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		<title>How realistic can a robot be? (Too realistic. Beware the Uncanny Valley)</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2012/01/25/how-realistic-is-your-robot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My to-do list for 2012:  Create invention. Change the world. Get rich. The invention:  A robot that goes to meetings for you. Changing the world:In addition to freeing up a crapload of time, this invention will prevent a ginormous number &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2012/01/25/how-realistic-is-your-robot/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=339&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mirage: A fake tavern that exposed real corruption (ten bucks at a time)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1977, the Chicago Sun-Times bought and ran a bar.  For real.  Only for a few months, but it was enough to create one of the all-time great stories&#8211; and great achievements&#8211; in Chicago journalism. So Pam Zekman&#8211; then a &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2012/01/16/the-mirage-a-fake-tavern-that-exposed-real-corruption-ten-bucks-at-a-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=322&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The rest: Do not forward to your mom.</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/17/the-rest-do-not-forward-to-your-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other shows I saw in 2010-11 were a mixed bag.  Some I hated, but I enjoyed writing about all of them, so I&#8217;m posting them all here. So, a caveat: If you found your way here because a Google &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/17/the-rest-do-not-forward-to-your-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=286&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not bad either: More shows worth seeing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to my top five shows from Chicago&#8217;s 2010-11 theater season, the following shows all had a lot to recommend them.  I&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for the writers, performers, directors and designers who created these programs.  In &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/16/not-bad-either-more-shows-worth-seeing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=280&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delicious! A Season&#8217;s Highlights</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/12/a-seasons-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 17:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reviewing theater for the Chicago Reader since last summer, and this seems like as good a time as any to look back on some favorites.  Keep in mind, I&#8217;ve only seen a small fraction of what&#8217;s out there&#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/12/a-seasons-highlights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=261&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The MCC:  Chicago&#8217;s (99% Invisible) Jailhouse Skyscraper</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/10/the-mcc-chicagos-jailhouse-skyscraper-99-invisible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Metropolitan Correctional Center, or MCC, is a federal jail in the middle of downtown Chicago.  When the brilliant Roman Mars invited me to collaborate on a Chicago-architecture episode of his world-rocking show about design, 99 Percent Invisible, this was the building I &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/06/10/the-mcc-chicagos-jailhouse-skyscraper-99-invisible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=216&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Woyzeck, reimagined. Twice.</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2011/05/05/woyzeck-reimagined-twice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 18:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in the Chicago Reader, April 28 2011 Avant-gardists have always been drawn to Woyzeck, and it&#8217;s easy to see why. For one thing, it was unfinished when its German author, Georg Büchner, died young of typhus in 1837. Some &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/05/05/woyzeck-reimagined-twice/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=265&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>coming soon: The Godcast</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2011/01/12/coming-soon-the-godcast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an extension of an old project from the Vocalo days, started with my friend and then-colleague Usama. (I think this may be the first example), under the name &#34;God Talk.&#34; I&#8217;m wondering about the name for the next version: &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2011/01/12/coming-soon-the-godcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=211&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old friends here, and an old benefactor gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting to migrate content from the old danweissmann.com over here.  Starting with two old favorites:  The Pink Nun and the Rat Patrol. Coincidentally, very sad news tonight.  Cliff Doerksen, who edited the Pink Nun story&#8211; my first for The Chicago &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2010/12/20/old-friends/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=202&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m heeee-eere!  (Or will be soon.)</title>
		<link>http://danweissmann.com/2010/12/15/im-heeee-eere-or-will-be-soon/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been playing around with this for a while, and although the site is still a work-in-progress, I&#8217;m moving the danweissmann.com domain over here. It&#8217;ll take a day or two for the whole InterWebs to figure out the switch, but &#8230; <a href="http://danweissmann.com/2010/12/15/im-heeee-eere-or-will-be-soon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=danweissmann.com&#038;blog=17734407&#038;post=117&#038;subd=danweissmannblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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