another day, another 2 hour delay in receiving voice mail. Whatever the cause, it’s annoying. Let me know if you need my work phone number. (from @brianboyer) @selfmadepsyche — @JoeGermuska and I wrote up a list a couple of weeks ago — Kick Ass News Apps! http://bit.ly/Ueu2v (in reply to this tweet) ReBurbia “Calling all [...]
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July 30th, 2009
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(from @Smugbug) RT @acmaurer: Super useful app for travelers! RT @JoeGermuska: @acmaurer here’s a pretty cool new app about flight delays: http://tr.im/uEPs (from @amysimons) RT @acmaurer Super useful app for travelers! RT @JoeGermuska: @acmaurer here’s a pretty cool new app about flight delays: http://tr.im/uEPs Despite myself, I’m laughing at a few #failedchildrensbooktitles – via @seantroversy [...]
July 29th, 2009
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Exhibit A: Will one Chicago woman’s Tweet cost her $50,000? – Chicago Bar-tender ‘According to the complaint filed in Cook County court today, Bonnen “maliciously and wrongfully published the false and defamatory Tweet on Twitter, thereby allowing the Tweet to be distributed throughout the world.” ‘Bonnen has 20 followers on Twitter.’ (tags: chicago twitter law [...]
July 28th, 2009
WNUR Conference of the Birds, 2009-07-28
“Conference of the Birds” is my weekly radio program on WNUR-FM. It airs on Tuesdays from 5-7:30 am Chicago time (UTC-6). And, of course, when technology cooperates, you can just come here for the archives. Another fun show this week. A question for you, o audience: a cellist named Diedre Johnson is credited on Larry [...]
July 28th, 2009
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who knew that Illinois has cities named “La Grange” and “Lagrange”? about 250 miles apart from each other. (from @EllnMllr) Still need help on databasing earmarks. (If Congress won’t do transparency, we’ll do it to them) http://bit.ly/3V5NVB (from @kevindgrant) These guys are on a roll: RT @brianboyer: Our second effort made the Sunday front page! [...]
July 27th, 2009
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(from @peteskomoroch) Contrast http://bit.ly/9xYJS w/ GOP Obama card from last week. The professional diff between the 2 parties online is shocking. (via @cjoh) (in reply to this tweet) Lou Carlozo – Confessions of a Pop Culture Pilgrim – Another Brick in the (Lego) Wall: Where Classic Rock Meets Classic Brick – True/Slant ‘KISS “Dynasty”: Maybe [...]
July 26th, 2009
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(from @baconfestchi) @dschleifer @joegermuska OH YES – Amateur Bacon makin! You can win a Golden Rasher! Rules & Entry soon! (in reply to this tweet) (from @JimTheBeerGuy) @dschleifer @JoeGermuska I haven’t made homemade bacon yet but what the hell I’ll throw down (in reply to this tweet) (from @dschleifer) @JoeGermuska i’ll put up my homemade [...]
July 25th, 2009
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sweet, AT&T. Just got four voicemail messages going back to yesterday afternoon. (from @EllnMllr) This is very cool. TPM pulls together Twitter Rooms that pull together the Twitter feeds of different groups of MOC http://bit.ly/8hz8M indiemaps.com/blog » visualizing MLB hit locations on a Google Map Here’s a map of yesterday’s perfect game pitched by Mark [...]
July 24th, 2009
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Appeals court declares police internal affairs files public records | Your Government in Secret “What he does in his capacity as a deputy sheriff is not his private business,” Appleton wrote. “Whether he used excessive force or otherwise committed misconduct during an investigation or arrest is not his private business. Internal-affairs files that scrutinize what [...]
July 22nd, 2009
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(from @MattH) @joegermuska Duck Soup — Groucho Marx — Grant Park tonight! http://bit.ly/GQ8Db Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » Not an Upgrade — an Upheaval “We can expect changes in journalism to be linked to changes in subsidy. There are many shifts coming, but three big ones are an increase in direct participation; an increase [...]