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Seattle area Honda dealer incorporates new technology into old fashioned customer service.

How one old school car dealer meets the Internet ageREAD»

Highlights From Brickcon 2009

For the seven years, Lego freaks have descended upon Seattle, for the annual BrickCon convention, to display creations that depict everything from aliens to naked women to war to zombies. BrickCon 2009 just closed, after occupying its biggest space yet, the 35,000-square-foot Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. That's a lot of Legos. Here's some highlights form the show.READ»

Highlights from Brickcon 2009

For the seven years, Lego freaks have descended upon Seattle, for the annual BrickCon convention, to display creations that depict everything from aliens to naked women to war to zombies. BrickCon 2009 just closed, after occupying its biggest space yet, the 35,000 Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. That's a lot of Legos. Here's some highlights form the show.READ»

Black Gold at 150: The History of Oil in America

Before 1859, America had no oil business. August 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its first commercial well. Today, the U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer and largest consumer. Join us for a tour of this gas-guzzling nation.READ»

Three Creative Ways to Remake Old Car Plants

Why destroy decommissioned factories when their lurid remains can be put to good use for everything from crafts fairs to rock concerts?READ»

Web Design World, Seattle

Billing itself as “the design conference for the here and now,” Web Design World will focus on doing more with less, a recurring theme in the current economic climate. The three-day gathering will draw speakers from all over the ...READ»

MIT Develops Electronic Tags to Track Waste

Just as barcoding trees could help save forests, electronically tagging trash could limit waste. That's the thinking behind MIT's Trash Track program, that will use electronic tags to track waste in its trip through the ...READ»

Infectious Disease Cruise Conference

One tip to avoid the spread of infectious diseases: Don't gather in confined spaces. Like, you know, a ship at sea. (We haven't forgotten all those news stories about the stomach-churning, disinfectant-resisting norovirus.) This ...READ»

Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150

Before 1859, America had no oil business. August 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its first commercial well. Today, the U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer and largest consumer. Join us for a tour of this gas-guzzling nation.READ»

• Now July/August 2009
• Watch: Harry Potter 6
• Numerology: Hawaii Five-O

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Changes Thirty-six months, predicts Terminator director McG: By then, any content you want will be available on your choice of screens, from the one in your pocket to the 100-foot-long version at your local multiplex. That was one ...READ»

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The 5 Best Cities for Cleantech Companies

This week's Clean Energy Economy report from Pew Charitable Trusts showed that the cleantech industry is rapidly expanding, and shows no signs of slowing down. Now PhysOrg provides us with a list of the top five cities that ...READ»

Fast Cities 2009: The 13 Most Creative Cities in the World

Seattle is Fast Company's City of the Year, and singular bright ideas have earned 12 other cities places on our honor roll. Their initiatives are improving neighborhoods, transforming lives, and helping build better cities for the future.READ»

• Fast Cities 2009
• Slideshow: Why Seattle is the Most Creative City of 2009

Why Seattle is the Most Creative City of 2009

Where are the cool and the creative in Seattle? Ten Seattleites on the places that inspire them in their hometown.READ»

Innovators Reveal Cool, Creative Spots in Seattle

Where are the cool and the creative? Nine Seattleites on the places that inspire them in their hometown.READ»

• Seattle: City of the Year

Seattle: City of the Year

The capital of the Pacific Northwest is blessed with divine geography, frontier spirit, and an abundance of both artists and geeks. Plus, it's not even that rainy.READ»

• Fast Cities 2009

Fast Cities 2009: Seattle Is the City of the Year

Seattle, the city that sprawls across seven hills, is Fast Company's city of the year for 2009. A visit to the city last month reminded me of all the reasons it was chosen. The car rental agency at the airport handed me the smart ...READ»

Does the Seattle P-I Going 100% Web Signal the End of Newspapers?

As of today the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is a 100% online publication, with the final print run of its paper edition already complete. Does this move sound a death knell for physical newspapers? The Post-Intelligencer has ...READ»

High Point: Seattle's Gren Community

At High Point in Seattle -- a green community -- market rate condos and townhouses mix with affordable housing funding largely by Enterprise.READ»