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Friday's live show thread

6:50 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

If you've got a comment about fertility ethics or anything else you see on the show, Aaron the producer will be watching this thread.

If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

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Web Watch: YouTube Friday edition

4:02 PM Fri, Jan 30, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

Thursday's live thread

6:45 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

Here are a couple of links mentioned in Pat Dooris' story about job hunting online:


Web Watch: Super Bowl Ad edition

3:50 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

PDX Tonight: Tony Starlight's

3:13 PM Thu, Jan 29, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

Joe Smith gets his retro cool on tonight at Tony Starlight's Supper Club and Lounge.

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Wednesday's live thread

6:49 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

If you've got questions or comments about the show, or want to talk about how you're cutting back, Aaron the producer will be watching this thread during the show.

If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

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Web Watch: Bright Side edition

3:20 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

Hot Box: Earl Blumenauer

1:08 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

We've got a satellite window with Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer this afternoon.

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PDX Tonight: Yappy Hour

12:50 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

Joe Smith continues his alcohol binge tonight at Yappy Hour, a fundraiser for the Oregon Humane Society.

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What's up with that bacon-wrapped turkey?

12:30 PM Wed, Jan 28, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

We've gotten several emails and requests for information about the infamous bacon-wrapped turkey that's featured in one of the Live @ 7 promos that the station has in heavy rotation.

The turkey is the creation of one of our favorite twitterers, UncleNate. Click through for the details.


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Tuesday's live show thread

6:52 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

If you've got questions or comments about the show, Aaron the producer will be watching this thread.

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Web Watch: Dirt-eating edition

4:36 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 |
Aaron Weiss

  • Politico reports on Sarah Palin's new PAC.

  • Eat more dirt. Your immune system will thank you.

  • Kosmix is an impressive new search engine and web dashboard.

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  • PDX Tonight: OMSI Science Pub

    3:26 PM Tue, Jan 27, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Joe Smith is off to the Mission Theater tonight for OMSI's monthly Science Pub.

    Tonight's speaker is The University of Oregon's Richard Taylor, who (among other things) found a way to use fractals to sniff out fake Jackson Pollock paintings.

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    Monday's live show thread

    6:45 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you've got questions about salmonella & peanut butter (or Matt Zaffino's favorite beer), Aaron the producer will be watching this thread during the show.

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

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    Web Watch: Dumped-on-Facebook edition

    3:12 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    PDX Tonight: Beer Dinner @ Deschutes Brewpub

    1:45 PM Mon, Jan 26, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Joe Smith was on morning patrol again, but we appealed to Matt Zaffino's proclivity to good beer and good food. He'll be live at Deschutes Brewpub for a Beer Dinner.

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    Friday's live thread

    6:54 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got questions about global warming, or comments about anything you see on the show, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Web Watch: 2,600 calorie edition

    3:53 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • Meet the man behind Aretha's hat

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  • Hot Box: Dr. James White

    3:07 PM Fri, Jan 23, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    The Hot Box goes on the road tonight. KGW Chief Meteorologist Matt Zaffino is at the annual Weather Summit in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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    Thursday's live show thread

    6:43 PM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got questions for David Sarasohn, or comments about anything you see on the show, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Hot Box: David Sarasohn

    4:31 PM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    The Oregonian's David Sarasohn is in the Hot Box tonight, talking about Sam Adams, the O's editorial calling for the Mayor to step down, and what's next in the story.

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    Web Watch: Extreme Hat edition

    2:42 PM Thu, Jan 22, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • Tech culture shock in the West Wing

  • Radar Bait: The Hummer is the most ticketed car

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  • Tuesday's live thread

    6:38 PM Tue, Jan 20, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got questions or comments, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Too weird for TV

    5:03 PM Tue, Jan 20, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    We considered airing the story about the guy with a kidney stone the size of a coconut, but had to pass on it.

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    Web Watch: Moving day edition

    4:38 PM Tue, Jan 20, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • The White House Director of New Media introduces the new whitehouse.gov

  • The New York Times goes behind-the-scenes at White House moving day

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  • Monday's live thread

    6:53 PM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got questions for Willamette Week's Nigel Jacquiss, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Web Watch: As-seen-on-TV edition

    4:30 PM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Hot Box: Jonathan Alter

    12:12 PM Mon, Jan 19, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    We've got a few minutes this afternoon with Newsweek Senior Editor and MSNBC Political Analyst Jonathan Alter.

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    Friday's live show thread

    6:35 PM Fri, Jan 16, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    Later tonight, Steph and producer Aaron will be on the other side of the interview desk -- we're tonight's guests on Strange Love Live, Portland's premier geek podcast. Y...



    Web Watch: Worms and Cindy McCain

    3:44 PM Fri, Jan 16, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Hot Box: Chuck Todd

    11:50 AM Fri, Jan 16, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    The Hot Box happens early today, when we get a satellite window with NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd. chuck-todd.jpg

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    Thursday's live show thread

    6:47 PM Thu, Jan 15, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're new to Live @ 7, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got comments about water landings, aircraft safety, or anything else you see on the show, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread.

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    PDX Tonight: Greensky Bluegrass

    4:50 PM Thu, Jan 15, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Joe Smith is heading up to McMenamins Kennedy School to hear the barn-burning tunes of Greensky Bluegrass.

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    Web watch: Crash tweets and a dancing robot

    4:00 PM Thu, Jan 15, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • Silicon Alley Insider has the first Tweets and Flickr shots from the Hudson River crash. More links and a video after the jump.

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  • Wednesday's live show thread

    6:44 PM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    As always, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks.

    If you've got comments about the "Mortgage Holiday" proposal or anything else you see on the show, Aaron the Producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Brian Westbrook's CES wrap-up

    4:37 PM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Here are the products KXL's tech guy Brian M. Westbrook brought back from CES for Live @ 7 :

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    Web Watch: Online threats & Ponzi's big pour

    4:15 PM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    PDX Tonight: Cooking for Kids

    11:58 AM Wed, Jan 14, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Joe Smith heads to Caprial's Westmoreland Kitchen tonight for the second of 29(!!) foodie fundraisers for Morrison Child and Family Services. Details after the jump.

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    Tuesday's live show thread

    6:39 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you've got questions for Patrick Emerson of the Oregon Economics Blog or comments about the show, Aaron the producer will be watching this thread during the show.

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    Web Watch: Blumenauer & Obama's Social Secretary

    3:36 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    PDX Tonight: The Seafarer

    2:21 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Joe Smith is back with us and the floods are gone, so we're back looking for the hottest ticket in town every night.

    Tonight he's heading to Artists Repertory Theater for Conor McPherson's The Seafarer.

    Award-winning Irish playwright McPherson tells a chilling story about the sea, Ireland and t...



    Hot Box: Patrick Emerson

    12:43 PM Tue, Jan 13, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    We've got OSU Professor Patrick Emerson of the Oregon Economics Blog back in the Hot Box tonight.

    We'll ask him about rising unemployment, what exactly an economic stimulus plan does to help the economy, why Oregon's unemployment rose so much faster than the rest of the country, and anything else you've been wondering about.

    Drop your questions in the comments.

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    Friday's live thread

    6:53 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you've got questions for John Canzano or comments about the show, Aaron the producer will be watching this thread during the show.

    As always, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks. It's not quite in sync with the TV broadcast, ...



    Patric Swayze & mirror eyes: Friday's Web Watch

    3:48 PM Fri, Jan 09, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Thursday's live show thread

    6:40 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Have a question for Brian Westbrook at CES? Thoughts about the potential DTV shutoff delay? Have you found a secret back route to Seattle you want to share? Producer Aaron will be watching this thread during the show.

    As always, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream >> Continue reading: Thursday's live show thread



    Web watch: Aging presidents and bloglessness

    3:04 PM Thu, Jan 08, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Wednesday's Web Watch: Armor & man-babies

    3:45 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • The Detroit News covers Obama's new Secret Service limo
  • Good Experience's Fun Stuff from 2008. Don't miss the man-babies!

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  • Weird roundup

    3:00 PM Wed, Jan 07, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Tuesday's live show thread

    6:42 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Have questions about Yelp.com? Thoughts about Sanjay Gupta as Surgeon General? Home videos for Steph? Producer Aaron will be watching this thread during the show.

    As always, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks. It's not quite in sync...



    Web Watch: Macworld, workaholics & food predictions

    3:44 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

  • Ars Technica rounds up Apple's announcements from the final Macworld. TUAW covers everything else from the show floor.
  • Take a look at your DHS travel file
  • TNR profiles Obama's Web Watch: Macworld, workaholics & food predictions



  • PDX Tonight: The Old Spaghetti Factory

    2:56 PM Tue, Jan 06, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Last month, The Dussin Group shut down their uber-high end Lucier restaurant on the South Waterfront. Now they're going to the opposite end of the price scale at their flagship Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant next door.

    To celebrate OSF's 40th anniversary, they're holding a special "rollback" dinner, with a full dinner of salad, pasta, bread a...



    Monday's live show thread

    6:46 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    If you're just joining us, we give online viewers a behind-the-scenes bonus during Live @7: Here's the live stream with open mics during the breaks. It's not quite in sync with the TV broadcast, but you can try time-shifting your DVR by about 30 seconds to make it line up.

    A lot of conversation during the show happens on Twitter, so >> Continue reading: Monday's live show thread



    Web Watch: Twitter from Gaza, imbalanced Steve Jobs

    4:03 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Hot Box: Mercy Corps in Gaza

    2:05 PM Mon, Jan 05, 2009 |
    Aaron Weiss

    Neal Keny-Guyer, the CEO of the Portland-based humanitarian group Mercy Corps, will be in the Hot Box tonight to talk about Mercy Corps' mission in Gaza.

    Mercy Corps had been running employment and youth programs in Gaza prior to the latest round of fighting. Now those programs are on ho...