Category Archives: /seattle

SeattleWireless Asterisk Server

By Ken | Published: February 22, 2006
This past weekend Casey and I installed an Asterisk server at Seattle Community Colo Project. The intention is to have this be the backend for voice and text messaging on Seattlewireless. Casey is working on a dial plan to provide free outbound calling to toll free numbers, and potentially some outbound calling to regular pstn [...]
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Seattle Happs

By | Published: October 28, 2005
Some things worth checking out: This Saturday The Twilight Exit will be serving brunch at 11 am. I hope they are going to make this a regular thing for the weekends. The Greenlake Ultimate Frisbee game might be picking back up this Saturday at 2 if enough people are interested. If you have any desire [...]
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UtiliRant

By | Published: August 15, 2005
“That reminds me: I haven’t even touched on you men in kilts…” I thoroughly enjoyed this rant on everything is dumb. I don’t know how many times I have had the Utilikilts conversation, but I have never been able to sum it up like he did. It is very rare that I read an entire [...]
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Ghost Cycle Retaliation?

By | Published: August 5, 2005
So I was getting off the bus in Fremont around 1:45 today. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted a female with a red milwakee power screwdriver doing something to the ghost cycle at the main intersection in Fremont. She was attaching a sign on top of the “A cyclist was struck here” [...]
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16th & Union, Assault

By | Published: July 8, 2005
I am walking up to my house and a helicopter screams by. After some investigating I find that 16th and Union is completely blocked off with police and firetrucks. Thanks to the live 911 page, I find out that there was a 911 call reporting “Assault with weapon”. I have yet to see anything in [...]
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Street Musician @ The "Food Hole"

By | Published: July 5, 2005
Quite a few people in our office make a lunch time pilgrimage to Whole Foods, aka “Food Hole”. We have had many encounters with the guy outside playing guitar. He frequently cracks jokes about a coworkers blue hair, sometimes using the word “freak”. Another coworker has decided in the past to fight fire w/fire and [...]
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BookCrossing

By | Published: June 23, 2005
I have registered my first Bookcrossing book. The idea is same as the “Where’s George” stamps you see on dollar bills. You register your book, you label it with BC-ID (book crossing id) and note letting the person know about the site, then you leave the book somewhere. You can then track your book to [...]
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Morning Commute

By | Published: November 23, 2004
On Nov. 4 there was a bustle of police activity on the sidewalk near my office in Greenlake. Not paying much mind, I went into to the office where my coworker informed me that someone committed suicide on the sidewalk outside our office. There is a bar that runs from a telephone pole over to [...]
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Broadway and Pike QFC Redux

By | Published: September 25, 2004
Since moving to the Central District again, I have not been frequenting the Capitol Hill grocers as much as I used to. After my dogs case of the runs, I needed to get some meat to boil for her post fast, diarrhea recovery meal. I decided to visit the Broadway and Pike Quality Food Centers. [...]
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Married to Art

By | Published: September 17, 2004
My roomates friend known to some as FLATCHESTEDMAMA will be marrying her creative self this weekend at Golden Gardens in Ballard, including the legal change of her middle name to her moniker. For details check out her site. Update:It might be worth noting that event is open to the public!
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