EveryBlock, the hyper-local news mapping site brainchild of Adrian Holovaty, has teamed up with the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. The Tribune launched Tuesday; the Sun-Times launched today. Both papers publish a map and list of their local news stories from the past 48 hours, then link to those stories. Both papers are having iframe [...]

I’ve been preoccupied by the new love of my life: Flash 8. I don’t know what I’m going to do when the free trial ends in 27 days … OK, since I’ve been very nerdy lately (Hello, I just professed my love for a computer program. It doesn’t get much nerdier than that.), I should [...]

Sam Zell has, indeed, bought Tribune Co. Shareholders still have to accept the deal, but: “If Tribune decides to accept another buyout offer before its shareholders approve the deal, the company will have to pay Zell a $25 million breakup fee.” (Why hasn’t anyone else thought of a break-up fee?) Part of the deal means [...]

The Mat Kearney concert was amazing! First of all, Mark’s connections at the Sun-Times not only got us tickets … they got us VIP tickets. I’d never been to the House of Blues, but it was incredible. And I wasn’t entirely sold on Kearney beforehand, but after seeing him live … definitely a fan. I [...]

I’m trying to convince Mark we should head to Fort Lauderdale for Fleet Week. OK, it’s a coincidence that I have time off during Fleet Week, but we should still go. (I’m not sure that Kevin actually invited us, or if I invited us. But he hasn’t said no yet.) Kevin already has a restaurant [...]