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I’m amused that the Star Tribune ran both these stories today…

Minnesotans face some of nation’s worst traffic

The lowest ranking [was] 49th for urban interstate congestion … .

City of bikes

More people in Minneapolis ride their bikes to work than in any other U.S. city except Portland Ore. … Figures show that on average, more than 4,700 people or 2.4 percent of people 16 and older who work in Minneapolis pedal to work each day, way above the national average of .4 percent, the census bureau said.

…but I’m unsure of what conclusions to draw.

Holy cow, is this teh serious?

MECC introduced their first game, Oregon, in 1974. It was accessible through the MECC Timeshare system library and was entirely text based. Oregon was originally developed in 1971 by Don Rawitsch and two other college students (Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann) at Carleton College in Minnesota. The first Oregon Trail was developed using a teletype and mainframe computer, and lacked sound and graphics. It was simultaneously used by 16 students on separate terminals. In 1974, Rawitsch joined MECC and installed Oregon onto the statewide computer system. Since all schools with computers in Minnesota were capable of accessing the system, soon the game was being widely used across the state by children of many ages.

Via Teague, who is not flipping out nearly enough. Why isn’t this in the brochure? Why doesn’t the college seal include a pixellated covered wagon? Why didn’t I receive one of these t-shirts during orientation?

Wheee! From Transport for London.

Those of you who had to stand around Magers and Quinn waiting for me to finish flipping through a book on the history of Uptown will understand why James Lileks’ Minneapolis pages are my current favorite spot on the web.

I have been looking for this picture ever since I moved here: the intersection of Hennepin & Lyndale, pre-Interstate.

(Via this Strib article, thewashingtonblvd.com, and a dude’s comment here.)