A mainly tech blog that sometimes touches politics and education. I use a Mac so you will hear about that and I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA so you will hear about our upcoming municipal Wi-Fi mesh network. I believe that open source is the only way to build big software so that may come up too. Est. 2004.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Forrest the Grandson wants Beatles so here's a playlist for a 4-year-old
Every time I see Forrest he tells me he needs Beatles. He's not sure which Beatles, just Beatles. Finally I grabbed the CDs I have around and made a quick playlist for him. (Wish I had Yellow Submarine! I'll get that for the next playlist.) Forrest's Beatles CD
Lovely Rita
A Hard Day's Night
With A Little Help From My Friends
Octopus's Garden
Getting Better
Can't Buy Me Love
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
I'll Cry Instead
I Should Have Known Better
Polythene Pam
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Lovely Rita
A Hard Day's Night
With A Little Help From My Friends
Octopus's Garden
Getting Better
Can't Buy Me Love
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
I'll Cry Instead
I Should Have Known Better
Polythene Pam
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
4th of July 2010 Fireworks pictures.
My friend Bryan invites us over each year to watch Minneapolis river front fireworks from his condo on the 28th floor of the Carlyle Building. (The non-firework image is a view straight down from his balcony.) This is a rough edit of my pictures. I think it's clear that I'm not trying to get THE superbest fireworks image and rather go after the raw look to try and capture some of the noise and intensity of being so close. Enjoy.
Cloaked beaver sculpture in Bemidji in support of Gaea by Deborah Davis
Cloaked beaver statue in Bemidji in protest of the city decision to remove the "Gaea," beaver sculpture by Deborah Davis after receiving complaints that it was "pornographic." (Pioneer Photo by Brad Swenson)
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Sunday, July 04, 2010
Seeking nominations for my Mpls-Neighborhoods Twitter list
A while back over at the @sewardtweets account, I started a Twitter list for Minneapolis neighborhoods and other relevant tweeters. http://twitter.com/SewardTweets/mpls-neighborhoods I'm looking for other tweeters that might fit this list especially other "official" Minneapolis communities and neighborhoods. (Unofficial tweeters representing neighborhoods will definitely be considered.) Please go over who I am currently following on the list to get a better idea of what it is I have in mind. A few ground rules (it is my list, afterall):
- It's Minneapolis only. I was going to add @freshmn and @tcdailyplanet but they cover a larger community.
- Its not a single business. @Freewheel_Mdtwn didn't make my cut but @MidtownGlobal did.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Free USIW Wi-Fi hotspots in Minneapolis if you have a credit card
Free USIW Wi-Fi hotspots are supposed to be available around the City now (total of 117). I've attached the map for south Minneapolis.
I had trouble accessing the system in Standish Neighborhood Saturday morning with my iPod Touch. I was able to get to the login screen today at 26th Ave. S. and Franklin E. (northwest corner). You do have to have a credit card for creating the account although you won't be charged. (I really wish they could have figured out a way to do this for people that don't have credit cards and because I really don't like to share that information if I'm not actually buying something.)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
3 iPhone/Touch Apps for getting real-time data on our Nice Ride Minnesota System (one of them does Android/Blackberry)
There are three iPhone/Touch apps available at Apple's app store that give you real-time listing of bike and station availability. Search for "Bixou" (free Lite version or $.99 enhanced version) or "Spotcycle" (free). (Spotcycle is also supposed to have an Android & Blackberry apps available.) I've looked at them both and I like the Bixou enhanced version. It makes it very easy to save your favorites and it seems to be loading the station list in relation to the station's distance from you. http://www.bixoulite.info/en
http://www.bixou.info/
http://www.spotcycle.net/accueil_en/
http://www.bixou.info/
http://www.spotcycle.net/accueil_en/
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
USI Wireless launches then unlaunches ad campaign that compares Wi-Fi to a prostitute
photo by @wentrogue
I first caught wind of this yesterday at the L'Etoile site which featured Vanessa Messersmith's photo of the USI Wireless (USIW) billboard along with the comment "Thanks USI Wireless for being just like a prostitute." In an email conversation, Vanessa elaborated a bit:
The woman is dressed in classic Hollywood street corner girl clothing. She is wearing a fur coat, has her head tilted, almost like chewing gum, and she appears like a sexy dumb girl. If not a prostitute, then perhaps a small town trashy girl. Either way you look at it, my friend and I were shocked and offended. How else am I suppose to interpret this ad?
Well Vanessa, according to a post over at the Minneapolis Issues Forum, this ad and the accompanying campaign "test-marketed to 100% approval" somewhere. But even with those great test market scores, USIW will be pulling the ads down this week. Councilmembers Elizabeth Glidden and Gary Schiff both contacted the company on the matter. So far, however, I haven't seen an official USIW apology on this matter.
In the post at the Issues Forum, Stacey Burns does an excellent job explaining why this ad is particularly demeaning in our city. I will just add that beyond the prostitution issue, this ad is just plain offensive particularly to women. I hope USIW understands this.
Labels: broadband, minneapolis, USIW, wireless
Bedlam "Hole-a-Thon" Tonight! Help fix the hole.
From Benjamin Marcy at Bedlam Theater
As you may have heard, Bedlam had a bit of a problem when the floor of it's Fire Place Room collapsed earlier in May leaving a big hole. We've had a terrific response from the community to help us fix the problem.
Tonight we're having a "Hole-A-Thon" fundraiser asking for pledges to help support the theatre. There will be a number of performances in the hole starting at 8:00PM and going until 11:00PM. We will be streaming these performances online and you if you're unable to make it over you can check them out here:
http://bedlamtheatre.org/2010/05/live-from-the-hole/.
The performances may not all be appropriate for all ages, so a little forewarning, but still it's going to be a lot of FUN!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Bedlam Theater needs your help
From Ben Marcy, Development Officer with Bedlam Theater:We have a bit of a crisis on our hands.Last Tuesday, the floor in our Fireplace Room fell through and we found that the joists under the floor had considerable water damage from a pipe that had burst two months ago. While the water was contained in the room, the entire floor had to be removed. We're now beginning our "Fill in the Hole" Campaign. We've had productive conversation with Fine & Associates, and they will match our amazing response of over 200 volunteer hours with rent reduction to offset the costs of the damages. We've raised a little money to help pay for the costs, but there is still more to do. We're looking for donations, volunteers, and people getting the word out about our campaign. People can get more information on Facebook, GiveMN, and of course Bedlamtheatre.org. Any way you can spread the word and help the cause is greatly appreciated! Ben
