21. January, 2002 - Webby bits, MN bits
- I'm still on the daily schedule. Good thing I got the search working. I think the new Suggest a Pick link has made linking too easy for me. If other people start suggesting more links, I'll have to start spending more time cutting things out. Of course there are probably some who think I should be doing that already.
- Nokia to Take on Palm in Market War. Cool. The bad news? Need a GSM cellular network to use it. And it looks like it'll set you back about $700. [google news]
- Where Did All the Online Bargains Go? The way of huge quantities of VC money for e-commerce companies. Also, since it's pretty easy to price-compare the competition, there's not a lot of point in undercutting them by any more than you have to. And unlike a few years ago, it's now often possible to find things cheaper by going and shopping in person. [flutterby]
- Adobe's Foray into CMS sounds pretty neat. Just a bit pricey, though. [cam]
- Modern Day Muckrakers talks about the Independant Media Centers. In spite of the title, it seems like a pretty fair piece.
- Minnesota's weather -- the good, the bad and the really, really ugly -- a new exhibit at the Minnesota History Center. Sounds fun, eh? [strib]
- Twin Cities lose cost edge as location for tech firms because the cost of living has crept up here. [strib]
- Twin Cities' growth - How to handle a million more people? One of the things the Strib doesn't mention in this or in their Affordable Housing article is that one of the major obstacles to small-scale affordable housing in Minneapolis is the current zoning law. The way things are set up, most houses in Minneapolis couldn't be built today on the lots they sit on, since the lot-sizes would be too small. That means that the only new development happening is huge apartment buildings which have a small affordable-housing component and lots of market-rate units. But no chance for people to get a house of their own. [strib]
- Minnesota looks into switch of Qwest DSL users to MSN. Seems you're a lot better off going to another ISP than MSN, but nobody ever bothers to mention that. [strib]
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Last updated on Mon, 21 Jan 2002 00:44:07.