How long should a dead Timesman have to wait before getting an obituary in his own damn paper? It used to be that a gig at the Times was a life-long, perk-filled sinecure. These days all it gets you is a guaranteed wedding announcement and a timely obit. Robert J. Cole, a former business reporter fo...

Front page shocker in today's New York Times : William Shakespeare was a homosexual. Grizzled former war correspondent John F. Burns has unearthed the bombshell in the form of a very gay-looking portrait. The previously unkown painting comes from the private collection of "an aristocratic Anglo-Iris...

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Mpire Chief Executive Matt Hulett has a hard time setting goals for his company's 8-month-old online advertising network, WidgetBucks. Every time the 38-year-old former Expedia executive sets a milestone, the business just blows right by it....

Silicon Valley Bank today is celebrating its 12th year in the Pacific Northwest and officially announcing its move from Kirkland's Carillon Point to offices in downtown Seattle. And while that's hardly earth-shattering news, it does signal a shift that I've noticed over the years....

The auction rate securities mess hit InfoSpace hard during the first quarter, with the Bellevue Internet search provider saying that it took a $6.7 million impairment charge related to its investments in the financial instrument....

Venture capitalists love technology. They also crave business models that make traditional industries more efficient....

I have a big update about the project. But first let me tell you about my radio. I have a 1995 Geo Prizm and it just hit 150,000 miles this week. I'm so proud. Anyway the antenna finally broke all the way. It has been slowly breaking for quite a few years. I had purchased a replacement antenna about...

Shooting resumes this Sunday at 8am. We pussy-footed around and now we can't use the cabin until mid-January. It's been decorated for Christmas. According to local author Mike Muething: Camp Muething is a festive holiday wonderland featuring 3 running trains a functioning set of cable cars and an aw...

Yesterday I was at Carl's house hitting his floor with a hammer. Think Donkey Kong. He's long had a problem with an unlevel floor in the dining area and now that he's putting in wood laminate he has to fix it. So he came up with a pretty smart plan to level it out which includes a saw, a 1/2" drill,...