Author Archives: Jeff

Dec 18

License Plate Tracker — ANU

Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at 4:33 PM by Jeff

We’re using U’s again!

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Dec 15

The Big Two and Little Six

Posted on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 5:57 PM by Jeff

Imagine the 48 years of the Big Seven and Big Eight conferences (1948-95) as 48 football championship units, divided in split-title years. Of those, only 6 and 1/6 units were not won by Nebraska or Oklahoma, broken down as follows from … Continue reading →

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Dec 14

Iowa maps switching to two-year schedule

Posted on Friday, December 14, 2012, at 11:51 AM by Jeff

The Sioux City Journal says it will start in fiscal 2015, so the first likely will be 2015-16. I am currently neutral on this change. Iowa is not on a torrid construction pace at the moment, so there will be fewer yearly … Continue reading →

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Dec 13

20,654: A retrospective, Part 3

Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 2:22 PM by Jeff

Photo #20,000: IA 10 becomes SD 46 north of Hawarden, July 20, 2012. The 20,000th photo stored in my archive came during a trip to northwestern Iowa, to travel IA 60 for a third time and clinch the few remaining … Continue reading →

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Dec 13

The 2001 keelhauling continues

Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 10:19 AM by Jeff

Oh, for Pete (Taylor)’s sake. For the first time, the NCAA on Tuesday named the top 75 All-Time March Madness Players, 25 All-Time March Madness Teams and 35 All-Time Madness Moments as part of the season-long celebration of 75 Years … Continue reading →

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Dec 12

Ruthven-Ayrshire, Graettinger-Terril in sharing talks

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 2:58 PM by Jeff

From the Spencer Daily Reporter. Note that Emmetsburg may also be in the mix. This would be another part in a substantial shift in school arrangements in northwest/north-central Iowa since the beginning of the decade. Semi-related from two months ago: The … Continue reading →

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Dec 12

I-49 designated in Missouri

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 12:00 PM by Jeff

Aug. 8, 2010: This BGS south of Joplin is one of the many signs and assemblies that had to be changed to include Interstate 49. Clinching the state just got another wrinkle for me. As of this minute, there’s another … Continue reading →

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Dec 11

Semi-official IA 330 extension date

Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 1:09 PM by Jeff

I had been told that the signs for extending of IA 330 from US 65/IA 117 to I-80 would be installed by Monday. There were no changes to the south end Friday evening, so Monday seems like a good day … Continue reading →

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Dec 11

20,654: A retrospective, Part 2

Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 11:34 AM by Jeff

Photo #7500: Parliament Building in Ottawa, June 26, 2007 The second half of the 2000s was my most prolific photographic period, evidenced by my racking up 5000 photos in 26 months — doubling the collection. This included my second and … Continue reading →

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Dec 10

20,654: A retrospective, Part 1

Posted on Monday, December 10, 2012, at 1:19 PM by Jeff

My family got a relatively early start on the digital camera age. There are 900×1200 photos taken from 2000 and 2001, although we mostly used film at the time. The first photos I took specifically for a website date to … Continue reading →

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