Events

Welcome to March in Chicago, where the temperature drops 20°C in 31 hours: This morning's -10.7°C was the coldest temperature in Chicago since the night of February 3rd-4th. What a strange winter. Check back on Wednesday when it's back above 10°C.

As I'm feeling a bit under the weather, I will defer intelligent comments until later. Until then:

The time since March 2021 has both dragged and flown. But I would have had a much worse time without this lovely mutt in it: She adapted to her new situation well: I took this photo about half an hour after she came home. I'm hoping for at least 10 more years.

I'm arguing with the Blazorise framework right now because their documentation on how to make a layout work doesn't actually work. Because this requires repeated build/test cycles, I have almost no time to read all of this: The US Surface Transportation Board has approved a merger between the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads, which will almost certainly bollix up commuter rail traffic in Chicago's western suburbs. A Russian warplane downed a US drone over the Black Sea. George Will...

Welcome to an extra stop on the Brews and Choos project. Brewery: Greenwood Brewing, 922 N. 5th St., PhoenixTrain line: Valley Metro Rail, Roosevelt/CentralTime from Chicago: 3½ hours by airDistance from station: 350 m I walked just a couple of blocks from Pedal Haus and found the kind of taproom where Cassie and I would hang out often: the woman-owned Greenwood Brewing. I enjoyed all the beers and found their space comfortable and inviting. Once again, I had a flight and took notes. Emera Easy Hazy IPA...

We had four completely-overcast days in a row, including one with some blowing snow, so I'm happy today has been completely clear. Tomorrow might even get above 10°C—which would at least get into normal March temperatures. This whole winter has been weird, as the next few will likely be until temperature increases start leveling out. In other news: ICANN's blog has a brief post from Kim Davies, who regularly contributes to the Time Zone Database, on how the TZDB actually works. US Senator Elizabeth...

Welcome to an extra stop on the Brews and Choos project. Brewery: Pedal Haus Brewery, 214 E. Roosevelt St., PhoenixTrain line: Valley Metro Rail, Roosevelt/CentralTime from Chicago: 3½ hours by airDistance from station: 350 m I discovered last week that Phoenix built a light-rail system between my visits in 2015 and 2023. And it goes past a bunch of breweries. So when I had a few hours between my flight landing and the conference welcome dinner, I went to two of them. Pedal Haus Brewery has multiple...

The New York Times today has an interactive feature explaining how converting pre-war offices to apartments is a lot easier than converting modern office buildings. Simply put, before the 1940s, no one had air conditioning, so the buildings had more light and air: These kinds of buildings, often dating to the early 20th century, make for simpler conversions because the same logic that shaped how they were designed as offices a century ago determines how apartments are planned today. Both share a rule of...

To paraphrase Hemingway, the pandemic began gradually, then suddenly. Three years ago today, we started March 12th with some trepidation and ended it by closing the world. What a strange three years we've had.

After my work conference this week, and flying home yesterday, I had a rehearsal this morning and I've got a performance tomorrow. I'll try to catch up on some posts tomorrow morning.