Bad News, Everyone
Monday, April 14, 2008 - 03:31 PM
One of my favorite places in Chicago, Goose Island (the Clybourn location) is closing at the end of the year. It seems they lost their lease.
It’s too bad. The Clybourn location is so much better than the Wrigleyville one (even if you don’t take into consideration having to deal with Wrigley Field being only a block away). I really hope they open a new location that’s on par with the current one at Clybourn. I just can’t see myself going to the Wrigleyville location all that often, particularly if it’s a “game day”.
What’s really ironic is that that whole area owes everything to Goose Island being there. I’m sure the area will thrive without Goose Island now, but G.I. used to be the only thing there. That area would not be what it is today if it wasn’t for Goose Island.
The article (more of a blurb really) doesn’t go into the details, but I hope it is something that can be resolved before the year’s end. (They’ve updated the article since I initially posted.) It looks like the issue is money. Hopefully the landlord (CRM Properties Group) will come to their senses and negotiate with Goose Island. (Or, like I said, they open up a new location. Hey, the Edgewater neighborhood is drastically lacking in brew-pubs!)
Embiggen
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 12:09 PM
I was using the Flickr slideshow feature, and clicked on the “Options” link in the lower right-hand corner, and saw this:
It’s a perfectly cromulent option.
Sam Adams Recall
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 05:07 PM
In case you haven’t seen this elsewhere, I thought I’d shift into public service mode here and pass this info along.
Sam Adams is recalling some of their beer due to a potential hazard with the bottles. They’re erring on the side of caution with this (in other words, don’t freak out if you drink Sam Adams), but it doesn’t hurt to check.
History of Storage
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 09:28 AM
This is by no means a comprehensive list, but I think it serves the purpose of showing how much things have changed in such little time.
The history of computer data storage in pictures.
(If you read through the comments, there’s also a great link to a comparative photo of various hard drives on wikipedia.)
My first “real” computer, which I got in 1991, was a Macintosh LC. It came with 2MB of memory (which I upgraded to 4), and a 40MB hard disk. I later added a 230MB (remember, these are megabytes here, not gigabytes) external drive when the technology became available/affordable for around $300.
Now I carry around several gigabytes in my pocket! Seventeen years is a long time when it comes to technology. (Let’s not forget the 2800 baud modem I had at the time, compared to 3.0 DSL service I have now.)
As long as I’m in “old guy reminiscing” mode, I’ll mention that years before the LC, my parents had gotten me a Coleco Adam, which used cassette data storage, similar to what’s shown in the article.
It’s Officially Over
Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 10:51 AM
Well, it’s officially over. Call it Karma is no more.
Laura, Paul and I met the other night to determine the fate of the group. If you haven’t been paying attention, I’ll bring you up to speed. First, our original vocalist (Erin) left last year. After some auditions, we replaced her with Laura. Then, earlier this year, Jeremy took a job out in California. So, now we needed to replace him.
During the time it took to try to schedule something to work out a possible percussionist/drummer replacement, Dan took a job in Toronto, so he’ll be leaving soon, too.
Well, that just left Paul, Laura and myself. With only two of those people being original members of the group, we decided to call it quits.
We’re going to put together a new group. That’ll take some time. Not only do we have to find a new bassist and drummer/percussionist, but we plan on expanding the lineup with a pianist/keyboardist.
I’ll update our progress as it happens here, so keep an eye out. In the mean time, if you haven’t already, make sure to stop by CDbaby.com to pick up copy of our CD or EP. Once they’re all sold, that’s it! This may be your last chance to own this little piece of music history.
Oh, and we haven’t decided on a new name yet. However, Laura and I spent a good portion of the past two days exchanging Ghostbusters quotes via email. (If you haven’t figured it out, or didn’t already know, “Call it Karma” was a reference to Ghostbusters, and not a reference to a bad song by some crappy Emo band.)