Lycian Tombs with Efes Beer, originally uploaded by edkohler. We’re hanging in Dalyan, Turkey with a nice view of the Lycian Tombs from 400BC across the river from our hotel. It’s amazing to think that a civilization existed 2400 years ago that was capable of such architectural feats, yet the local beer hasn’t evolved beyond [...]
I have found a cell phone battery backup device that rocks my world. The Imax Power IMP500 External Battery. On the left, below, is my current cell phone (and HTC Hero from Sprint, which I would not recommend. Wait, if you can, for better options), and on the right, the Imax Power: Here’s the deal: [...]
I’m closing in on the last few blocks of the Longfellow Community, this time with a bunch of North-South running streets from 36th to 32nd. The nice thing about moving East to West through the neighborhood is that the stretches of blocks get shorter as I get get closer to Hiawatha. I headed south on [...]
I did a little tour from the Marcy Holmes neighborhood up to 26th Ave NE and back on the 3rd of May. I’m not a fan of spiral entrances, like this one, to pedestrian bridges. Sure, they make things more accessible, but they add a ton of distance. Perhaps consider offering stairs for able bodied [...]
My dad dropped off this sign at my house after he removed it from a boulevard in St. Paul. For future reference, I don’t need the signs. A photo is fine. This let to an interesting phone encounter. Before calling, I searched for the phone number online. What did I find? Nothing. There were no [...]
The Yellow Pages industry is freaking out because California is attempting to do something outrageous: Hold the yellow pages industry accountable for the talk they talk. On Monday the 17th of May, the California Senate Appropriations Committee will give their take on SB 920. According to the head of the Yellow Pages Association, Neg Norton, [...]
I’m sure a lot of you have already tried Groupon, based on the emails I receive from friends passing along offers that they find particularly interesting. For those of you not already familiar with the service, it’s a new spin on couponing where the service posts one offer a day (on their website and via [...]
Minnesota’s Arizona-like anti-Hispanic immigration policing bill is backed by representatives from very white parts of the state. How white? Here’s one way to look at it based on 2000 census data. The big blue bars represent the percentage of white folks living in each of the bill’s supporter’s districts (all rural Republicans). The red sections [...]
A handful of state legislators are backing a me-too bill that would make Minnesota more like Arziona – in a bad way. I thought it would be interesting to see what type of people in the State of Minnesota are interested in discriminating against immigrants enough to want to legalize the effort. Not surprisingly, they’re [...]
Last summer, I was interviewed for an Australian film about Shoefiti (shoes hanging from powerlines) called The Mystery of Flying Kicks. The film now exists and had a showing at South by Southwest back in March. I received a DVD of it from Adelaide this week. Sure enough, I’m in it: Here’s the trailer: The [...]
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