POP! -- Garrett Popcorn turns to web
Brad Spirrison: Garrett Popcorn CEO Scott Schroeder does not sugarcoat his words. Six weeks after Garrett lost the lease to its flagship location at 670 N. Michigan, Schroeder recognizes that his company needs to plant new seeds to make up for the lost business.
Brad Spirrison: Garrett Popcorn CEO Scott Schroeder does not sugarcoat his words. Six weeks after Garrett lost the lease to its flagship location at 670 N. Michigan, Schroeder recognizes that his company needs to plant new seeds to make up for the lost business.
Gonna leave a mark
Andy Ihnatko: It's true, it's true: I don't really bookmark things in my browsers. This admission is similar in scope to having a car but not making any right turns in it, or getting your picture taken with the J. Lo figure at Madam Tussaud's and not checking out her butt. Y'see, it's a fundamental feature. Or at least it was back during the Clinton administration. Today, bookmarking things is sort of old hat.
Andy Ihnatko: It's true, it's true: I don't really bookmark things in my browsers. This admission is similar in scope to having a car but not making any right turns in it, or getting your picture taken with the J. Lo figure at Madam Tussaud's and not checking out her butt. Y'see, it's a fundamental feature. Or at least it was back during the Clinton administration. Today, bookmarking things is sort of old hat.
Niche online dating sites make matching easier
Forget eHarmony, Match.com or Yahoo personals. Singles increasingly are turning to niche online dating sites promising to match couples with similar interests, backgrounds or religions. Mark Brooks, whose blog Online Personals Watch chronicles the Internet dating industry, estimates that niche sites now occupy approximately 43 percent of total market share. Brooks writes that while mainstream sites are stagnating, niche sites continue to grow.
Forget eHarmony, Match.com or Yahoo personals. Singles increasingly are turning to niche online dating sites promising to match couples with similar interests, backgrounds or religions. Mark Brooks, whose blog Online Personals Watch chronicles the Internet dating industry, estimates that niche sites now occupy approximately 43 percent of total market share. Brooks writes that while mainstream sites are stagnating, niche sites continue to grow.
Judge: Hands-free law is 'rational'
A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit aimed at killing Chicago's ban on using handheld cell phones while driving.
