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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Apr
16
It’s not drafty in here at all
Iowa State’s spring game is today, the first time the public will get a look at what new coach Matt Campbell is doing with the team, and the fourth time the presumptive starting quarterback learns a new system. A few … Continue reading
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Apr
15
Page update: Muscatine-a-palooza
June 8, 2015: New, larger highway shields at the US 61/IA 38 intersection, and their arrows beneath, conform to revised MUTCD guidelines. In my opinion, it’s not an improvement. I’ve added photos taken in April and June 2015 to the … Continue reading
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Apr
14
Wyoming bumping two-lane roads to 70 mph
Parts of US 20 and US 30 in the eastern Rockies are getting an upgrade not in lanes, but in limits. The Wyoming Department of Transportation is phasing in 70-mph limits on lightly traveled rural highways this spring. Among the … Continue reading
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Apr
13
Raygun shirts I’d like to see, part two
Three more ideas. (They’re images to match Raygun’s style, which is the Helvetica font.)
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Apr
12
Raygun shirts I’d like to see, part one
Raygun, the cheeky T-shirt store in Des Moines’ hipster central (the East Village), now has a store in Cedar Rapids’ hipster central (NewBo). Although I do not own any Raygun shirts, I think I am familiar enough with the style … Continue reading
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Apr
11
An off-the-wall investigation question
The U.S. Department of Education is going over the University of Iowa athletics department with a fine-toothed comb this week. It’s a Title IX investigation based on “the September 2015 complaint alleging discrimination against women in the athletics program”, the … Continue reading
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Apr
09
I will not.
We will lowercase internet effective June 1, when the 2016 Stylebook launches. #ACES2016 pic.twitter.com/vv53323GL6 — AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) April 2, 2016 Like many changes the AP has made to its stylebook this decade, this is capricious and unnecessary and arguably … Continue reading
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Apr
08
High voltage
It’s not quite my suggestion of Adair-Guthrie, but it’s the logical name nonetheless: The combined Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center district will be named AC/GC — styled exactly like that, according to the short article from Raccoon Valley Radio. The sports teams, named … Continue reading
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Apr
07
That is NOT a contributed photo
The “TI News Daily” website appears to be a place to collect and republish state transportation press releases, and with a tagline of “News and opinion on an American Fundamental – our infrastructure”, I’m not 100% sure English is the designer’s first … Continue reading
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Apr
06
Arkansas’ I-555 has blueprint for Des Moines beltway
On March 11, Arkansas got the fictional phone prefix interstate designation it has been seeking for a long time. US 63 from I-55 northwest to Jonesboro, which was upgraded to four lanes in the 2000s, officially became Interstate 555. Jonesboro … Continue reading
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