brian boyer

I’m writing a new blog. It’s a journalism-oriented discussion of emerging web technologies.

It’s called The Sixth W. The name is a play on the five Ws: who, what, where, when, and why, plus a new one, web. It seems that some other folks already came up with a sixth W, what’s next, but sucks to them. I’ve got the domain name, so I win.

Check it out!

An especially big Blues Brothers fan has made a map of locations where the film was shot! Anybody up for a tour?

My dear friend Agnes has begun blogging. Yay!

She’s also a wonderful photographer, so it makes me very happy to know that she likes my photo.

Gladys Knight and Ron Winan’s Chicken & Waffles in Atlanta, Georgia.

Deeeelish.

President Bush is a fascist and a terrorist, according to Keith Olbermann. I tend to agree.

Bush and his cronies threaten our freedom and democracy. Please help. Join the Electronic Frontier Foundation today.

I’m changing gears. Last May, Xeni Jardin wrote a post on Boing Boing about a new scholarship offered at Northwestern. Medill was giving full scholarships to programmers who want to study journalism.

Six crazy months later, I became a graduate student. Classes started just after New Year’s, and I’ve been having a blast. The workload is heavy, and I’ve got very little free time for a life outside of class, but I’ve got no complaints.

Frequent readers might have noticed that a few months ago I posted the essay I wrote for my application. The folks who helped me write it were just wonderful. Thanks again, guys!

If you’re a programmer interested in being a journalist, there is still lots of scholarship money left! Go get it! Rich Gordon is the mastermind behind this business. Check out his blog for even more information.

Time to get back to work. Tomorrow morning I start reporting!

The roads in Chicago are useless — yet another reason to take the CTA.

The Y is the municipal device of the City of Chicago. It appears all over the city, mostly on public structures, but often on private property.

It represents the point where the Chicago River divides into it’s North and South branches, just west of the Loop and Magnificent Mile. Check it out: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g eocode=&time=…

See www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chiy.html for a little more detail.

Taking pictures of the Y has been a little project of mine.

I’ve posted my Y photos to Flickr.

London pics!

For extra fun, count the watertowers.