I like it better, especially today now that the giant iPod ad is gone.

Again, it is time for me to poll my friends as to what I should be distracting myself with online.  Here's what I already visit:

Chicagoist
Pitchfork
AVClub/Onion/Decider
LiveJournal
BoingBoing/BBGadgets/Offworld
Slate
TimeOut Chicago
RedEye (for the crossword)
IMEEM (for music)
Crain's

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http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/149534-daft-punk-to-score-tron-20

"Daft Punk might be writing the original score for Tron 2.0, Disney's sequel to the so-obsolete-it's-incredible 1982 evil computer movie, according to Upcoming Film Scores. This is such a perfect pairing, we hope against hope it's true. (Representatives for the band have ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6729745.stm


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Guys,  I think Beyonce might be a borg.

In case you don't read the A.V. Club, or don't have the Doogie Howser, M.D. theme on your iPod, you might have missed this. It is a fantastic 45 minutes of entertainment. Nobody is in my Wave Team room today, so for the next 6 hours I'm going to be watching tv on the internet... on the big flat-screen tv that is hooked up to my computer.  Tv- ( Read more... )

UAL Shares Lose Almost All Value on Incorrect Bankruptcy Report

By Mary Schlangenstein


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Fade in:

Jonathan (our hero) has just walked out of the subway in downtown Chicago.  It is morning, with an overcast sky threatening to rain.  He walks deliberately up the stairs of the Clark and Lake blue line stop.  He is indistiguisable from the throng of suit clad young men headed to work, save for the well worn chuck taylors that cover his feet ( Read more... )

of sleep

half day of work

I am having a good weekend so far

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so, this is awesome, I ran out and bought them right away

in other news, I got a half-step promotion at work. I now work on the airport ops wave team, which is looking at our spend at the los angeles airport and at o'hare. It is really cool, and just as important, it is my tryout for getting promoted to a better job. I still have to be a secretary ( Read more... )