Chicago Theatre Database: It Begins?

The CTDB, which was christened here, but started here – or actually here … is crawling out of the primordial soup. Expect a more detailed post from Nick shortly.
What’s happened so far:

Nick’s taken my initial data load and created a rudimentary (read: functional but not pretty) web-based architecture for it. It has just over [...]

Hosed

My bike was stolen. My brand-new, still-have-the-receipt-lying-on-my-mantle bike was stolen.This is the fourth bike I’ve had stolen. The first, a few months after I moved here, left unattended in the basement of TimeLine’s building – which, at the time, had unfettered access from the street. The second, a few months later, stupidly left unlocked outside [...]

It's All Sausage 5/14/08

What’s going in my head this week:

A really fantastic piece of journalism: last week’s This American Life featured a team-up with NPR’s news division, resulting in the most accessible and comprehensive walkthrough of what the hell happened to the economy over the last few years. Not only is it an awesome, not-dumbed-but-understandable piece on the [...]