There was a bit of a commotion in my living room when my wife and son spotted an old, old St. Paul Pioneer Press byline of mine (from the 1980s).

It appeared on a local public-television documentary (about porn palaces of the inner city, of all things).

That’s my “maiden” name, before my wife and I married and tacked each other’s names onto our own. More …

I adore the AeroPress, as do virtually all other coffee lovers I introduce to this minimalist, non-electronic, non-mechanical maker of espresso-like joe.

My mother is one such convert, but she recently needed a bit of guidance. So I shot this demo, then got on Google Voice with her while she played the footage on her iMac. Our recorded chat became the video’s voice-over narration. More …

Red Bull Crashed Ice is now a video game.

The downhill-ice-skating event, which was a downtown-St. Paul sensation last winter and returns this winter, has inspired an Xbox Live Arcade title that makes use of the Kinect motion-sensing gear.

I filmed myself playing the game (badly) and put together this video, which includes live Crashed Ice footage shot by Ben Garvin of the St. More …