Google has a new feature that lets you see how many subscribers a given site has through Google Reader. This isn’t a measure of all subscribes to a site but just those subscribing through Google’s Reader (and probably personalized homepages on Google). For example, the number below for Technology Evangelist represents around 1/4 of the [...]
The Online New Association’s Online Journalism Awards have a few Minnesota names among the nominees this year: Outstanding Use of Digital Media: The Star Tribune for A PEOPLE TORN: Liberians in Minnesota Beat Reporting: Minnesota Monitor for GLBT issues based on the link. The winner get $5000 from the Knight Foundation. It’s not clear to [...]
When I read the following snippet from Building Minnesota’s article on the return of the Brackett Rocket, I thought, “Was Cara Letofsky’s daughter’s head responsible for the removal of the rocket from Brackett Park? The return of the Brackett Park rocket “Two summers ago, Cara Letofsky’s daughter managed to get her head stuck in between [...]
Taxi vs. Star Tribune, originally uploaded by edkohler. I don’t know if the coverage of the airport taxi issues at MSP by the Star Tribune is to blame, but something aparently inspired this taxi driver to aim his cab at the Star Tribune’s HQ along 4th St in downtown Minneapolis this evening. The Deets was [...]
Paul Jahn tagged me with a Minnesota meme a while back where I’m supposed to post three things about Minnesota. It looks like he got it from the source, Aaron Weiche, who breaks it down like this: Minnesota Meme: Trip around the state So I’m talking matters into my own hands and starting a Minnesota [...]
Caught in the act., originally uploaded by pinkzilla. Remind me to make sure pinkzilla isn’t within camera shooting distance the next time I need to pee in a park. She explains that this dog tried to pee on her bike bag not once, but twice at the Lake of the Isles dog park. That may [...]
FUH2 @ MOA, originally uploaded by edkohler. The latest in a series of FUH2 photos. This one was taken on the upper Eat side ramp at the Mall of America near Hooter’s.
School of Americas Protest, originally uploaded by radio.sputnik. The photographer taking this picture of a woman passing out information regarding the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) (formerly the School of the Americas) in the Minneapolis skyway system mentioned that few people (1:10) bothered to acknowledge the group and even less (1:25) would take [...]
Woodpecker, originally uploaded by edkohler. This guy was making a racket down in the gorge along W River Rd near 27th St E. He’s been gorging on that branch for some time now from the look of it.
The Carlyle Is Lit, originally uploaded by y entonces. Check out this awesome photo by y entonces. I didn’t realize the Carlyle was going to be illuminated . My first impression is, “Why?” It already stands out among buildings on the West bank of the river due to it’s size. This will be even more [...]
