Our November feature “Mean Streets” focused on the lengthy and fruitless attempts of local taxi drivers to start Mile High Cab. Last August, PUC judge Paul Gomez rejected Mile High’s application because he deemed the Denver taxi market was at or near capacity. Now, however, he’s approved 300 new Denver…
Alex Bogusky was the boy-king of advertising. Then, after moving much of his superstar firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky to Boulder, he retired from the ad world last July, causing shock waves. Now, installed in his Boulder-based FearLess Cottage, he’s launched COMMON, a community-focused incubator and brand that, as he…
The Dead Drop movement/art project is tech-savvy variation on freedom of expression. All around the country, bare-bone USB keys are being affixed to walls, railings and trees so people everywhere can use them for offline, anonymous file sharing with their fellow techies — poems, photos, recipes, you name it. Now,…
Turmoil continues in Operation Fortune Cookie, the state’s largest drug bust that collapsed amid alleged cop snitches and paid-off politicians. Last week, we reported that a suit filed by two local cops suggests Thornton Commander Dante Carbone was the prime suspect in the leak that sunk the drug bust. Now,…
Operation Fortune Cookie began with the state’s largest weed bust — 24,000 marijuana plants in 25 north metro homes — but imploded among suspicions of snitches, paid-off politicians and secret investigations. The latest twist? A court filing suggests Thornton Commander Dante Carbone may have been the prime suspect in the…
Last January, we looked at the high stakes for NetDevil, a Louisville game developer building LEGO Universe, a massively multiplayer online game based on LEGO bricks. Building a successful MMO can be risky, much less one based on one of the most revered toys of all time. As it turned…
As we reported this week, a new court filing suggests Thornton cop Dante Carbone was the prime suspect in the internal leak that sabotaged Operation Fortune Cookie, the state’s largest pot bust. That drug investigation ended meekly when federal prosecutors gave restaurateur Dan Tang a slap on the wrist even…
As we reported on Tuesday, a new court filing suggests the prime suspect for the implosion of Operation Fortune Cookie, the person many people suspected of tipping off restaurateur and apparent drug kingpin Dan Tang and sabotaging the state’s largest pot bust, was Thornton Sergeant Dante Carbone, one of the…
As described in the August cover story “The Nutty Professor,” Boulder professor Peter McGraw is hard at work trying to crack the humor code. He and his team at the Humor Research Lab (HuRL) have subjected test subjects to Hot Tub Time Machine clips, dirty jokes and raunchy ads to…
Operation Fortune Cookie, a 2008 raid that netted 24,000 marijuana plants, was the largest weed bust in Colorado history — but it imploded among suspicions of police snitches, paid-off politicians and a secret DEA investigation. Now a court filing quoting from that investigation alleges the prime suspect for tipping off…
These days, as the government slashes NASA’s budget and entrepreneurs start making inroads towards the heavens, the space race is increasingly becoming a private-sector enterprise. The development could bode well for the Front Range. Indeed, the Denver-Boulder area may just be perfectly positioned to become the Silicon Valley of the…
“Hipster or Jesus?” a new memeblog Denver Urbanist is linking to Boulderites Chris Znerold and Charlotte Myerberg may seem like all fun and games, but it actually highlights a major cultural challenge: How does one actually differentiate a precious ironic douchebag from the son of our Lord? After all, the…
November’s “Mean Streets” detailed how politicians with financial ties to existing taxi companies stood against attempts to start additional cab operations. Take City Councilman Michael Hancock, who strongly opposed any new companies: He scored $3,250 from Metro Taxi affiliates in his last city council campaign. And now that Hancock is…
So what if Secretary of State Bernie Buescher didn’t win re-election last November. In our book, he’s still the coolest cat at the Capitol for being the only Colorado candidate (and one of the few in the country) to advertise on Pandora Internet radio, a move that just scored him…
If you’re from Cleveland, you’ve likely heard of Hot Sauce Williams, a barbecue chain that has drawn raves from the likes of Anthony Bourdain. Soon, Coloradans may be familiar with Hot Sauce Williams, too, since the restaurant is getting ready to launch a very special version of its famous sauce…
Thanks to a string of alleged police-brutality incidents such as those involving Michael DeHerrera and Alex Landau, some Denverites may be feeling more nervous than ever about Denver cops. Such folks may want to consider the EyeOnCop video system, a new product developed by Denver-based United Surveillance designed keep an…
There’s been much talk about real estate developer Buzz Geller entering the crowded mayoral race. Such a development would have been interesting; not only is Geller more conservative than his competition, he also has a tendency to speak his mind. It’s not meant to be, though. Here, Geller weighs in…
Boulder-based cartoon company Mighty Fudge Studios revels in hijinks and notoriety, whether its producing spots for The Spike & Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation or creating animated attacks on Jay Leno. No wonder the operation seems to be bursting in pride over the fact that their classic animated…
The November feature story “Mean Streets” detailed how frustrated taxi drivers, faced with alleged discrimination and abuse have spent years asking the state’s Public Utilities Commission to let them launch a company of their own, Mile High Cab. Last week that battle came to an end, with the PUC rejecting…
With all the medical marijuana centers and related businesses around, ganjapreneurs need access to a sizable workforce — but where are they going to find those weed workers? THCjobs.com is aiming to provide the answer through its new, online database of marijuana-related job postings. Think of it like Craigslist, but…
Beginning tomorrow, as part of Denver Union Station’s ambitious redevelopment into a modern transit hub, the historic station’s underground pedestrian tunnel connecting Wynkoop and Wewatta streets will be closed. And here’s the really bad news: It’s never, ever going to reopen…
While seeking some epic pow-pow at Breckenridge recently (read: practicing my “pizza and French fries” on the cruisin’ slopes), I noticed a new phenomenon: ski dudes and dudettes whipping out their smart phones to compare stats on Vail Resorts’ new EpicMix social-media app, which tracks guests’ achievements. On one hand,…
