Archive for June, 2007
Thanks, Todd, for posting this on your site! If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
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. If you enjoyed [ READ MORE ]
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 [ READ MORE ]
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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. If you enjoyed this post, make [ READ MORE ]
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 If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
Check out the video for Lupe’s new single off his 2006 smash album, “Food and Liquor.” If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
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 [ READ MORE ]
(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 [ READ MORE ]
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 [ READ MORE ]