http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/posts/tags/chicago/page/1/ In which I say little and post even less. en Vox Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:17 -0500 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss chicago http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/looking-for-light-freelance-web-work-inaround-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/looking-for-light-freelance-web-work-inaround-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/looking-for-light-freelance-web-work-inaround-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:25:17 -0500 I've had more than one person ask me if I could refer them to a freelance web designer since I'm not doing any of that anymore. So if you're in or around Chicago, let me know and I can feed you the details. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/looking-for-light-freelance-web-work-inaround-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00d09e854767be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> web chicago job gig http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/the-thing-about-chicagos-olympic-bid.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/the-thing-about-chicagos-olympic-bid.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/the-thing-about-chicagos-olympic-bid.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:00:26 -0500 This past week Chicago essentially said, "Yep, we want the Olympics and we will use public funds to do so even though we said we wouldn't." The thing that bothers me about this whole Olympics business is the speed at which it happened. It was very... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/the-thing-about-chicagos-olympic-bid.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00d41428387b3c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics chicago olympics cta 2016 http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/5-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/5-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/5-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:03:51 -0600 It is cold outside. But that's not the bad part: the wind is what makes it feel really, really cold. Temperature: 5. Wind chill: -16. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/5-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00d4141e82363c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> weather chicago cold http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/paul-on-the-street-five-faces.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/paul-on-the-street-five-faces.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/paul-on-the-street-five-faces.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:08:41 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252a9458604a.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252a9458604a-50si" alt="Paul on the Street 20061010" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Introducing Paul on the Street, a semi-regular video food review. For the inaugural edition I review the hot dogs at Five Faces in Chicago. Do watch my marginal editing skills, won't you? The Place Five Faces Ice Cream/Gyros/Hot Dogs 10 W. Div... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/paul-on-the-street-five-faces.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252a946a604a?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> review food chicago video eating out dining out five faces paul on the street http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/reasons-to-love-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/reasons-to-love-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/reasons-to-love-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:28:16 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252b21298e1d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252b21298e1d-50si" alt="This Week&#39;s Weather" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Check out that awesome forecast: we're going from 76 and sunny to 40 and sleet/snow in four days. Per the weather guru Tom Skilling, if it snows Thursday that'll be our earliest snow since 10.7.00. And I thought we'd have a mild autumn.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/reasons-to-love-chicago.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2252b213c8e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> fun snow winter weather chicago autumn sleet http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/big-box-store-size.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/big-box-store-size.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/big-box-store-size.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:27:10 -0500 Final post for now. With all of the hullabaloo over Chicago's big box ordinance (summary: living wage if your store is over 90,000 square feet and you gross over $1B annually; all companies potentially affected are pissed) I've been wondering jus... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/big-box-store-size.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c22521d460f219?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> target chicago home depot wal-mart store size square foot big box lowe's bigbox living wage http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/minor-celebrity-sighting-alpana-singh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/minor-celebrity-sighting-alpana-singh.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/minor-celebrity-sighting-alpana-singh.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:43:45 -0500 This is the year of meeting (or at least, seeing) minor local celebrities. As readers of ennui will recall, my organization hired a former local news anchor and it was just kind of weird working on the same floor as her. (Ryan suggested I ask her... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/minor-celebrity-sighting-alpana-singh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251e00358e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv local chicago shopping trader joe's celebrity check please celebrity sighting alpana singh http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/sunday-exploding-thermometer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/sunday-exploding-thermometer.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/sunday-exploding-thermometer.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:48:36 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cfa9ff219.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cfa9ff219-50si" alt="Monday: Kaboom!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It cracks me up that ForecastFox's little icon for "very hot" is an exploding thermometer. Unfortunately, it's going to be really hot here. So hot, thermometers will explode! (Tom Skilling would never say that.) <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/sunday-exploding-thermometer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cf8a3604a?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> summer weather warm hot chicago sticky humid "hot enough for ya?" http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/move-your-car.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/move-your-car.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/move-your-car.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:18:05 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cdf588fdb.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cdf588fdb-50si" alt="Your car will be ticketed AND towed!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here in Evanston, our street cleaning only happens about 6 times a year. The dates are posted on signs along our street, and one has to remember those dates. We did get a flyer in the mail about two months ago with the dates for the whole city, b... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/move-your-car.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251ce188f219?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> chicago parking megaphone evanston oddity blues brothers http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/schwag.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Paul) http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/schwag.html?_c=feed-rss http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/schwag.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Jul 2006 17:46:31 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cb0f0549d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cb0f0549d-50si" alt="Coudal Schwag" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> THE ITEMS ARE SECURED. REPEAT. THE ITEMS ARE SECURED. Thanks again, guys and gals! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://paulmcaleer.vox.com/library/post/schwag.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c214c604a00c2251cb0f5549d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> win cool dvd chicago cd contest stuff schwag t-shirt coudal