UPDATE: The lovely computer recently offered below has indeed been sold. (Thank you.)

The amazing Nikon Coolpix 995 digital camera, however, remains available at this new weblink. (Ignore the previous link below).

DEPT. OF MISPLACED PRIORITIES: I like to imagine I wrote something two and a half years ago bitching about the city’s then-craze for palatial new buildings, a craze that ignored the little matter of secure longterm funding for the programs to be operated within the spaces. Alas, I now realize I had been more wishy-washy about that than I should’ve been. But then again, so were many others. Case in point: The Seattle Public Library (see final item in linked article), suffering drastic budget cuts even whilst its palatial new HQ continues a-buildin’.

Now that we’re into serious recessionary times, you might think political priorities would change. I don’t expect them to. Look for Seattle’s politicians (except Nick Licata), under marching orders from the construction companies and unions, to proclaim the urgent need to prop up local employment and consumer spending by launching even more bond-funded megaprojects.