Author: DXO
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Knitted Trees, Logan Square, Thanksgiving 2006
On Thanksgiving Day last year, Dee and I went out for a balmy walk with the kids to Logan Square (the square itself, which is round). We came across an apparent art installation– a grove of trees swathed in knitted cozies. Naturally, I took pictures.Chicagoist has a story on the artists. They are Knitta, Please…
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NBA Uses Google Calendar?
NBA Uses Google Calendar?, originally uploaded by juggernautco. A search for “Chicago” yields a ton of sports results. Unless it’s automated or advertising…
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The Real War on Terror
Very quietly, the Bush Administration seems to be carrying out a pretty decent war on terror in Africa. It includes our friends the Ethiopians beating back the creeps in Somalia and then, apparently, us getting some licks in, too: Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:A U.S. AC-130 GUNSHIP CARRIED OUT A STRIKE AGAINST HIGH VALUE ALQAEDA TARGETS…
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No Surge, No.
If there’s anything we learned from the execution of Saddam Hussein, it’s that we are not at war. The Sunnis and the Shiites of Iraq really don’t care about us– they’re after each other, with vengeance. All we are is expensive collateral damage. Why try to win a war you’re not even fighting. I say…
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2007 is the Year of Open Source Emergency Response
After seeing that we are the biggest city at the bottom, and I live here, and I run a successful open-source emergency response project that provides quality info from hundreds of sources for zero investment, I am going all-out on this. We can change things.