California Dispatches [Editor’s Note: I’m in California for the next few days for some much-needed R&R, so my posts will have a local (vs. Minnesota) flavor.] You’d certainly think that the Apple store on Palo Alto’s University Ave. — just down the street from Stanford, in the bosom of Silicon Valley — would boast a bigger...Read More
Modern Greek Drama That seems to be the question of the hour — along with a certain Greek (financial) drama playing out in Europe (plus the winding down of the Fed’s QE II campaign). My take: with rental vacancy rates at 3% (and falling) in the Twin Cities, I see lots of demand for houses in...Read More
“Evo 3-D,” Anyone? In a world where new cell phone models seem to be coming out daily, how do you tell which one(s) are the real deal vs. a flash in the pan? I subscribe to what I’ll call the “brand extension” theory — namely, if you want to know which products have a shot...Read More
Uhh . . . You Might Want to Get a 2nd (Legal) Opinion There may be valid reasons to keep Lake Calhoun, “Lake Calhoun,” but I very much doubt that it’s because no one has the legal authority to change it: Last week, Minneapolis Park Board attorney Brian Rice issued an opinion saying the organization...Read More
Cellphone Coverage & The Law of Transitivity I’ve been trying to find out which carrier — Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T — has the best coverage in my neighborhood, and the results of my informal survey so far are, to say the least, perplexing. So, first I heard that Sprint was much better than Verizon. Next,...Read More
Catchy Corporate Slogan I have a catchy (even cheeky) corporate slogan for any utility company that wants to punch up its image (which means, like, all of them): “Power to the people.” I’ve got the copyright, but I’m willing to license it on a first come, first served basis. Call me.Read More
