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Archive for August, 2006

Elgin search terms from the AOL leak

Friday, August 25th, 2006
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Dontdelete.com lets you peer into the search logs of 658,000 AOL subscribers, data that the giant ISP “inadvertently” leaked earlier this month. It highlights what little existing controls there are for what ought to be private information, guarded with a high level of security.
Fortunately, it’s possible to use the data without infringing on […]

Crocker torn down for nothing?

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
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In late 2004, the developers of River Park Place were expecting to break ground on the eight-story, 60-unit condominium building planned for the northwest corner of Grove Avenue and Prairie Street by spring of the next year.
Twenty months later, the Crocker Theater, which formerly occupied a portion of the site, has been torn down, but […]

Eli & Josh at Schuba’s

Friday, August 18th, 2006
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Gathman recants

Sunday, August 13th, 2006
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I wrote that while, like most recent documentaries, the movie is one-sided and ax-grinding, something stinks here. Mechanical engineer Fred Yeck from Sleepy Hollow, who knew more about the experiment, tells us that what stinks is the movie’s propagandistic failure to show the downside of the electric car. - Dave Gathman (Elgin Courier 8/13/06)
I’m glad […]