This sounds pretty cool. The water above the dam in downtown Minneapolis will be lowered 13 feet on Feb 20th. More info at Friends of the Mississippi River. Drawdown of the St. Anthony Pool Wed., Feb. 20, noon-2 p.m. Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis Pre-registration required, see below Come take advantage of this rare opportunity to [...]
Packer fans are still recovering from their playoff loss. But thanks to Wisconsin Environment, they now have a new justification for their less than stellar seasons in recent history: the environment. “As if we needed another reason to tackle global warming, now even the Green Bay Packers could be affected,†said LuCinda Hohmann, Field Organizer [...]
It just became a lot easier to find custom Google Maps that users have created. A quick click of the “Show Search Options” and selecting User-created content will give you a list of custom maps created by Google’s users along the left column of the page: People are documenting all kinds of crazy things. For [...]
What should you do when someone: comments anonymously to your blog under a made up email address from a Kinko’s store on a post that’s more than a year old where they hypocritically decide to attack someone you happen to mention in the post? Gosh, which button should I press?
The Deets’ Senior Rust-Belt Reporter, James, snapped this show of a Curves workout location directly above a Coldstone Creamery. Talk about your perfect combination of locations for the yo-yo dieter. This was taken in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA.
Dear citi. Just letting you know that I’ve followed your command: I did not discard your letter. Could you let me know what to do next? Should I put this in a safe deposit box? You mention in the lower-left corner that I should (Jesus cross) “See inside for details” Does that mean I should [...]
When was the last time you: 1. Watched a friend buy a newspaper so he could browse the classifieds? 2. Heard a land-line phone ring at a friend’s house? 3. Heard a dial-up modem connect? 4. Watched someone go to a bank teller to withdrawal cash? 5. Bought a book on a computing related topic? [...]
A bunch of bloggers went to Davos this year and managed to uncover some stories the mainstream media missed. For example, check out this video report filed by Jeff Jarvis on his BuzzMachine blog: Cutting edge stuff.
I received some emails from people asking about what other sites besides the StarTribune.com are link unfriendly. Here is a list of the Top-10 sites I’ve linked to in the past who’ve broken the links I’ve given them: www.startribune.com story.news.yahoo.com daily.misleader.org slate.msn.com www.animalhumanesociety.org www.rakemag.com (update: The Rake changed platforms [and with that, story URLs] but [...]
