Yesterday, while searching for information about Batman Begins filming in Chicago, I came across a blog called chicagoist. After just two days of reading, this is an excellent source of information on all things Chicago.
Appearently, this site started six months ago, after them having a successful run with their New York focused gothamist blog.
For [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2004
chicagoist: An honest to goodness useful blog (unlike, say, this one)
6/30/2004 – 9:31 am
The product name rule
6/29/2004 – 11:14 am
Yesterday I was reminded of a rule-of-thumb I had created a number of years ago regarding product names. Unfortunately, I don’t remember its origional form, but it boils down to the following:
Any product that has a superlative, a color, or an animal in its title, is generally not good.
Now, there are exceptions to the [...]
Spam Subject: line of the day
6/26/2004 – 8:03 am
This spam came into the moderation queue of the LUNI general mailing list, which I help moderate. This has got to be one of the best spam subjects I’ve seen in awhile.
Subject: Not a dating service, a SHAGGING service!
Groovey, baby!
More Fedora Core 2 Fun
6/24/2004 – 8:56 pm
I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile, but I’ve been distracted by other things. In any case, I have the last issue with FC2 solved on my desktop and setup some other nicities.
Buns of steel? Boobies of titanium!
6/24/2004 – 8:51 pm
Link thanks to MARK NOTARUS
What a lovely pair of titaniums!
A doctor in Germany has invented the world’s first titanium bra - and it’s meant to be worn under the skin.
Dr Ziya Saylan, president of the European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, has developed a technique to implant cups of titanium mesh under the breasts.
They are then [...]
Java dumbness of the day
6/24/2004 – 10:36 am
My friend seva is an admin of some unix boxes (including linux) at a firm that does some stockish stuff. Appearently, some of their applications are based on java. He was running into a weird situation where the box was in EDT (where it lived) and but java kept thinking it was CDT [...]
Yet another Fry’s update.
6/23/2004 – 3:43 pm
My sources tell me that the Downer’s Grove Fry’s is open today until 7pm in a preview mode. From what I’ve been told they are doing a run through with the staff so they have some experiance before the grand opening. My sources also report that the grand opening will be over the [...]
House update or “Yes, I’ll be broke for awhile.”
6/23/2004 – 3:39 pm
On Saturday we’re getting the new furnace and air conditioner. On Tuesday, a repair guy is coming out to look at the dryer. *sigh* Unfortunately, they are not free. At least they are getting fixed.
Sarah pointed out to me that I forgot to mention in my last post that I had [...]
Another one bites the dust (or owning a home sucks sometimes)
6/20/2004 – 12:17 pm
Generally, I really like owning a house. I like having a backyard. I like having a finished basement that includes a home office and home theater. I like having a huge master bedroom and master bathroom. I like having a formal dining room (altought saying that makes me feel like a [...]
A tale of two RedHats, Part 2
6/11/2004 – 3:34 pm
I upgraded my desktop at home to Fedora Core 2 this past week. Partly because I was home sick and bored and also because I was sick of not having DMA support in ATAPI CD and DVD burns. The fact that its taken this long for Linux to support it is really sad. [...]
