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11 posts tagged minneapolis.
Tracking Minneapolis crime numbers on Glass on the Street comes from one dataset: the City of Minneapolis Crime Data on the open data portal. This post covers how to access the public API, pull the data and how to parse it.
Minneapolis has a car break-in and theft problem. This application is going to try to track occurrences when car windows are smashed or riffled through in hopes that it draws attention to the situation.
Today is the first big smoke day of 2026. The past five years we've had some brutal streaks of smoke days from all the smoke coming south from Canada and northern Minnesota but this one is extra bad.
Looking for one house espresso, because there are already too many variables to track
A short entry on a chocolatey Dogwood espresso, two weeks off roast
The best roaster still open on a Sunday afternoon, and a barista who actually helped
Used to be better at the Askov Finlayson café—couldn't capture that magic brewing at home, still a little bitter.
A hyped Minneapolis roaster that didn't live up to what I thought it was going to be. Dark roast, bitter notes, and an underwhelming shop experience.
A Colombian natural process roast
A Highcharts data visualization analysis of September temperatures in Minneapolis, comparing historical highs and monthly averages to see if the city’s falls are warming.
A cortado that taught me more about barista interactions than espresso extraction—sometimes the people-watching is the real brew.