Tag: features
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Wiki Degrees of Kevin Bacon
As I was checking something out on Wikipedia today I had a random thought about the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Could I get to Kevin Bacon on Wikipedia from the page I was currently on? Let\’s find out.
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Reflections on Terminator Salvation
WARNING: Spoilers ahead. Turn back if you do not want to know plotlines (or holes in plotlines) from Terminator Salvation. You have been warned.
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Twins Apologists
Actually, I should actually open that title up and call it \”Minnesota Sports Franchise Apologists on Startribune.com\”. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is I was reading a recap of a Twins chat with Joe C in today\’s Strib, and he started getting a little snippy with some of the comments. I\’ve seen the…
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Click-it or Ticket
Minnesota was the latest state to implement a law that allows police officers to pull you over for not wearing your seatbelt. This may seem odd to some as there has been a seatbelt law on the books for several years now.
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Vote wadE in 2012
I hereby announce my intent to form a committee to investigate the feasibility of my candidacy for the office of President of the United States of America in 2012.
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Simmons in ’09!
Bill Simmons (aka ESPN Page 2’s “The Sports Guyâ€) http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/simmons/index has just thrown his name into the ring to be the next Minnesota Timberwolves General Manager.
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Favre Talk: Just Ignore It
I\’ve done my best over the past few weeks to ignore all the \”Favre un-retiring and going to the Vikings\” speculation. It is getting more difficult to do as the media is in full frenzy mode with the report that Coach Brad Childress was on his way to Memphis (where I would think he would…
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Minnesota Twins All-Metrodome Team
There are only 67 Minnesota Twins baseball games left to be played in the Metrodome… well, barring the post-season, which the Twins may have trouble reaching this year if their offense doesn’t pick it up a little… but I digress. As one of the many tributes to the Metrodome the Twins are doing this year…
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Work Nicknames
I work as a Project Manager for a living, although I\’ve been known to use other names for my profession. At any rate, one of the tenets of project management (and this is more widespread than the PM domain) is what we refer to as the Iron Triangle: cost, scope, and time. When I worked…
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19th Hole
A new golf course has opened up in South Africa called the Legends Golf & Safari Resort (http://www.legendlodges.co.za/). Nothing particularly interesting about that, I’m sure there are dozens of golf courses that open up each week in Africa as more money is poured into the continent, but I’m guessing most of those don’t have a…