A child of the Chicago area

In the morning while preparing to leave we normally have the tv on to catch the weather and a quick blast of news.  As usual, because we’re in their home market, an Empire commercial came on.  When the familiar 588-2300 jingle came on, my daughter just sang along with it. Its both a proud moment …

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I see your Nerd ABC and raise you a DORK ABC

Parent Hacks had a post that alerted me to the Nerd ABC flashcards, which I totally want to get for my daugther.  I shared this with the folks on IRC and it turned into a discussion, thanks to Steve thinking that Fruit Fly wasn’t nerdy enough, of what a set of Programming Language ABC flash …

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