One thing I’ve learned this weekend while traveling: If a hotel reservation agent asks you how you found their property, don’t say, “I found you on Google Maps Mobile on my phone.” They don’t have a checkbox for that. Which makes me think that they likely don’t have check boxes for a LOT of the [...]
This monster candle in Scappoose, Oregon is called the “Peace Candle of the World.” Scappoose is also known for 2007 Playboy Playmate of the Year, Sara Jean Underwood. 50 yards behind the camera is Allied Armaments Firearms store: I have no idea which came first, or if firearms are the key to keeping the peace [...]
Camo Black ICE High Gravity Lager Beer, originally uploaded by edkohler. 10.5% Alc/Vol in a 24oz can. That’s more than four typical cans of lager in one easy to carry – but hard to swill – can.
If you have any interest in the future of North Minneapolis and are not already reading Johnny Northside’s blog, you should find time to read through his plan on how to promote the North Minneapolis real estate market in a positive AND realistic manner. Johnny explains that the North side has a ton of great [...]
A high speed bike cop chase pays off. 18th/24th Av S: Bike officers observed suspect breaking out car windows with baseball bat, jump into car, start moving away; officers attempted to stop car, but driver accelerated, with bikes following, officers were able to keep up with this car, keep in sight; marked squad eventually got [...]
Libraries seem to be catching onto the fact that Flickr has become the de facto site for photo sharing on the web. It’s certainly not the only photo sharing site, but if your goal is to reach a large audience with well-organized and sharable images, Flickr is hard to beat. The Library of Congress has [...]
I’ve found explaining blogging to non-bloggers to be a difficult task from time to time and have been trying to figure out why. My reasoning at this point is that people confuse the various ways the term “blog” is used. 1. Blog – the software used for publishing information. As in, “I use Blogger for [...]
I was told that I would like this, but I wasn’t told why. See more funny videos at CollegeHumor I’ll have to keep watching this until I figure that out.
