Posts from 8 2004

• August 26, 2004
  kinzie kinzie kinzie

  with all the recent press about dave matthew’s band’s tour bus dumping waste from the kinzie street bridge, this photo has been getting me a ton of traffic. mostly from bastards linking to it from bulletin boards across the web… a google search for “kinzie street bridge” does yield me as the top hit, for some crazy reason.

  way to go, all you peeps taking credit for my photo. keep up the great work. :)

  update: on a related note my walsh and may stand ready photo is currently #4 in a google images search. booya.

• August 26, 2004
  will ferrell's bush is back

  this online movie was made for america coming together, and features will ferrell’s classic gee-dubya impersonation… “straight talk! from white house west in crawford, texas.” there are some other interesting shorts there (like an american voice) so be sure to stop on by. oh, and remember to vote. :)

• August 13, 2004
  soul calibur characters get their dance on

  if you’ve played soul calibur before, you might like this video right heere… (even if you haven’t, it’s still pretty damn cool.) basically some guys choreographed the characters dancing, and did not program anything. crazy.

• August 12, 2004
  techiegold describes chicago IT salaries

  check this out, from techiegold's "salary report" page for chicago:

  The major players on the Chicago IT scene are not VC-backed new kids on the block, but rather blue-chip companies showing steady growth. You've heard of Bank One, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and United Airlines? They're all major employers in this market.

  Almost half of TechieGold's Chicago-area placements are networking professionals, while Application Development positions are on the rise. Overall, we've found that most employers in this region are looking for "jack-of-all-trades" IT professionals who are willing to be flexible.

  don't know how i feel about being lumped in with bank one and bc/bs... i actually don't know how i feel about being included on this list! how do you think they picked those 3 as the "enterprises-to-mention" in the chicagoland area, anyway? what about allstate, boeing, and a lot of other places? i suppose we have quite a large number of IT people here, though. it'd be interesting to see the numbers for other companies.

• August 11, 2004
  finally, wireless music!

  picked up my airport express today, and it rocks the house. seriously, it rocks the house! the setup was completely painless: installed the software, launched the airport express assistant, told it to connect to my existing wireless network, entered a password to save the settings, and it was done. now i’m cranking music through the onkyo, via the ibook, from my futon. and because i’m lazy (and have all the tunes on my desktop in my bedroom instead of on my laptop) i just plugged in the ipod and used that for a library source. quick ‘n pretty damn clean.

  needless to say, the sound quality is excellent – no buzzing, hums, ground loops, or anything… just crystal clear, full, rich music like you’d get on the soundsticks, albeit on a real stereo. :) can’t even imagine how great the digital output would be… too bad the stereo only has one digital input that’s currently being used for the dvd player, not to mention i’d have to pick up another cable.

  i’m almost upset my original airport covers my condo so well… there’s no need to use the airport express to extend the range! and i’ve already got the printer being shared in the bedroom, so that’s another wasted feature. still, it was more than worth it for the ability to stream music to my stereo. go buy yours now.

• August 02, 2004
  on the edge
  
• no parking?
  
• August 02, 2004
  soul sessions
• August 01, 2004
  i'm dry over here!
  
• waiting for the water
  
• collision
  
• please stay on the paths
  
• takin' a break
  
• walking only