Archive for June, 2007

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Video of the Day: Crazy Japanese pitcher

Thanks, Todd, for posting this on your site!

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Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Kudos: Other blog cracks Technorati’s Top 5,000!

It’s official. I just cracked Technorati’s Top 5K blog list. Woo-hoo! This is mostly due to some viral tagging efforts and Technorati’s generous backlink strategy, e.g., the Questions of the Day. If you want to increase your blog’s visibility, submit one! It generally works.
Check out the site here.
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Friday, June 29th, 2007

Chicago 2016 Update: Taxpayers won’t be footing bill for Games, at least for now

Yup, I said it. Well, actually, the new money manager for the Chicago 2016 bid committee, Rick Ludwig, said it, according to a Sun-Times report.
The city and state have offered to cough up $500 million if Olympic revenues fall short, but Ludwig doesn’t think they’ll be tapped into.
Why? Bad accounting, of course…or is it […]

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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Video of the Day: T.I.P. - ‘Rap City’ freestyle

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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Chicago 2016 Update: Chicago 2016 bid committee member quits

According to a Chicago Tribune report, Douglas Smith, a central Chicago 2016 bid committee member, stepped down earlier today.
Chicago 2016 spokesman Patrick Sandusky said Smith took a “senior position” with public relations firm Hill and Knowlton “and will continue to have a role with the bid.”
More on this later, perhaps.
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Video of the Day: ‘Good Cop, Baby Cop’ (NEW Funny or Die!!!!!)

This is hilarious. Check out the new Funny or Die skit, once again featuring Will Ferrell and, more importantly, the star of the show: Pearl.

Good Cop, Baby Cop
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Video of the Day: Lupe Fiasco - ‘He Say She Say’

Check out the video for Lupe’s new single off his 2006 smash album, “Food and Liquor.”

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Monday, June 25th, 2007

Chicago 2016 Update: Chicagoans beginning to fear Games’ effect; Los Angeles mayor behind Chicago bid.

Just read an interesting piece on the Chicago 2016 bid in In These Times. Mischa Gaus, a Chicago-based writer, wrote “The Olympic Hustle,” a piece about what the Games could do to the city. He highlights it with a bit of history about what previous Olympics have done to its host cities.
It’s an […]

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Monday, June 25th, 2007

Another viralink try.

(The following Technorati Viralink scheme - fuhaha - was taken from Nostalgia Vanilla)
Everyone who owns and maintains a blog understands just how important Page Rank is! This includes your ranking in Technorati, Alexa, Google PR, SERP (Search Engine Result Page), etc. Are you happy or satisfied with your current Page Rank? (Probably not, or you […]

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Monday, June 25th, 2007

Chicago Epicurean: Orion Cooker follow-up post

My Chicago Epicurean post last week about the Orion Cooker has, surprisingly, brought me a bit of Web traffic. Each time I check my Google Analytics, I find more and more people coming to my site each day to read my review.
To those readers: If you have any good recipes for the Cooker, please […]

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