Guinness to open Chicago brewery
Yes, thatGuinness. They've found a derelict railway building in the Fulton Market area and plan to open a new stop on the Brews & Choos Project:Chicago developer Fred Latsko has struck a deal with...
View ArticleUnfortunate encounter; or why I really don't fear a robot takeover
I have a Roomba. I have a dog. When these two things live in the same house, every dog-and-Roomba owner has the same anxiety: will they interact in such a way that will require a messy cleanup? iRobot,...
View ArticleEnd of day links
While I wait for a continuous-integration pipeline to finish (with success, I hasten to add), working a bit later into the evening than usual, I have these articles to read later:Canadian Prime...
View ArticleA pot of pot money
After years of legal marijuana sales at the state level, the House of Representatives has finally proposed a solution to the problem of what to do with the money:The U.S. House of Representatives will...
View ArticleThe debt limit "disagreement"
James Fallows destroys any idea you may have that "reasonable people on both sides" have a disagreement about raising the Federal debt ceiling:In reality, as nearly everyone reporting on this issue...
View ArticleBeautiful autumn morning
I've opened nearly every window in my house to let in the 15°C breeze and really experience the first real fall morning in a while. Chicago will get above-normal temperatures for the next 10 days or...
View ArticleYou're right, we experts don't know anything
As a follower of and contributor to the Time Zone mailing list, I have some understanding of how time zones work. I also understand how the official Time Zone Database (TZDB) works, and how changes to...
View ArticleSure Happy It's Tuesday
Actually, I'm ecstatic that a cold front blew in off the lake yesterday afternoon, dropping the temperature from 30°C to 20°C in about two hours. We went from teh warmest September 27th in 34 years...
View ArticleUnion Pacific gets court permission to stop operating Metra trains
The Union Pacific Railroad, which currently operates about 35% of all Chicago commuter trains, has won a major ruling from a Federal judge that clears the way for it to stop operating those trains:UP...
View ArticleChicago Public Media buys the Sun-Times
Well, this took me by surprise:The board of directors of Chicago Public Media, the parent of public radio station WBEZ-FM, voted late Wednesday to pursue an acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times, the...
View ArticleEnd leaf blowers now!
James Fallows and I share a hatred of the infernal machines:Pound for pound, gallon for gallon, and hour-for-hour, the two-stroke gas powered engines in leaf blowers and similar equipment are vastly...
View ArticleBurned property records still haunt Chicago
The Great Chicago Fire started 150 years ago this coming Thursday. It not only destroyed almost every building in the city, but also it burned up official property records. Even today the consequences...
View ArticleFirst Monday of October
The United States Supreme Court began their term earlier today, in person for the first time since March 2020. Justice Brett Kavanagh (R) did not attend owing to his positive Covid-19 test last week.In...
View ArticleYes, software is an ongoing F-up
Remy Porter, owner of the hilarious blog The Daily WTF, responded to Facebook's catastrophic BGP update by pointing out how software actually gets made:IT in general, and software in specific, is a...
View ArticleNew phone, who dis?
After 2½ years and one unfortunate crunching sound last week, I've finally gotten a new phone. I decided to go with the Samsung Galaxy S21. So far, I like it, though with any new hardware you also get...
View ArticleBusy day in the news
So many things this morning, including a report not yet up on WBEZ's website about the last Sears store in Chicago. (I'll find it tomorrow.)Jennifer Rubin advises XPOTUS "critics and democracy lovers"...
View ArticleA hot time in the old town tonight
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for two days and left 100,000 people homeless. But only for a short time; by 1874, when the city had a second big fire, our...
View ArticleRutherford County, Tenn., and its horrific juvenile judge
ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio dropped a bombshell description about how Rutherford County, Tenn., treats its Black children. That the main perpetrators of the violence against children under...
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Blazing 5G
About that new phone, I have to say, I am very impressed with T-Mobile's new 5G network:Also note that temperature bug in the upper-left corner. Yes, it was 26°C yesterday afternoon in Chicago. For...
View ArticleDude, nice rocket, bro!
Apparently the rockets aren't the only colossal dicks at Blue Origin:The company’s cultural issues came to light last month when Alexandra Abrams, the former head of Blue Origin’s employee...
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