Some traveling Iowans are in town on Thursday and want to experience a Minneapolis tweetup.
Why should I come?
Come and see a real life Iowan up close.
Where?
Bulldog NE (401 E Hennepin, Minneapolis, MN)
When?
Thursday, May 14, 2009
What time?
6 – 10pm (or later)
Hashtag?
#msptweetup
That Tony Hawk guy still knows how to have a good time. He said something about an Easter Egg hunt, but his idea of something is on a huge scale, and the Easter Eggs were signed boards. Their kinda exact locations were posted to Twitter on Sunday, including two around the Cities. So, in other words, scenes like this were happening all over the country (and Australia, and…?) on Sunday morning. (more…)
If you’re feeling overtaxed and underrepresented these days, you may want to gather at the Capitol steps on May 2nd around 2 p.m. for the 2009 Annual Tax Cut Rally, sponsored by The Taxpayers League, Minnesota Majority and KTLK.
Here’s an invitation from Jason Lewis.
More details here and highlights from last year here.
Can’t wait until May? The local Tax Day Tea Party event in Minnesota is at the Capitol at 5 p.m. on April 15.
Flickr CC: Don Solo (http://is.gd/oIc0)
We hunt, fish, race snowmobiles and sell out monster truck events. But fellow Minneapolitans, we’re not measuring up on the manly list!
Mars Snackfood recently released their list of “America’s Manliest Cities” – a study commissioned by COMBOS and Bert Sperling, the dude behind the popular “Best Places to Live” studies.
Damn it, you guys – Minneapolis ranked 18 out of 50
Well some sissies may argue #18 is better than #49 or #50, but any real man will tell you there’s only one place to be on that list, and that’s #1.
Listen up, men.
Starting today, let’s all make a vow to stop showering, only eat at BBQ restaurants and spend all day Saturday at the hardware store.
Our wives will love it, and we’ll show the whole world just who has the hairiest chest next year at this time.
Just wait and see, Nashville. That’s right. We’re talking to you.
(Disclaimer: Mars is a client of my company, but I don’t work on this brand and didn’t work on this campaign)
Are you headed to SXSW Interactive (March 13-12), Film (March 13-21) or Music (March 18-22)?
Leave a note in the comments and let’s schedule some meet-ups.
The Minneapolis Metblog is having an open call for authors. If you’re a blogger looking for a wider audience, or simply have a desire to write about what’s happening in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area, keep reading:
The qualifications:
Besides the wide audience, the best part of Metblogs is the editorial process: there is none. As long as what you write is about Minneapolis-Saint Paul or something specifically relevant to MSP readers, it qualifies. Otherwise, we’re a sandbox for writers to play in, create their own columns and write the stuff they wish existed.
This is an unpaid gig, but you have the opportunity to have your stuff read by our fabulous Minneapolitans on a daily basis. Vloggers, photographers, community journalists, gripers and anyone else with a desire to write about Minneapolis is encouraged to apply.
While already having a blog doesn’t hurt, especially to demonstrate your ability to post frequently, it’s far from a requirement.
If interested, send me an e-mail (with “Minneapolis Metblog” in the subject), telling us briefly about yourself, blog link (if you have one) and what type of topics you’d like to cover. Blog on, people. Blog on.
UPDATE: We have new authors – woot.
According to this video of the first flight, free smiles come with every ticket.
I’ve never flown Southwest. What do you guys think?
Earlier this year Disney announced its Star Guitarist, claiming it teaches players how to play guitar instead of just enabling you to push red, green, blue, orange in time with notes.
At the time, I argued the flawed premise that people actually expect Guitar Hero (GH) and Rock Band to teach them how to play instruments. After all, neither GH, Rockband nor Star Guitar teach players how to read sheet music nor learn chords.
A local company is looking to bridge the gap with its Headliner digital guitar.
According to the Star Tribune, “Zivix LLC is betting some players will want to upgrade to the real thing. The Minneapolis-based start-up is developing an electric guitar with fingertip sensors that allow users to wirelessly play and control the game. The company hopes players will want to feel and look the part.”
While you’re still not playing actual music, I do like the concept of A) a guitar with strings and 2) allowing multiple users to mix prerecorded song loops from different instruments and genres.
The guitar is awfully pricey ($250), but according to the stats cited in the article, “67 percent of people who play rhythm games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band said they were likely to pick up a real instrument and another 81 percent said the video games motivated them to ask for a real instrument for the holiday season.” So that $250 could serve as a money-saving reality check to make sure your kid really wants to play guitar.
We can’t all be Eddie Van Halen, you know.
Image Uploaded on February 18, 2009
by invisiblepilot Taken at the VD09 party.
I wanted to go, but the wife decided last minute that a quiet evening in would be our VD09 plans.
Did you go?
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This weekend was waaaarmm! But luckily not so warm to melt ALL the snow and ruin the 2nd Annual Art Sled Rally at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.
Here’s a pretty great video I found of the sleds and sledding
Anybody go? Favorite sleds?
Has Citypages crossed the line?
David To C.P.’s credit the last I checked they deleted all of the overtly racist comments. @Art –...
Erica M As a reputable news source, they shouldn’t have fostered a hateful environment with that headline,...
ashley Several broadcast news stations showed the video also last night on prime time news, but i agree with...
Art As a reputable news source, they have a responsibility to post the video. As for the comments–maybe they...
Veterans Day
ashley that’s awesome.
