The men who wouldn't shut up
Two stories, related only in the self-perception of their protagonists. First, this morning Fox "News" announced that Tucker Carlson uttered his last bigotry for them on Friday:A reason was not...
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Still waiting for tiles? Really?
I got an update today from Metra about the Ravenswood Union Pacific North station, after sending an inquiry last week. Before I get to that, let's take a look at photographic evidence that we've had to...
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Use-it-or-lose-it PTO
Cassie and I had a lovely time yesterday afternoon. I grabbed some pizza at one of my childhood favorite places, then we did a 5½ kilometer walk around the Skokie Lagoons:She seemed to enjoy it:Later...
View ArticleToo much to read
A plethora:Google has updated its satellite photos of Mariupol, clearly showing the destruction from Russia's invasion and subsequent siege.Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Lisa Murkowsky (R-AK) have...
View ArticleReading while the CI build churns
I'm chasing down a bug that caused what we in the biz call "unexpected results" and the end-users call "wrong." I've fixed it in both our API and our UI, but in order to test it, I need the API built...
View ArticleBrick house > brick phone
Last night my phone's screen started to fail. It turned out to be really good at failing, because by the time I got home, it was completely black. I rebooted the phone this morning and I can get in, at...
View ArticleNot my plan for the afternoon
Yah, my old phone ist kaput. It works fine, if you can guess the contents of the bottom 40% of the screen. Right now it's transferring all its contents to my new phone, after which I'll start going...
View ArticleTwo big Chicago birthdays
Fifty years ago this week, steelworkers fastened the final girder to the tallest building in the world:Placement of the beam — painted white and signed by thousands of Sears employees — ended nearly...
View ArticleWhat did I do with all my free time before the Internet?
I think I wrote a software and read a lot. You know, just what I do today. Stuff like this:Josh Marshall sums up the current Republican majority on the Supreme Court as a "casual mix of sweetheart...
View ArticleMeine Eule heißt Duo
At the end of the month, I'm taking the first real vacation I've had since 2017, to Central Europe. After connecting through Heathrow, I land in Prague, Czechia; then by train on to Vienna, Austria;...
View ArticleChuck's crowning achievement
Tomorrow, King Charles III and Queen Camilla will hold their coronation in London. Matt Ford says it's all fun and games until someone loses a Parliament:Charles’s ascent is not important because he...
View ArticleWeather Now update
I just released a couple of minor fixes to Weather Now. Build 8126 has slightly tidier top and nav bars, and I can configure the front page "latest weather" list on the fly. Previously the list lived...
View ArticleDonald Trump is a sexual abuser
Let me repeat that: Former President Donald Trump sexually abused at least one person, not "allegedly," but "really." A jury has said so:A verdict has been reached in the E Jean Carroll v Trump trial,...
View ArticleAnother serial grifter faces consequences
US Representative George Santos (R-NY) surrendered to Federal authorities this morning, charged with 13 counts of fraud and related offenses:Prosecutors said the charges resulted from “fraudulent...
View ArticleBeautiful morning in Chicago
We finally have a real May-appropriate day in Chicago, with a breezy 26°C under clear skies (but 23°C closer to the Lake, where I live). Over to my right, my work computer—a 2017-era Lenovo laptop I...
View ArticleThat CNN town hall...
I did not watch the CNN town hall with the XPOTUS on Wednesday night. I do feel bad for the journalists who had to, starting with the Post's fact-checker Glenn Kessler:For more than an hour, former...
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Meanwhile, in other news...
If you haven't got plans tonight, or you do but you're free Sunday afternoon, come to our Spring Concert:You can read these during the intermission:The National Association of Government Employees has...
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Twenty Five Years
The Daily Parker began as a joke-of-the-day engine at the newly-established braverman.org on 13 May 1998. This will be my 8,907th post since 1998 and my 8,710th since 13 November 2005. And according to...
View ArticleFree time resumes tomorrow
During the weeks around our Spring Concert, like during the first couple of weeks of December, I have almost no free time. The Beethoven performance also took away an entire day. Yesterday I had hoped...
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Well, they made some progress
For 10 hours today I had banging and pounding right above my head. Once the roofers left, I took advantage of the light winds and decent light to take some aerial photos.Here's the roof on Thursday,...
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