Source: digitalhen.co.uk In an effort to spread a little Christmas cheer while commenting on global issues, we thought the following would be an appropriate message. Readers are encouraged to stand in the middle of their crowded offices and sing the following words at the top of their lungs — to the tune of “O Little [...]
The Bedford’s unassuming entrance. Photo: Nate Burgos As my colleague Taras posted yesterday, for their company outing during the 2011 holidays, the MetalMiner crew met at The Bedford, a new “deposit (pun intended) in Chicago’s restaurant scene. Founder Eric Nordness discovered the potential of an empty basement of a historic 1925 bank building in the [...]
Last week, Chicago-based members of the MetalMiner and Spend Matters team met at the Bedford for our holiday party. The Bedford, a Wicker Park restaurant whose interior is carved out of a subterranean bank vault, has kept most of the original space intact, thereby adding a certain historic grandeur to the proceedings. The vault was [...]
And we thought we were a super niche-y industry blog. The other day I stumbled upon Crane Blogger, a site devoted to, well, cranes. No, not the majestic feathered creatures of flight; the other, steel-made creatures that reach great heights. I was drawn to the blog site after stumbling upon “Floating Crane Goes Over in [...]
Source: SFGate Metal thieves are getting more and more ballsy with their sticky fingers. Turns out that stealing scrap copper is now apparently child’s play to some, and those commodity-grabbing crooks are now going for metal that’s still in use. Near San Francisco, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train tracks were the latest victim. [...]
Source: SFGate Metal thieves are getting more and more ballsy with their sticky fingers. Turns out that stealing scrap copper is now apparently child’s play to some, and those commodity-grabbing crooks are now going for metal that’s still in use. Near San Francisco, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) train tracks were the latest victim. [...]
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“An Indian company has launched what it says is the world’s first cash machine to dispense diamonds as well as gold and silver coins¦They hope to cash in on the insatiable demand of Indians for jewels and precious metals. -BBC News, Oct. 27, 2011 *** Press Release – CHICAGO. 24 November 2011. – For Release [...]
