Monthly Archives: January 2008

Winter weather notes

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Jon

- With schools closed today and snow everywhere and much of the town on lockdown (not really—but the police are urging people to stay off the roads), I’m wondering how that will affect the Bend WebCon 2 going on downtown … Continue reading →

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Rumor: The Bulletin opening up E-Edition

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Jon

Tipster Stanislaw Funk today let drop that the Bulletin will soon be doing something new: offering free "E-Edition" access to subscribers of their dead-tree edition. If true, it’s a step in the right direction—when we had our Bulletin subscription I … Continue reading →

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PR Blurb: 5 free DVD’s with Blu-Ray player purchase

Posted on January 26, 2008 by Jon

This is sort of a mini-press release but it was a reasonable email pitch so I figured, why not. I don’t know what a Blu-Ray player goes for, but this doesn’t seem like a bad deal. Maybe someone who follows … Continue reading →

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Some happenings this weekend

Posted on January 25, 2008 by Jon

A couple of things I thought I’d mention for this weekend—well, Saturday, anyway. First the Library is having their Winter Book Sale on Saturday. As usual, that runs from 10 to 4 and is located at the Library Administration Building … Continue reading →

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The Abyss… on eBay

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Jon

The other day when I blogged about finding Deschutes Brewery‘s The Abyss around town, I didn’t foresee the beer showing up on eBay. At least, not so soon. Seriously. Go to eBay and type in "abyss deschutes" in the search … Continue reading →

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