Random Articles

• Star Tribune on Muni WiFi: FUD or Just Wrong? The Strib’s Steve Alexander is on a Muni-WiFi bashing kick. In Sunday’s Slowdown in the Fast Lane, the angle was how the forthcoming Minneapolis muni-WiFi will make the current cable and DSL offerings look paltry and non-competitive. Oh - and we don’t get the maximum bandwidth out of our current pipes anyway. Really? Muni-WiFi isn’t
• What I Read in the Sunday Paper Jen and I have subscribed to a Sunday paper as long as I can remember. In Chicago, it was the Chicago Tribune, here in Minnesota on the west side of Highway 280, it’s the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Leisurely reading the paper over doughnuts and coffee is a tradition I’m quite fond of. In an effort
• Minneapolis Muni Wireless Coming Soon to St. Anthony Village?  Considering I’m a couple blocks in either direction from the Minneapolis city boundaries, I’m amused to see this ‘Coming Soon’ network in my available network listing - while sitting on my sofa. I’m guessing this means the Phase 5 Build out is on schedule for Feb 2008 completion.
• Gardens of Salonica - Comfortable Greek Last night, Jen and I went out to dinner in celebration of our anniversary at NE Minneapolis’ Gardens of Salonica (19 5th Street NE, Minneapolis). Gardens is half a step outside of the hustle and bustle of the St. Anthony Main and that’s why I like it. This 2-room restaurant so comfortable and personable, I
• Hoegaarden and Tivoli as Storm Provisions. We picked up a Tivoli iPAL a couple weeks ago. I’m glad we did. Tonight was the first big storm of the summer - without the Tivoli we would have been without a battery-powered radio. Before the weather went south, I thought a nice Belgian beer would be refreshing in the 80 degree heat. The wind