Archive for May, 2007
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Tidbit of the Day: A-Rod’s wife packs up, leaves
I’ll never miss an opportunity to bash the New York Yankees, especially when the target is as juicy as Alex Rodriguez.
According to a gossip column in today’s New York Daily News, Rodriguez’s wife, Cynthia, packed up and left when he was out on the town with a buxom blond.
The News reports:
“In New […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Sports, Tidbit of the Day by Daniel
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Video of the Day: Common feat. DJ Premier - ‘The Game’
Here’s the music video for Common’s first single off his new album, “Finding Forever”. The song is produced by Kanye West.
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1 Comment » - Posted in Hip-hop, Video of the Day by Daniel
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Kudos: DanielHonigman.com finally breaks 100 daily visitors!
For the first time ever, DanielHonigman.com topped the 100 visitor plateau, thanks in part to Chicago 2016 news, a link from the Wall Street Journal and a review of JohnChow.com.
Here are my Google Analytics stats for May 30, 2007:
Here’s a chart of who sent me visitors:
Thanks a lot, folks. And you’re the reason […]
6 Comments » - Posted in Kudos by Daniel
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Madrid joins the fray, approved for 2016 Olympic bid
Looks like Chicago’s going to have some tough competition.
Earlier today, the Spanish Olympic Committee approved Madrid’s bid as its official candidate for the 2016 Olympic Games, two years after losing to London for the 2012 Games. Madrid placed third out of five cities for the 2012 Games.
The Madrid bid committee still has to file […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Chicago 2016 by Daniel
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Chicago bloggers: Idea for increasing Technorati ranking/John Chow review follow-up.
I got an idea from Jason Neuman’s blog about how to increase one’s Technorati rank.
Just follow these instructions:
———copy and paste the Viralink and instructions below this line———
Below is a matrix of 120 stars, I have already added a link to my blog onto one of the stars, all you need to do is […]
7 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Daniel
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
The $7 CTA fare: Fat chance!
In a Sun-Times report today, Monifa Thomas writes that the Chicago Transportation Authority mulled around some ideas to help get rid of its $97.5 million budget gap yesterday.
One plan, she said, was to raise bus and train fares to $7 during rush hour.
If the CTA did this, then any claims that Chicago is a “green” […]
7 Comments » - Posted in CTA, Current events by Daniel
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Operation Gore Watch/Kudos: Editorial in University of Washington’s ‘Daily’ newspaper
Kudos to the editorial staff of the University of Washington’s “Daily.”
In yesterday’s paper, an editorial raised an interesting suggestion: How about Al Gore waits until 2012 to run for president, but on the Green Party ticket.
Citing Gore quotes from the Time Magazine story, “The Last Temptation of Al Gore”, it is obvious, the editorial […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Kudos, Al Gore by Daniel
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Wall Street Journal links to DanielHonigman.com
I was just checking out some of the sites that have been sending some traffic my way when I saw an interesting addition: The Wall Street Journal.
Listed in my new Google Analytics, I saw that a piece on my site from last week, “IOC says logo fiasco won’t hurt Chicago 2016 bid,” was […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Chicago 2016 by Daniel
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Video of the Day: Kanye West - ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’
Here’s the video for Kanye West’s first single off his upcoming album, “Graduation.”
Enjoy:
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Chicago 2016 security plans
I called in on the Chicago Access Network Television show, “Muhammad and Friends,” hosted by Munir Muhammad. (Don’t laugh. I was drawn in by the John Coltrane rendition of “My Favorite Things” during the break.)
Muhammad, appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich to the Illinois Human Rights Commission in 2003, had Chicago Deputy Police Superintendent […]
