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Google Maps Street View comes to Madison!

Although, not as exciting as my street view in Portland, I live way back in the apartments in the back. No street passes by it. Although this is pretty cool. Good way to find your way around, or at least not get lost. But remember, Google Maps gets you lost!
Technorati Tags: Google Maps,Street View,Madison,WI,Wisconsin,Portland

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Madison Blogger Meetup

Trying to get a Madison Blogger Meetup going. There is a Facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17843681384
Hopefully next week (Thursday  Feb 21st, at Mickey’s Tavern)
Everything is subject to change at this point :)
On an unrelated note, Obama is in Madison tonight, at [...]

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Madison Differences #4 - Coffee Shops

Ok, another big difference from Portland. The coffee shops in Madison are few and far between, and there aren’t many Starbucks around, and if there are, they are drive thru, or at Target. And the east side of Madison is really low on coffee shops..
I have been to a couple of shops on the east [...]

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Madison Differences #3 - The Roads Suck (Report a Pothole)

Stumbled across this site - http://www.cityofmadison.com/reportaproblem/Potholes.cfm
You can report potholes in Madison. First off, can I just report an entire road? All of 151/East Washington/University from the Interstate to Middleton. And then how about every road surrounding the East Towne Mall. Add into that just about every side street in town.
I swear the roads in [...]

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Madison Differences #2 - Craigslist/Citysearch/Local Papers

One big difference between Madison and Portland is that it is tough to find stuff in Madison, unlike Portland. Portland is a big enough city where it has its own Citysearch and Craigslist is used a lot more. Madison just fits into the “National” citysearch, and craigslist is pretty empty.
Portland as the Mercury and Willamette [...]

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Otis Redding…Madison

Unknown to me, Otis Redding actually died in Lake Monona here in Madison 40 years ago (on Dec 10th).. There are tributes going on all over the place here in Madison this week. One thing about Otis was that “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” was a posthumous release, and it became and #1 [...]

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Madison Differences #1 - Parking Meters

Ok, you all knew it was coming. Since I did my “Portland Differences” series, you had to expect I would start a “Madison Differences” series. Well, here is #1.. Parking Meters..
So, in Portland, the parking meters are like high tech. You can put your debit/credit card in, pick some time, it prints a sticker, you [...]

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Finally in Madison!

Finally made it to Madison, late Tuesday night, and moved into the new apartment yesterday. Finally back to business as usual, at my desk and chair :) Although I didn’t really need to see snow flurries last night!
Technorati tags: Moving, Madison, Snow

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Madison Getting Closer…

So, just got back from MN this week, flew into PDX Sunday night. With the time change and the daylight savings time it was like a 3 hour difference, ouch! But now, my apartment is pretty much empty, everything is packed up in the relo-cube and we are riding out the week on the blow [...]

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Busy next few weeks … Portland to Minnesota to Portland to …. Madison?!?

Going to be a hectic next few weeks for me. Started packing up my apartment this week, because I am moving next month, to Madison WI. But, just found out the move in dates and such yesterday, so that set forth in motion the timeline for the rest of the stuff. I am heading [...]

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