Morning Links for Feb. 13, 2015

Morning Links for Feb. 13, 2015

What we’re reading on this Friday the 13th. We’re due for a frigid, frosty, potentially unbearable Valentine’s Day, according to the weather pessimists at the Journal Sentinel. Or perhaps they’re realists. Terribly sad that the New York Times media columnist and famously sharp-witted David Carr has died at the young age of 58. Google Cardboard is real and it’s a cheap alternative to the Oculus Rift VR set, pizza box cheap, in fact. Real-life heroism in this story about three Milwaukee cops who pulled five people from a burning house. Brand new food at a place called the Rice ‘n’…

What we’re reading on this Friday the 13th.

  • We’re due for a frigid, frosty, potentially unbearable Valentine’s Day, according to the weather pessimists at the Journal Sentinel. Or perhaps they’re realists.
  • Terribly sad that the New York Times media columnist and famously sharp-witted David Carr has died at the young age of 58.
  • Real-life heroism in this story about three Milwaukee cops who pulled five people from a burning house.
  • Brand new food at a place called the Rice ‘n’ Roll Bistro, an East Side location where two previous ventures have tanked.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.