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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Archives for November 2012

Found on Twitter No. 4: Highest resolution Machu Picchu picture

David CazaresDavid Cazares November 13, 2012, 9:20 AM Nov 13, 2012

I’m getting all my news, info and entertainment from my Twitter followers today and sharing what’s capturing my attention. Here’s another item: I’m newly fascinated by Machu Picchu. Bob Collins is off today.

Found on Twitter No. 3: Why power users hate fancy web design

David CazaresDavid Cazares November 13, 2012, 8:45 AM Nov 13, 2012
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Today I’m letting the people I follow on Twitter drive my news, information and entertainment consumption. One of them recommended this paen to simple web design. Follow me on Twitter. Bob Collins is off this week.

Found on Twitter No. 2: The siren and the spook

David CazaresDavid Cazares November 13, 2012, 8:00 AM Nov 13, 2012
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All day, I’m posting interesting or entertaining things I’m finding by hanging out on my Twitter account, using Twitter as my primary news recommendation engine. The Petraeus scandal is all over Twitter today, of course, including links to this Frank Bruni essay In the New York Times: It has to be more than mere coincidence Read more →

Found on Twitter No. 1: Fiona Apple and Quentin Tarantino

David CazaresDavid Cazares November 13, 2012, 6:52 AM Nov 13, 2012

For many of us, Twitter has become a primary avenue for discovery of news, information and entertainment. I thought I’d hang out on Twitter for much of the day and keep a running log of what I find through the recommendations of people I follow. Here’s the first thing that drew me in: Bob Collins Read more →

Gone flying

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 13, 2012, 6:51 AM Nov 13, 2012
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Tomorrow I will attempt to be the first person (in my house) to fly an airplane he built himself across the country.

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Surveys and trivia

Acronym of the year

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 4:32 PM Nov 12, 2012
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The Oxford Dictionary has named ‘GIF’ as the word of the year.

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This or That

The Christmas TV ad blitz begins

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 3:23 PM Nov 12, 2012

We officially begin Christmas TV ad critic season! Welcome. Nice to see you again.

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She was for Bronco

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 1:39 PM Nov 12, 2012
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Abbie Evans, the kid who couldn’t take another minute of the presidential campaign, is a Democrat.

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In defense of mice

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 12:58 PM Nov 12, 2012
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You know who gets a bad rap? These guys.

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And now this message from winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 12:07 PM Nov 12, 2012

Reviewing basic rules for winter driving.

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Five by 8

The climate change quest (5×8 – 11/12/12)

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2012, 7:15 AM Nov 12, 2012
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In search of the new normal, the land of racist tweets, the cult of the military personality, what the election meant, and the amazing shrinking Thanksgiving.

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The splendor of the Lowry Avenue bridge

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2012, 3:28 PM Nov 9, 2012
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Minneapolis, for all the right reasons, is becoming the ‘city of bridges.’

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If only white men could vote

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2012, 1:54 PM Nov 9, 2012
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Here’s how the electoral map of Tuesday’s election would’ve looked if we were pre-1870 America.

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1,000 words: The funeral

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2012, 1:41 PM Nov 9, 2012
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In many ways, it seems it was a funeral for common decency in Brooklyn yesterday.

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The judges on the trading floor

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2012, 12:05 PM Nov 9, 2012
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When a president speaks on the economy in the middle of the day, he’s often targeting his remarks to calm a jittery market. Presumably, President Obama’s speech at the White House had some of this element to it.

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