Archive for August, 2005

Shit fountain

As everyone parted ways near midnight, Justin told me that he had something that was blog worthy… something that absolutely warranted a photograph. A few houses down the street, he shows me the shit fountain. This was built just outside that woodworking shop I came across, a few months back. Here’s me, stepping up to the challenge, after Justin bets…

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Happy Birthday Gretchen!

Around 10PM, a bunch of us gathered at Happy Village to help celebrate Gretchen’s birthday. It was a small group of folks, as it was a bit of a last-minute gathering. I met up with Gretchen, Dave and Rob in the back beer garden. We were later joined by Justin, Hillary stopped in briefly, and Tori and her friend Steve….

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Chess Club

Got home, napped for a bit, then headed off for a few games with the folks at the Wicker Park Chess Club. Met up with Will, and saw a few of the regulars (I’m slowly learning names). And guess what – tons of people tonight! Usually, there are about 6 people, sometimes 8 playing at a time. Tonight, it was…

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No Nudity. No Violence. Unspeakable Obscenity.

OK. Let’s start slowly. First, if you’re game… check out the trailer for The Aristocrats. Ok. Not too bad, right? Next, check out the official website. Getting a sense of what this is about? Good. I first heard about this movie a few days ago, from Justin when a bunch of us were hanging out at Clubfoot. My understanding of…

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Celebration Lunch: Zaiqa

As a treat, a bunch of us braved the oppressive heat and walked down Orleans to Zaiqa for lunch. We had been working nonstop all morning to meet a 1:00 PM deadline, and were ravenous by this point. Zaiqa is a great Indian/Pakistani restaurant, on Orleans about a block or so north of Chicago. It’s a total cab drive hangout…

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My Shuffle

So today, we officially launched My Shuffle – an application that everyone in our group has had a hand in building. Matt, Kashif and Justin laid out the foundational work for the artist database (which will eventually hook into a ton of our future applications). Ben developed the primary branding elements, and Chris helped animate the masthead and skyscraper modules….

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Long Day

Worked until about 9:30 PM tonight. Decent progress, but I’m thinking I want to try to head in to work early tomorrow. There’s a big launch slated for the afternoon. More info tomorrow.

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Denied

I was meant to be taking some killer photos this morning. Alas, it wasn’t to be. Raincheck. Hopefully.

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