I’ve already stated my choice for president in this U.S. election: John McCain.  I still doubt that he’ll win, and there are things about him that I question, but I hope he will win.  His chances rose immeasurably, in my view, when he surprised a lot of people by choosing Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin, as [...]

The following article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune really made me sit up and take notice. We’re talking about just a few short miles from where I live, for cryin’ out loud!
Are big cats back on Midwestern prowl? — chicagotribune.com

I thought the following article in the Chicago Tribune today provided a nice, easy-to-understand overview of RSS, with a focus on how it can lead you to good deals. I have proven this to be true probably dozens of times. One of the best deals I ever received was via an RSS feed [...]

I am a bit numb from the news this morning, first from Ashley Peck’s blog and then via national news media, that several students and staff at Taylor University, where I worked up until August of last year, were killed or seriously injured in a car accident last night. (Ashley is a recent Taylor [...]

I’ve noted before that I have a “thing” about sharks. This story from the Chicago Tribune a week ago was quite interesting. In a way I’d love to do what this author wrote about, to go diving with great white sharks, but in another sense, I’d be so terrified that I wouldn’t be able to [...]

This article in the Chicago Tribune today was interesting to read, although it didn’t cover any new ground in the debate about employee blogging. Now that I work for a commercial entity again, this is an issue that I am more aware of. As far as I know there is no official blogging [...]

I was reading John Battelle’s blog just now in which he reports on what appears to be yet another new feature from Google that provides travel information if you input two cities, e.g. Madrid London. I tried it out with Chicago. As I input the term ‘Chicago’ I noticed that Google started anticipating [...]

Chicago Tribune | Welcome to campus; have an iPod
This article in today’s Chicago Tribune caught my eye because of one particular phrase. A DePaul University student is quoted as follows:
“I don’t have to leave my room,” said Emily McDermott, a freshman who said her room is usually littered with pizza boxes. “I can [...]