How ironic that Attensa came up in a conversation I had today and then saw that it was named a connected innovator at this week’s SuperNova conference. Congrats Attensa! As you can see from the Web 2.0 Innovation Map, there hasn’t been a lot of action in the Portland area, yet one of the three (and yes, I know how far behind I am on the map) got this nice accolade.

Wow, as a die-hard Ducks fan, I can’t believe I’m actually thinking those words. With a win tonight finalizing their miraculous climb out of the loser’s bracket, the Oregon State Beavers have reached the final of the College World Series. Amazing is all I can say. I love college baseball, and considering OSU is the only varsity DI baseball program in the state I have been cheering for them and am excited to see them play this weekend.

Couple of interesting bits recently. First, looks like Google may be readying a CommissionJunction rival. I think that would be pretty cool. We haven’t had a lot of success with affiliate marketing on NetworthIQ (ok, actually zero success as in not a single conversion) through CJ. But, I don’t really blame that on them. It just hasn’t been a priority, so I haven’t done much research/tracking/experimenting, other than throwing a coupld LMB, ING, and Vonage ads up.

Woke up this morning to quite the scare, hearing that friend and colleague Aaron, one of the four in Fourio, and his friends had been in an accident on Mt. Hood yesterday. I just talked to him and he was in good humor (I’m sure the pain medicine helped that), with a broken jaw being the most serious injury. I know Aaron and his team are very experienced climbers, and I’m sure that training helped prevent further problems.

Good to see Oregon in the news on Techdirt. Nothing like making the state proud, eh? I wonder if it was a Windows machine and if so, I’d be curious to know how Steve Ballmer feels now?