The New Michigan Video Franchising Bill & Net Neutrality
Out the back door by Jill N. Hamilton-Krawczyk
Both the Detroit Free Press (New era arrives for cable customers) and the Detroit News (Senate clears way for cable TV reform) have articles on Michigan's new cable franchising bill which has…
State of the 2007 Detroit Pistons
:grumble: A browser crash and a masterful Pistons' quarter-season update vanishes. Hopefully the recreation captures some of it...
D. Lippitt/Einstein/NBAE via Getty Images
Pistons.com says that 20 games into the season, you can start…
Interview with cable pioneer Kay Koplovitz
Spartan Podcast has a cool interview with USA Network founder (and MSU alum) Kay Koplovitz. The USA Network was the first cable channel and in the interview Koplovitz discusses the generation of her idea, her efforts to fund women entrepreneurs…
See. Detroit (and MOCAD). With Model D.
artarrow blogsize by toybreaker
more MOCAD photos and/or visit Toybreaker.
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Model D co-publisher Paul Schutt. I think they have a great editorial philosophy and it's exciting…
Detroit's Object Orange goes national
Thanks to PSFK and their article on Detroit's Object Orange for the above video.
ddd2 by ghettobrooke
We initially went with this feature because of a nice NPR feature from WDET, Detroit Artists Paint Town Orange to Force Change.…
An end to term limits ... and part-time legislators?
Capitol and Tree by Aunt Owee
For My Amusement only... tipped us off to an excellent column, Part-time Legislature without term limits tops Christmas wish list by Peter Luke from Booth Newspapers. Luke argues that Michigan's lawmakers…
Photo Friday: Fields of snow
Diane says that this photo from December of 2005 looks great when supersized and offers these thoughts on winter from Ruth Stout:
"There is a privacy about it which no other season gives you ..... In spring, summer and fall people sort…
One potato, two potato ... sweet potato?
Let's eat! by yoshiko314
(sweet potato tart!)
More yummy pics/recipes
here and here
Monday's LSJ had a feature reporting that while the body absorbs white potatoes quickly, causing a huge rush of insulin that can cause weight gain and…
What's in store for Mainstream Michigan Media?
Eric Berrien over at Among the Trees has a pair of posts (As your audience goes... and Savior of the Industry) that discuss Michigan newspapers in relation to a recent New York Times article about 2007 advertising forecasts. The Times article…
What DO you do during a Michigan winter?
Winter Cabin by tgrabb
Kristi Kates of the Northern Express has a column that offers some strategies for surviving winter in Michigan. As the current issue of the Express also dashed my hopes that Sugar Loaf (our local and long-shuttered…
Michigan Film: Michigan's Green Energy Economy
Live in Michigan? If you do, chances are you've got a renewable energy source somewhere near you. From the tip-top of the U.P to Grand Rapids, Lansing and even Pigeon in the southwest corner, Green Energy is certainly a force to be reckoned…
Water, water everywhere ... now about those rules
White River by curlyson
The Muskegon Chronicle is reporting that Nestle (bottlers of Ice Mountain water) is seeking state permission to pump 70 million gallons of spring water annually from the headwaters of two of Michigan's finest trout…