So I finally fulfilled a delayed plan and flew out to the east coast to visit friends and sightsee. Stops were made in NYC and Boston, and I gave Amtrak’s express train between the two a test (verdict: fast). It was good, as always, to spend some time in cities other than Chicago, noting the [...]
One of the most unusual devices in the digital camera world right now is the Casio EX-F1. It’s kind of a weird hybrid: a six megapixel still camera that also shoots high-definition video. Neither of those qualities are exactly spectacular (or all that impressive, really) but they’re just the setup.
In addition to its normal video [...]
Commentator (and Chicagoan) Dennis O’Toole had a spot-on piece on All Things Considered tonight. He managed to bring together the global hops shortage, Obama, PBR, and a knock on hipsters all in one brief piece. Give it a listen.
In related beer news, Larry Bell (of Bell’s Brewery) is growing some of his own ingredients now, [...]
So a week or two ago a friend issued a challenge to me: Take some pictures every day, and post one online. He’d do it too, and the two of us would get to enjoy each other’s work, as well as get a little picture-taking practice. I roped in a couple more people who I [...]
From the You Learn Something New Every Day dept: The ultimate sources—the headwaters, if you will—of two of Chicago’s biggest players in the good-things-to-drink market are located on the same block. Intelligentsia’s roasting plant and Goose Island’s main brewery are both on the 1800 block of Fulton Street.
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