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…
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.
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…
It was nice while it lasted Babelfish, but I think the language translation algorithms developed by Buffalax have proven themselves to be more accurate.
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.
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,…
Work stuff came up this weekend. Lots of time in the office. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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…
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 –…
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,…
With all the new folks and the new office, a bunch of us decided that we were overdue for another big poker game at work. And any organized evening of Texas Holdem isn’t complete without… The Lord and Master Stein™. We had a total of 11 people playing, and had to divide the game into…
Today, Frank Warren from PostSecret gave a brief talk at the DePaul bookstore (literally across the street from where I work). It was slated for around lunchtime, and I headed over there with Ben and Chris. The event was held in the atrium area, on the lower floor – quite possiby one of the worst…
Tonight was a crazy evening of travel. On the Blue Line heading back home, we were at a standstill for about 20+ minutes at the Chicago station. No reason, no announcements – just stopped. After waiting as long as we could, me, Chris and TJ got off the train and went up to the street…
5 Differences is a classic game, executed really well in Flash. And actually a bit harder than you might think.