Oh, Trib. We get what you were going for in Steve Johnson's article about the Obama girls' new Nintendo Wii. Sasha and Malia got the entertainment console for Christmas, which had Steve guessing what Obama's Mii - the self-created avatar each Wii user makes of themselves - looks like. It looks nothing like Obama. more ›

Holy mackerel! Steve Johnson got something right! For once we must tip our hat his way for his well written, and well thought out, piece of the third Where The Hell Is Matt? video making the rounds right now. It's almost enough to remind us Johnson was once actually a gifted writer. more ›

Today Steve Johnson wrote a 953 word feature piece about Dilbert comics being online. He's particularly excited about a feature wherein the average joe -- even you! -- can fill in your own punchline to various strips. more ›

Usually we would preface the following statement with "we're sorry to report that" but in this case we can't help saying "we're pleased to see that" Steve Johnson has been overtaken by a pod person. How else to explain his decision to interview the Go Fug Yourself girls? We mean, the only person at the Trib we though was cool enough to do that was Mo Ryan! (Zorn was a contender for the cool stick, but his slavish devotion to the Obama Kool-Aid dispenser knocked him out of the running.) more ›

Love him or hate him, you can't deny Kanye West has a certain flare. Proving himself to a more prolific blogger than Steve Johnson (and more entertaining, too), Kanye has dropped a few details about an upcoming tour. He'll be touring with fellow Chicago MC Lupe Fiasco, supporting his recently released (and excellent record The Cool), along with Rihanna, and Neptunes side project N.E.R.D. Whatever you think of Mr. West, that lineup is nothing to sneeze at. We also dig that Star Wars/Max Headroom promo poster you can see over to the right. more ›

Today Steve Johnson decided to gripe about Google's request for Gmail stories about users' experiences with the service. We actually have to admit we were with Johnson for most of his piece, since the idea of people having Gmail stories worth sharing seemed pretty dubious. What, are you going to go over how you chatted with you future mate through Gtalk? Or how you couldn't remember where that really rad party was happening so you used Gmail's search function to suss out the original email invite amongst the 15,456 other messages in your archived folder? more ›

We've decided that even though this feature is still in its nascent stages, we're giving Steve Johnson a "bye" week already. Why? It was pointed out to us that after a certain comment on this site, Johnson has suddenly started to include links in his posts. more ›

Listen, we've kept mostly quiet about the daily newspapers' coverage of the online world. We love and thrive off our paper brethren. And for the most part, aside from every story about an online trend being about 13 months behind the actual trend, we think they get it right. Hell, we actually miss James Coates, since we found his computer advice to be direct, engaging, and idiot-proof. more ›

Some say LOL Cats jumped the shark when they finally caught the attention of a Luddite like Steve Johnson. We beg to differ though. And now we realize that those cats iz already has a long history behind them that even we, the bleeding edge early adopters already beta testing the G-Phone, were unaware of.... more ›

Everyone loves Bonnie Hunt, right? So much she should have her own talk show? A stroller is "a child's wheelchair?" WTF? This is why we sold our condo and refuse to go co-op. Today you can check out the Nature Center at night. You can see "raccoons, opossums, skunks, and even a flying squirrel." How about a talking moose? Remember how The Reader used to run BobWatch so you didn't have to read Bob... more ›

After a brief jaunt out west, Chicagoist is back at the homestead, making camp here on the prairie that is sweet home Chicago. But just because we took a long weekend doesn't mean that our elected officials did. Here's a look back at what's been newsworthy so far this week: Illinois junior senator Barack Obama has a huge lead — in MySpace friends! Outpacing Hillary Clinton's "friends" by some 20,000, he's clearly in the lead,... more ›

While some people are busy wondering if Barack Obama is in fact the Messiah, two of the Chicago Tribune's columnists/bloggers have been attending to some of the would-be next President's more immediate concerns. Eric Zorn has been polling readers all week as to what Obama's campaign theme song should be after mixed reviews of the music selection from his early campaign rallies. His choices so far have been a mix of classic but overplayed R&B... more ›