The Media

And A Moment of Silence

Friday, January 29th, 2010
by Tony

February 13, 2009 – January 29, 2010

iPad… I Get It

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
by Tony

This is not about the name. Unlike fart jokes, feminine hygiene product jokes are never funny, but I digress. Anyway, the iPad… I totally get what it is and what it isn’t.

First you have to realize what the iPad isn’t. Its not a tablet computer so stop comparing it to one. A tablet PC has been nothing more than a laptop with a touchscreen. Now what is the iPad? Simply put… its a souped up ebook reader. And it surpasses about 95% of all ebook readers just by having a full color screen. So I don’t care that the iPad doesn’t have a built-in camera, why? Because my iphone has a camera, my Mac has a camera and my camera is A CAMERA! People expect too much and contribute very little, granted I’m not in the market for an ebook reader of any kind, but than again I just started using the Amazon Kindle app on my iPhone and that work’s fine for me.

Idle Hands And Whatnot

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
by Tony

Been trying to keep busy and stave off insanity, I’ve been redoing my fraternity’s chapter website. Here’s a screenshot:

All I Wanted to Do Was Watch Buffy

Monday, October 19th, 2009
by Tony

CTA Got Me Fired

Saturday, October 10th, 2009
by Tony

So this was MY story that I submit to the Red Eye Chicago, the daily free paper published by the Chicago Tribune.

I’ve been reading the RedEye’s ‘Going Public’ column for some time, and I’ve become pretty much fed up with the amount of whining that has come from the North Side CTA riders.

A majority of the complaints are about the most mundane and trivial things: Strollers during rush hours, not finding a seat on an express bus. Excuse me as I proceed to play the world’s smallest violin for you.

I’m a firm believer that anyone living north of Roosevelt cannot truly complain about the CTA until they witness the abhorrent treatment of the South Side community. The only east-west express is on Garfield, the operators are lazy and surly, and the buses are NEVER on time.

I can attest to the timeliness as I was just fired from my job because I was late. For more than a year I had to take the 79th Street bus to Cicero to make a connection with Pace.

I had to adjust my habits to give myself more than enough time to commute and the buses were still either late or ran slow and if I missed my connection, I had to wait an hour for the next Pace bus.

So with all the complaints I’ve seen from the North Side, at least you can say that the CTA didn’t cause you to lose your job.

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