fidalgo resident Karl Blau creates lovely songs. Monthly!
Keep it Cran
Electronic music painstakingly pieced together in "Fruity Loops" with vocals over the top. Courtesy of Jonathan Hughes, Langley, BC.
Laura Veirs
Laura Veirs and her Tortured Souls.
Marriage Records
Curtis Knapp presents Marriage Records. Also the label on which The Poison Dart resides.
Mount Eerie
Phil makes music on vinyl and various other handmade goods.
Norfolk & Western
The band, not the railroad. Lovely folks and such good music.
p:ano
I hate the Mint Records website, it's one of the WORST WEBSITES ON THE ENTIRE INTERNET, but p:ano is one of the BEST BANDS IN CANADA. There, I said it.
PDXbands
Matt Mair Lowery blogs about Portland music and creates nice podcasts of all sorts of indie rock.
Run Chico Run
Thomas and Matt. Drums, bass, guitar, analog synths, and other stuff. Victoria, BC.
States Rights Records
States Rights Records is Portland's nicest little label. Well, States Rights is tied with Marriage Records for Portland's nicest little label, but they are both awesome, and run by friendly people to boot!
Steve Moore
A man of many, many talents, Steve Moore plays in many, many bands.
The Poison Dart
I play in this band with Megan and Jay.
Velella Velella
My friends in Seattle make loopy, jazzy, funky, dancey songs.
Winfield
My brother Luke plays rock music in Portland, OR.
YACHT
Jona Bechtolt. RIL. PDX, OR.
Frequent Reads
Dooce
Heather is an ex-Mormon who has a baby and a husband and swears A LOT. Also, HOLY CRAP! LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE ADS! Well, whatever pays the mortgage, I suppose!
Engadget
For all your geekish gadget needs.
Kottke
Jason Kottke writes about media, design, hypertext, photography, writing & programming.
Mcsweeney's
Mcsweeney's internet tendency.
Mr Sun
"Mr. Sun is a mysterious figure, a blinding light. Do not look directly at Mr. Sun. Bask in him. Although 93 million miles away, Mr. Sun uses this Blog to share his warmth with others."
Rick Mercer
Rick Mercer, the funniest man on the CBC, has a blog. Plus, awesome photoshop contests.
The Morning News
Quality fiction, non-fiction, comedy, music, and news from Brooklyn.
Waiter Rant
The journal of a waiter in NYC. Not super into Waiter's writing style but the stories are often hilarious and bordering on unbelievable.
Design and Geek Related Readings
A List Apart
Invaluable resource for web designers and developers.
A Whole Lotta Nothing
Matt Haughey writes well on design and myriad other subjects. His site is nice and clean as well.
Airbag
Greg Storey's Airbag is lovely to look at and read. But please, fix your "it's"! "It's" is a contraction of "it is" and not a statement of possession. Cool.
Burnkit
Josh, Adam and Jeremy design in Vancouver, BC.
Daring Fireball
Getting deep into Apple with John Gruber.
Mezzoblue
Dave Shea expounds upon design, web standards and other useful web technologies.
Signal Vs. Noise
Informative and useful blog from the usability folks at 37 Signals in Chicago.
Stopdesign
Douglas Bowman's site is beautiful and quite an excellent resource for online designers, especially those with an interest in CSS-based layout methods.
What Do I Know
Todd Dominey's blog. His design stands the test of time. Seriously, dude hasn't really redesigned in years and it still looks so good.
Zeldman
The one and legendary Jeffery Zeldman.
General Interest
BBC News
Excellent and comprehensive news coverage of the whole world. Unlike Fox News. Fox News can eat one.
CBC
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has some of the best programming this side of the Atlantic. Here's to a country that spends more on its public broadcasting than on its military!
The Onion
America's finest news source.
This American Life
"Each week we choose a theme, invite a variety of writers, performers, radio producers to tackle that theme...today's program in 3 acts..."
Ira Glass and co. make the best program on NPR. All programs are archived in Realaudio format. Go and listen now.
Willamette Week
The best independent newsweekly in the Northwest, if not the country.