Today over lunch, my friend The Grocer stopped by for a quick photoshoot by the ping pong table. He’s got t-shirts for sale, and a few of us agreed to help serve as models. In exchange… we each got a free shirt! Me and Allison, being a little silly. There are a few more shots…
CaptainPinball has a crapton of Pinball Promo Videos for you to peruse and enjoy. Incredibly dated, and incredibly delightful as a result. I was particularly tickled to see this video of Slash, promoting the GnR pinball machine: For those who didn’t see it the first time around, check out the images/video from when I attended…
While I haven’t yet gotten on board the Twitter train… I’ve been fascinated by twistori, a visualization of tons of Twitter users, categorized based on phrases (love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish). It’s a simple and elegant interface, and displays things in a remarkably clear and compelling way. I love stuff like this, as it…
You live in a great apartment with a fantastic girlfriend fiancé. Stop with the grumpiness, and stop complaining so much.
Liz and I went out for some food with Justin and Kent in Wicker Park. After a dinner at Papajin, we headed over to Rodan for a few post-meal drinks. Kent, pulling up YouTube as a supplement to a conversation taking place. Ever since I first saw one of these, I’ve wanted one. Since getting…
A week or so ago, Liz found out that The Ellen Degeneres Show was going to be taping in Chicago. She signed up for tickets, and got a letter saying we had two “standby” tickets to attend the show. This morning, we got up a bit early and left the house around 9:30 AM. We…
I’m not much of a Nike fan (or a soccer fan either)… but this is pretty damn fantastic: Nike’s Take it to the Next Level advert.
Walked over to the nearby movie theater on Western to check out This American Life – Live! They were broadcasting from New York live, and theaters all across the US were picking up the signal and setting aside theater rooms for the event. Liz and I met up with Chris and Leslie, and got some…