May 2010
25 posts
“Dairy Queen, 1720 Lexington Ave. N., Roseville
The owner of Minnesota’s oldest...”
– Nokohaha has a breakdown of threatened landmarks around Minnesota, including the DQ just North of Larpenteur on Lexington.
WatchIt sounds like Sal Khan has taught more people math skills than any human ever.
via Matt Haughey
“Sec. 105.02. Vehicles, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or...”
– Nice exception for the powerful State Fair parking lobby.
Chowhound on how to chow in Longfellow →
They hit the highlights, but show no love for The Cardinal.
Passive Aggressive Take-Down Request Response
Me: I’m not comfortable with the amount of information you’re aggregating from my site. How do I block your service?
Them: Hi Ed, I’m sorry you are feeling this way. We have removed your blog from further crawling. Just wanted you to know that we weren’t doing anything wrong. The content we are crawling is public information and there lots of other services that are doing...
“We believe that mobilizing local police to serve as primary enforcers of federal...”
– A statement from the Minneapolis and St Paul Chiefs of Police on their opposition to HF3830, a bill that would do for Minnesota what’s been done to Arizona.
“Now I’m not anti-Christian at all. My Mother is an ex-nun and my Father an...”
– I have a few things in common with Fugelsang.
“But it wasn’t until the Bush Administration that the Government began saying...”
– Fugelsang on acting globally by growing locally.
“What caught my particular attention, was the trend of bike coffeeshops!...”
– Minneapolis ftw. We’re big in Norway.
WatchMajor Bike Mojo in Minneapolis
“I am proud that Minneapolis is among the ranks of cities that do not allow our...”
– Minneapolis Second Ward Citycouncilperson, Cam Gordon, on his support for Minneapolis’ boycott of publicly financed travel to Arizona.
“The fact that Turkers from the US earn peanuts relative to the cost of living (a...”
– Microtask. I’ve found many of the workers on Mturk.com to be fellow Minnesotans. From what I’ve seen, you’re paid by the task (or, HIT as they call them), so the first of a set of tasks tends to take a while as you get a feel for it, but you’ll get progressively faster as you...
“The law of diminishing returns applies, even to lapdancing. The thousandth...”
– Wisdom.
