What passes for excitement in my part of the world

Hey, gang! It’s the Hay & Forage Expo!

The Nation’s Largest Hay and Forage Event™ returns to Southeast Minnesota for its 29th annual show.

The Hay & Forage Expo™ is slated to bring the latest hay and forage tools, technology and suppliers at its 2015 event location near Cannon Falls, Minn., June 24 and 25 on the Hernke’s, Inc. farm.

Minnesota is one of the nation’s top five alfalfa producing states along with California, South Dakota, Idaho and Iowa. “This is a great location for the Hay & Forage Expo,” says Matt Jungmann, Penton Farm Progress national events manager. “The show site is located with direct access off U.S. Hwy 52 and farmers will find it very easy travel to and attend the event.”

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A missive from the Dark Ages of 1995

Clifford Stoll wrote about the Internet in 1995. It’s amusing. He completely disses the whole idea.

Some parts of his rant are correct — he says no CD-ROM will replace a good teacher, which is true. There are aspects of the internet that were oversold, often imposing a computer on human skills inappropriately. But as it’s turned out in the last 20 years, there are some things the computer is really good at, and he missed those.

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