Monthly Archives: October 2007

A Big Ol’ Backup Drive

I’ve been growing more and more concerned lately that all my “stuff” is just on my computer… and decided an extra LaCie drive was a good idea. Finally plunked down the money for one of these guys… and finally got around to moving over a lot of my data. Ok. Prepare yourselves. It’s like you

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Love Is All Around You

Spotted this on Blue Line, on the way home. I was pretty sleepy and worn out from the day. As I glanced at the seat in front of me, this is what I saw. Note to self everyone: You Are Beautiful.

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No Halloween Costume

At lunch today, I lingered around after my meal and talked with Letty and Eddie. Letty commented that none of us wore a costume today, and we all said something to the effect that we just sort of ran out of steam this year. Today marks the second year that I haven’t dressed up for

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My Loony Bun is Fine, Benny Lava!

It was nice while it lasted Babelfish, but I think the language translation algorithms developed by Buffalax have proven themselves to be more accurate.

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Seed Conference Notes

Seed Conference, a one-day conference on Design, Entrepreneurship and Inspiration, featured talks by Carlos Segura (Seguar, Inc.), Jason Friend (37 Signals) and Jim Coudal (Coudal Partners). The price was a bit out of my reach, so I’m living vicariously through the fantastic notes that Mike Rohde took/drew.

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Metro Joe: Chicago Trivia Game

The folks at Jellyvision have creatd a game to test your command of Chicago trivia: Metro Joe. Jellyvision is the company behind the wildly successful You Don’t Know Jack series. They’ve has gone on to do a ton of stuff with the underlying logic/code they’ve developed, and do a pretty fantastic job of integrating audio,

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Move Along

Work stuff came up this weekend. Lots of time in the office. Nothing to see here. Move along.

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Pinball Expo: Free Play Heaven

A few days ago, Chris mentioned that he and Leslie were going to this Pinball Expo – a big event held up at the Wyndham hotel near O’Hare. To be more specific: they were heading up to play on the multiple pinball machines set on “free play” at the expo. Wow. I was a bit

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Matt the Viking

As is tradition, Matt dressed up for Halloween today. The dreads fit in nicely with the beard. The best comment he heard today was someone asking him if he was a wookie. Just another day in the office. Fore more past Halloween office pics (and more of Matt’s great costumes), check out: Halloween 2006 –

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Amazing Scrooge McDuck Money Bin Miniature

This doesn’t sound all that amazing, but… it actually is. Some guy has created (from the blueprints, mind you) a mini-replica of Scrooge McDuck’s fabled money bin. This is some amazing stuff. I love it when obsessiveness gets taken to this level, because invariably something awesome like this ends up the result. And, of course,

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