Author Archives: Jeff

Apr 15

Page update: Muscatine-a-palooza

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2016, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Monday, April 11, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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.

Posted on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Friday, April 8, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

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

Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

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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Apr 05

Full RAGBRAI map printed

Posted on Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Since I made the point that the Register had not printed a single continuous RAGBRAI map as it usually does at the beginning of March, it is only fair that I follow up now that a guide to the route … Continue reading →

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