Tag: Minneapolis
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The Minnesota inferiority complex (and major league sports)
2009.12.28
0I love maps. I love charts. I love rankings. I love comparing the quantitative differences between major cities. I don't know why I love this stuff; I just do. So bear with me while I geek out on this a little. Minnesotans (at least, I think it goes beyond me individually) sometimes have an inferiority complex, especially those of us who live in... Read more » -
Looking ahead at the future of LRT in Minneapolis
2009.12.04 2Honestly, I have to admit that I've been fairly apathetic about the process of determining a route for the proposed southwest light rail line in Minneapolis. I love the Hiawatha Line: it's the biggest reason why we moved to the house we live in. At the time I was working downtown, and our house is within walking distance of two stations. I commuted... Read more » -
The only thing worse than Arial is a careless mix of Arial and Helvetica
2009.06.19 0I snapped these photos yesterday in the parking lot of the Lyndale Rose Garden in Minneapolis. Why, at a garden with huge displays of flowers, fountains, sculptures and more, would I bother taking not just one but multiple photos of the pay machine in a parking lot? Fonts. In particular, ever since I saw the documentary Helvetica, I've been... Read more » -
Introducing a new blog: 52 Coffees
2009.03.26 2Today, with some help from SLP, I hatched a new scheme (can schemes be hatched?). OK, not really a scheme. A new blog. 52 Coffees. We were sitting at Caribou in Highland Park, discussing the merits of working from a coffee house (at least, one with free WiFi). I idly suggested I should do it once a week, visiting every Caribou in the metro area.... Read more » -
Two videos featuring Gov. Tim Pawlenty
2009.03.05 0Our governor measures his words with a Vernier caliper while dissembling Rush Limbaugh's hope that Obama fails -- as subtly hinted at by a vague, ambiguously titled article on his website (Limbaugh: I Hope Obama Fails) -- on the Rachel Maddow Show: ...And is slightly less politic (though no more factually accurate) when criticizing... Read more » -
Exorbitant downtown parking rates
2008.12.04 5Yesterday I needed to go downtown. Specifically, I needed to go to the Hennepin County Government Center. We're still waiting for our new Fit to arrive, but in the meantime I needed to apply for a duplicate title for our old trade-in because for whatever reason I just can't find the original title. Anyway, downtown. I normally would have taken... Read more » -
Downtown Minneapolis is tipping over!
2008.09.19 0Just kidding. It's just an optical illusion from this photo I took yesterday on an incline on the East River Road on the University of Minnesota campus.... Read more » -
I am so anonymous
2008.02.15 1I've always been a bit wary of revealing too much information about myself online. Given some past incidents with (admittedly indeterminate) potential for danger to my person, it's been clear that there is no anonymity online. That said, I've taken some solace in the fact that my name is common. So common, in fact, that I don't even mind stating... Read more »
