Monthly Archives: November 2009
Counties Dealing With Turbine Tax Issues
Wind energy is a promising technology to help reduce our reliance on foreign oil and natural gas. Minnesota doesn’t have much coal to contribute to domestic energy production, but we do have wind. We have a lot of wind. Earlier … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29
RT @marybethdamico Woohee, I'm on this week's Bob Harris show again! Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nyw8p # RT @denverpost Moab man embraces simple life living in cave http://bit.ly/7dWn8K # Krush's Roots Morning Mix http://www.krfcfm.org Carolyn Mark, Ryan Bingham, Tim O'Brien #musicmonday # … Continue reading
A Little Turkey Shuffle for Thanksgiving
In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, I wanted to share some Chris Stuart with you. In 2003, Californian Chris Stuart & Backcountry released a nice Americana/bluegrass album called Saints & Strangers. I played it on KRFC-FM … Continue reading
FCC Sets Drop Dead Date on Wireless Sites
Planning & zoning professionals seem to have greeted with deafening silence the FCC decision last week on wireless tower siting timelines. The press release begins: In a Declaratory Ruling (“Ruling”) adopted today [18.11.09], the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) cleared the … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22
Thoughts on Creative Commons:you're either open, or not. http://bit.ly/2SRQuZ/ # highly educated people smoke less RT @Richard_Florida http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2009/11/17/the-geography-of-smoking/ # See that twitter is still tweeking re-tweet repeat. # @sarawatkins http://twitpic.com/j31oc – Love this street in Oak Park. Don't see artisanship … Continue reading
Cadillac Sky on Mountain Stage
Bryan Simpson from Cadillac Sky talks about the band and their music during their visit to public radio’s Mountain Stage. Not the best quality on the stage sound on the video, but nice insight on where these young guys … Continue reading
Trendwatching
Busy, busy, busy. Busy is a good thing, but too often I let the urgent push out the important. So many bright, shiny objects floating around Web 2.0 these days. One of those bright-shiny do-dads is Trendwatching.com and their monthly … Continue reading
Microblog Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15
Toward broad-based, cost-justifiable broadband – TwinCities.com: http://bit.ly/1Xkr9Y via @addthis #mnbb09 # RT @highcountrynews bluegrass band bearfoot = pretty faces and pretty vocals #moabfolkfest #nodepression # Back to moving leaves around the yard. Good thing these 100 year-old Maple trees are … Continue reading
An Economic Stress Test for Greater Minnesota
Minnesota Public Radio decided to put Greater Minnesota through an “economic stress test” this month. We visit several communities that face some of the toughest economic problems to be found in Minnesota, and will test the strength and breadth of … Continue reading
When the Gales of November Come Early
On the anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Continue reading
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