Jun

29

Local bank web site defaced

June 29, 2010 | 2 Comments

KCB Bank is a small Kearney bank with few branches elsewhere in Clay County.  The bank’s web site has fallen victim to a home page defacement. Usually these types of things are just pranks that don’t involve the theft of any customer data.  Serious hackers wouldn’t advertise their work this way, they would just quietly [...]

Jun

28

Your tax dollars at work: The Jones Pool

June 28, 2010 | 3 Comments

Ink, the KC Star’s anti-Pitch that should just be called “Bros and Hos Magazine”, has an interesting slide show from the Jones Ultra Pool in the Power & Light District. We hear that just dipping your toe in this pool’s water is enough to catch an STD.

Jun

18

50 years of beige

June 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

Happy Birthday, Overland Park!

Jun

16

Flooding coverage

June 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

KC Free Press has a recap of recent flash floods with a little bigger perspective than most of the local media. It notes new challenges in notifying the public weather emergencies when the few people left in front of TVs are watching DVRs instead of live programming.
One solution are the alert services and Twitter feeds [...]

Jun

13

Mizzou’s wandering eye screws KC

June 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

If the Big 12 conference dissolves as it seems to be doing, Kansas City can probably say good-bye to conference tournaments and a big chunk of the revenue paying of the Sprint Center loans.  MU and KU will likely end up in either eastern or western conferences that are centered far from KC, and so [...]

Jun

12

18th Street Fashion Show

June 12, 2010 | Comments Off

Tonight the popular West 18th Street Fashion Show returns for another year in the Crossroads Arts District.  It’s your chance to see local artist Peregrine Hoenig, who is currently competing on Bravo’s Work of Art reality show.  The show is free, but for $35 you can get a ticket for a guaranteed seat.  In case [...]

Jun

4

Committee for County Progress is not progressive at all

June 4, 2010 | 4 Comments

The Committee for County Progress is supposedly a progressive reform group in Jackson County, but their most recent endorsements in the upcoming County Legislature race show them to be anything but progressive or reform-minded.  The CCP is to Jackson County politics as the Citizens Association is the City politics.
Prime Buzz: CCP endorses Jackson County Experience
Tony’s [...]

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