Speaking of which, apparently the Minneapolis
Star-Tribune is going to drop James Lileks’ column. From
The
Bleat:
As it happens, they’ve killed my column, and assigned
me to write straight local news stories.
Really.
There’s been some talk that I might leverage my mad web skillz
into a tech beat, reporting on the Internet. But a local beat about
the Internet? How many stories can do you about six guys in a loft
coding a hot new start-up? And heaven forbid we have to illustrate
them, because then you get the inevitable geek-by-the-screen shot.
Look! He’s customizing the drop-down location menu so it defaults
to the United States instead of Afghanistan!
Lileks doing straight news instead of his humor column? How stupid
can you get?