Events

Yesterday I mentioned in passing that Illinois State and Chicago police chased a murder suspect pretty much right past my apartment Wednesday night. Both local newspapers have updated stories today. The Tribune has an interactive map and audio from the CPD. The Sun-Times reports that one of my neighbors, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, wants to know (a) why the chase was a chase and (b) how the suspect got away: “There’s a question there. At the end of the day, the [suspect in] the homicide in Lombard, driving...

Despite being a long-term .NET guy, and despite thinking Java has lagged significantly in language features and power over the years, and despite the ludicrous claim that .NET isn't portable, I laughed very hard at this Norwegian video:

Some articles: Security analyst Julian Sanchez points out that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is totally wrong when she says Apple using the legal process to oppose a subpoena puts them "above the law." Crain's columnist Joe Cahill points out that outgoing United CEO Jeff Smisek's $36m golden parachute "exposes the hollowness of the 'pay-for-performance' rhetoric so many companies spout." The Atlantic's CityLab blog points out that Jane Jacobs (whose 100th birthday was this week), looking at urban...

Parker had some time at the groomer's today. This is becoming almost an annual event, but fortunately for him, not quite.

Via The Daily Show:

Sometimes there are odd coincidences. Three unfortunate events in the English-speaking world happened on May 4th. Here in Chicago, 130 years ago today in 1886, the Haymarket Riot occurred near the corner of Desplaines Avenue and Randolph Street. Forty six years ago today in 1970, four students were killed at a nonviolent anti-war protest at Kent State University in Ohio. Tin soldiers and Nixon coming... And 37 years ago today in 1979, Margaret Thatcher took office as the first woman Prime Minister of...

The Argentine national football team is messing with us in this hilarious promotion: Copa América Centenario en EEUU. Lo mejor que pueden hacer es no dejarnos entrar.3 al 26 de junio #CopaAmericaEnTyC https://t.co/7g9fjOLxAh — TyC Sports (@TyCSports) May 2, 2016 TPM explains: “They’re coming from South America. These are total killers. These are not the nice, sweet, little people that you’d think, okay?" Trump continues. "We have no protection, anybody can come in. It’s very easy and it shouldn’t be...

Five years ago yesterday, President Obama announced to the world that U.S. forces had captured and killed Osama bin Laden. Earlier that night, after making one of the biggest decisions of his presidency, he did this: Back in September, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik made the same observation: What was really memorable about the event, though, was Trump’s response. Seated a few tables away from us magazine scribes, Trump’s humiliation was as absolute, and as visible, as any I have ever seen: his head set...

I didn't participate in the challenge this year, but one of my favorite bloggers, Deeply Trivial, did: I think the biggest indicator of success, for me, is that I didn't miss a scheduled blog post. There were days when the post came really late, and on those days, I seriously considered just waiting until tomorrow and writing two posts, or just moving a post to a Sunday. But I made myself do it, and it worked. I guess I should apply that same perseverance to other things in my life. Some lessons learned...

What happens when the smartest and coolest guy to hold the office in the last century doesn't give a shit about poll numbers anymore? Funny stuff: