After the holidays, Liz and I decided to jump back on to Southbeach. We’d both been lax in our eating habits during Thanksgiving/Christmas, and decided to start watching what we eat a little bit more. As of last weekend, we’re now officially on the second phase (where fruit is back on the menu). While shopping…
Wintery doldrums kicking in. Work has been proceeding in such a way that, try as I might, I sometimes can’t seem to shut it off. Even on the weekends. Today, there wasn’t a lot that was making me happy. Watching TV, putzing on the Internet, playing video games… even updating this site. Just a lot…
This 3-minute video of people (aged 1 to 100) all hitting a drum really gets me thinking about my love of repetition/variation. This is a great idea, and realized incredibly well. For some additional tastes of things similar, check out my You Are I Am experiment, or the best cussing video EVER.
Ben recently bought a Holga, and just posted up a few shots from his first roll. I’m digging the textures of these shots. Such a cool camera, and such cool results.
A few months back, Liz bought us tickets to see David Sedaris at Steppenwolf. We went over shortly after work tonight, and it marked my first visit ever to Steppenwolf. Of all things, as we were taking the elevator up to the second or third floor… we got in with two other couples. As the…
Ever since I went bowling around Christmas, my wrist has been feeling a bit weird. Beyond weird, actually – hurting is probably more accurate. At first I thought it was sore, but I began noticing things like how hard it was to retrieve my wallet, how difficult it was for me to write. Every day…
Amazing, amazing stuff. His site’s getting slammed at the moment, as I’m probably one among many who’re interested in seeing how he did all this magic, behind the scenes. Doing some digging, it turns out that Johnny Lee is also the creator of the $14 SteadyCam. The man does good work!
Question: What’s the best way to get your logo to repeatedly appear in front of a potential customer, and have them stare at it for minutes on end? Answer: Create an online, multi-user “game” where people from all over the world simultaneously tweak multiple instances of your logo. It’s a little weird, and more fun…
I opened the fridge this morning, and just started laughing when I saw this. I love the fact that there’s a Spider-Man lunchbox, sitting in our work fridge – it delights me to no end. In fact, I was reminded of my old metallic pacman lunchbox that I used to carry to school. Man, I…
Sugarshock is a very funny (and very playful) 3-issue comic (Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3) by Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon, made available on the web. What I like most about Whedon’s work is how his characters all really seem to have their own distinct (and quirky) personalities. And of course, the dialogue drew…
befuddlr is a fun little image-based puzzle game, utilizing images from Flickr. Designed by Erik Kastner and Amy Hoy, this thing is surprisingly addictive (and challenging). Very cool idea, and incredibly well-executed. [via]
Cursor*10 is a fantastic, fantastic game by designer Yoshio Ishii. I’m not going to give you too much info on how to play, as I think part of the delight of this game is the discovery process… figuring out how it works, and what the best strategy is. One hint: The tagline used on the…
Liz and I put the tree up in the apartment a few weeks back. And since then, not only have we liked it… but Baxter’s liked it as well. I have a new plan. Instead of throwing out the tree, we’ll just wait until she eats it all. Less work for me, more food for…
I recently purchased Douglas Coupland’s JPod over the holidays. I was a big fan of microserfs, and heard about this “follow-up” novel a while ago… and only just now picked it up (it was published back in 2003). While not an actual sequel, the style is somewhat similar… and the quirkiness is as well. So…
I got this in the mail a few days ago, and it’s the first time I’ve ever been called in to Jury Duty. I brought the form in to work, hoping to ask a few others (who have done this before) what the process is like, and what I should expect. Here’s the interesting thing:…