Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
Item 1: Microsoft’s new photo-search technology looks like a big deal.
Item 2: This is great. A guy puts a small digital camera, cleverly modified to take photos at one-minute intervals for 48 hours, on his cat. The cat wanders off and returns with photos of all kinds of things his owner never knew were going on.
A cat is perfect for this experiment, because it is big enough and has a wide enough range of behavior for its travels to be interesting, yet also small enough that it can be allowed to roam. I assume it’s only a matter of time before people start putting cameras on birds and even smaller animals.
-Our friend Con Chapman has activated the Gerbil News Network (example: Literal-Minded Parents Push for Irony-Free School Zones).
-Got in Himmel! It’s Herr Prof. Dr. B. P. von Korncrake.
–Shorpy is an interesting photo blog that displays very old photos exclusively. (via Mike Hiteshew)
