Poll: What is something you wish Seattle had?
On the Seattle section of Reddit, a user-generated content aggregator, the user poltergeister asked the question: What is something you wish Seattle had?The responses have been interesting and got us...
View ArticleFollowing the lighter side of life on Mars with @SarcasticRover on Twitter
The Mars rover Curiosity has landed ... on Mars! And it's having a pretty lonely but humorous time of it, according to the rover's mock Twitter feed. SarcasticRover: "HEY EVERYONE! Hope you kids have...
View ArticleEndangered whales invade California coastal waters
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Tourists from around the world are flocking to the Monterey Bay to catch a glimpse of the massive marine mammals, including impressive numbers of blue whales, the largest animals...
View Article5 things that ticked off Seattleites in the early '70s
It’s 1970 and the one thing really bugging one Seattleite – enough to make him/her write a letter and, apparently, leave the city – was hippies.“Seattle got so bad with hippies, I just had to get out...
View ArticleGetting high in the Northwest ... on zip lines
EATONVILLE, Wash. - Apparently Northwesterners are not afraid of heights and have a yen for adventure. We draw that conclusion because the industry of zip line tours and aerial adventure parks is...
View ArticleGive a hipster a 'whac' at Bumbershoot this weekend (sort of)
In a game reminiscent of Whac-A-Mole, a press release making the rounds in the Seattle blogosphere says Toyota will offer you a chance to “Whac-A-Hipster” this weekend at Bumbershoot.
View ArticlePhotos: Killer whale caught catching air in Puget Sound
James Maya, a ship captain and owner of a whale watching company, took these photos of an orca breaching on Monday off South Beach on San Juan Island.He said this was the only whale breach that evening...
View ArticleDo you want Seattle to beat the record for days without rain?
Hard to know what to root for – a record dry spell or the return of rain.Our weather expert and University of Washington professor Cliff Mass says the race is on, and it’ll be close.
View ArticleVideo: A stirring time-lapse of Pacific Northwest scenes
Northwest photographer John Eklund spent a year-plus gathering the shots to create this time-lapse video (below) of iconic places in the Pacific Northwest.“Some scenes took all night and several tries...
View ArticleSeattle's No.2! Bloomberg Businessweek ranks U.S. cities
Seattle is the second-best city in the country, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The news org evaluated and ranked the largest 100 U.S. cities and published its results today.San Francisco grabbed...
View ArticleSeattle’s latest rising star? Colonel Meow
Okay – it’s a cat post on the Internets … but, hey, he’s from Seattle and he’s a rising star! And, he’s funny (though he has a bit of a potty mouth).Colonel Meow hit Facebook on Aug. 9 and has quickly...
View ArticleHow a Boeing worker invented computer graphics for movies
In a blast from the past, the public radio show Bullseye dug up Seattle’s connection to the first video showing the genesis of computer-generated images or graphics in movies.In 1980, Boeing employee...
View ArticleSpooky self-portrait by Curiosity rover
On Mars, Curiosity took a moment or two for self-identification, as if to say, this is me on Mars. The composite image however, almost looks as if Curiosity had a visitor.
View ArticleViral video: Spokane man kills spider with brass knuckles
SPOKANE, Wash. – When a Spokane man found a big spider in his bathroom he went looking for a weapon to kill it and chose brass knuckles.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9oUq4twMVY
View ArticleIt's a girl: Baby born on Seattle-bound ferry
KOMO reports that a woman went into labor Thursday afternoon about 10 minutes after the M/V Tacoma left the Bainbridge Island dock. A mid-wife, two EMTs and a physician's assistant traveling on board...
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