Time Out Chicago seeks out cheap eats in their latest issue. It should hit newstands today. You can get a preview on the Time Out Chicago website. Check it out now because it might not be there by the time the next issue comes out.
Billy Corgan has been living in Courtney Love’s house for the [...]
So here’s the Chicago spin on Warren Buffett’s donation to the Gates Foundation: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated over $85MM to Chicago area institutions over the last eight years. A large portion of this money has benefited the Chicago Public School (CPS) system.
Buffett has attached some conditions to the funds he is [...]
The Comcast technician that was caught on video sleeping at a customer’s apartment was fired. A regional vice president from Comcast called the customer and sent out a team of technicians to fix the customer’s problem. It’s unfortunate that it took this much public humiliation to get Comcast to provide an acceptable level of customer [...]
The folks who are bringing you The Devil Wears Prada is sponsoring what they are calling the National Free Coffee Break Day. They’re giving out free coffee today, at selected Loop locations, from between two and four p.m. If you work in the Loop, check it out.
GCM Travel This is a useful site now that I’m making a painful commute between the city and the suburbs. The historical travel times are especially useful. For instance, right now, the site is telling me that both I-290 and I-90 inbound suck, as usual. However, it also tells me that the travel times for [...]
chi-lexicon: Short post about some words apparently unique to Chicago.
Justice is a dish best served cold: New York Times article about a guy who helps his friend retrieve her lost Sidekick (that’s a cell phone for the uninitiated). He finds the teenage girl who “acquired” the phone. She refuses to return the phone and continues [...]
Linda Wertheimer asked Michael Gerson this on Morning Edition today: “You have actually shared some space in the bully pulpit working so closely with the president. I wonder if you see this as the pinnacle of Michael Gerson’s achievement?” This is how Gerson responded:
I can’t view it that way because–and not to get too religious–but [...]
Another child star falls on hard times: Dustin Diamond, famous for his role as Screech on Saved by the Bell, is pleading for help to save his Wisconsin home from foreclosure. He’s foregoing the traditional fund raising methods of selling lemonade, washing cars, holding bake sales, and selling candy bars. Instead, he is selling autographed [...]
The Intonation Music Festival is this weekend at Union Park.
Samsung unveiled a new line of ultra-slim phones that best Motorola’s offerings. The thinnest one is only 6.9mm thick.
Backlight Visualizer for iTunes on MacOS X: Makes your keyboard backlight pulse to the beat of the music. Here’s a video demonstration.
Video of a comcast installer falling asleep [...]
According to E! Online, the two Coreys are reuniting to work on The Coreys, a new TV show currently looking for a network. I hope someone picks them up. The first few episodes should be entertaining just based purely on the novelty of the show. We’ll have to see how the former teen stars fare [...]
