Second Skin looks to be a pretty interesting (and well-done) trailer about MMORPGs and the people who inhabit those imaginary/virtual worlds. Myself, I got into playing WoW a fair amount. But after a while, it began to become more work than game for me. Eventually, to actually feel like I accomplished something during gameplay, I’d…
Post work, Deb organized a little babyshower for Mike and Melissa (they’re due sometime late March). It was fun seeing everyone at work gathered together to celebrate, gifts and drinks and all. After a very busy day, it felt nice to kick back with everyone, relax a bit, and to bask in the good vibes…
Artist Yeondoo Jung has a project entitled Wonderland, which takes drawings done by children and brings them very much to life. Going back and forth between the original drawing and photograph is just all sorts of delightful. I bet this whole translation process from drawing to real life was a blast. This reminds me a…
Listening to everyone talk, it was surprising how much personal information was given out on the public record. Watching everyone talk (each person held a mic while they spoke), it was like getting this brief little snapshot into their lives. During the process, we were told that if we preferred to reveal some information privately…
Wayne Adams v. Oscar Szczerbinski, Carol Dougherty, Richard Lalowski, Jeffrey Rotkvich, Michael Holdman, Richard Roszuszka, James Prandini and the City of Des Plaines. Hon. Virginia M. Kendall, U.S. District Court Judge. 1) Your full name, spell the last name. 2) Your age. 3) City of residence for the last 5 years (not the address). If…
Up in the building, we formed two lines in the hallway and waited outside our courtroom. It was about 24 of us in total, and we all stood against two sides of the hallway, sort of facing one another. We were waiting for what seemed like 5-10 minutes, in almost total silence. The entire hallway…
[IMAGE REMOVED DUE TO POSSIBLE CONTEMPT OF COURT CITATION] Room 250: the Jury Lounge. Inside here, I waited with about 100 other potential jurors. On walking in, I saw no one at the front desk… and was unsure what to do. Imagine walking into a large college lecture hall, and you find yourself suddely facing…
Outside the Federal Building (219 South Dearborn Street), where I was to report in for the day. Literally? Right around the corner from where I work. Outside, I was a bit nervous taking this photo. I’ve heard too many horror stories about photographers being hassled for taking shots while on public property, and went about…
Added a few new plugins to the layout. I’m still encountering some major errors when trying to republish out the blog. Not sure why, but it’s causing a lot of the early 2002 entries to show up broken. For the time being, I’ve added a little calendar module to the main page. I’ve also added…
Downloaded the latest version of Movable Type (4.1), and installed it on my server today. It was a bit nerve-wracking, even though the whole process was pretty simple. It took maybe 10 minutes to back up my files… and another ten to upload/overwrite my old files. Then, a few clicks later, I had a whole…
I learned about Lilly McElroy due to her “I Throw Myself at Men” project, where she photographs herself literally throwing herself at men. The project has been getting a fair amount of attention lately, but while it’s an interesting one… I found myself really fascinated with several other projects she’s got on her site. I…