Martin is a six-year-old black Rex. He may be a Mini Rex, but is pretty grossly overweight, such that his frame is closer to that of a full Rex. We got him a few months ago, after having had our other rabbit, Humphrey, for close to two years.
When Lisa and I first moved to Lowertown (adjacent to and essentially a part of Downtown St. Paul), I started walking to work every day. It’s less than a mile, and, I learned from living in Minneapolis and walking a good deal to get to the express bus route for a while, a lengthy walk …
About a year ago, I started working for McNally Smith College of Music, a school in downtown St. Paul that specializes in contemporary music. When I first started, right at the beginning of 2011, a website redesign was already underway — the candidates had been narrowed down to one design group, Larsen, and information architecture …
For the fourth Wednesday in a row, Lisa and I took the bunnies to Hoppy Hour in South St. Paul. I was a little nervous about pulling out the camera, but it’s too cute not to post a few photos. Hosted by the Minnesota Companion Rabbit Society, everyone brings out their buns in a rented …
As part of a new year’s resolution, I’m trying to expand my toolset for working on the web. I’ve learned a lot over the last year, but my skills are still pretty limited. My weapons of choice for building sites now are WordPress for content management, and Foundation as a framework that makes responsiveness very, …
In Massachusetts for Xmas a few days ago, I was talking with my brother about how 2011 had been to us in comparison to other years. It was different — less fun, more work, fewer friends but more satisfaction, less freedom, more structure, etc. etc. etc. For the first time in the last few months …
Hello and greetings! I’m in New York this week for Future of Web Design and will be diligently recapping what’s going on for you. The conference hasn’t actually started yet, and so I don’t really have any updates on it, but I’m a hotel room by myself and possibly stealing wireless (favorite network names here: …
On Thursday, March 31, Videotect, a short film competition sponsored by Architecture Minnesota, screened some of the top entries at the Walker Art Center. Videotect is “A Video Competition Exploring the Built Environment,” and this (inaugural) year’s theme was the Skyway systems of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The event was hosted by Chris Hudson, editor …
Hey all, check it out — I have a post on the Walker Art Center’s Visual Arts blog. Here’s the full link: http://blogs.walkerart.org/visualarts/2011/03/16/making-jana-sterbaks-vanitas/ I’m still interning at the Walker (in PR/Marketing), in addition to working at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul. Doing more and more writing for both. That’s it! Just a …
