Category: Minnesota
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Look Who’s Talking (About Shoreline) Now
This happened last summer, but I forgot to mention it: Minnesota Public Radio ran a story about my research from 2013 on which state has the most shoreline. “Chris Finke is a software programmer who is originally from Minnesota. He remembered watching an advertisement in 2013 from “Explore Minnesota” that claims there’s “More to explore…
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A website I made is now a museum exhibit
Three years ago, I wrote about how I found old Kodachrome slides in my father-in-law’s attic, scanned them, and put them online at DavidTewes.com. In an unexpected turn of events, photos from that website are now on display at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. Jon Swanson, the curator of collections and exhibits at the museum,…
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My Minneapolis Table Has Found a Forever Home
I’m happy to announce that my Minneapolis table has found a home at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
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Does Minnesota really have more shoreline than California?
There’s a popular piece of trivia that says that Minnesota, ostensibly due to 10,000+ lakes, has more shoreline than California. Sometimes, the ante is upped and Minnesota is claimed to have more shoreline than California, Florida, and Hawaii combined. Other times, it’s simply “Minnesota has more than 90,000 miles of shoreline.” According to Explore Minnesota…
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Bridge Collapse
This is just a note to anyone that knows me that neither I nor Christina was anywhere near the 35W bridge collapse today in Minneapolis. Watching it on the news is jarring though, as I routinely drove over that bridge when I lived in the Cities and was going to the U. As I see…