National “big box” coverage
Thursday, July 27th, 2006The New York times has picked up the big box story. Gapers Block also has a round up of local news sources on the topic.
Archive for the 'chicago' Category
City council approves “big box” ordinance
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006The Chicago City Council has approved an ordinance that requires big box retailers, such as Wal*Mart and Target, to pay their workers a good deal more than what the federal minimum wage requires. Aldermen voted 35 to 14 in favor of the ordinance. That’s one more vote than the minimum required to prevent a mayoral [...]
The road home
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Pure McGenius
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006This new McDonald’s billboard is ingenious. It’s a working sundial that points to a different McDonald’s foodstuff depending on the time of day. It’s in Wrigleyville if you want to check it out. Wrigleyville is famous for being the one-time home of Conan O’Brien and Jeff Garlin in the summer of ’85. Conan and Jeff [...]
Roosevelt and State
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Links of the day
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Time 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 [...]
Buffett’s philanthrophy may benefit Chicago
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006So 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 [...]
National Coffee Break Day?
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006The 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.
Links of the day
Monday, June 26th, 2006GCM 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 [...]
Links of the day
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006The 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 [...]
