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Really cool Weather Now release
I've just pushed Weather Now v5.0.9057, which has some of the coolest shit I've built into the app, ever. Introducing: maps and charts!At my real job, I did an evaluation of charting tools for the app...
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Perfect weather for a walk
The sun is just coming up over the trees east of my office, I'm having a bagel and coffee, and I'm checking the forecast for today's 42-kilometer walk:Right now we've got 9°C at Inner Drive Technology...
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Another long walk
Moving this annual 42 km walk to October really helped:I'll have more to say about this later today or tomorrow. Right now...I'm a bit sore, but a lot less sore than I was last time.
View ArticleThiel and Musk
Jim Fallows points out that XPOTUS backers and really horrible people Peter Thiel and Elon Musk surely know that the XPOTUS is losing it, so we need to think about what that means should JD Vance...
View ArticleThree urbanist stories
The most interesting news I have today comes from the Chicago City Council's Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, which voted 8-5 yesterday to lower the city's default speed limit from 30 mph...
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Walk photos and stats
Just a few more notes about last Saturday's 43-kilometer walk to Lake Bluff. First, some photos, including the obligatory Baháʼí Temple photo from about 14 km in:And the Green Bay Trail in Glencoe,...
View ArticleSinclair's Law
"It is difficult to get a man to understand a thing when his salary depends on his not understanding it."—Upton Sinclair.We lead our news roundup today with the biggest Chicago transit story of the...
View ArticleT minus 10 days
I filled out my ballot yesterday and will deliver it to one of Chicago's early-voting drop-offs today or Monday. Other than a couple of "no" votes for judicial retention (a bizarre ritual we go through...
View ArticleClimate change? What climate change?
Forecasters predict a high temperature of 27.2°C (81°F) in Chicago today, 1.6°C (3°F) warmer than the previous record of 25.6° set in 1999. Moreover, the temperature last night only got down to 19°C,...
View ArticleWho could have predicted this?, non-endorsement edition
In a decision that literally no one liked (except the XPOTUS's re-election campaign), Washington Post and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos killed the Post's endorsement of Kamala Harris last week. As of today,...
View ArticleRecord: set (plus coyotes)
We officially set new record high and high-minimum temperatures yesterday, getting to 28°C (82°F) around 4pm and not dipping below 20°C for 24 hours. More autumnal weather seems likely tomorrow, but...
View ArticleOnly four days to go
Very busy day—I'll explain more tomorrow—so all I have to say right now is, I can't wait until Wednesday. I voted yesterday, so the 90% of my inbox taken up by the Democratic Party and various...
View ArticleAh, dictatorship
When voting, consider that under a dictatorship, courts have no independence and have to issue nonsensical rulings like the one a Russian court just issued in order to remain in favor of the...
View ArticleCrossing the Rubicon
You've heard the expression "crossing the Rubicon," but you may not know the history.In the Roman Republic, the Rubicon marked the border of Italy (read: the Home Counties/Eastern Seaboard), where it...
View ArticleBy the Bay, too busy to post
I'm visiting family in the Bay Area today, staying in California for about 38 hours. I leave tomorrow morning early, so I'm back at the charming Dylan Hotel in Millbrae, right by the BART and CalTrain....
View ArticleEfficiency at SFO
Hotel to terminal, 7 minutes (Lyft); through security, 10 minutes. Boarding in an hour. Now I just need the coffee to work its magic...I'm also tickled that the ex-POTUS will now be called the Once And...
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And the maples still cling to their leaves
This morning, Winnemac Park, Chicago:I'm still getting through everything I ignored for the past three days. Stay tuned for a couple of Brews & Choos reviews from San Francisco, and on Tuesday,...
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Off the Rails Brewing, Sunnyvale, Calif.
Welcome to an extra stop on the Brews and Choos project.Brewery: Off the Rails Brewing, 111 S. Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif.Train line: Caltrain, SunnyvaleTime from SF Terminal: 62 minutesTime from...
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Weather Now turns 25
The domain name wx-now.com went live on 11 November 1999, 25 years ago today. The earliest known Wayback Machine capture of the old Active Server Pages site was in September 2000; this screen shot from...
View ArticleRelease the Kakistocracy!
I had a completely different post in my head this afternoon, but the OAFPOTUS just nominated Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to run the Justice Department and I couldn't stop laughing for several minutes.I expect...
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