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Dude, Sorry I know, it's been awhile. But I've been busy - cleaning my apartment in anticipation of Mom & Dad's arrival tomorrow night, and drinking the best wine I've ever had?  That's debatable, but I don't think I've ever enjoyed anything ranked above #18 on Wine Spectator's Top 100. Even warm (I left the apartment at 74 this weekend), it was delicious - thanks to the folks at Uncorkt for recommending... Anyone else planning to hit up Sam's Wine Shop free in-store tasting next week? First Wednesday of every month, baby.
posted by Brad at 5/31/2006 11:14:00 PM | permalink |
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Gas is Cheap It appears that I like taking the scenic route... 40 miles to the kennel in Blaine, instead of 20. 2143 miles to the cabin in Tahoe, instead of 1404.
posted by Brad at 5/27/2006 08:15:00 PM | permalink |
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What is NowPublic? I wondered that to myself after they contacted me about using an (admittedly shoddy) photo I snapped at the Mpls Public Library Grand Opening.  "NowPublic harnesses the public’s collective wisdom to create a view of what today’s news audience cares about...combines the power of news readers, bloggers, photographers, and writers to create fast, open-source news coverage of the most important stories emerging anywhere in the world... [if] members see something that they find interesting, they...can add tags, comments, photos, and even audio and video footage to public stories." Sounds like NewsVine to me, are there others out there like this? Based on the story, I would think they want a picture of people trampling each other to be the first one through the doors a la Black Friday. But then again, we don't really know who "they" are...
posted by Brad at 5/23/2006 12:57:00 PM | permalink |
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Baseball & Sparklines
 Sweet, the Twins are gonna get an open-air stadium (next to a trash incinerator) in downtown Minneapolis. Too bad I won't live 5 blocks away when it opens in 2010... At this point, I was going to make a comment about the Twins' inability to win more than 2 games in a row. Turns out they have a 4 and 5 game winning streak to their credit this season, to go along with three 4 game and one 5 game losing streaks. Sparklines (the brainchild of Edward Tufte, whose class I attended back in December) are a fantastically efficient way to visualize these streaks. Check out these sparklines for the AL Central Division: up line = wins down line = losses red line = won or lost by 2 runs or less
posted by Brad at 5/22/2006 11:13:00 AM | permalink |
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MPL AND YOU The new Minneapolis Central Library opened on Saturday, just a stone's throw from my apartment. I'm a big fan of the new building, but think I like the downtown Seattle library just a little bit more. Check out more specific comments on the photos I took, or the ones everyone else Flickred. Anyways, there are a ton of cool workshops & classes available - one of which I just signed up for: Framing the World: Photography as Art Instructors: Lara Roy and Ashley Duffalo, Walker Art Center Tuesdays: July 11, 18, 25 (6:15 - 7:45 PM) Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall (Doty Board Room) Explore the art form of photography -- from the pictorialist imagery of the Photo-Secession artists, such as Alfred Stieglitz, to the iconic WPA documentary images of the 1930s, to the prolific Diane Arbus and artists today who freely experiment with new technological developments. Optional tour of the exhibition Diane Arbus: Revelations at the Walker Art Center on Tuesday, August 1. Anyone interested?
posted by Brad at 5/22/2006 10:39:00 AM | permalink |
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Cheap Domain Names Vogtman asked me about buying an existing domain name, and I found a few bargains in my research... AirTram.com for $5 million IndianRailway.com for $3.8 million I can't believe these are still available! If my Visa card wasn't cancelled, I would totally be moving my blog to BahiaPrincipe.com...
posted by Brad at 5/17/2006 08:54:00 AM | permalink |
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Twins Lose; Pink Visors Abound Finally made it to the Dome for my first Twins game of the season (thanks for the gift certificates Pam!), but they couldn't transform a 7 run first inning into a win. The fact that Buehrle started off that poorly and still won the game means we were a part of history - that hasn't happened since 1900. Also notable is that the ChiSox turned the first triple play in over a year, one of the many times the Twins' hopes were squashed as they tried to regain the lead. I didn't even notice that several players were using pink bats - probably because we opted for the $6 "cheap seats." Come to think of it, we were sitting in the same section a few years ago when the Gopher football team threw away a huge lead against Michigan. Gotta love Minnesota sports... At least we got some pink visors. 
posted by Brad at 5/15/2006 08:49:00 AM | permalink |
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mmm, Salty. Are you worth your salt? I used that expression today and started wondering what it meant. After a bit of digging, I learned that "the word salary evolved from the Latin word salarium, which meant 'money given to Roman soldiers to buy salt.'" Thanks Cobblestone & Cricket, whoever you are.
posted by Brad at 5/11/2006 04:15:00 PM | permalink |
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92 - 11 = 9 x 9 2 Go The Race for the Cure is in 3 days, but I'm only on the hook for 11 cartwheels so far. Donate a dollar now to secure a glossy 8x10* of me doing a cartwheel in honor of your generosity! Stay tuned for a haiku about Katie & John, Martha's limerick and Mr. Holl's cinquain... *I will e-mail a digital photo suitable glossy printing & framing
posted by Brad at 5/11/2006 02:33:00 PM | permalink |
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Schmap-Tastic Joining the one from Seattle, a photo I snapped of the Children's Pool in La Jolla (San Diego) has officially been Schmapped.
posted by Brad at 5/10/2006 03:18:00 PM | permalink |
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Fun? News Sorry for the infrequent updates, I don't have internet at home yet and just failed on my 3rd attempt to sign up with EarthLink (2 of which were my fault). I did, however, just successfully schedule a super fun Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy procedure to explode my friend the kidney stone. Anyone want to give me a ride to the hospital at 6 AM?
posted by Brad at 5/10/2006 10:50:00 AM | permalink |
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Call The Fashion Police I just realized that I am wearing black pants with brown shoes and blue socks - pretty sure there is no situation where this is acceptable. In my defense, I totally thought these pants were blue, and place the blame squarely on the lack of lighting in my new apartment. Speaking of which, Pekoe loves my building - the first thing he did upon arriving Saturday night was to take a crap in the middle of the foyer. I'll upload some pictures once the place is presentable...
posted by Brad at 5/08/2006 04:24:00 PM | permalink |
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R.I.P. iPod? After myPod froze up 3 times in 24 minutes during this morning's 5K, I've concluded that it's high time for an upgrade.
posted by Brad at 5/06/2006 10:15:00 AM | permalink |
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Flippin' Sweet! Last week, I starred a post in my Google Reader about SketchUp, but never actually visited the site or created anything. Nick, however, decided to take a "study break" and build a scale replica of our parents' house in Racine... 
posted by Brad at 5/03/2006 10:51:00 PM | permalink |
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NWA Award Travel in MSP I've always wished that NWA would make it easier to know when and where you can use your frequent flier miles for award travel, but realize that it is not in their financial best interests for you to do so. Nevertheless, they sent me an e-mail today entitled "Available Award Travel Markets to/from Minneapolis/St. Paul" - the link pointed to this page: http://www.nwa.com/features/atrmsp/ Granted, this only advertises flights in May - but the URL does not seem to specify this. I wonder if we can refresh the page later this month to see options for June? This seems to work for other NWA hubs (DTW, MEM), but you can't just punch in any airport code :( Is this even a new feature, or am I breaking old news again?
posted by Brad at 5/02/2006 01:17:00 PM | permalink |
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Secrets of the City Have any of you Minnesotans ever picked up a copy of the Rake? Apparently it's been around for over 4 years, but I just recently discovered it and am a fan. The writing is fun and the price is right... check it out! 
posted by Brad at 5/01/2006 10:56:00 PM | permalink |
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Ripped from SkyMall I'm sure the EVAC-U8 Smoke Hood is wonderful and has probably saved some lives, but I can't help but laugh at pictures of people wearing it.
posted by Brad at 5/01/2006 10:38:00 PM | permalink |
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Book Report I finally finished Permission Marketing on the plane today, which is good because Cluetrain arrived a few days ago - love that speedy, overpriced shipping! I can't quite put my finger on why this book didn't engage me like some of the others I've read recently - perhaps because it was published 7 years ago and feels like "old news"? I think Godin could have gotten his point (use the Internet to engage consumers individually instead of breaking the bank on flashy ads designed to grab their attention) across in less than 240 pages, that's for sure. ...which brings me to one of the many pages I ripped out of the SkyMall catalog, an ad for Soundview Executive Book Summaries. For $120 to $170 a year, you get 30 business books summarized into either 8 printed pages or a 20 minute mp3. I thought about signing up for a couple minutes, but don't like that you have no control over what they choose to summarize in a given month. Has anyone ever subscribed to anything like this?
posted by Brad at 5/01/2006 10:02:00 PM | permalink |
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