Gardening calendar: July July is the time that I try to acknowledge in the garden. Summer is fully upon us here in the Northwest, and every year at this time I can quickly find myself overwhelmed with much more to do than I have time for. While I still...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru If you have a cell phone, chances are you are part of the growing group of consumers who want to use it to access the internet. Q- “What are my different options for getting on the internet using my smart phone?”...

Makin’ Music by Rick Devereux I’ve never understood the question, “Do you like music?” Is it even humanly possible to not like music? You don’t have to like the music that’s played on the radio, or music that has words. But can anyone really...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru I’ve received many questions about the brand of smart phone a person should get if they’re looking for a business phone. I have many years of experience with all types of smart phones and here is what I’ve found. Q-...

June: Garden Calendar. By Tim JoyceKOIN Local 6 Environmental ReporterJune is a time for rejuvenation. This year, we have seen May end on an unseasonably warm note— hopefully accelerating the plants and our productivity in the garden. The month of solstice...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Although I recently spoke with Bill Lake who is the FCC head of the DTV switchover, I’m not going to talk about DTV (even though the cutover is in less than two weeks). I believe we’ve all been reminded until...

By Rick Devereux   Twiddling thumbs. Humming a tune. Fidgeting with your BlackBerry.   Some might call such activities time wasters, but they are more accurately things we do when we get bored.   For me, when I get bored, my eyes...

A fiery debate has erupted back east—but Portland’s good name is being tarnished in the mudslinging. The issue is something that Portlanders would yawn at, most likely: having options for transportation. Newsweek Columnist George F. Will penned a very...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru This week I published my first book on the internet, and I didn’t have to get an agent or be rejected by any publishers. Thanks to websites like Amazon.com, you can now make money even in a down economy by publishing...

Changes in attitude By Rick Devereux     There is something insulting about sympathy. To have sympathy for someone is to feel sorry for someone, to think someone is in an un-winnable situation, to basically not trust someone to make it through...

By Rick Devereux    Summer is my favorite time of the year. Everything about it suits me just fine.   I enjoy grilling. I enjoy drinking beer or an iced cocktail from time to time. I enjoy wearing flip-flops and shorts. I enjoy hanging...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Facebook, My Space, and Twitter are all examples of the burgeoning social networking phenomenon that’s happening all across the world. For those of you living under a rock since 2005, I will give a brief history....

Be afraid, be very afraid (Or not) By Rick Devereux   Run for hills! Swine Flu is here! You are powerless to stop it!   We are officially in panic mode, people.   Put down that pork chop and stop kissing that pig. We are all in...

By Dan Christopherson, KOIN Local 6 Sports DirectorWho doesn't love a party?  Especially a party six years in-the-making and the whole city's invited?   A celebration that runs a couple weeks, is theme-oriented (red & black required)...

By Dan Christopherson, KOIN Local 6 Sports Director     It's going to happen, folks.  The core group of this current Blazers team is going to win a road playoff game.  And then they're going to win another.  And another. ...

A Date With  ‘Miss  I.V.’ =  Poison I.V. To Houston   by Tim Becker, KOIN Local 6 Sports Department     He’s a magician. A master of disguise. A man who masks the truth better than any politician you’ll ever...

                       Tim Becker—KOIN Local Six    I woke up Monday Morning with a hang-over.  Funny thing is, I didn’t have...

Dan Christopherson,  KOIN Local 6 Sports DirectorMaking the long walk through the Houston airport concourse, gift shops left and right feature the expected Western fare along with t-Shirts, mugs and magnets with a red, white and blue statement: ...

By Tim Joyce, KOIN Local 6 Environmental Reporter             I used to overhear my grandmother deride people who only went to church on Christmas Eve and Easter. I don’t remember the...

Living is learning By Rick Devereux   The Internet is the main reason people call the current time in history “The Information Age.” At no other time in history has so much information been available to anyone, anywhere and for free.  Granted,...

By Dan Christopherson   Mark down the date, Trail Blazer fans:  April 21, 2009.   There may be dozens upon dozens of playoff wins in the Blazers' future, and maybe a championship banner somewhere down the road.  But Tuesday...

By  Dan Christopherson  If you were around for the Trail Blazers' glory year in 1977, you'll recall how a young nucleus (Bill Walton-24, Maurice Lucas-25, Lionel "Train" Hollins-23) came together and led the franchise to its first-ever playoff...

I grabbed the ol' basketball out of the garage yesterday to shoot some hoops with my son on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.  I found the ball a bit deflated.  And it made me think of how Blazer fans around the city must be feeling after the Rockets'...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru In the early 1990’s when consumer use of the internet was new and was all done by dial up, we were used to paying for the internet by the hour. I remember some of my bills ran over a hundred dollars a month. Plus,...

                  By Tim Becker/KOIN Local 6 Sports     The Trail Blazers marketing department had to come up with a slogan—something to hang their collective...