I had hinted a while back about a new project I was starting, and I think it’s time to launch and announce it. It’s a new blog called Hack Bend, and it’s purpose is to be an insider’s guide to Bend and Central Oregon. (In fact, the tagline I have on it right now is “Getting the most out of Bend and Central Oregon.” Original, no?)
There’s always a bit of trepidation in announcing something like this, but I’m excited about it. I’ve got a bunch of ideas and things to write about already, but as I wrote on the About page, “obviously, I can’t claim to have all the answers or know everything there is to know about the area.” One of the things I’m considering is opening it up to multiple authors, making it a group blog—but that would be down the road sometime. In the meantime, anyone who has any hints, advice, stories, or hacks about the area, please let me know! I’d like to make this a definitive website about Bend, and the more contributions I get, the more likely that’ll happen.
So pop on over and check things out, subscribe to the RSS feed, and become a regular contributor. And let me know what you think!
Sweet! Nice idea, man! I’ll be checking that one out!
Been added to Bendblogs. When I get free time, I’ll try to see what I can contribute.
That’s brilliant, Jon — yes, very good.
My gosh, you’re busy, though!
Kick ass, man!
I love the reference to roof and tunnel hacking, too. I did a ton of that stuff while I was in college, and got into all sorts of neat underground places. We called it urban spelunking, but the passion is the same.
Urban spelunking, or urban exploration is the term I’d heard for it, yeah.
Yeah, really sweet stuff.
Action Squad is group of misfits in Minneapolis that have explored a ton of stuff ’round these parts. I’ve managed to find myself in a few of the places that they describe on their site.
I am SO not worthy- I haven’t even had time to customize my stupid WordPress thing… Yeesh make me feel LAME 😉