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Welcome (Oct 13 2003 23:05 GMT) - If you are coming from The Blade article, this is my other blog--the overtly political one. If liberal themes interest you, check out the links in left sidebar. There is a wide range of left-of-center stuff there, you'll find something you like. If you are conservative, I can't help you much. Tacitus and Oxblog might be good places to start. |
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geo-lookup (Oct 13 2003 23:05 GMT) - I'm sure there's a bunch of online ways to convert a U.S. address to a lat/long, but for some reason... |
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- Service resumes on Metra's Rock Island line following Sunday's train derailment, but the schedules are not back on track. Commuters can expect delays as the investigation continues into what happened. |
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- Murder charges are filed in connection with a shooting at a Northwest Side store on Friday. |
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- Woodland School District students will head back to the classroom Tuesday. |
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- Despite last night's loss, Cubs fans hold out hope for Game 6 at Wrigley as retailers get ready. |
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- This week of celebration will test the stamina of Pope John Paul the Second. His diminished physical capabilities due to Parkinson's and other ailments have appeared even more noticeable lately. |
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- Rachel Mellon disappeared from her Bolingbrook home more than seven years ago, but her friends and family continue to hang on to hope. |
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- A Chicago police officer shot a suspect overnight who they say refused to drop his gun. |
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- Today is Columbus Day and that means that most courts, banks and schools will be closed. |
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- Chicago Cubs fans gathered in pubs and restaurants on the city's North side were almost unanimous after their team's loss to the Florida Marlins: The Cubs' curse will end. And they'll witness it live -- no matter what. |
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- Joan B. Kroc, the billionaire widow of McDonald's Corp. founder Ray Kroc who became known for her philanthropic donations to groups promoting world peace, died Sunday of brain cancer. She was 75. |
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- Officials are still trying to determine if there is a new outbreak of the Asian Long-horned Beetle on the city's North Side. |
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- Leo Swinimer Senior knows just what to do with a giant pumpkin -- paddle it. |
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- The tiger that mauled magician Roy Horn of the "Siegfried and Roy" duo will be released from quarantine Tuesday and will continue to live at an animal habitat at the Mirage hotel-casino, officials said. |
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- Trista Rehn will wear a strapless Badgley Mischka wedding gown with a full skirt when she abandons her status as "The Bachelorette" for married life with her made-for-TV honey, Ryan Sutter. |
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- Two wealthy young women dash around New York City, mindlessly spending money while TV cameras follow them. |
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- It was payback time for Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman at the box office as their vengeance saga "Kill Bill Vol. 1" opened in first place with $22.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. |
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- Having filled you in on where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to, here’s what Jenn’s been busy whipping... |
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- It’s Joanna Russ meets Emma Bull for a Babe the Blue Ox show at Satyricon. No? Okay—Chris said it was... |
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- As the summer draws to a close, many people like to commemorate the passing of another season by participating in special activities. Some take trips to the seashore. Others like to enjoy one last cookout before waning hours of daylight and the pressures |
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- Yep, as I suspected BT's "Extended Reach Trial" still doesn't extend far enough for me. The trial has now been activated meaning that the 5.5Km reach for DSL has been extended to 6km, a measily half kilometer but because of... |
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- 1st Irish Social Forum: The Solidarity & Co-operation Summit. Dear all, here is the amended list of 27 Workshops and 5 Plenaries of the 1st Irish Social Forum: The Solidarity & Co-operation Summit, of Fri. 17th to Sun 19th Oct. |
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Quickie (Oct 13 2003 23:04 GMT) - Frustrating day of non-work. I have my machine, I can't get connected consistently. Working on alternate methods. I have to write about a monkey, but right now I have to run to the kitchen to check the taco meat.... |
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- ...tonight! Just a reminder that Sam and I will be hangin' out at the Metro Bar (16th & Market) starting at about 7:30 tonight for those of you who want to stop by and say haaaaayyyyy... So get your asses down there....or else... |
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- ...tonight! Just a reminder that Sam and I will be hangin' out at the Metro Bar (16th & Market) starting at about 7:30 tonight for those of you who want to stop by and say haaaaayyyyy... So get your asses down there....or else... |
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- ...tonight! Just a reminder that Sam and I will be hangin' out at the Metro Bar (16th & Market) starting at about 7:30 tonight for those of you who want to stop by and say haaaaayyyyy... So get your asses down there....or else... |
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- Project description: GPU is a Gnutella client for sharing files and CPU-resources. Our objective is to develop a robust framework for distributed computing on a peer-to-peer grid. We hope to support peaceful, open and free research and to build a cheap supercomputer. |
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- Project administrators: dangermaus, seeschloss |
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- Most recent daily statistics (11 Oct 2003): Ranking: 6664, Activity percentile: 51.07%, |
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- Most recent daily statistics (11 Oct 2003): Download count: 1 |
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- Public mailing lists: gpu-world |
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- Public discussion forums: Help, Open Discussion, Developers |
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- Tracker description: Bug Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Tech Support Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Patch Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Feature Request Tracking System |
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- Most recent daily statistics (11 Oct 2003): Commit count: 0; Add count: 0 [Web-based access to repository] |
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