Events

But I must, must share this ad from Canada's Liberal Party. Wait for the end:

I completed two surveys related to my work conference this week. The first one included the question, "To confirm that you are still reading this, please select 'Disagree.'" The second one assigned point values to the multiple-choice questions, so that the three items I answered "Somewhat OK" instead of "Excellent" brought my grade down to a B-minus. These are the kinds of things that make one wonder how valuable the survey data really is. Meanwhile, I've got a ton of things to do today, including...

I've had a good conference. For a variety of reasons, today will be my busiest; usually Thursday has just one or two things and a flight home. Regular posting will resume tomorrow.

The Wednesday schedule for this work conference is always the fullest, so I don't have a lot of time to post. One of the teams I manage started the day at Nashville's best breakfast spot, Biscuit Love, which means I don't have to eat again until April. And since we met in the hotel lobby just 15 minutes after sunrise, I got to wake up to this: Again, kudos to the conference organization staff and the hotel for giving me exactly the room that I wanted. Meanwhile, Cassie seems to be doing all right: I am...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who you should remember as a Fox News presenter with no knowledge of the military, added Atlantic Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat on the only-kind-of-secure messaging app Signal: On Tuesday, March 11, I received a connection request on Signal from a user identified as Michael Waltz. Signal is an open-source encrypted messaging service popular with journalists and others who seek more privacy than other text-messaging services are capable of delivering. I...

Having the morning free, and having a lot of cool air and sun, I took a quick stroll around Nashville. I'll have more later, but for now, here's the Tennessee State Capitol, apparently under construction: Of course, since the Tennessee General Assembly has a well-Gerrymandered 75-24 Republican majority, I would expect they're actually deconstructing the Capitol. But whatever. I also passed by Riverfront Station, the downtown terminus of Nashville's adorable little 6-times-a-day toy commuter train: It...

Kudos to our conference team and the hotel for getting me exactly the room I hoped for, a high floor with an east view: I've got some free time this morning, so after I finish reading the news (argh!) I'm going to take a walk. Updates as conditions warrant.

Business travel on Sunday evening brings some good, some not so good. For starters, I got from the curb through security to the terminal in 12 minutes, because there aren't a lot of business travelers. On the other hand, getting to the G Concourse lounge involved a lot of near-collisions as the leisure travelers shuffled around without looking where they were going. I'm impressed with what they've done to the lounge, though. I haven't been in G Concourse since August 2016, so I was pleasantly surprised....

I've added a bunch of small but useful features to Weather Now: Users can now set their preferred measurement system (metric, Imperial, default) and time/date formats. On Nearby Weather and Nearby Places, users can double-click the map to re-center and load new info. Moved the Weather Score column on lists to increase usability. Tweaked the Weather Score formula. Several other bug fixes and feature tweaks. So if you set up a profile, which you can do simply by logging in with any Microsoft ID, you can...

Workers have started demolishing three historic buildings along Sheffield Ave just north of Addison, including Cubs Rooftops building at 3631, the location of the annual reminder of the Chicago Cubs' dismal record: One of the most iconic buildings in Wrigleyville is being torn down just weeks before Opening Day. Demolition is underway at 3631 N. Sheffield Ave., one of three historic Wrigley Field rooftop buildings slated to be torn down and replaced with a 29-unit apartment building. A contractor at the...