The best Web log in Minnesota? Depends what you’re looking for (sorry, folks, still no nude pics on weatherdude Sven Sundgaard’s site). Here we dissect the dish-and-tell commentary regularly ladled out on sites covering our fair state—so you can have more time to post your own ramblings.
» mnspeak.com
Overview:
The granddaddy of local blogs, fomenting discussion of news big and small. If it isn’t here, it didn’t happen.
Who’s posting: Media types, the G‑mail crowd
Soundbite: “Isn’t saying that other people are unhip actually unhip itself?”
Navelgaze factor: Ironic navelgazing only.
» overheardinminneapolis.com
Overview:
Just like it sounds—eavesdropping made hilariously public.
Who’s posting: You’ll never know.
Soundbite: Guy No. 1: “I was Astrogliding the whole way to work in that torrential downpour.” Guy No. 2: “Don’t you mean hydroplaning?”
Navelgaze factor: Presumably zero. But you didn’t hear us say it.
» buzz.mn
Overview:
The Star Tribune’s “citizen journalism” experiment for wannabe wonks, though it’s self-summarized as “Know. Share. Shop.”
Who’s posting: Strib reporters, the AOL crowd, hardly anyone
Soundbite: “Should the city of Minneapolis ditch its sailboat logo?”
Navelgaze factor: Do we really need to know what bus the reporters take to work? Some “news” ain’t fit to print.
» minneapolis.metblogs.com
Overview:
Shared insights into local life, from the newest outdoor movie festival to why the MOA rocks.
Who’s posting: Suburbanites, Wedge shoppers, you
Soundbite: “Southdale reminds me of the days when I was embarrassed to go shopping with my mother.”
Navelgaze factor: The only navels examined here are fuzzy.
» mnstories.com
Overview:
Technically a “vlog,” featuring contributed videos of everything from turkey racing to street boxing.
Who’s posting: Your high school A/V club, only older and cooler
Soundbite: From footage of a cow-milking contest: “You’ll be surprised how much milk one team got in the bucket in just 30 seconds.”
Navelgaze factor: Occasional confessionals
