I had a chance to discuss Technology Evangelist, upcoming tech conferences and Apple products (of course) with Daniel Brusilovsky from Apple Universe in a podcast recorded September 23rd. Daniel is a high school sophomore in California and self-professed Apple addict. With the launch of his interview with me, he’s published 55 podcasts to date. I’ve [...]
Katie Weddle Langer turned me on to this sustainability quiz at from America Public Media. It’s an eye opener. It walks you through major energy consumption behaviors together with how you deal with trash to figure out how many Earths it would take to support everyone on the world, assuming everyone lived like you. I [...]
Julio Ojeda-Zapata ran a profile piece in in the Pioneer Press about a locally produced (Stillwater) sex advice podcast called “Sex is Fun” that included the following from one of the podcast participants: ‘Sex is Fun’ podcast’s candid information proves popular Jade, though a “Sex is Fun” fan and sometime participant, fears a backlash in [...]
Amazon’s MP3 download store launched today, and I’m quickly turning into a big fan. What impressed me first was the easy to use web based interface. No need to launch a iTunes, update to the latest version of the software that did nothing to improve the program from my perspective, load the iTunes Music Store, [...]
I’m looking for some help understanding the benefits of both RSS and Atom from a blog publishing perspective. From what I can tell, there is little difference between the two syndication formats when it comes to syndicating text or text with images. And most blogging platforms generate feeds in both popular formats, so any compatibility [...]
Just a reminder. The bill which was passed by the legislature on May 12 and signed into law on May 16 by Governor Pawlenty will go into effect on October 1, 2007. The law prohibits smoking in a public place or, at a public meeting, in a place of employment, or in public transportation. There [...]
Have you ever run into a situation where you’ve gone running after it rained and started out trying to avoid puddles but later realized it was a fruitless effort and ended up trudging through them? That’s kind of situation popped up last weekend while hiking on the Gunflint Trail. Here’s Carly keeping high and dry: [...]
One may think the title of this post is self-evident, but there are enough exceptions to the rule to warrant an explanation. Today’s example comes from The New York Sun’s website where printable versions are less than print friendly. Here is an example story from their site: The story has 1266 words, and the NY [...]
38th Street in Minneapolis has a few issues. This week, it really rocked the MPD Highlights: First, a guy gets shot at while waiting for the bus at Chicago Ave: 3500 blk Columbus Av S: Officers responded to Shooting call; victim waiting at 38th/Chicago bus stop was fired on several times by suspect in car [...]
I grew up on a street in St. Paul called Frankson Avenue. It’s between the fairgrounds and the Como Zoo. I didn’t know who this Frankson the street was named after was until I did some Googling a while back, which revealed that he was a bison farmer and real estate developer, and politician who [...]
