Happy birthday, Gene
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry would have been 100 years old today. Star Trek and NASA have a livestream today to celebrate.In other news:Guardian UK Washington correspondent David Smith highlights White...
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Stories from the usual suspects:Sweden's Prime Minister abruptly resigned Sunday, saying it's for the benefit of his center-left party.Following Andrew Cuomo's resignation, Kathy Hochul became the...
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Cool historical photo
Chicago & Northwestern Station, 9 August 1971:Approximately the same location, 23 August 2021:The station was demolished in 1984 and replaced with Citicorp Center.
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Fun times with non-profit contracts
Local restaurant review show "Check Please," which was to begin its 20th season on the local public-television station WTTW, will instead end its run after the station proposed contract terms that the...
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I have opened these on my Surface at work, but I'll have to read them at home:The City of Chicago has sued Grubhub and Doordash for deceptive practices.Sue Halpern asks, "Why is Facebook suddenly...
View ArticleIt's only a threat if we're afraid of it
Jonathan Chait points out that the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police and other police unions might want to reconsider their threats to resign en masse if the cities enforce mask and vaccine mandates on...
View ArticleOur longest war is over
The last US airplane left Afghanistan today, ending our presence in the country:A White House official said Monday that since the Taliban took control of Kabul in mid-August, the U.S. had evacuated and...
View ArticleTaliban victory
Religious extremists, emboldened by lucky tactical and political successes over the past few years despite declining popular support, today won a major victory in their campaign to return women to a...
View ArticleAnother birthday, another long walk
Just as I did a year ago, I'm planning to walk up to Lake Bluff today, and once again the weather has cooperated. I'll take cloudy skies and 25°C for a 43-kilometer hike. (I would prefer 20°C and...
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Those PRs only lasted 364 days
I once again walked from Uptown to Lake Bluff, as planned. And I broke all kinds of personal records.Unfortunately, I discovered a usability bug in Garmin's Venu software that led to me accidentally...
View ArticleBug report: Garmin Venu - Usability - High severity
Summary: When displaying a notification over a paused activity, swiping down will delete the paused activity instead of the notification, without an Undo feature.Severity: High (accidental but...
View ArticleMore time outside? Yes
I completed a long-overdue project for my condo board today, made more tolerable by sitting in my relocated office with all the air and light it provides.Having completed that project, I will shortly...
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Lunchtime lineup
It's another beautiful September afternoon, upon which I will capitalize when Cassie and I go to a new stop on the Brews & Choos Project after work. At the moment, however, I am refactoring a large...
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What have we learned?
Elections have consequences. The events of 20 years ago transformed the world in ways I can't imagine happening had the Supreme Court not thrown the 2000 election. Of course, had Al Gore won, the...
View ArticleHow many steps must a person take?
About 7,000 a day, though it won't hurt to do 10,000:[T]wo studies, which, together, followed more than 10,000 men and women for decades, show that the right types and amounts of physical activity...
View ArticleThe last Sears store in its home state will close
Eddie Lampert, corporate murderer, has managed to drive his once-great company out if its home state:Sears' last Illinois location, at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, is set to close in November.The...
View ArticleWhat happened to public transit in the US?
In a CityLab article from this summer (which for some reason they put on today's newsletter, and not the one from June 25th), Tony Frangie Mawad examines the decline in American public transit since...
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Horse Thief Hollow, Chicago
Welcome to stop #57 on the Brews and Choos project.Brewery: Horse Thief Hollow, 10426 S. Western Ave., ChicagoTrain line: Rock Island, 103rd–Beverly HillsTime from Chicago: 26 minutes (Zone C)Distance...
View ArticleThird Monday in September
Today might be the last hot day of the year in Chicago. (I hope so, anyway.) While watching the cold front come through out my office window, with the much-needed rain ahead of it, I have lined up some...
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