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• 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
• Things That Mean Nothing to Cooper My mom has this great collection of 45s. I remember spending some fantastic afternoons as a kid spinning Joan Jett, the Beatles, and so many other classics. This lazy Saturday afternoon, we had the 89.3 the Current on for Cooper and they played a song by the Pixies. Jen to Cooper: “This was the first CD
• 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.
• Gas Prices are like Bad Haircuts Overheard at the Dunn Bros in downtown St. Paul: “It’s like gambling, losing all that money at the gas pumps these days.” Complaining about gas prices is like complaining about a bad haircut. Each of us has the power to change the impact it has on us. In the case of cars; drive less, use public transit,
• Star Tribune Re-arranging Deck Chairs This week the Star Tribune launches their much (internally) debated redesign. It’s been previously dissed by City Pages and MNSpeak. This morning, I read the special 8 page pullout outlining the “new features” and the editor’s comments on it. I’m less than impressed and - even with 3 cups of coffee - still un-enthused. Here’s a