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Wednesday | March 23, 2011

Portland WikiWednesday happens this evening at The MEZZ inside Whole Foods Market in Portland's Pearl District

Come Hang With Portland's Wiki Geeks
Local MediaWiki & Wikipedia Discussion Groups, Anyone?
Portland is the "birthplace of wiki"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki#History
...and boasts quite a few wiki enthusiasts, many of whom are regular Wikipedia contributors and/or admins.
Despite such heritage, Portland has yet to establish a local Wikipedia meetup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup
About time we do? Hope to see you this evening!

• What: Portland WikiWednesday
• Where: The MEZZ Espresso Bar
• Address: Portland's Pearl District: NW 12th Avenue & West Burnside Street
• Day: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
• Time: 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Go to story: Portland WikiWednesday -- Come hang with Portland's wiki geeks.

Go to Wikipedia meetup page: Wikipedia Meetup, Portland

Tuesday | March 22, 2011

Photo by Marcel Marchon / lazytom

Amtrak lines that serve Portland increasingly offer free wifi
One more advantage to passenger rail service, that oft-overlooked (in the US) dinosaur, is falling into place. Amtrak, the long-ailing, government-supported corporation providing domestic intercity passenger rail service, is rolling out free wifi on most of its lines. Already trips from its Cascades line (serving Vancouver (Canada), Seattle, Portland, and Eugene, with other stops on the way) are fully blanketed from front to back by the soothing, low-level radiation of wireless internet. The Coast Starlight line, which continues south all the way to Los Angeles, is also beginning to offer wifi service, albeit only in its freely available "Parlour Car" for now. For travelers used to paying for wifi on airlines or "lucking out" with a "free" wifi promotion bundled with the Google Chrome browser or other marketing ploy, traveling with free, no-conditions wifi is a distinct advantage. Add that to passenger trains' spacious legroom, cheaper price, better environmental impact, beautiful views, greater actual security without the "airport security" gauntlet (no clothesless, skinless ogling, surly gropefests, public luggage-pawing, or, for those that happen to share a name with someone on the no fly list, being ushered into a room for, if one is lucky, only a strip search and lengthy detainment). The only catch: it's slower. High-speed rail, anyone?

Go to article: Touching the third rail

Monday | March 21, 2011

PortlandWiki Monday Meets
Tonight at Powell's Books: Building 2

Come Hang With Local Civic Wiki Geeks
Tonight's Discussion: User Interface!

How can PortlandWiki present a more inviting user interface?

And: Rehearse sampling of community-approved hijinks and practical jokes in anticipation of upcoming April Fools Day. Come enjoy some friendly discussion! We usually have a good time. Hope to see you this evening!

• What: PortlandWiki Monday Meets
• Where: Powell's Technical Books
• Address: 40 NW 10th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

Corner of NW 10th Avenue & NW Couch Street. (This is Powell's Tech's new location.)

(OpenStreetMap, Google Map)

• Day: This evening! Monday, March 21st, 2011
• Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Go to meetup page: Monday Meets

Go to event calendar: PortlandWiki Monday Meets -- Come Hang With Local CivicWiki Geeks

Sunday | March 20, 2011

American hero.

Bradley Manning Freedom Rally
And direct action event.
Army Private First Class Bradley Manning is a genuine American hero. He is the presumed whistleblower who provided documented evidence of serious war crimes and other abuses perpetrated by U.S. military and non-military forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those crimes and abuses included those documented in a video showing U.S. helicopter gunship troops slaughtering close to a dozen Iraqi civilian non-combatants. Manning, 23, has endured nearly 300 days of solitary confinement under conditions described as "torture." Tomorrow you are invited to join Veterans For Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Code Pink Portland, the Surge Protection Brigade and others calling for the government to "Arrest the Real Criminals, Free Bradley Manning!" The rally includes a short march to the site of a direct action to raise awareness and support for Manning.

• What: Bradley Manning Freedom Rally
• Where: Director Park
• Address: Downtown Portland: 815 SW Park Avenue (between SW Yamhill & SW Taylor Streets), Portland, Oregon
• Day: Monday, March 21st, 2011
• Time: 12:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Go to event RSVP page: Bradley Manning Freedom Rally

Go to story: Private Manning and Abu Ghraib Tactics

Go to story: Bradley Manning Is Stripped At Night And Made To Stand Naked By His Cell: Tortured For His Own Good

Saturday | March 19, 2011

Occupy Pioneer Courthouse Square for peace.

Today's Antiwar Rally: The Egyptian People Set The Example
Cairo's Tahrir Square is the current model for pushing back oppressive regimes. Can we make Pioneer Courthouse Square the same?

• What: Antiwar Rally & March
• Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square
• Address: Downtown Portland: 715 SW Morrison Street, Portland, OR 97205
• Day: TODAY! Saturday, March 19th, 2011
• Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Go to story: Rally For Peace

Friday | March 18, 2011

The food coloring gives it an extra kick, you say? How about a head-on collision? Photo by Jonathunder.

St Patrick's Portland legacy: 16 drunk driving arrests
Sixteen drunk celebrators were arrested for driving last night, according to Oregon State Police. While the arrests were three fewer than last year, any of the sixteen could have found their green beer-lubricated partying suddenly cut short by a fatal accident. Designating a driver, taking a bus or the MAX, or calling a taxi are options that still remain ignored by some reckless individuals that would rather risk taking the lives of innocent bystanders than shell out a few bucks or endure the inconvenience of waiting a few minutes for a bus or taxi. Fortunately, there were no fatal accidents last night, but next year the "Luck of the Irish" may run out.

Go to story: On St. Patrick's Day, 16 drink, drive and get arrested

Thursday | March 17, 2011

Small Potatoes

Small Potatoes
Ah, the luck of the Irish! Whether it's boatloads of unruly Vikings storming the Celtic Isle to enslave its "blooming, lively women" and carry them off to parts unknown "over the broad green sea," or planeloads of rapacious neoliberal plunderers swarming in to loot the entire economy, it's the Irish people who're always caught one leaf short of a four leaf clover. But today is Saint Patty's Day! It's OK to drown your sorrows in ale and dance and cheer. And thank ol' St. Patty that you're (for now) spared the luck of the Japanese.

Go to story: St. Patrick Catholic Church.

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