Covered this week; John Mahoney dies at 77… The grueling process of London’s ‘the Knowledge’… Our Idiot-in-Chief… John Perry Barlow dies at 70… Real estate at the dawn of the driver-less car age… drawing the 12 most popular NFL teams logos from memory… Complete coverage of the 2018 Winter Games…
February 5, 2018
John Mahoney, a British native who made Chicago his home town, was a two-time Emmy nominee for “Frasier,” won a 1986 Tony Award for “The House of Blue Leaves,” worked steadily in movies and was a Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble member… has died at 77.
February 6, 2018
“Pearson’s goal is to drive one of London’s 21,000 iconic black cabs. But first he has to memorize nearly every street and landmark in London as part of a process called the Knowledge. Put in place in 1865, the Knowledge exam requires cabbies to navigate between any two points in central London without following a map or GPS. It can take four years to learn the information and pass a series of stringent oral tests.”
February 7, 2018
In our divided political climate, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: that despite his own insistence that he “knows words” and has “the best words,” President Donald Trump says a lot of idiotic things. Yesterday, Trump added to his best-hits catalog of stupid, claiming that the Democrats were treasonous for not clapping during his State of the Union speech. What makes this statement so utterly ridiculous is that the Constitution’s text clearly answers him back about that word: “I do not think it means what you think it means.”
February 8, 2018
John Perry Barlow, a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, rancher, and lyricist for the Grateful Dead, died Wednesday at the age of 70.
February 9, 2018
“But now, the dawn of the driverless car—promising a utopia of stress-free commutes, urban playgrounds and the end of parking hassles—threatens to complicate the calculus for anyone buying property.” Real estate speculation in the age of the self-driving car.
February 10, 2018
“Considering how important the NFL and its teams are to millions of people, we asked over 150 people to draw 12 of the most popular team logos from memory. With nothing to go off of but their own recollection, we wanted to know just how well these sports icons stand out in the mind of NFL fans and non-fans alike. Here’s what they showed us.” This article is long and beautifully detailed, especially of interest if you’re as I am… a graphic designer that’s also a sports fan. Enjoy.
February 11, 2018
With the events now well underway… here’s a link to the New York Times complete coverage of the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea including medal counts as well as latest news…
