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Apple Spring Cleaning

Pic posted March 31, 2015

Why do I keep all of this stuff?


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Treasure Island is second at 51K, BTW


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Benchmarking Minnesota casino social media tonight – can’t believe Grand Casino has 152K Facebook likes


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Some of the songs on the Peter Gabriel cover album are inspired – especially like Paul Simon singing Biko and Arcade Fire doing GwF


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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How does Dr. Meister get access to all of this data?


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Nine Years of Publishing Fun

Posted March 30, 2015

Today is the ninth anniversary of the first post here at 7minutemiles.com. As I tend to do every year, here are the latest stats (based on server logs, not Google Analytics):

  • 5,866 Posts
  • 191 Pages
  • 339 Comments
  • 73,896 unique visitors in 2014
  • 1,248,423 pages displayed

This past year saw a few tweaks here and there – added the last nine Instagram photos to the bottom of the front page, edited and rewrote the biography, made some changes to my résumé, added a new coursework page (with transcripts) and changed the format of the list of lists page. Wanted to add a video post type, but still haven’t quite figured out how to best do that between the smaller, three-column front page and the single post format that appears when you click on a story.

I’ve also been experimenting with options to make the theme “mobile-friendly” per Google’s new guidelines, but 1) the easiest method (the WPtouch plugin) doesn’t work well with my content and 2) I really don’t care all that much what Google thinks about my personal site. That said, I do like some of the responsive design things other people are doing, so I’ll probably make it work eventually.

As always, thanks for visiting!


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Slowly coming around to both the Samsung 850 SSD for Lapzilla and getting a 6 Plus this fall (6S Plus?)


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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The Keller website let me book a tee time on Friday – hope they are really open then


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Link: Get your free art right here

Linked March 30, 2015


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It seems a bit surreal that $54.60 will buy you a *ton* of iron ore in China right now


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Arrived safely on the still-frozen shores of Lake Vermilion


@kingsbury tweeted March 30, 2015


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Things are gonna change, I can feel it…

— Loser

Quote posted March 30, 2015


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XXL Taco Salad

Pic posted March 29, 2015

…with a waitress photobomb to boot, Tobies, Hinckley, MN


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Black Orchid Forever

Pic posted March 29, 2015

Payback drawings @ Grand Casino Hinckley


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Let’s keep the streak alive Wild @ Xcel Energy Center


@kingsbury tweeted March 28, 2015


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Let’s! Play! Hockey!

Pic posted March 28, 2015

Wild vs. Kings @ Xcel


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MK Uptown Funk

Pic posted March 28, 2015

Kumiko at the Lagoon


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Heading to the Kumiko movie at Lagoon, then Carbone’s on Randolph and Wild-Kings at the X


@kingsbury tweeted March 28, 2015


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Tado Steakhouse intro

Pic posted March 28, 2015

Impressive first visit – lobster, filet and cheesecake


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So many issues

Pic posted March 28, 2015

Treasure Island in turmoil?


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Beautiful room and tasty filet with bleu @ Tado Steakhouse


@kingsbury tweeted March 27, 2015


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Nice: Cosmopolitan casino revenue up 31%, average daily room rate of $307 and 93.5% occupancy rate last quarter


@kingsbury tweeted March 27, 2015


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Link: Conrad Rocks

Linked March 27, 2015


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Crosstown Friday: Eagan to downtown Minneapolis to Wayzata to Eagan to Treasure Island and back to Eagan


@kingsbury tweeted March 27, 2015


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I can’t stand the sight of any of ’em. I wish I could sell this place. I wish I could buy a boat and sail away…

— Cheap Wine

Quote posted March 27, 2015


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