Recent Articles from Jake Anderson

Rampant View

Start-Up Rampant View Turns iPods Into Head Cams

A local father-son team has found a new use for your video-capable iPod.

January 2011

Landfills: Minnesota’s New Solar Energy Frontier

Solar installations at a Minnesota landfill could create a successful solar farm for the state.

July 2010

Sean and Anna Virnig

Framing a Bike Business

Sean Virnig and his wife Anna have built a business around bicycle framesets.

May 2010

Pentair created a rainwater recycling and reuse system at Target Field.

For Pentair, Will Rainwater Recycling Be a Rainmaker?

Pentair created a rainwater recycling and reuse system at Target Field in downtown Minneapolis—a move that it hopes will help score future business.

March 2010

The Corrunista

The "Corrunista"

Jeff Podergois has found a new use for cardboard: wine racks.

March 2010

Roberts and Rouleau manipulate the surface of Polaroid instant film as it dries, then enlarge the images. Their striking prints look painterly. See more of their work at thelastpolaroidshow.com.

"The Last Polaroid Show" That Wasn't

PLR IP Holdings, which purchased Polaroid following the Petters Group scandal, is planning on reviving instant film.

March 2010

Minnesota's Broadband Future

Minnesota's Broadband Future

The Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force is recommending that high-speed Internet access be made available to every household and business in the state by 2015.

February 2010

Paul Flynn says a single bottle of his cleaner ($16.99) will provide up to a year of stink-free washing.

Big Stink

Paul Flynn repurposed an old solution he created in the Navy to treat moldy washing machines—and it worked.

February 2010

Damn Good Food: 157 Recipes from Hell’s Kitchen got a nod in November in the New York Times “Dining & Wine” section, a coup for tiny Borealis Books, an imprint of the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Fire, Brimstone, and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Damn Good Food is half autobiography and half cookbook by Mitch Omer, the owner and chef of Minneapolis's Hell's Kitchen restaurant.

January 2010

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