Yes, it seems so. The local political races are already gearing up for the 2005 elections. It should be an interesting cycle, with some incumbents already announcing that they’re not running again, others moving from one ward to another, a Mayor who’s taken up blogging, and other juggling to make the races more interesting.
On the personal front, a nice dinner with a friend last night, and that was about it. No progress on the prospective work during the day, but I’ll make some more calls today. I’ve also got a server to get configured again, now that it’s back from the shop. Unfortunately, since they had to give me a different model of motherboard, I may have to reinstall to get everything working again. Looks like I don’t have any worry of being bored today.
- A political shocker for 2006 already? Mark Dayton out; Senate race open. Interesting. I just hope it doesn’t encourage Rod Grams to run again. I think he’s fully capable of losing even if the DFL doesn’t run anyone. [strib]
- In the 2005 city elections, a University of MN TA announces candidacy for City Council in the Second Ward (where I used to live). It looks like an interesting battle over there, too. If you’re unsure what ward you’ll be in for 2005 (the boundaries have changed), look at the new map (PDF). Expect things to heat up on the Minneapolis Issues list soon (if they haven’t already), as well as at the Minneapolis Observer. The City Pages and The Pulse will probably have quite a bit of coverage, too. There will also be coverage of the Park Board elections at Minnepaolis Park Watch (which continues to convince me that the commissioner for my district needs to go). [daily]
- Mezzoblue’s DHTML ’05 takes a look at a cool Swiss mapping site (which works in Safari) and how they’re doing it. Almost as cool as the dissection of google’s suggest.
- Speaking of cool mapping sites, want to know more about how google maps works? It’s as simple as possible, but no simpler: Mapping Google describes it. Still waiting for Safari support, though. [kottke]
- The guy behind MP3.com is back: Michael Robertson Unveils Linux Music Service, Home Media Hub. The new service will sell music from CDBaby for 88 cents a song with no DRM. [boing boing]
- Brad Templeton’s Superbowl Commercials Party will be illegal next year because of the Broadcast Flag. It goes into effect in June, so I guess this is a warning to stock up on working hardware now. [boing boing]