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In a world where bacon is outlawed The Scanner: The Interweb has no last-call Press Play - New DVDs with Videoport Jones NXT Radio: Geekspeak with Whitney from Pop Candy Sound Off: A civil (rights team) discussion The Weekend - The Golden Avenger, a flea market and free comic books The Scanner: Standing on top of the world Press Play - New DVDs with Videoport Jones What was that? (ROFLCon Edition) ROFLCon: Fighting the Anonymous Fight ROFLCon: The round-up ROFLCon: Let's LOL it up ROFLCon: Get Fame, Get Paid? Live from Cambridge it's ROFLCon On the Road to ROFLCon The Scanner: A splash of flavor from the Interwebs Press Play - New DVDs with Videoport Jones What was that? (Blogaversary Edition) The Weekend: It's that time The Scanner: Apple, Dunkin, Jedis and McLovin Think Local - Music & Poetry Edition Press Play - New DVDs with Videoport Jones House Hunters - Finding a piece of Maine You're invited! NXT Radio: Fashionable and Green The Weekend: Something springs eternal The Scanner - No blog is an island What was that? (Hoops & Party Edition) New DVDs with Videoport Jones Money for nothing The Weekend: Have a good time, hug a newsman You've come a long way baby The Scanner: So much Internet, so little time And the nominees are... Feature DVD Commentary with Videoport Jones Prank it up What was that? ('Stache Pag Edition) The Weekend: A needed two-day detour Second Take: The view from the podium at the League Debate The Scanner: An excuse to spend time on the Interwebs Sweet Sixteen Bracket-stravaganza Update Tweeting from the No-Spin Zone Keeping 'em honest - Debate Edition The Mist, The War and more new DVDs with Videoport Jones Chasing The Young Reader The Weekend: Something other than basketball, perhaps? Bracket-stravaganza Update The Scanner: Records, writer bars and March Beer Madness Last chance to dance "A new generation of alcohol tester" Call your resident bracketologist Videoport Jones and The Case for Will Smith The NXT Desk is DEAD, Long LIVE the NXT Desk The Weekend: Birthdays, anniversaries and breakdancing The Scanner: Doughnuts, Zombies, The Hulk and Ping Pong Bracket Busters and the NXT Hoops Challenge Flash that 'Stache The Good, the Bad and the Bowl Cut: New DVD Tuesday New Podcast: Talking with Justin Alfond The Weekend: One Big Night The Scanner: A healthy dose of cynicism New DVD Goodness with Videoport Jones Winners and Losers in High Def The Weekend: 'Bippity-boppity-bacon' The Scanner: Have snacks, will travel Who's behind the message, or PSST-off and in the open Videoport Jones looks past the Oscars to the New Releases Stew 'n Crew The Weekend - Some videos to pass the time? The Scanner: Nostalgia can be dangerous On a screen near you Bring National Pig Day to Maine Videoport Jones loves movies, America, and George Clooney The Weekend – Warm fuzzies, ghouls, Company and Bayside High More Scanner: "Where is the love" edition The Scanner: Writers, Indy and the 20 Worst Foods Backstage at Portland Stage Company Race in the gay community New Releases with Videoport Jones Monday Morning Round–Up (So that happened part. II) The Weekend: Rock & Yacht Rock The Scanner: Where online wonders never cease Videoport Jones has something for that football hangover Super Tuesday, Super Fun! The NXT Desk is paging... So that happened The Weekend: Trading Spaces & a Podcast The Scanner: "Would You Eat It?" Edition Never Forget A pint and politics on CraigsList Videoport Jones' favorite things Monday Morning Round–Up The Weekend – Football Free Possibilties The Scanner: Where no one cares if we're in a walking cast Men on Film - New DVDs with Videport Jones The Weekend/The Scanner – Picks and Clicks The Fever Band Aides Dragons, Dane Cook, cupcakes and Videoport Jones Let the Debate Begin The Weekend: Arm yourselves The Scanner: CES edition Fear and Groaning in Portland Fistfull of New Releases with Videoport Jones Return to Planet Rock Videoport Jones runs solo NYE guerilla style Don't start looking for my body just yet Videoport Jones is this season's family hit The Weekend: "It's not officially winter yet" edition Ahead of the Class Game it out Videoport Jones gets Bourne and gets Lost...sort of The Weekend – You Make The Call Free For All The Scanner: Where every day is Repeal Day Dispatches from the NXT desk Videoport Jones, Seth Rogen, Keifer Sutherland, a nanny and a penguin In the face of adversity I persist for you, dear reader The Weekend: Please don't count the shopping days The Scanner: Where too much is never enough The holiday came early at Press Herald Plaza Don't like your cellphone service? Tuesdays with Videoport Jones The Scanner: Looking for a diversion? Records for Days Stuck with the family? Videoport Jones has a cure The Weekend – It's good to have options At the Auction The Scanner: A sane outpost in a crazy world The Animated Adventures of Videoport Jones The Weekend - Sweater Weather Edition Poll watching and a mini scanner Videoport Jones and the talking rat Dubai? I do. The Weekend - Set your clocks back for FUN! The Fate of the Stache We've come a long way 'Stache The NXT Halloween Special This one's for you, Mr. G The New Release Shelf with Videoport Jones The Weekend - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah Edition The Scanner: An embarassment of pop culture riches Be careful what you lose DVD Extras with Videoport Jones Pop!Tech thoughts and the weekend Pop!Tech - Day 2 curtain call Pop!Tech - Innovation, or, a tiny dinosaur and creating energy Pop!Tech - Following the buzz Pop!Tech - Microloans, stopping poverty and the replicators! Pop!Tech - Where art and science are friends Live from Pop!Tech New Releases with Videoport Jones The Fightin' iPods of iTunes U The Weekend: A rundown in three acts The Scanner: X-Wings, free agents, unicorns and The Hoff On the Sidelines with the Maine Roller Derby Your parents did it too "Shooting from the Hip" - Coming soon to DVD You have a bajillion friend requests The Scanner: Now only 11 percent filler Step Up To The Plate...and get a beer mug Blasting away on waves of sound Videoport Jones: Rise of the New DVDs Of Zipcars and eSports The Weekend: A musical pick 'em The Scanner: Because the Internet will always be a strange place Live from Press Herald Plaza, it's the NXT Podcast Think Local Videoport Jones and the case of New DVD Tuesday Waiting for zero hour in Halo Nation The Monday Round-Up: Halo 3, Blunt Radio and Local Music The Weekend: Check the signs Special Guest: Patrick wonders about a Portland without people The Scanner: Gorillas, library books, fantasy games and Hef The Jena 6 Break out the eye patches mateys Politics near and far The New Release Shelf with Videoport Jones Disconnected The Weekend: A lot of hoot, just a little bit of nanny The Scanner: Mustaches, Brittney fans, Iron Man and Freegans A mild Wednesday What's new Videoport Jones? From the Shameless Self-Promotion Desk The Weekend: Art, wheels, chicken and pirates Special Guest: Elsa says buy local, because you deserve it! Art on Decks The Scanner: iPhones, lolcats, science and dancing with Frodo Of Mustaches and Men See what a 48 Hour Film looks like DVDs-a-plenty with Videoport Jones The Weekend: Make it count Special Guest: AC knows what Portland needs The Scanner: Say 'No' to peanuts and 'Yes' to YouTube magic When friends really matter Cinema of the Heart, with Videoport Jones Politics and the Internets Making a movie on deadline The Weekend: Miss Fairchild & The Yacht, Three Days of Rock and Faceball Special Guest: Alex prepares for the waiting world The Scanner: A local food map, Xtreme beers, Carl Spackler and Sagging Pants Sticking it to the Class of 2011 Me and Mr. Jones at The Movies It's all in the music The Weekend: Roll film - playing with jerks, killer bees and Marimba Ponies Special Guest: Jonathan says the revolution will be digital The Scanner: Hazing, Ultimate Fighting, Madden, and Bacon Robots New DVD Day with Videoport Jones T-shirts and becoming an Internet sensation The Weekend: Grudge matches, rebels and Hackers The Scanner: Econ, wrestling the Red Dragon, Hello Kitty, Bacon Salt and Scott Stapp Trying new things Apple wants to own you, and other Tech news Know your Internets, Vol. II Know your Internets The Scanner: Girls Gone Wild, higher bills for college, Overheard in Portland and beer can cars Sunlight makes kids paranoid, and thoughts on Kevin Garnett Ninja-pirate assault on Fang Island! Who doesn't like getting an Award? The Weekend: My confession, Rustic's return, monsters of hip-hop, treasure, and Thriller Immigration - without the debate, without moving pictures The Scanner: USM's bomb threats, Portland on top, dueling social networking sites and geography Getting straight on the YouTube debate Thoughts on Slick Rick Boats, building character, eye patches and whatnot The Weekend: The Lebowski Edition The Scanner: Dumb criminals, ‘stache appeal, Simpsons envy, Emmys and Optimus Prime’s driving record Getting nowhere and no beer Harry Potter and the apathetic blogger Four wheels, concrete dreams and Hasselhoff, Hasselhoff, Hasselhoff! "I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany" Keeping an eye on young drivers The Weekend: Where to Begin? The Scanner: Rock Camp, video games, phones that mock you and Miss New Jersey Skateboarding law on the bubble Skate on The Weekend: Art, Soul and the Wonders of 7 Scanner: Hot dogs and pride, 'Fox and Friends' Transforming nostalgia, or commercials in disguise Taking Chances The Weekend: A laff riot, funky beats and journalism’s breaking point Talking with Michael Ian Black Good Internets, Bad Internets The Scanner: Video game addiction, yearbooks and "bong hits for Jesus" The politics of skateboarding The Weekend: Beer on a stick, block parties and Star Wars Plumbers and Brain Drain-o Let's break into college! Your friendly neighborhood newspaper Adventures in the Flatlands Would you say you have leadership abilities? Department of the Obvious issues groundbreaking report Last (Friday) Night's Party Mid-Level Heroes The Weekend: Bobby, Paste, Space, the Goths and the Rickster Politicking to the Beat of the Funky Drummer The Weekly Hall Monitor I love you, you’re crazy, get off my couch I can feel it coming in the air tonight Why it's bigger than hip-hop It’s a lot more than Trapper Keepers and running laps Proms and Chat Day Weekend Edition - Who's got the bacon? Looking back, looking forward The Scanner: White Stripes, smoking and MySpace Purse strings, big chairs and long meetings The Weekend: Where else does Justin Ellis hang out? Stay Classy, Rosie's Style Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back, or Getting up – Getting busted Storytelling Weekend Run Down: Web-Slinger's Edition Bright lights, fancy dresses and exploding beverages Campus News Everybody to the Limit! Rain, beats, bikes and living life Savin' it Electioneering Final Assessment Virginia Tech and new media The Scope of Things This blog is brought to you by the letter R Pirates of the Interweb Housekeeping and other nuisances I don't need no instructions to know how to rock Quarter-life meltdown Up for the cause Midweek round-up The man who made Kool-Aid say, 'Oh yeah' Who’s avenging the what now? So close to quittin' time I'm your friend, I'm not like the others

Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the soundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.





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