We’ve never had such a full house in the Strange Love studios as we had this last Friday night. At first I was afraid it would distract from a show I was very excited to be doing, but as the night progressed I realized how appropriate it was that we were joined by so many people to discuss the future of ORblogs. Join us with guests John Metta, AJ Weinzettel and Bill Jackson as we learn about the community behind and inside the new ORblogs.

Make sure to stick around for afterhours where we get a chance to hear from our studio audience as well: @verso, @morganpdx, @Smyle22, @jnpdx and recent twitter convert @AliPDX. The conversation touched on so many things I can’t possibly recall, though a few that come to mind are: cocktails, IP5, panties, tightie whities, first concerts and first crushes.

Have a listen to the episodes, or head over to Blip.TV to watch video from Fridays past.

SLL Episode 75: ORblogs

SLL Episode 76: Afterhours with Linuxaid, Mettadore & Wajiii

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Join us live Friday February 6th at 10 PM for as we give a big Portland welcome to Chris Blanchard and Wyatt Werner. Tune in as we find out a bit more about them and the Boise, ID Tech scene.

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Update: There’s plenty of activity going on: see Rick’s latest update (with an update from Bausch himself), plus this from Mettadore. Looks like we’re pulling together an informal meeting today at Beer & Blog at Green Dragon for those who can attend. Finally, Rick’s also birddogging this, so follow his Twitterstream and/or the SF blog for updates. Go, team!

There are a few of us who apparently can’t take the news of the announced demise of ORblogs quietly. And it totally ruined what was supposed to be a quiet, mellow evening for me, no less.

See, my kids left tonight to spend the night with their father, before heading overseas for a 10-day trip to Israel. And as any single-parent-who-has-the-kids-a-LOT would have done, I escaped the house, oh, five minutes after they left with Dad to head out for a kid-free dinner.

Sadly, I cannot seem to leave my iPhone alone—and Dove Vivi didn’t help matters any by making it impossible to read the hardcopy O’s I brought along to keep myself company (sidenote: Best. Pizza. Slice. Ever: The roasted corn with caramelized onions on that fabulous cornmeal crust. Or maybe a slice of the pesto with spinach. You decide.)

So I caught and responded to the email from Bojack suggesting that we do something. Jumped in the Twitter stream to help egg on people like @turoczy and @ahockley and @oregoniansteve (who’s now taking this to TPTB at The O) and @jbancroft and others wanting to jump in here to help turn the ship around. Cheered on Rick Turoczy at Silicon Florist as he sounded the trumpets on this post: Can ORBlogs be saved? (please jump over there and add your two cents, will you?)

And I kept the fires burning through an after-dinner Mai Tai at Thatch, no less. (“School night” be damned – I’m kid-free and am entitled to a brief celebration, no?)

Now, I’m home, and the iPhone is recharging (yes, I burned through the battery.) And I’m throwing this out to all of you.

What can you do to help save ORblogs? What are you willing to commit to? Or are the glory days gone and not worth reclaiming/resuscitating?

Head on over to Rick’s post and weigh in. Or jump into this FriendFeed room.

Let’s put the power of The Internets to do some good here, shall we?

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Here’s what we’ve found as we’ve traveled the local PDX web (complete with our comments):

• ORblogs is Closed – OhhhhNooooo! Say it isn't so…

  But if it is – our huge thanks to Paul Bausch for his labor of love for the last five years. What are you up to now, Paul?

• Hmmm…looks like iI have my answer here: Fuelly | Share and Compare Your MPG – From ORblogs and MeFi to Fuelly – Paul Bausch and Matt Haughey team up to help us all help save gasoline in small yet valuable increments.
• urbanMamas: Vice President Mama: Could you put country before baby? – Sarah Gilbert mused about Sarah Palin's decision to return back to work a mere three days after giving birth to a high-needs baby.

  Weeeelllll – after 200+ comments, a New York Times mention, and some local television appearances by Gilbert, the ongoing debate continues to rage on. Have something you want to add in? Head on over…

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