By General Design & Innovation

General Design & Innovation’s patented Solar-Image™ process can transform unattractive panels into a solid color, a full-color pattern, or a panoramic photo, all while maintaining high output power.
Panels on a terracotta tile roof, for example, could present a photo-like image of the tiles underneath, making them practically disappear. An acre of panels in a field of clover could present an image of a field of clover. Virtually any preselected color or image can be produced.
Beyond camouflage, the imagery chosen could be promotional: a large ground mounted solar array could display a corporate logo and message, or a rooftop or field array could become a billboard, displaying an advertisement.

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Posted on July 17, 2020

By 3Fun

The coronavirus pandemic has caused thousands of swingers in the United States to revise their hook-up strategies. According to a report by the leading threesome dating app “3Fun,” the American city with the highest rate of active swingers is New York. These statistics are based on the number of people who have used the 3Fun app since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States back in March.
Top Cities With The Most Swingers During The Pandemic
The report shows that out of the 721,927 total active swingers in the country, New York City saw the highest number of swingers with a total of 22,874. Second place was Los Angeles with a total of 12,228 swingers. The next down the line was Houston at 9,068; Chicago at 7,347; Las Vegas at 5,744; San Antonio at 5,375; Philadelphia at 4,894; Phoenix at 4,606; Dallas at 4,509 and San Diego at 4,251.

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Posted on July 16, 2020

Compare And Contrast

Weiss: Didn’t get enough love.
White: Can’t get enough of your love.

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White: Worked with Lisa Stansfield and Chaka Khan.
Weiss: Worked with David Brooks and Bret Stephens.

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Weiss: Previously worked at Wall Street Journal.
White: Previously worked for local gang.

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White: Signed by Forward Records.
Weiss: Worked for The Forward.

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Weiss: Criticized #MeToo.
White: I’ll Do For You Anything You Want Me To.

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Posted on July 15, 2020

By E.K. Mam

Before social media:
Flex. Verb. Merriam-Webster defines “flex” as “to bend especially repeatedly” or “to move or tense (a muscle) by contraction.”
After social media:
Flex. Verb. Urban Dictionary (clearly an authoritative voice in this matter) defines “flex” as “showing off your valuables in a non-humble way.”
As someone who doesn’t use social media, I tend to be oblivious to the trends budding and blossoming on a weekly basis. Despite my rejection of social media, though, it’s been impossible to avoid its influence on popular culture, and the people around me, so I’ve always been all too painfully aware of influencers and their “product culture” social media, mostly on Instagram. They are the culprits who have brought flex culture to the rest of us. Whilst flexing (“back then” known as just showing off) existed long before social media, social media platforms have invigorated, encouraged and normalized this grotesque act.

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Posted on July 10, 2020

By The National Insurance Crime Bureau

DES PLAINES, Ill., – Unsuspecting drivers in the Chicago and Houston areas are scammed out of hundreds to thousands of dollars due to the deceitful deeds of tow truck drivers, according to special agents of the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The NICB is warning consumers about dishonest tow truck drivers through PSAs and billboard ads in the two regions.

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Posted on July 9, 2020

By The Art Institute of Chicago

‘The largest Buddha in the mainland United States, this monumental granite sculpture, created in about the 12th century, originally would have graced a monastic site at Nagapattinam. This Buddha is seated with his legs in the meditating posture of padmasana, or lotus position, and with his hands resting on his lap.’

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Posted on July 8, 2020

By The Center for International Maritime Security

“Navy Pier, Midway and O’Hare airports, the U.S. Navy’s Recruit Training Command, the Illinois Naval Militia (of captured Spanish ships!), paddlewheel aircraft carriers and more!
“New CIMSEC Chicago Chapter President Akshat Patel and Dr. Ted Karamanski join the program to discuss the new Chicago CIMSEC chapter and the city’s incredible maritime history.”

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Posted on July 7, 2020

By David Rutter

Your life is a novel you are both writing and reading simultaneously.
And then, without intent, you lose your place in the novel. Was I on Page 220 or 350? Who was the main character? Who was I?
Life is the narrative bleep that happens.
The main character in your novel can become someone else. Maybe that’s what all the various dementia diseases are. You forget who you are, and why. You lose the bookmark.
You can’t plan that, because orchestrating your life only recognizes a pending future, not the specifics. The novel has many alternative plot lines, all of which end at the inevitable last page of your novel. But how you get there is an unwritten page.

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Posted on July 5, 2020

By David Rutter

At some moment four years ago, author Cal Newport was so bored that he wrote a book.
The book, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, was about how to be bored and also more productive.
I read it. It was boring. I was more bored after I read it than before.
But I soon realized that without planning, or structuring activities and even trying to conduct myself productively, I was very good at boredom. Happy, in fact.

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Posted on July 3, 2020

By The Art Institute Of Chicago

“Marc Chagall’s America Windows is one of the most beloved treasures in our vast collection. First debuting at the Art Institute in 1977 and made forever famous less than 10 years later by an appearance in the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the ‘Chagall Windows,’ as they are more popularly known, hold a special place in the hearts of Chicagoans.”

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Posted on July 1, 2020