Lessons of the Wild West, Sustainable Flowers, and Googling Faces
Megan Sukys/Dave Beck
09/24/2008
At 2:05 p.m. – The Works: Fixing Web Ranking, Googling Faces and Cell Phones for Wi–Fi
When it comes to honest user feedback, at least one major online retailer prefers only positive reviews. Amazon faced an uproar when it pulled negative comments about the online game Spore. Glenn Fleishman is a freelance technology reporter. He joins us every week to look at how technology works in our lives. Today, we get a reality check about user reviews. We also peek into the near future of home movie watching and find out what a thousand dollars will get you by way of a digital camera these days.
At 2:20 p.m. – Lessons from the Wild West
If you take a drive outside of Seattle, you'll likely see signs for the rodeo in almost any direction. Ellensburg, Yakima, Walla Walla, and Winthrop are just a few of the regional rodeos. Margot Kahn never used to notice these signs. She's wasn't a rodeo rider or even someone with a lot of experience on a ranch. But when she met a champion bronc rider named Bill Smith, Margot found a connection to rodeo she never imagined.
At 2:40 p.m. – Cooking Klatch
Cynthia Lair is the host of the online show, "Cookus Interruptus." She also teaches at Bastyr. She joins us with whole foods ideas for packing an exciting and nutritious lunchbox.
At 2:50 p.m. – Terra Bella Flowers
Seattle is a leader in promoting sustainable and locally grown food. Yet close to 80% of the flowers sold here are imported from industrial flower farms in Latin America. Melissa Feveyear runs Terra Bella Flowers in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood. She'd loved flowers since she was a kid. But working in Mexico got her thinking she needed to be doing something bigger than flowers. Melissa tells Jeannie Yandel how she came back to bouquets.
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