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Meetups in Vancouver and Portland this week

metblogs.png As you know I’m running around the Pacific Northwest visiting Metblogs authors and using that as an excuse to see new cities and visit friends. We’re doing a few public meetup things and if you are around and want to come out, we’d love to have you. Tonight in Vancouver we’re meeting up at the Library Square Pub. This officially starts at 7:30 but it seems like folks from the Third Tuesday meetup will be coming over after they are done as well so we’ll probably be around for a few hours.

Then tomorrow night I’ll be in Portland for a meetup there at Rontoms which will begin around 5pm and run until who knows when. Both meets should be fun and I’m looking forward to meeting folks I’ve only talked to online or brand new people all together. We’re also looking for a few authors in both these cities so if you are interested in that at all, come out and say Hi and see if you want to give it a shot. See you then!

Well, there you have it

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I can’t even begin to explain what the last few days have been like, but the first major step in over a year worth of redesign is done. It’s not without it’s problems and we already know parts (some of the feeds, archive links and images) that are broken and need to be fixed tomorrow this week, really we’ve got a ton more to do but at least massive chunks are live. This is not a proper announcement as I’m exhausted and barely able to type. Real news tomorrow ASAP.

Breaking News from Metblogs: Emergency Rule in Pakistan

We’re just getting the reports from our bloggers in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad right now but Emergency Rule Martial Law has been declared in Pakistan and the Press and Media has been ordered to cease broadcasting and STFU. The country is expecting a presidential address later in the day. Here are a few specific posts to look at, but keep checking the above links for the most up to the moment info.
– Karachi: Emergency Declared in Pakistan?
– Lahore: Emergency Rule – CONFIRMED
– Islamabad: Emergency Rule

I’ll be updating this post on Metroblogging.com as new links/info becomes available. OK, now back to your regularly scheduled blogging…