Category Archives: Totally random stuff

Sonny Eliot dead at 91

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Fred Stiening

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/broadcasting-legend-sonny-eliot-dies-at-the-age-of-91 Sonny used to do the rather unique weather forecasts on WWJ-AM, combining jokes with snow warnings. The story points out that Sonny was involved in radio in the very early days, when several national radio shows were produced in … Continue reading →

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Canada hits the Off switch

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Fred Stiening

In the age of the Internet, Canada joins the list of countries that have decided AM shortwave propaganda radio broadcasts no longer work. http://o.canada.com/2012/11/07/shortwave/

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Provisional Voting

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Well, I voted today. Maybe. Per the Secretary of State instructions from Springfield, I went to the precinct (in the building). There was one touchscreen and about 20 booths for marking ballots for the scanner version. After one attempt to … Continue reading →

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My Vote

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Some men collect porn, some collect pictures of their conquests – I am collecting pictures of meals that Michelle Obama and her godfather Mayor Bloomberg would make illegal if they could. This is a little odd for a Chicago menu, … Continue reading →

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Trick or Something

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Fred Stiening

One regret of my 17 years living in two condos was Halloween. Any kid with a brain knows condos are mostly filled with grumpy old people with no children, and it’s just a waste of time to knock on doors … Continue reading →

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Oops, we lost your voter registration!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Fred Stiening

August 29th, I became an Illinoiser, transferring my driver’s license and vehicle registration at the North Chicago office of the Secretary of State. Near the end of the process, I foolishly accepted the offer to automatically be registered to vote … Continue reading →

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The October Surprise is… Rusty Humphries!

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Buried down in another thread is the information that Rusty Humphries is moving to the old Jerry Doyle time slot, competing with Sean Hannity’s Perpetual Election Coverage show. I just finished an unexpected 13 hour shift at my new job, … Continue reading →

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The Chicago Way

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Let’s say you have a house in Chicago and you want to have a driveway (or why anyone with sense has moved to Texas) http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/driveway_permits.html Fill out application Pay $10 Get $250,000 liability insurance policy naming the city as coinsured … Continue reading →

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Overheard in Chicago

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Fred Stiening

A few days ago, I made my first venture deep into Chicago, traveling down Grand Avenue in the general area of the original Walmart that opened in 2006 that set off the Chicago war against Walmart. Driving in the daylight … Continue reading →

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Need Fedora 16 help

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Fred Stiening

Problem: Fedora 16 was installed on a bootable USB drive on a system that is no longer working. USB drive plugged into different PC with different graphics card. Fedora boots fine and gives me logon screen (KDE I think – … Continue reading →

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