Archive for June, 2007
Come Get Served, Intelligentsia Style
Last year, my friend Matt won the 2006 United States Barista Championships. He then went on to compete on the world stage, and placed third (the highest placement for an American to date). This year, he placed third in the nationals and his coworker Amber was among the finalists. The two of them are making…
Bong State Recreation Area, Day 3
Breakfast, 6:20 AM. Campsite, broken down. Jake (good Eagle scout that he is) had us all form a trash line, and we patrolled the grounds. I’m happy to say that we left our camp site better than we found it. Our neighbors (Kelly and Dale) were kind enough to lend us their can opener last…
Bong State Recreation Area, Day 2
A view of the camp site in full daylight. Cleaning up the dishes after breakfast. There was a nice bathroom/shower area, just up the road a ways. It was new and everything, complete with individual shower stalls. Near the bathroom area, there was a camp site where the “host” lived. The camp host was responsible…
Bong State Recreation Area, Day 1
After work, Liz, Jake, Lisa and I all loaded up my car and headed up to Wisconsin to the Richard Bong State Recreation Area, for a weekend of camping. I should note that, at the onset of our trip… I was not at my best. I had come down with this particular ailment, what those…
An Old Story
by Bob Hicok It’s hard being in lovewith fireflies. I have to doall the pots and pans.When asked to partiesthey always wear the samecolor dress. I work days,they punch in at dusk.With the radio and a beerI sit up doing bills,jealous of men who’ve fallenfor the homebody stars.When things are badthey shake their assesall over…
New Bookshelf
I put this guy together last night, and today Liz and I re-arranged her bookshelves in the dining room to make way for this monster. We then proceeded to move all my books from the office, and put them out here (just barely had enough room). It sucks, but one of Liz’s bookshelves somehow adhered…
Random Images From the Office
Triple Monitors
Here’s my current office setup, as of this evening. On the far left is my old PC, which I’m wiping with DBAN and planning on donating; in the middle is my iMac; on the far right is a monitor that Justin loaned me, after his move. After setting this up, I wondered if there was…
Everyone, Meet Alex
Alex joined us today, one of our newest hires on the dev team. He’s our first official hire at the new space.
Summary, Day One
1) A website I was working on (through no fault or oversight on my part) got hacked momentarily, and redirected to a gay porn site. 2) Jane and Bryan got stuck in an elevator for 15 minutes, and ended up having to pry the doors open and squeeze their way out.
New Chairs in the Sunroom
Liz, setting up the chairs in our sunroom. In hindsight, the white covers that we bought look pretty bland and clinical in the room. We talked about maybe buying a different cover, or painting the room a different color. We experimented with a few different layouts, and I think we found a nice, cozy compromise….
Here There Be Dragons
While walking around Ikea, I spotted a pretty cool display of all these dragons, dangling over a bin. Liz and I made the trek 3x today, back and forth today. We were originally going to try to catch Dave’s show… but wound up traveling back to Ikea, renting a van, loading it up with all…
Emmis Interactive: Moving Day
Well, today’s the official moving day. A bunch of us showed up bright and early to help get all our boxes loaded up for transport. Here we are, circa 8:30 AM, with a line of crates near the service elevator. Mike and Kashif, setting the groundwork. Chris, with the first wave of boxes. Kashif and…