Because the world is increasingly getting both weirder and more compromised, it makes sense to take care of how you present yourself online. Tightening up your communications is something to pay attention to. I used to use Signal but they gave up some features a few years ago to increase security. It might make sense to go back to them though, and ignore the missing bells and whistles.
Category Archives: Interests
Tubi: By Any Means (2008)
One of my favorite things to watch are the Ewan MacGregor/Charley Boorman motorcycle documentaries: Long Way Round, Long Way Down…still mean to watch Long Way Up.
This series follows Boorman with a lighter crew but a way more ambitious plan to get from Ireland to Australia. It is a lot of joy with a fair mix of chaos. Unfortunately it has lost a lot of its online supporting documentation. I am now reading the book as well just in case there is stuff I missed in the show, because it looked like some things should have been touched on more.
Sadly, thus far, maybe it just was. Pity. Still fun to watch though.
Deconstructed: Ferndale Turkeys
I have been lucky – on a couple of occasions – to have the foresight to get a Ferndale turkey for Thanksgiving. It *does* make a difference and hope to do so again.
Speed matters: How Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps… and beyond
Incremental advances aren’t splashy but they do add on to each other and suddenly you have the high speeds we still whine about but couldn’t do the modern internet without.
Photo gallery: Stunning images of Indigenous peoples in their traditional splendor
Human culture comes in all forms. It is interesting to see how it expresses itself. Why would anyone want to create a monoculture at all?
Variety of Ojibwe-translated children’s books are headed to immersion classrooms
One of the enjoyable things about living up here is that, on occasion, we try to respect the cultures of those who live here…and those who have been here a long time.
It isn’t perfect, of course. We’ve got our share of red-hatted racists like everywhere else. We just try not to put them in positions of power. Even St. Cloud is getting better at that. Kind of.
In any case, part of getting it right is sharing our languages, and cultures, and stories. This is a good start.
Deconstructed: Hope Butter
I know of Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl from her Appetites appearances on MPR. I did not know she had a series highlighting Minnesota food producers and restaurants. I am going to take more notice. Here’s an old school creamery still doing things the traditional way.
What Happened to Paul Wellstone’s Campaign Bus?
The Star Tribune did a similar story months ago but I couldn’t share because, well, paywall nonsense. So here is an update of Wellstone’s bus, which has just been sitting in a field for the past too many years.
Apparently you may be able to see it on the road in the near-ish future.
Here is a KSTP story I missed:
And a documentary on the bus from almost 20 years ago:
Machines: Global Village Construction Set
This is a good idea that, unfortunately, seems to have gone dormant. In short, how to restart/build technology from a simple base, that builds upon itself. Build simple tools that allow you to step up to more complicated ones, with ever increasing complexity.
I posted this long ago but the links went wonky. I hope someone gets this back on track.
For more background, I am including a TEDTalk from the creator of the concept.
Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as “fiction”
In Texas, Native Americans were never abused or harmed, despite what history and librarians have to say about it.
Yeah, dark days folks.