Monthly Archives: February 2008

Video of Cookie Monster Interview, NPR

This is a pretty funny clip of Cookie Monster, being interviewed by Elizabeth Blair on NPR’s In Character. There’s also a pretty great article here as well. This was a MeFi link, but I also wanted to mention the original post, as there are a ton of links to other Cookie Monster videos, if you’re

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Valentine’s Day, Continued: Lincoln Park

The view from our window during the daylight was pretty spectacular. Our room overlooks the Lincoln Park Zoo, which is literally steps away from the hotel’s front door. Also visible: the nearby Chicago Academy of Sciences and Notebaert Nature Museum. A zoom of the frozen lake. A little gift Liz got for me, as a

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Valentine’s Day: The Belden-Stratford Hotel

For Valentine’s Day, Liz and I decided to skip away for the evening. We booked a room at the Belden-Stratford hotel, and decided to spend our evening here. There were a few loose ends at work, and by the time I arrived… she was already checked in. Interior of the hotel. Pretty gorgeous (although surprisingly

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Spore Creature Editor Will Launch, Prior to Game

Found out from Chris that the Creature Editor from Spore will be released prior to game. This is an extremely smart move, as so many people seem to have had their interest rekindled by the recent release date news. The only news that would make things even better – if the editor itself were free.

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Spore (by Will Wright): Release Date Announced

Will Wright, creator of such games as Sim City and The Sims, has been working on a game called Spore for… oh, years and years now. I first heard about the game back in 2005, and after seeing various videos of the how the game works… I’ve been anticipating its release ever since. Two years

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The White Lobster: Found Cocaine and the Economy of Bluefields, Nicaragua

This morning I got sucked into a fascinating story about Bluefields, Nicaragua. Due to its location (halfway between Columbia and the US), a lot of drug smugglers pass by. Oftentimes, when the smugglers are fleeing authorities… they end up throwing the drugs overboard, effectively getting rid of the evidence. Those bales of cocaine float, and

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Last Valentine’s Day Revisited: rr chocolats

A week or so ago, I got an email from someone named Sonja. Turns out, she works for rr chocolats, and came across my blog entry from Valentine’s Day, 2007. She was looking for mentions of the company’s chocolats, and wondered if she could post up our “story” on their website. After saying yes, I

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Babysitting Paige

This morning, Liz and I woke up bright and early to help babysit Paige. Tricia and Darryl were in the city attending a talk… and Paige spent the morning hanging out in our apartment with us. As we were tidying up the house some, we discovered that Paige really had a fondness for the Swiffer.

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The Skelewags: Great Drawings on City Walls

Drawn on found walls/surfaces (or at least, I think they are), The Skelewags is a fantastic collection of drawings by chewie. I love how many of them make such great use of the physical location/background. [via]

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Aggressive Overture or Defensive Measure: USB-Controlled Missile Launcher Appears

At work, I noticed that Chris C (silently) set up a USB-controlled missile launcher above his desk. Being a resident of a nearby desk (and well within striking distance), this escalation in the inter-office arms race was decidedly unnerving.

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Black (and Blue) Balloons

On the way to work this morning, I saw the blue balloon again. Today, it looks a bit worse for wear, after having survived a pretty heavy downfall of snow the past day or two. On seeing it this morning, I was reminded of a black balloon I saw back in Wicker Park (and a

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New Morgan Spurlock Film: “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?”

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Bryan Has a Substantial “To-Do” List

Bryan was out sick today, but needed a few files so he could finish things from home. Unbeknowst to me, Allison slowly filled Bryan’s iMac with little To-Do Post-It notes over the course of the entire day… averaging at least one an hour. Ben took this fantastic photo (which you really need to see high

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Blue Balloon

Saw this on the way to work, and was reminded of how much I used to photograph balloons. I was also reminded of a specific moment of unbearable happiness involving another blue balloon, almost three years ago.

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Voting Pictorial: Illinois Primary 2008

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