Blog Archive: April 2021
April 29
When you're truly in the middle of a crisis, it's hard to remember anything, let alone a 10-digit phone number. That's why the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules in the summer of 2020 to establish a three-digit number that connects people in mental health crises to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The new phone number, 988, will be...
April 26
If there's one thing we've learned about smart phones, it's that touch screens can be…well, touchy. If it hasn't happened to you, you've probably heard about it—your cat walks on the screen and turns your phone off, or your toddler grabs it while you're not looking and accidentally calls your boss. It can even happen in your pocket, when you somehow end up...
April 8
When we think of distracted driving, most of us think of holding a phone up to our ear or scrolling through our social media feed. But distracted driving takes a lot of different forms. Perhaps it's taking a selfie, like several people ticketed recently. Or it could be steering with your knees while holding a phone with both hands, like a St. Paul man did last year...
April 5
For years, Minnesota law enforcement, public health officials and medical professionals have been working to mitigate the effects of illicit narcotics – especially overdoses. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (DPS-BCA) began using an application called...
April 1
That corner of your yard – you know, the one that gets all that southern light – would be a great place for a garden, you think. Just flowers, nothing complicated. You'll only be digging about six or eight inches down, so you probably won't hit anything important, right? Wrong. Underground utilities...
