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Time to slap on name tags (no, not really) and nerd out. The next Chicago Web Meetup is Thursday, March 15th, 6pm-ish. Location and solidified details TBD. I’m seeking suggestions on where we should meet. I don’t think Elephant & Castle will really suit our needs moving forward, especially if we have a larger turnout [...]

“…figured I’d let you know Chicago might be a possibility for next year…” So says a regular reader from Boston as he applies to PhD programs around the country (Loyola is in the mix). Clearly he must move to Chicago. We just need to give him a few good reasons why. I’ll start: We have [...]

Chicago Web Meetup Elephant and Castle, 111 W. Adams Street, (312) 236-6656 Wednesday, October 18 7pm I may require co-worker Howitt to wear a sombrero so you’ll know where we are. (Note: we’ll be in the bar area to the left when you first walk in.) From what I’m hearing, I think we’ll have a [...]

Yesterday we bought ourselves a new bed at Marshall Fields, aka Macy’s. One year ago yesterday we officially arrived in Chicago, newly married, unemployed and a bit shell-shocked. As we wandered through the enormous furniture department of the State Street store, now shot through with swaths of Macy’s red instead of Marshall Fields hunter green, [...]

When I lived in Boston, the local web workers would get together every once in awhile to have a few drinks and talk about terribly exciting things like standards and applications. It was a great way to spend a few hours soaking in web nerdliness with like-minded people. I’d love to get something similar going [...]

The Chicago Tribune editorial board thinks we, the general public, are a bunch of ungrateful sacks when it comes to foiled terrorist plots. From Monday’s editorial, “Another fuse, unlit”: Lovely weekend, wasn’t it? Sunny, warm, just beachy. Oh, and federal authorities say they’ve foiled another nascent terror plot against the U.S. — this time for [...]

Apparently our city government has developed a taste for banning things. Scandalously delicious things. Things you must be told are bad for you. Things like fat. Yes, we’re too dang fat and the City Council is going to do something about it, dul gurn it. According to today’s Tribune, Chicago Alderman Edward Burke wants to [...]

Can you believe it? The good people at the Chicago Transit Authority have given me my very own subway car. I can do whatever I want with my subway car. I can leave my briefcase on the seat next to me in the morning even if the train becomes horribly overcrowded. I can board my [...]