Admittedly, my expectations were not high when I pulled into the Super 8 just south of Kenosha, WI within earshot of the interstate, but I figured they at least knew how to prepare a room. Wrong. On top of that, they had the worst continental breakfast coffee I think I’ve ever had. But all was [...]
I’ve been kind of hardcore about buying things online for a few years now, mostly out of laziness. However, I think there may be some environmental benefits to my laziness as well. As I see it, if I drive to target, buy 20 pounds of stuff, and drive home, I actually burned fuel to move [...]
Nice Ride crushed it with their 3-month update blog post. They broke down how things are working at levels well beyond what I’m used to seeing from non-profits. This level of transparency should be applauded. For example, here’s a map they published showing the usage rates of the active 65 kiosks in the network: I [...]
I parked at a meter in downtown Urbana, IL, stopped into an awesome BBQ place for lunch, then walked back out to fill the meter. The meter’s cost? 25 cents per hour. I threw in a 2nd quarter just for fun. How long can it take to have lunch? Well, it turns out that in [...]
35W Bridge Scrap Removal Costs, originally uploaded by edkohler. Thinking out loud here. Wouldn’t it have been cheaper to open up the fence and spray paint a FREE sign rather than hire crews to remove the bridge scrap from Bohemian Flats? Surely, some motivated scrappers, artists, and collectors could have cleaned that up in no [...]
Here are the “yellow” related terms people have typed into Google over the past month that brought traffic to The Deets: yellow pages opt out yellow pages ad revenue opt out of dex yellow pages yellow pages revenue 2009 qwest dex yellow pages yellow pages decline yellow pages revenue yellowpagesoptout.com california yellow pages dex yellow [...]
Abogo has creating a an interesting illustration of the costs of transportation by address. Looking at the Twin Cities, here is a heat map breaking down the average monthly transportation costs (the house on the map is centered on the 55406 zip code): Many people look at the cost of inner-city living then decide that [...]
We can all thank the 17 state attorney generals who solved the prostitution problem in America by pressuring Craigslist into shutting down their Adult Services classifieds category. Right? Well, as I mentioned earlier this week, the web is nearly infinite, so shutting down any given site will have little to no impact on escort advertising. [...]
Here’s an interesting perspective from Connie Becker on how people can both complain about the City of Minneapolis’ taxes while living in neighboring suburbs. It’s quite the deal: benefits without the cost. Over 100,000 people work in our city, using our police and fire and roads, yet don’t pay for this. We house the majority [...]
Ninety nine times out of one hundred, when I receive unsolicited press releases via email from PR professionals, I respond with something like this: Unsubscribe. One quick word that is meant to communicate that I’m not interested in what they sent me, nor am I interested in receiving similar communications from them in the future. [...]
