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May 18

“New”, “improved” — and SMALLER

Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at 1:00 PM by Jeff

Morrison’s Law of Supermarket Packaging: A label or container redesign is often, perhaps even usually, done to conceal a decrease in the amount of product being sold. (A blog dedicated to cataloging these changes is at mouseprint.org.) Recently, in the … Continue reading →

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Apr 18

Mediacom is charging a sales tax on franchise fees

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2014, at 11:24 AM by Jeff

One peril of auto-pay: You never know when or how you’ll be nickel-and-dimed. So this actually started with my November cable/Internet bill. “We have recently reviewed our federal, state, and local tax collection process, and have made updates in accordance … Continue reading →

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Apr 09

Veishea is gone.

Posted on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at 2:26 PM by Jeff

Ten years after the riot that rocked my senior year of college, and eight years after being given ONE MORE LAST CHANCE, the nation’s largest student-run celebration has been cancelled for this year. It is likely to be cancelled forever. … Continue reading →

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Mar 28

The world of tomorrow

Posted on Friday, March 28, 2014, at 4:00 PM by Jeff

The first episode of “Futurama” aired on TV March 28, 1999 — 15 years ago today. /shakes cane at younger animated shows

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Feb 26

Lower Midwest Trip Day 1

Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 8:10 PM by Jeff

Altamont, Illinois, Sept. 26 — My second major trip of 2013 covered the states and parts of states in the Old Northwest Territory that I hadn’t visited in July, along with Kentucky. Along the way, I clinched I-70 in two states … Continue reading →

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Feb 06

“Photo of the Week” didn’t last long

Posted on Thursday, February 6, 2014, at 2:47 PM by Jeff

It appears the Iowa DOT only got through 14 weeks of its centennial “Photo of the Week” series. The fact I’m only realizing this now may be a factor in why it stopped being updated. I’ve removed it from the blogroll … Continue reading →

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Jan 02

I know I write a lot about feeling old

Posted on Thursday, January 2, 2014, at 8:29 PM by Jeff

…but this is ridiculous. I hope the mailman was in error.

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Dec 30

A year-end wrapup of my travels

Posted on Monday, December 30, 2013, at 2:51 PM by Jeff

July 15, 2013: One of the highlights of my Upper Midwest trip was visiting the north end of “my” highway, US 63. However, construction prevented me from clinching the entire route in Wisconsin. As 2013 comes to a close, here … Continue reading →

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Dec 27

An unasked question about young drivers

Posted on Friday, December 27, 2013, at 10:55 AM by Jeff

Is there a relationship between the increasing restrictions imposed on teenage drivers, which have been going on for a decade or so, and the “trend pieces” that say millennials are not as interested in getting drivers’ licenses or driving cars … Continue reading →

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Dec 23

No, I will not tweet my face to the cloud

Posted on Monday, December 23, 2013, at 1:49 PM by Jeff

Ouch (from Nieman Lab): Today, teens are about as likely to start a blog (over Instagramming or Snapchatting) as they are to buy a music CD. The linked Atlantic piece about “the stream” is an interesting read, too. The blog is … Continue reading →

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