Lately, I’ve been working on the concept of “virtual resident experts.” I define the term like this: People participating in an online group with identified and respected skills. In the offline world, groups of friends manage to identify who the expert is within their groups on various topics. For example, you know who to turn [...]
Tim from “View from the Cloud” has an idea for flatulence filtering underwear that use some sort of Shop-Vac technology with charcoal filters for tough jobs. Interesting concept, but I think I’m going to stick with my charcoal cork for now. I hate lines.
Here’s what I love about Winecast: We live in a world where people like love to complain about travel. And what do they complain about? 1. Flight delays after getting to the airport two hours early so they could stand in a mile-long line 6 years after 9/11. 2. Ridiculous security procedures that make us [...]
I think I’ve finally recovered from the St. Paul Inline Marathon. Actually, recovery went MUCH faster than from running 26.2 miles. Maybe that had something to do with rolling for 95 minutes rather than pounding the pavement for 240? A few things I learned: 1. Get into a wave with people of a similar ability. [...]
I didn’t fully understand what the heck happened in the MSP bathroom stalls between Republican Idaho Senator Larry Craig and an undercover cop until I saw this reenactment from a news crew in California.
TheOtherMike has uncovered what could easily turn into another Michael Vick type situation if it reaches American shores from Japan: Beetle Sumo Wrestling: Apparently, this photo comes from a somewhat sanctioned event called the IWBC (Insect World Battle Championships). Is this the Japanese version of dog fighting? Bull fighting? Or something even more sinister? Wasn’t [...]
Todd Melby from Building Minnesota has announce an upcoming tour of homes on Milwaukee Avenue in Minneapolis. For those of you not familiar with Milwaukee Ave, it’s a short (2-3 block long?) stretch of homes that were almost condemned at one point, but now are some of the coolest homes in the city. The tour [...]
A new news site is about to launch in Minnesota with a big list of names you’re probably familiar with. Basically, dozens of people who’ve taken a buy-out or been fired from the StarTribune or the Pioneer Press are going to be writing for this site. This is a look at what I see from [...]
Robert Scoble has published a series of videos explaining how he things sites like Mahalo, Techmeme, and Facebook have the potential to “Kick Google’s Butt in Four Years.” His theory is that Google is too easily gamed by SEO (search engine optimizers) and sites that rely less on algorithms to rank content – Mahalo, for [...]
