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The tasty new logoWe ve been busy lately here at WordPress.com we ve had an announcement of a new or updated feature for you every day this week. Today, you re getting a two-fer!Earlier this week, we announced VideoPress, the great new video featur...

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Have you ever wanted to fire off a post from your phone, Blackberry, Outlook at work&? Following on from Comment Reply Via Email we re introducing our latest feature to make it even easier to publish to your blog: Post by Email.Maybe you re on holida...

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In April we introduced Instant Findability, TED video embeds, a springtime theme, a cool new domain, and reply-by-email for comments, now open to all. A pretty busy month, with more awesome features on the way, plus WordCamp San Francisco, on May 30...

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Tree:I was informed today that one tree was being removed from in front of Bodega Studios. When I contacted the city, I was reminded that it was in the original plan, creating a wheelchair ramp. Please note, there is one tree that will be removed o...

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The City will be removing 6 of the 8 mature trees in Gastown today, on the 200 block between Water and Cordova.I m quite upset about it, and hope that this doesn t need to happen. See my post Mature Gastown Trees Slated for Removal It seems a pity, ...

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UPDATE: I spoke with a city worker on the site who told me people were there this morning, and the trees are not going to be removed, they are redesigning something to care for the roots. Emails were circulated by business owners and residents! City ...

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Portland Hotel Society has sent out an invitation to joinThe Honourable Rich Coleman,Minister of Housing and Social Development;Mayor Gregor RobertsonCity of Vancouver;Heather Hay,Director of Addictions, HIV/AIDS, Aboriginal ServicesVancouver Coasta...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside

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At the opening of the Pennsylvania Hotel this morning, I took some quick videos of the event:Portland Hotel Society opened the Pennsylvania Hotel today with a pancake breakfast, gospel choir, speeches and official sign-lighting. Spot the local activi...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside

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We re looking forward to 2009 and the upcoming opening of the block between Pender and Hastings along Carrall. It has been a long slog, and it looks like we won t see much Greenway activity for a while. City budget changes listed the next area to be ...

topics: artist, coffee, gallery

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Art on Carrall - literally about Carrall Street. This is the kind of thing I've been thinking about for years, and now it looks like Althea Thauberger is making art about this street and its complexities.Can't wait to walk out my door and see what sh...

topics: artist, arts