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October 27, 2008
The Monday Fix: Bottle smugglers, Oprah and final thoughts on Pop!Tech

The weekend that was, uh, was, a tiring one. Pop!Tech put a serious drain on the batteries, but I won't let that stop me from serving up some of things you may have missed in the last 72 hours.

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October 02, 2008
The Scanner: Lil' O'Reilly, pop-up bars and Calvin and Hobbes explain the bail-out

In these unsure times of financial turmoil, rest assured that some things are always constant, like The Scanner.

That is until The Scanner becomes insolvent and has to file for bankruptcy or gets bought out by AOL, who in turn gets bought out by General Electric, and so on.

So, relax. Really.

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August 28, 2008
Guest Post: Save Money, Make Friends: Brew Your Own

Luke Livingstone is a busy man thanks to his circle of blogs including Blog About Beer, which you can guess the focus, and Real World Really, a place for common sense advice for new college grads. But today he's got beer on the mind...again.


Sure Coors Light and P.B.R. cost 50 cents a can, and as a college student those prices couldn't be beat. But now that you're a little older, your palate is a little more mature, right?…right? Well, what better way to satisfy your new-found thirst for life's finer-things, your need for a new hobby -- you can only beat Guitar Hero so many times... -- and your ever-tightening budget than learning to brew your own beer!

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February 27, 2008
Who's behind the message, or PSST-off and in the open

There's been a bit of a dust-up in the local blog world this past week, specifically the arena of Portland food.

It appears the anonymous author of Portland Psst! has been unmasked!

Ooooh we got some juicy TMZ business right here in our backyard!

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January 18, 2008
The Weekend/The Scanner – Picks and Clicks

Since I didn't have time to put together The Scanner yesterday I thought we'd double things up today for the weekend.

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August 23, 2007
The Scanner: A local food map, Xtreme beers, Carl Spackler and Sagging Pants

Thursdays mean The Scanner - Twenty-five cent wings and cheap sarcasm until 10 p.m.

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August 16, 2007
The Scanner: Hazing, Ultimate Fighting, Madden, and Bacon Robots

If it's Thursday then it must mean time for The Scanner - it's like an intervention, only more fun.

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July 19, 2007
The Scanner: Dumb criminals, ‘stache appeal, Simpsons envy, Emmys and Optimus Prime’s driving record

The Weekly Scanner - enough pop culture and bizarre news to smuggle in a speeding lobster boat.

Remember - if you've got weird news, websites, events or anything funky you catch online, send it my way it'll get in the Scanner.

We got a lot to get through today, first off, I think I look ripe for a guest spot on the Simpsons:

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Getting nowhere and no beer

Two onging stories we’ve had in your Daily newspaper over the last several months have been the recent crackdowns on underage drinking in the Portland area, as well as the issue of who’s going to college and how its paid for.

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June 13, 2007
Adventures in the Flatlands

A journalist can only take so many late hours, leftover chicken salad wraps and unreturned phone calls before he needs a break.

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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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Bring on the Tights: Free Comic Book Day
Celebrating Vinyl at Enterprise Records
The NXT Roundtable: The economy & doughnuts
South by Southwest Interactive: Talking with Jay Smooth
The Night at Greendrinks
The NXT Roundtable
Day at the Newseum
Subject Bias: How to Feel
ROFLing with "Stuff White People Like"
Geekspeak with Pop Candy
A Green Eye for Fashion
Not My Job
What's next for Justin Alfond
Sittin' down with Stew n' Crew
Lessons with the Portland Music Foundation
Catching up with Opportunity Maine
Discussing Freedom Space
Spinout's Class of 2007
Free for All in Space
Flipping Records: WMPG's Annual Record Sale
An evening at the MECA art auction
Beats, award shows and life with Mike Clouds
The NXT Halloween Special
Chat with Davy Rothbart of FOUND Magazine
When Turtles Make Love *Warning: mature material
Derby night in America
The debut of Halo 3
A sit down with Santiago




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