1. Lost their cell phone number 2. Lost your cell phone 3. Cell phone battery died 4. Cell phone is somewhere where you know where it is but it’s not with you 5. Didn’t really want to call them back anyway
One of the things that separates Facebook from the zillions of other social networking sites on the web today is the honesty. Not that everyone is completely honest in their personal profiles, but at least they use their real names and real photos of themselves rather than handles and cartoons. That is, for the most [...]
4428 45th Ave S sits at the Southern end of the Longfellow community in the Hiawatha neighborhood. There is a lot to like about this location. It’s only blocks from Minnehaha Park where you can dine on fish tacos while drinking a Summit within feet of Minnehaha Falls at Sea Salt followed by a stop [...]
Tom Simonite at the New Scientist Technology Blog pointed to a study back in December on instant messaging behavior from Germany that discovered that 20% of IMs are drafted but deleted before they are sent: Instant message irrelevance The reason is that during the time they were composed, they became irrelevant. Michael Bei??wenger derived the [...]
I’m not sure why the monkey on Anti Monkey Butt Powder is giving a thumbs up. He looks like he could have used some Anti Monkey Butt Powder and has the grimace of someone who forgot to liberally apply Anti Monkey Butt Powder to his monkey butt. This is available at the now-open East Lake [...]
When Teucer announced plans for a bacon themed MNSpeak meet-up, I knew I’d have to hit that scene. We met at the Triple Rock and bacon was consumed. Teucer, DouglasG, Bob from ALAMN, mnblrmkr, bubbles, taulpaul, and The Freets showed up. Rather than holding one Baconalia, teucer organized both a mid-day and evening meet-up. I [...]
Perhaps you heard this past week about a study done by the U of MN that measured the pee of hospitality workers pre and post-smoking ban? Here is a summary of the results from the ClearWay site. ClearWay, by the way, is a group set up to spend tobacco settlement money on anti-smoking efforts. Conducted [...]
Oldest rule in the book: If you’re carrying crack, don’t act like a crackhead when you get pulled over: 29th/Fremont Av: Officers assisted stopped vehicle for careless driving, driver appeared nervous, made furtive movements inside vehicle; officers checked area where driver was reaching, recovered 124.5 grams powder cocaine; 4.7 grams crack cocaine: Arrested/NARCOTICS (suspect has [...]
Michael Wurzer raises some interesting points in a post on how real estate shoppers discuss home listings today. He explains that real estate is a different animal than the latest consumer gadget, which makes commenting on individual properties more difficult since fewer people have hands-on experience with a property than the latest iPod. However, it [...]
I’m a bit traveled out for a bit, so I’ve turned my attention to travel blogs. Here are a few I like: 1. Killing Batteries – Lief Pettersen is a local travel writer. As in, he’s a local, and he writes about travel. Not that he writes about local travel to Hugo or Savage. He [...]
