• All in the Memory -- bookkeeping services
• Arabella -- a dynamic musical duo
• Bytesmiths Editions -- large, archival, fine-art photography on unusual materials
• Bytesmiths Press -- artists' services: web design/hosting, jury slides, giclee reproductions, opening announcements, brochures, etc.
• Champagne Beadworks -- handcrafted jewelry and beadwork
• Crafted By Carol -- handcrafted jewelry and beadwork
• Dana Fontaine -- unique photography-derived art
• Dymond Graphics -- note cards, pet/people photography
• Fountains & Funktini -- glass art and more from Beth Keenan and JoAnn Rawley
• Gemini Gypsy -- Carole Good-Hanson's fused glass frames
• Mary Kollman Fine Art -- lovely floral watercolor originals
• Primrose Studio -- terra cotta switch plate covers and wall art
• Ratso's Studio -- astoundingly realistic bronze sculpture
• The Spiral Gallery -- local artists exhibit in the Oregon Cascades foothills
• The Roaming Artist -- info and resources for artists "on the road"
• Van Dyke Sepias -- Jan Van Dyke's nostalgic sepia toned photography
• Veggiemog -- life and times of Kelly O'Toole's Unimog, running on biodiesel
• Village of Willamette Arts Festival -- annual visual/performing arts festival, third weekend of September
• Whitehorse Designs -- Gwen Miller's beadwork and fused glass
• West Linn Arts Commission -- city support for the arts

Individual Environment Needs

Horror story

A colleague decided it was a "neat idea" to condense changes onto sources. He didn't make a copy of his changes file. His new sources file was corrupt and his good changes file was gone. Yes, his team was using a commercial Smalltalk source code management tool, but it required the developers to take explicit action to use it (not "automagic" at all, more like a black art).

Outcome? He lost many days worth of code, and had to start from what was in the repository from his last check in.

Moral: team programming tools are worthless if not "automagic" and they don't get used, and, never do an operation that can corrupt an important file without backing it up first.

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