Random Articles

• Katie Couric Steals Bloggers Pen “They pulled me out of the auditorium and told me that they’d become aware of the fact that I had a blog, they said, ‘We don’t want you to participate.’” Wow. Big Media just keeps giving us reasons to ignore them. UPDATE: and, according to this New York Times article on the event, we are ignoring them
• Tasteless Art Affecting the Tastebuds at Holy Land Deli I was introduced to the Doner (Gyro or Kabob) during my time in Germany. The Turkish immigrants brought it with them. Aside from the thinly-sliced lamb, the rest of the ingredients were German; cabbage inside stuffed in a quarter of the circular flatenbrot. In Minneapolis, there’s only one place to get a good gyro - Holy
• Why Buying Local, Frontier House, and the Trade Deficit are All Silly Russ Roberts’ EconTalk is consistently interesting and engaging podcast covering economics as a perspective and a practice. I spent the first half of this week listening to his hour long conversation with colleague Don Boudreaux on the economics of buying local for the sake of buying local. Boudreaux and Roberts expand on many of the same points
• PodcastMN Aggregator Source Updated I just updated the PodcastMN aggregator source code. New features include; Config file as a central location for all settings Creates html, rss, opml, m3u, and xspf files RSS file includes some iTunes podcast tags Includes the del.icio.us playtagger baked-in As always, you can see it in action at PodcastMN
• Make Your Own Drive-In Movie Now that spring as sprung, I’m excited to sit in the backyard and watch movies off the laptop. If you don’t have a backyard, read the Mobile Movie Manifesto, pack up your gear and find a parking lot with a wall.