I'm a Nerd, Foursquare told me so.

I've known about the Bookworm Badge for a while now but I just unlocked it today.

I just downloaded foursquare 3.0 today. If you haven't read about it yet here is a link to their blog entry from Tuesday about it. I've enjoyed playing foursquare ever since I started, back in (I think) June of 2009 (around the same time I lost my job at the architecture firm) and with the new updates in version 3.0 my interest has been brought to a new level.

Google Maps and Wikipedia

Google maps and Wikipedia articles screen-shot.
This is currently blowing my mind.

10 Kilometers in the Snow

I brought my phone with me on my run today so I could use the Map My Run app to track my distance. While running I realized I could take a few pictures and share with everyone the amazing snow covered landscape I was trudging through. I started in Loring Park then ran through the sculpture garden, as I usually do, then headed out to Theodore Wirth Park by way of the North Cedar Lake Regional Trail, and back again. There were a few places that required high stepping through knee-high snow banks, and one stretch where I had to run in the road, but all in all it was a great 6.2 miles.

Its not spring yet

February has been long and deceptive but as I walk to work in a snowy sprinkle, wearing a coat made fore April I know I'm not the only one who has been duped. The kids who were playing with these scooters, I'm sure, want winter to stay away, and may also have lost faith in Groundhog Day.

New shoes, great run

I ran in my Mizuno Precision 11s today for the first time. They're light and responsive with the perfect amount of cushioning for my preference, as if they were designed after the winged sandals of Hermes.The run followed a 3.5 mile loop I'm fond of, which takes me through the Walker Sculpture Garden, into downtown on the North Cedar Lake Regional Trail then back home again. I decided to dress light, in tights and shorts and a long sleeve shirt, due to the air temperature hovering around 32 degrees. Now I can't wait to get out and use my shoes again. I think tomorrow I'll run to Theodore Wirth Park and back, which should be about 10 kilometers.

It's snowing again

The words of others seems to say it better than I can, probably because of my late night last night celebrating the approaching snow storm, or maybe because others are just more articulate than I am, but no matter the reason, it's here and it's wonderful; snow and accumulation. It's beautiful, and I feel like I could write for days and not come up with one sentence that accurately describe it's beauty, while communicating the youthful joy that is welling up inside of me. The best I can come up with is a small thought, and a selfish desire for something unpractical; I want my computer to be waterproof so I can sit outside and enjoy the wintry beauty of the first snow fall while still getting the work I have laid out in front of me completed. I did take one picture while out driving today. It was shot with my cell phone, and like my words, cannot describe the joy I feel or the beauty of the world today, my world, but here it is, appropriately paired with my post…

It's hard to have a photo blog if you don't own a camera.

A couple weeks ago I took a trip to South Carolina, and on the trip I lost my camera. The first thing I thought of when I realized I'd lost the camera was that I wouldn't be able to take pictures for my blog, which is kind of silly because it's been a year since I uploaded any photos. So now without a camera and still with little time to take pictures and post them I find myself wondering about the future of Minneapolis Through the Lens. Perhaps I will replace my camera in time and continue to post photos then, but until that happens the lenses of my eyes will have to take the place of my camera's lens. So, with the elimination of a step in my blogging process, there is a possibility that my blog post frequency will increase, and in place of photographs there will be more words, and other forms of visual imagery, and maybe even some art. On the other hand, I may fall back into a post-less slum and it'll be a year before my words or photos grace my page. I'm hoping for the former.