I first came across David Foster Wallace when I was working in the Processing department at the Monroe County Public Library, circa 1995. At the time, I was an undergrad and working part time putting barcodes on new library books, and checking them in to the library’s computerized card catalog. Infinite Jest was the first …
World Builder is a fantastic video by Bruce Branit, featuring some pretty slick effect work. For anyone who’s spent any time there, you may notice a lot of cues taken from the building tools available in Second Life. [via MetaFilter] // Edit: Wow, just checked out his show reel, and he’s done a ton of …
It’s a big wedding weekend, apparently. Liz has been working on some decorations for the actual wedding ceremony site. She’s got a ton of butterflies, each hanging from an individual strand of ribbon. Group shot. Detail shot of an individual butterfly. Related (somewhat):Butterflies @ The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Liz and I participated in Earth Hour tonight, and spent our time hanging out in the sunroom, drinking some wine and talking/planning about the wedding. As part of Earth Hour, we turned off all the lights in the apartment and lit up a bunch of candles. We enjoyed the whole process so much that we …
All this week Stu’s been in town on a photoshoot for work. Today was his last day (after a pretty grueling, all-day session the day prior) and a bunch of us met up for dinner at Café Ba Ba Reeba. L to R it’s Stu and Ben. Allison and Justin. Prior to the meal, Liz …
It’s been a long, long time since our last post-work poker game. Technically, Phil pointed out that this was our first game so far this year. Crazy. These are images from last night’s get-together, after the work day. Joining for the first time were a few new faces. L to R it’s Ben, Kevin, Chris …
On heading out to work this AM, Liz found a note attached to the windshield of my car. Looking up and down our street, all the other cars also had a similar note – a piece of paper, folded twice to resemble a square, tucked underneath each car’s wiper blade. If you’re thinking it was …
//——— Wow. There are a lot of people finding this page through Google searches. Hi everybody! For those of you new to the site, this is a blog I’ve been running since 2002. Feel free to stick around! Here are some older posts you might like: Sumo Wrestlers in the Conference Room Dirty Found Magazine …
I’ve seen this link floating around for a while now, but never bothered to pursue it. I always figured it was some lame Twitter parody thing. Clicked on the link today, and while it is a send-up of Twitter… it’s actually incredibly funny (and incredibly well done). Thanks, Chris! Extra bonus points to anyone who …
I can’t believe there’s enough footage in this guy to last a full 10 minutes. There are maybe two kinda gross points (5:40 or so and 6:30)… but the rest of it is just fantastically silly. I tip my hat spoon to you, Richard Gale. [via MetaFilter]
Felix participated in an overnight Sleep Study, to determine just why he snores so darn much. Sleep Apnea ends up being the answer.
At the Ear, Nose and Throat doctor, Felix is about to get this thing jammed up his nose. He even took video of the procedure. Gross.
Felix visits Chicago Dizziness and Hearing, to determine what might be causing his dizzy spells. Here, he's getting his eyes checked.
