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Network and Systems Administrator, web developer at the Chicago Reader; freelance web developer; proprietor of the Loud Devices record label; variously producer, host, sound engineer for WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago's weekly “Pure Hype” live-rock radio show; photographer
(Much of what's here I've also crossposted to the “What the Reader's Reading” aggregator on the Reader site; some of what's here I first found there.)
When Israelis degrade Israel by humiliating Joe Biden | "The profit, for the hard right, is political. It mines an emotional vein along a relatively small but potent segment of the Israeli electorate, which holds that to insult Israel's indispensible ally is to assert the Jewish state's independence." | haaretz.com | Tuesday at 5:53 pm
Crew not at full strength vs. Toluca | Preview of tonight's CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal at Crew Stadium: "Star forward Guillermo Barros Schelotto and captain Frankie Hejduk will not play because of yellow-card suspensions. All-Star defender Chad Marshall (hamstring) will not play, nor will Jed Zayner (knee), another potential starter." | dispatch.com | Tuesday at 12:45 pm
USA captain Landon Donovan set to return to LA Galaxy from Everton | guardian.co.uk | Tuesday at 12:38 pm
Dispute Heats Up Over Proposed New Fees for Playing Songs on the Radio | "For more than 70 years, royalty payments for air time have flowed to the songwriters and music publishers but not to the musicians or record companies. Now there is a renewed drive to revisit that arrangement, and in recent weeks the volume of the discussion has increased several decibels." | nytimes.com | Monday at 1:18 pm
Publisher Jim Warren Is Leaving the Chicago Reader | chicagoreader.com | Monday at 12:57 pm
Shakeup at the Reader: James Warren is out | blogs.vocalo.org | Monday at 12:03 pm
Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli’s Work | "In memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, Elias Khoury, ... a Palestinian lawyer, paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel’s most prominent author and dove, Amos Oz." | nytimes.com | Sunday at 3:39 pm
For Aldermen, a 50-50 Chance They’ll Look Good | On the "Aldermen Project: 50 Aldermen/50 Artists" | nytimes.com | Sunday at 11:41 am
Football rejects use of goalline technology | "'A decision was made not to go with technology,' Fifa's general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, said after a meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) today. 'It's an end to the potential use of technology within football,' he added." | guardian.co.uk | Saturday at 7:15 pm
Hyde Park and Kenwood: Music venues, festivals, series, ensembles, and more | chicagoreader.com | Saturday at 1:00 pm
The evolution of lasvegassun.com's homepage strategy - more importantly, does a nice design negatively impact traffic? | "pretty and practical homepage design combined with the right content mix" can increase traffic; "changing up the design throughout the day doesn’t hurt traffic" | robcurley.com | 3/3 at 11:24 am
Bogus Copyright Claim Silences Yet Another Larry Lessig YouTube Presentation | techdirt.com | 3/3 at 11:08 am
Examining 1989's Achievements, Disillusionment In Eastern Europe | "It's been more than 20 years since the fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe. But for a number of leading thinkers who gathered on February 27-28 at Columbia University to discuss the demise of communist Europe, there remain more questions than answers about that tumultuous period." | rferl.org | 3/2 at 11:33 am
Interview: Former Lithuanian President Says 'Communism Was Never Defeated' | Vytautas "Landsbergis, who is now a member of the European Parliament, speaks to RFE/RL's Claire Bigg on the sidelines of a Prague conference on the crimes of communism." | rferl.org | 3/2 at 11:31 am
Titanic Breweries Community Pubs Set For Recognition | "The brewery has invested heavily in reviving 'the local' by buying and refurbishing dilapidated pubs across North Staffordshire." | pitsnpots.co.uk | 3/2 at 11:11 am
Stone Brewing to debut line of craft beers in Chicago April 1 | "largest American-owned brewer in the southwest" entering the Chicago market | chicagobusiness.com | 3/2 at 11:08 am
Football is not about corporations. It's about clubs and communities. | Simon Kuper: "Football is not 'big business'. It's a piddling industry. Clubs such as Portsmouth rarely make profits and shouldn't even try to. Instead of pretending they are Tesco, they should model themselves on not-for-profit local museums." | guardian.co.uk | 3/2 at 10:05 am
Editorial: The Second Amendment’s Reach | nytimes.com | 3/2 at 10:01 am
Will the new Oscars voting system help Avatar or The Hurt Locker? | "for the first time since 1943, this category will be decided via instant run-off voting rather than first-past-the-post." | guardian.co.uk | 3/2 at 9:52 am
David Conn Has the Premier League's Number, and it�s Red | "lethal combination between finance and the competitive nature of football" | pitchinvasion.net | 2/27 at 2:00 pm
Sen. Herb Kohl irked at how NBC is offering Olympics online | "The reason NBC doesn't just offer up Olympics for pay online for everyone is that would greatly upset the distribution companies that pay NBC money and other forms of compensation to carry their cable channels and their local television stations." | latimesblogs.latimes.com | 2/27 at 9:41 am
Washington City Paper's Erik Wemple to edit local news Web site | "... will take over editorial operations next month for the yet-unnamed local news Web site owned by Allbritton Communications." | washingtonpost.com | 2/26 at 3:23 pm
A Minnesota-Wisconsin Beer and Cheese Pairing | heavytable.com | 2/26 at 2:40 pm
Chasing Gaetjens: the real story of the 1950 World Cup hero | soccernet.espn.go.com | 2/26 at 1:45 pm
Fire draw Chivas 1-1 in friendly | chicagonow.com | 2/26 at 12:52 pm