Fun Fact: If you miss a turn on the U of Minnesota campus, you have to drive to Wisconsin to make a U-turn to try again.

Your Router Is Not Banned (Yet) The US FCC just added all foreign-produced consumer routers to its naughty list. The Internet is panicking. Here's what this actually means for IT practitioners - and why the unknowns are the real...

"The cable lobby will probably fix this" is not a comforting risk-mitigation strategy.

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#NonprofitIT

Self-driving cars are here. Minnesota lawmakers debate how to regulate them The expansion of driverless vehicles into Minnesota has state lawmakers racing to set guardrails.

Minnesota just needs to get out of the way. Traditional ride-hailing companies still continue to thrive in places where driverless cars exist. (See: Phoenix.)

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Lift Every Voice and Sing YouTube video by Keith Lockhart - Topic

I feel like this is possibly the definitive arrangement of "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

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Blogging as boring The Internet is still what you want it to be. I want mine to be boring.

There have been a lot of stories lately trying to reckon social media. The arguments are the same.

Instead, let's think about infrastructure planning and how to back up your public thinking.

A blog is boring. That's the point.

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#BoringIT

On Saint Paul: The Skyways With a new mayor in Saint Paul, can we set aside incrementalism for bold thinking?

But it seems like most of the "advocacy" for the skyway system is based on a nostalgia of what it was. Sadly, downtown lacks the vibrancy to have BOTH a thriving skyway network AND vibrant streets.

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Double-decker downtown: Walking through the past, present, and future lives of St. Paul skyways The once-bustling above-ground network has been flagging for years. The time for reinvention has arrived. Plus: a deep dive into the skyway system.

The Pioneer Press had a good story the other day on downtown Saint Paul's skyway system. Worth the read.

www.twincities.com/2026/01/11/d...

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This thing is my most photographed thing. A gem of #dtphx, still effortlessly floating above Civic Space Park

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On Saint Paul: The Skyways With a new mayor in Saint Paul, can we set aside incrementalism for bold thinking?

Now that I have been in Saint Paul for 3 years, and starting to be involved in its civic fabric, perhaps it’s time to start writing about it. It is an interesting topic.

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Waymo is coming. How will robocars deal with wintry Minneapolis roads? Waymo is currently operating in temperate cities. It’s not clear how the vehicles will handle ice and snow, but there are local examples to learn from.

With Waymo testing in Minneapolis (not Saint Paul, which makes no sense), the naysayers are out. The same criticisms were had when it launched in Phoenix. (Also, yes, i was one of them.)

It's fine. The bad stuff you predict didn't happen in Phoenix.

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I bought a 28mm pancake lens for my Canon R7. Is it the best lens? Oh goodness no. But is it great for informal shots? Oh goodness yes.

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It's been almost a year, but I've made quite a lot of progress on my website. It's amazing how much stuff you have to think of when you have to maintain everything, not rely on others to do so. I have learned so much!

In an otherwise dim year, what a spot of brightness to join with the worldwide community to listen in and commentate along with others during #9lc. Happy Christmas to you all, and let's do this next year?

...yes, he will.

Now the big question (at least for those of us listening to the @mpr.org stream): will Michael Barone talk over the first organ voluntary? #9lc

WORD! #9lc #happychristmas

Pace yourselves, we have 7 verses of "O come all ye faithful" today #9lc #word

Ah, yes, our annual celebration of the famous Bethlehem harbor. So much maritime traffic in the **checks notes** Judean mountains. #9lc 🕯️

I’m not normally the biggest fan of “I saw three ships,” but that was a respectable treatment. #9lc

Is this the most Rutter-iest of the Rutters? #9lc

yes go on dear cough your guts up live on BBC Radio 4 #9LC

Looking ahead after the 8th lesson and the second Rutter, we have yet another setting of "I saw three ships". Which marine vessel will be our tempo guide? #9lc

We are now firmly in the "Carols for Choirs" portion of the program #9lc

The first of two Sir John Rutter carols on the program this year #9lc

...but that said, this is definitely one of my favourite Christmas carols. Wish it was more popular on these shores. #9lc

That was a jarring transition between the Britten and "Unto us is born a Son" #9lc

Now That's What I Call Bruckner™️ #9lc

If you thought Anton Bruckner was just bold and bossy symphonic works, let me introduce you to his choral works! #9lc

The way the Portman just tailed off after the last line - "Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew / And I was unaware" - poignant. #9lc

It is the hymn of our age:
"Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not
The love-song which they bring:
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,
And hear the angels sing!"
Amen! #9lc