Greening Twin Cities Ditches Black Leaf Bags

LEAVES, LEAVES, EVERYWHERE!!! Star Tribune reports today that Twin Cities law trades traditional black plastic lawn bags for compostible ones. Although, I would prefer people to compost their leaves than throw them out, even I have too many leaves for this to be reasonable. Either way, I think this is a good idea for both the environment and a streamlining of the utilities. The claim is that it...

NYC Travellers Under Stricter Surveillance

I would otherwise say “this is New York’s problem”, but a grant to the St. Paul/Minneapolis Police Department for the RNC enabled them to buy numerous surveillance cameras for downtown areas. I wonder what will happen to those now that the RNC is over and people elsewhere resume forgetting the Twin Cities exist? I am not a fan. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view...

Who Doesn’t Want Palin in Office more…?

I pose the question, “who doesn’t want Sarah Palin in the VP Office more – Democrats or Republicans?” After listening to her speech at the RNC just now, you have to wonder. She pointed out how she wants to go after the big oil companies, (of which the government gets a lot of money from). She also made a point to note how she cut costs in her own offices by laying off her...

Glen Beck – You Suck

I had the displeasure of walking in on my roomie Chris in his nightly dose of CNN/FOX etc. After he left, he left the tv on for me and it was on CNN Headline News with Glen Beck. All I have to say is that he is a Douche Bag. That is...

f1-challenge(d)

The F1 WebChallenge hosted by Twin Cities’ Sierra Bravo took place this past weekend. It was an 2 day event that helped 11 local non-profits get some help (get it? f1 = help key) on their websites. 11 teams of 88 developers (8 per team) were paired up with a non-profit that matched the skills required by the goals of the non-profit. 24+ hours of programming later, the results nearly brought...