Another day, another OAFPOTUS grift
I want to start with a speech on the floor of the French Senate three days ago, in which Claude Malhuret (LIRT-Allier) had this to say about the OAFPOTUS:Washington has become the court of Nero, an...
View ArticleGot Brews & Choos down to a science
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the Brews & Choos Project's high-water mark before the pandemic. On 7 March 2020, I went farther than I'd ever gone before in search of breweries to add to the...
View ArticleReally feeling like spring today
The temperature at Inner Drive Technology WHQ just hit 17.5°C, which it hasn't hit since 5:54pm on November 5th. That's almost 125 days, quite a while to go without wearing a jacket...
View ArticleBeavering away on a cool spring morning
After our gorgeous weather Sunday and Monday, yesterday's cool-down disappointed me a bit. But we have clear-ish skies and lots of sun, which apparently will persist until Friday night. I'm also...
View ArticleThe Clown Prince of X has a couple of debts
It seems Elon Musk tanking Tesla's brand value may lead to some very bad consequences for him and for the car company he pretends to run:Donald Trump transformed the White House into a car dealership...
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OAFPOTUS cuts environmental programs here
When the OAFPOTUS and the Clown Prince of X turned their attention to the Environmental Protection Agency this week, it hit Chicago almost immediately:President Donald Trump this week ordered closures...
View ArticleFeels like mid-May
It's 21°C at Inner Drive Technology WHQ and 22°C at O'Hare right now. In addition to being the normal high temperature for May 20th, that reading at O'Hare is the warmest since 11pm on October 30th....
View ArticleBusy day, so let's line up some links
Stuff to read:Forgetting (or just plain ignorant) that we have a Coast Guard better suited to the task of guarding our coasts, the OAFPOTUS has ordered the guided missile destroyer USS Gravely to the...
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My old Surface 3
Ten years ago today, a bunch of these arrived at work:The Microsoft Surface 3 tablet (shown with optional detachable keyboard) had really great features for its time, with 128 GB of storage and 4 GB of...
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Yes, he's certifiably demented
It wouldn't be a day ending in "y" without people looking at some stupid thing the OAFPOTUS said and asking "why?" Or, you know, lots of people:As the things the OAFPOTUS's defenders say get even more...
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Sunny and above freezing
Before getting to the weather, I don't anticipate any quiet news days for the next couple of years, do you?Someone who owns at least 16 rooms and condos in the OAFPOTUS's Wabash Ave. building in...
View ArticleI'm worried about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow
Leading the hit parade of horrors this morning, London's Heathrow Airport completely shut down after an electric transformer caught fire yesterday, leading to over 1,100 flight cancellations so far....
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The Anno Catuli sign is gone forever
Workers have started demolishing three historic buildings along Sheffield Ave just north of Addison, including Cubs Rooftops building at 3631, the location of the annual reminder of the Chicago Cubs'...
View ArticleNew Weather Now update
I've added a bunch of small but useful features to Weather Now:Users can now set their preferred measurement system (metric, Imperial, default) and time/date formats.On Nearby Weather and Nearby...
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Strolling in the Nashville sun
Having the morning free, and having a lot of cool air and sun, I took a quick stroll around Nashville. I'll have more later, but for now, here's the Tennessee State Capitol, apparently under...
View ArticleThey revel in their incompetence
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who you should remember as a Fox News presenter with no knowledge of the military, added Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat on the...
View ArticleIt's too nice out to work
But I must, must share this ad from Canada's Liberal Party. Wait for the end:
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Two fun graphics
First, yesterday's temperatures at Inner Drive Technology World HQ gave us whiplash:Not shown: the violent thunderstorm that hit around 2:30, while I was driving up to Evanston where I made a critical...
View ArticleCan't make March jokes anymore
We had a wild ride in March, with the temperature range here at Inner Drive Technology WHQ between 23.3° on the 14th and -5.4°C on the 2nd—not to mention 22.6°C on Friday and 2.3°C on Sunday.Actually,...
View ArticleA fool, not just in April
I've encountered online comments and what passes for deep thoughts from the OAFPOTUS's apologists. Even The Economist has wondered aloud if the vandalism and incompetence of his administration is...
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