The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment has landed. They’re in town from the UK to participate in the St Paul Chamber Orchestra’s International Chamber Orchestra Festival. The OAE’s project manager, Ceri Jones, is blogging about her experiences traveling to St Paul (how ya like the weather, Ceri?), and has had some fun nuggets to [...]
While bloggers almost universally publish RSS feeds that include the full content of their blog posts (text, images, audio, video, polls, etc.) most of the mainstream media sites (and new media sites run by people with mainstream backgrounds) continue to work under the mindset that it’s better to limit the content shared in their site’s [...]
This just in from Ann Bernstein on the Longfellow Community Council’s River Gorge Committee mailing list: It’s my pleasure to share some news that I know will make many runners happy: Nick Eoloff, the project manager for the West River Parkway Trail renovation project, has informed me that the Park & Rec Board has agreed [...]
Ang found this shot on Flickr in Scoobyfoo’s account. I like it. Well balanced. It may be easier to create a balanced look by avoiding a sharp point. Well played.
This is basically an ad for my new web start-up: I’ve launched a few online service that’s designed to help people with websites make their sites better by cost-effectively soliciting independent feedback on what their sites do well and what they could do better. It’s called 3rd Party Feedback. For $25, ten people will give [...]
Dear red Cadillac driver on the Crosstown in Edina: How about giving the plows a little room to operate? Yes, you may get to Don Pablos 2 seconds later. That’s time well spent making the roads safer for everyone.
Google has a great video on how to get started with Google Reader. I realize many of you already use this program or related programs, but many of you do not. If you’re someone who enjoys reading blogs, I think you’ll find that Google Reader makes it much easier to keep up to date with [...]
This homeless man was enjoying the climate controlled environment of the train out to JFK Airport on Friday. Just above his seat was a sign asking people to call 311 to get help for people like him. Just to the right of this photo sat a pilot who rode the train as far as the [...]
I had a chance to join the crew from the Minnov8 Gang to record a podcast this morning. We talked about a wide range of issues, including stuff I’m involved in. If you’ve ever wondered what I do when I’m not taking pictures of toilet paper, this is probably your best chance to find out. [...]
Guess What I Had For Lunch?, originally uploaded by edkohler. Need a hint? I bought it on the street a few blocks from where I took this photo.
