How to buy a new car and not get screwed - Boing Boing. i was actually at that talk. via ram.

Edith Macefield, 1921-2008: Ballard woman held her ground as change closed in around her. crazy photo. i never heard about this while in seattle. via ram.

CONTEMPORIST » The Capitol Residence by Pb Elemental Architecture. gorgeous house that just finished near my old place in seattle. pimp!

CONTEMPORIST » Floating Home in Seattle. now that is a nice houseboat.

Some cool photos of guys cleaning the Space Needle in Seattle.

seattle, toronto, amazon, unspace

Looking at feedburner trends over the last few months it looks like there’s about 30 people who read awardtour five days a week. I highly suspect that I personally know every single one of these people. I also suspect that this won’t be news to any of them as it’s been in the works for a very long time…

I’m leaving Amazon in May and Seattle in June. I’ll be driving my 2000 VW Golf across the USofA and should be arriving at my final destination, Toronto, sometime during the second week of June. Soon after that, you’ll be able to find me at the offices of Unspace near Queen & Spadina. I met the guys from Unspace at Railsconf last year and I’m quite honored that they asked me to join their ranks. I suspect this is when I start asking everyone I meet “Hey, do you need a kickass Ruby on Rails consultant for your cool project?” or exclaim “What do you mean you’re not going to RubyFringe? Are you out of your mind?”

“But Tyler, don’t you love Seattle and enjoy working at Amazon? Have you lost your mind?”

‘Tis true. I am quite fond of Seattle and Amazon, excluding my brutal first year, has been great. But as you might also know, I’ve been dating my lovely girlfriend (who’s still in Toronto) for the last 3 years. Three years of phone calls and flights is more than enough for me. That said, I’m so excited to be moving back to Toronto (more so than Jessie Spano on caffeine pills).

Seattle people, I have no idea when the going away party will be. Toronto people, would asking for a parade upon my return be out of line?

That’s all for now.

Oh, I also suspect this is when Ram comments “Fuck ya! Toronto rules! What took you so long?”

George & Dragon Pub : FOOTBALL ON TELLY. i’ve been told by many that this is the only real place to watch soccer in seattle.

Microsoft Acquires Farecast For $115M. local startup that basically stores a pile of flight info. damn.


YouTube - A pseudoscience guide to geek dating. Ryan did this talk at the last Ignite Seattle

Photo essay of commuting in America. seattle made it in there with the bainbridge ferry.

Zillow Disrupts Lending Market With Mortgage Marketplace. you create anonymous requests with basic info and get bids from brokers. no obligation to respond. also some interesting stats on zillow’s listings.

Wiretap | CBC Radio. very random show that juan introduced me to. find past episodes on the unofficialpodcast or on tuesday’s at 8pm on npr in seattle.

Redfin wins twice for customers. beyond saving the average buying $10K in commissions, they also got an extra $5K less, on average, than the asking price.

Pine St. rubble on Flickr. They finally tore down the 500 block of pine street.

Sasquatch 2008 lineup. damn, that’s good.

ACLU of Washington | Annual Membership Conference 2008. interesting line-up of topics including one on the rights of non-citizens. i’d attend if i was in town that day. it’s hosted up at UW and it’s open to non-members as well.

Ryan is giving a talk at next weeks Ignite Seattle entitled “A pseudoscience guide to geek dating: How the things you know and love like numbers, stats, charts & obsessive tendencies can actually help your dating life”. awesome.

A new angle on Seattle’s skyline | Seattle Times Newspaper. decent looking skyscrapper to be added to Seattle’s skyline.

Chris Rock at the Paramount in Seattle - April 10,11. I got tickets in row J. hell yeah.

12 Learnings From My First Turn As Startup CEO - socialmedian. from the guy who started jobster (here in seattle).