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Star Tribune – Stop Your Invasive Ads

25 December, 2008 (22:08) | Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

I’m sorry this is little bit of a rant outside of my normal commentary but I needed a forum to vent my frustration… I hope you will indulge me.
In the last month or two Star Tribune has started employing annoying and invasive ads on their web site.  First it was “virus alert” popups that took [...]

The Dangers of Unmoderated User-Contributed Content

14 June, 2008 (19:27) | General, Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

So the reason I moderate blog comments prior to posting is because some people are not very polite and write things that are inappropriate. I’m not talking about dissension, I’m talking about things that just shouldn’t be said on a public forum. I have no problem with people who want to sound like [...]

Star Tribune Prints the Wrong Story

15 March, 2008 (20:45) | Community Issues, General, Opinion, Useless Ramblings | By: Aaron Dickinson - Edina Realty

I just read the most recent “the sky is falling” real estate article from the Star Tribune.  The Star Tribune profiles a family (the Floyds) that are losing to foreclosure their house in North Minneapolis that they’ve lived in for 23 years.  Today they owe 4X the amount they originally paid for the house!  Instead [...]


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