Snowy sleet

My three-year-old son today exclaimed “Look Mommy it’s snowing and raining at the same time.”

If I were there I would have informed him that this meteorological phenomenon is known as “sneet” or, more simply, late winter in Chicago.

What's a 'Smart City' Supposed to Look Like?

The deception of renderings.
A Yellow Brick Road is Paved in Chicago to Mark Former Home of ‘Wizard of Oz’ Author L. Frank Baum

An Emerald City you are not, but great job Chicago.
Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your Ph.D. Program?

This cuts.
The Broken Technology of Ghost Hunting

"Most purveyors of consumer electronics keep their consumers happy by constantly refining them until they’re free of bugs. Ghost tech works the other way, by actively engineering glitches—the more, the better."
The Case for Checking a Bag

"This fear of lost luggage is so wildly blown out of proportion that sometimes, checking a bag feels like an act of rebellion."
Computer Files Are Going Extinct

Years ago websites were made of files; now they are made of dependencies.
Attention K-Mart Shoppers

All the K-Mart background music you could ever need.
How Italians Became ‘White’

Columbus Day needs to be dropped, but it did serve a higher purpose once upon a time.
Protect Your Library the Medieval Way, With Horrifying Book Curses

Entrail-gnawing bookworms!
You can insert the word "fucking" into William Carlos Williams' "This is Just to Say" exactly once

Has to go in the last line, in my opinion.