OttawaStart is now on Twitter. You can check us out at: http://twitter.com/ottawastart/ We wanted to figure out what this Twitter thing was all about … and we figured the best way just to jump right in. There are lots of Ottawa people, businesses and organizations using Twitter to communicate. ...

The Ottawa Citizen has two photo galleries showing damage from Saturday evening’s thunderstorm: Gallery 1 , Gallery 2 ** Related: ** Ottawa Weather Guide

The Ottawa Citizen is tracking the Google Earth Streetview car . They’ve set up a page with reports emailed in from readers, and one photo so far as well. ** ** A sample report: “Google st view car sighted 12:30 (Wednesday) on Rue Laurier out front the Museum of Civilization, then turned right up Rue Victoria. ...

Here’s an A-Z list of performers confirmed so far for the 2009 Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest . (Updated May 2 with new artists.) * Alan Parsons Live Project * All Nations Gospel Choir * Amanda Rheaume * Amos the Transparent * Ana Miura * Anders Drerup * Andrew Vincent * Ani DiFranco * Arkells * Beast * Becky Abbott * Ben Harper and Relentless7 * Black Mountain * Blue King Brown * Blue Rodeo * Blues in the Schools Performance * Bob Corritore * Brian Setzer Orchestra * Brock Zeman * Brothers Chaffey * Buckwheat Zydeco * C. ...

It’s Earth Day in Ottawa. We recommend you check out Green Living Ottawa , described as “A solutions-focused blog dedicated to environmental living in Ottawa, Canada”. ** Related: ** Ottawa Nature Guide

From the Ottawa Sun: “Photographer Andre Forget hitched a ride in a Cessna on April 19, 2009, for some aerial shots of the city.” ** Related: ** Ottawa Photography Guide

This week the City of Ottawa launched EatSafe Ottawa , an online guide to provide information about food premise inspections. Any restaurant, grocery store, cafeteria, or business that serves food to the public has to be regularly inspected by municipal officials. ...

Craig Davey emailed us today: “I just wanted to let you know that I have updated OC Transpo Network with the current transit schedules: http://octranspo.net It’s worth a look. During the transit strike, Craig’s web site was updated regularly with videos and other useful links. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/picture-11.png) Over on The Ottawa Project blog, David McClelland has an interesting post on downtown parking lots in Ottawa : ** ** In both the densest part of our city, an in one of Ottawa’s biggest pedestrian areas, huge amounts of land are given over to parking lots. ...

Ron Eade reports on Ominvore Ottawa about a “serial complainer” who’s targetting local restaurants : ** ** Someone out there appears to be scamming Ottawa restaurants. Or, trying to at any rate. The nice folks at Juniper Kitchen & Wine Bar, 245 Richmond Rd. ...