Used in Latin America, an A/C Alternative Product in The States

For older homes lacking existing duct work (ie. homes with radiator heat and window a/c units), adding duct work requires that the walls, floors, and/or ceilings be removed or altered, and thus are invasive to the existing structure of the house. Ductless alternatives do exist. One such alternative is Mr. Slim, manufactured by Mitsubishi.
One of [...]

Chicago at 5:15 pm on January 30, 2009

Taken looking SW and SE from the Home Depot parking lot in Lincoln Park. Blackberry camera phone.

Pot Filler, Round Two: Is it Even a Good Idea?

I wrote a few days ago about pot-fillers in this blog ["It's a Pot Filler," January 13, 2009], those things that prevent you from having to carry a heavy pot of water from the sink to the stove.
A good friend of mine astutely pointed out (and I’m paraphrasing):
“What happens AFTER you are done with the [...]

Need $$$? Try Peer-to-Peer Lending…Who Knew?

Apparently, a lot more people than I thought or even imagined.
I heard a blurb on the radio about Virgin Money, and at the time, I didn’t put two (Richard Branson) and two (Vigin Records, Airlines, etc) together – I just thought it was a weird, catchy name for a website.
No matter: this article courtesy of [...]

Plastic Bag On Parking Meters – A Chicago Thing?

On the 1100 block of Armitage today (Lincoln Park), I found a metered spot and noticed something weird, yet all too familiar in Chicago – a parking meter covered with a makeshift item. In this case it was a plastic bag.

Is this official city business?; or someone telling the city that this particular parking meter [...]