Dane101 - Breakfast Links

Breakfast Links: July 17, 2008

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:59 +0200

July 17 is the 199th day of the year. Today is the World Day for International Justice.

* WSJ: Queer spelling bee on Saturday targets older spellers

* WISC: Packers Accuse Vikings Of Tampering With Favre

* Atomic Trousers: Reported Missing: One Quarterback's Dignity

* Caffeinated Politics: Will Madison Charter TV Make ‘Book TV’ Viewers On C-SPAN 2 Mad?

* Fearful Symmetries: The decline of Dane101 (Note: Jesse had written a lengthy response to this blog post, but after an email exchange with Fearful Symmetries had decided it is not necessary to post.)

* Isthmus: Familiar faces, Jentri Colello, and Madison gastropubs in the July 18 edition of Isthmus

* Dane101 Better Living: Organize your files by turning your Firefox browser into a file manager.

Breakfast Links: July 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:44:22 +0200

July 16 is the 198th day of the year. On this date in 1969 Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy to become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.

* Mills: Bicycle thieves go to the special hell

* TCT: Middleton smoking ban OK'd, will start next March

* Caffeinated Politics: Pictures Of Bush Legacy Bus Tour On Madison Capitol Square

* WISC: Madison Chosen For 2010 U.S. Transplant Games

* WSJ: Woman found dead in apartment on West Badger Road

* TCT: What does future hold for Madison city cable as it moves to Channel 994?

* Dane101 Better Living: How to read body language

* Dane101 Pop Living: Joss Whedon debuts first episode of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Breakfast Links: July 15, 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:11:22 +0200

July 15 is the 197th day of the year. On this date in 2003, AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

* TCT: Middleton council may decide on smoking ban

* Forward Our Motto: I would just like to thank the Dane County Sheriff's office and the police departments of Middleton and Monona for their traffic enforcement work this past weekend as part of the Drive SMART program.

* WISC: Sneak Peek At City's 2009 Operating Budget Shows Lean Times Ahead

* Letter From Here: Chairs in Mickies Dairy Bar pay homage to their phallic idol by waving their legs

* Eating in Madison A to Z: Ma-cha Teahouse and Gallery

* WISC: Happy Birthday Channel3000

* Green Bay Press Gazette: What's Crackin'? Think of Madison music fest as Wisconsin's own South by Southwest

Breakfast Links: July 14, 2008

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:29:57 +0200

July 14 is the 196th day of the year. Today is Bastille Day, the French national holiday celebrating the Fête de la Fédération.

* Letter From Here: Art Fair on the Square turns Capitol into an art magnet for tourists, gawkers and buyers

* WISC: Le Fete De Marquette Draws Crowd Of 25,000

* WISC: St. Raphael's May Be Demolished Before Landmark Ruling

* AP: The University of Wisconsin-Madison has given seven liquor stores and a grocery in the city electronic scanners to help them spot fake IDs.

* MotorAge: Toyota sharing hybrid experience in Hybridfest in Wisconsin

* Stop Me: Time for another Piepalooza at the Fork & Spoon Cafe.

* Ladybugs: hey there! i'm sure you're a nice guy and all. but there IS a bike lane on johnson. and while it would have been SUPER fun to get hit by your black van, i'm glad we missed this connection.

* Caffeinated Politics: Happy Two Year Blogday!

Breakfast Links: July 12, 2008

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:59:57 +0200

July 12 is the 194th day of the year. Today is the third day of La Fête de Marquette

* Wisc: City Votes Against Using ROTC Building As Homeless Shelter

* Mills: No matter how hard we might try to sweep the problem under the proverbial rug, homelessness and mental illness exist. Simply denying those afflicted with these problems a safe place to stay and seek treatment, maybe because you feel like it's too close to your home for comfort, doesn't make the problem go away.

* TDP: Trumpeter Ryan Anthony goes over the top at Concerts on the Square

* WISC: Harley-Davidson Opens Museum In Milwaukee

* Caffeinated Politics: Brett Favre: A Child Who Played Football For The Green Bay Packers

* WISC: Doyle Approves $9.7 Million Project At Dane County Regional Airport

* Palmer: Madison is a venerably youthful city; she is one hundred and sixty years young and almost unbounded. Unabashedly sprawling into the countryside, her spread has reformed former farm towns into booming ’burbs.

Breakfast Links: July 11, 2008

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:26:14 +0200

July 11 is the 193rd day of the year. On this date in 1804 Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.

* La Fête: Today is the second day of La Fête de Marquette

* WSJ: Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling could mean the state will "return about $265 million to date in similar taxes collected on other companies and an additional $28 million for this year."

* MPD: A woman who lives on the 1100 block of Williamson Street says a man forced entry into her apartment early this morning and grabbed her buttocks.

* TCT: Two Madisonians still alive at World Series of Poker Main Event

* Hit the Road, Zach!: Madison! With more restaurants per capita than any other city in the nation, it is a college town to rival all other college towns (and win).

* Caffeinated Politics: As I drive around Madison I find personalized license plates that are witty and well done really amusing and enjoyable to see.

* Dane101 Better Living: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Your Credit Card

Breakfast Links: July 10, 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:50:39 +0200

July 10 is the 192nd day of the year.

* Mills: Mr. Feingold goes to Washington, and owns it

* Sen. Feingold: "This is a sad moment. It really is a black mark, not only on the Democrats, but on the Congress and really the history of our country."

* TDP: Tune up at the prototype Trek Stop in Madison; Bike convenience station draws attention outside Machinery Row Bicycles

* One and Only: Seven students from the UW-Madison ZeroG team worked at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, designing and testing an experiment of their choice in varying gravity conditions.

* WISC: New Web Site Allows Users To Get Walkability Ratings For Any Area

* Isthmus: Motel mayhem, the hubris of WMC, and New Glarus Brewing in the July 11 edition of Isthmus

* Dane101 Better Living: Simple but powerful Drivepricing helps calculate gas costs

Breakfast Links: July 9, 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:25:03 +0200

July 9 is the 181st day of the year. On this date in 1868 the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law.

* NPR: Upper Midwestern states are in danger of losing a precious economic commodity: young people.

* Weiss: Eulogy for the Angelic

* WSJ: 125 pot plants found in home of dead man

* TCT: The city of Madison, the school district and other governmental tax districts will have to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars in property taxes to two Walgreens stores

* Appletonian: Through gritted teeth, The Capital Times reports today the State Supreme Court has ruled that Madison over-taxed Walgreens.

* 'listics: Proud of Russ Feingold for his stand on FISA

* Dane101 Better Living: How To Protect Yourself Against Aggressive Debt Collectors

Breakfast Links: July 8, 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:00 +0200

July 8 is the 190th day of the year. On this date in 1776 the Declaration of Independence is read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

* WISC: Dane County Is Worst In State For Environmental Health

* Columbus and the World: UFOs over Columbus, Wisconsin?

* Letter From Here: The awesome storm front that darkened Madison's skies early Monday evening

* Caffeinated Politics: The bank of clouds that descended over the Isthmus on Monday night was more bluster than fury

* Pestilent Platitudes: I've been thinking for a long time that Isthmus should collect a minor subscription fee instead of being soley funded by ad dollars. Such a fee could be negligeable, but still help fund substantive gaps.

* Berry: Staff cuts sad for papers -- and America

* Stepping It YUP: I hate to say it but Madison is just not the most diverse place in the world, and when you’re a young professional just starting out

* The Great Midwest: ...a bunch of photos of what I think are interesting things from around Madison.

* Dane101 Better Living: The 10 Healthiest Beverages

Breakfast Links: July 7, 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:21:48 +0200

July 7 is the 189th day of the year. On this date in 1456 a retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.

* TCT: Supermodel Cindy Crawford and nearly 1,000 other people who have watched children in their families struggle with cancers at American Family Children's Hospital gathered Saturday at Monona Terrace for a reunion.

* TCT: UW student dies; no foul play suspected

* UW-News: Lignin expert chooses to pursue biofuels research at UW-Madison

* AP: Wisconsin Democrats plot for Assembly takeover

* WISC: Blaze Drives Residents From Town Of Madison Apartment Complex

* Deadned's Weblog: My interview at Epic Systems

* Dane101 Better Living: Cost of Smoking Calculator

Sunday Funnies: July 6, 2008

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:02:26 +0200

Good afternoon from Dane101's Department of Better Living! We've put together some quirky, funny, and/or just plain bizarre links to brighten up your lazy Sunday. Click on each description for a laugh (or a WTF?! moment)

* Gizmodo: Violent, Anti-Social and Totally Illegal Gadgets You Won't Find at Best Buy

* College Humor: Canada IMs the US on Independence Day

* AmazingSuperPowers: Why do we have hot dogs and fireworks on the 4th of July?

* McSweeney's: Playing Balderdash with ex-girlfriends

* Oddee: 20 Worst Engrish ever

* MyDamnChannel: You Suck at Photoshop #11: Smart Objects

* 23/6: Crank Dat Barack Obama