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I recently updated my list of best breakfast restaurants in Seattle. Let me know if you have any favorite breakfast spots I should check out.

List of Best Breakfast Restaurants in Seattle

Labels: Commentary, Food, Seattle, Washington State

I recently updated my list of best movie theaters in Washington State. Let me know if you have any favorite theaters I should check out.

List of Best Theaters in Washington State

Labels: Around Puget Sound, Commentary, Film, Seattle, Washington State

As I've skipped through my DVR recordings of the Olympics, I've come to realize that I'm disappointed in most of NBC's coverage of the games.

Sure, there are some interesting special effects, like showing the "ghost" of one skier racing against another, or the moving line a skater has to beat to take home the gold medal; but for the most part, it's bad sports journalism that feels like a reality TV show.

This New York Times article gets at what's wrong with NBC's coverage:

Cheering Team USA on NBC's Olympics

Labels: Commentary

For the past few years, I've been collecting links on a site called Delicious. Delicious is a way to save favorite websites to the Internet cloud, so that you can share them with other people and access the links from any computer. I guess it's called "social bookmarking." Here are a few of my favorite recent links from this year:

Barbie Becomes a Computer Engineer | Geek Feminism Blog

YouTube - Amazing choir (Perpetuum Jazzile) uses their hands to simulate storm

Outrageous Vintage Ads That Show How Far We've Come (PICTURES)

Character Actors

Buzz Aldrin: President Obama's JFK Moment

The Hot Blog: SNL & Ashton Kutcher Explain Twitter... But It Didn't Make The Show

How Fox News Censored Jon Stewart vs. Bill O'Reilly - Jon Stewart - Gawker

Dear Jim: Congratulations! George. on Twitpic

Astronauts Are Tweeting Pictures Of The Earth - Space - io9

The Walrus | March 2010 | "Living on a Lighted Stage" by Jason Anderson.

Sticky, smelly Bag Balm: Problem-salving for all - Yahoo! News

Upside Downey Face Photographs

ROTTEN TOMATOES: 2010 Movie Preview

"All You Need Is Love" by 156 Countries - CollegeHumor video

PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tracking Barack Obama's Campaign Promises

Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena

Labels: Fun, websites