I first heard of Jen Stark back in 2007… and was lucky enough to view some of her art in person. Happened across a video reviewing her work, and even a bit of an interview. I had no idea she was so young… [via Coudal]
In the mail, I got a notice from Northwestern – a reminder, actually, that I had an appointment scheduled with Dr. Paul Greenberger in early March. Greenberger, I thought… Greenberger. Did I set up a doctor’s appointment recently? Was this something related to one of my prior visits? Something about my wrist injury or the…
For Valentine’s Day, Liz and I had her parents over for a nice candlelight dinner. The flowers (and really everything on the table) were set up by Liz. She’s been working on some centerpiece ideas for the wedding reception, and has been trying out several can/paper approaches. In terms of prep, Liz was doing a…
While working at my computer, I heard what sounded like a knocking, outside of my office window. A bit weird, since I was up on the 7th floor. Turning around, I jumped a bit when I saw two guys outside. Throughout the week I saw a rope dangling over my window… and always assumed it…
If you ever wanted to know just how potty-mouthed people are on Twitter… Cursebird is the perfect site for you. And what’s even nicer is that you can look up yourself, and see where you rank. Displaying real-time explicative-laden tweets, this is a bit mesmerizing to watch. It’s a lot like Twistori, but with more…
While going over my RSS feed during a brief lull at work, I happened to notice that BoingBoing has a new guest editor – Danny Choo. In looking over his bio, I now know a few things about him. He used to be a web manager for Amazon. He also used to work for Microsoft….
It’s been about 2 years since I started using Quicksilver, and I’m ashamed to say that it’s still mostly a glorified app-launching program for me. That said, Quicksilver has become a core part of my daily workflow. My ability to switch from app to app is near instantaneous (and more importantly… nearly thoughtless). I no…
Printable Checklist – a site whose domain name pretty much sums it all up. Great, great resource if you happen to need an on-the-fly checklist to print out. Found via swissmiss, a great design blog I happened across earlier in the day.
In early January, we had to (sadly) say goodbye to our ping pong table so that we could build out the area with some additional desks. Late last week, the newly formed Product Team (made of Justin, Allison and Chris and led by Ben) moved their desks to take over this area. Allison and Justin,…
Found out late last night from Jason that my story submission got accepted for the book version of Cassette From My Ex. Woohoo! Currently, there are sixty stories slated for the anthology… and mine is among that list (Jason sent out an email to all the folks who were in the 60). The book comes…
Several months ago, I tried (for the second or third time) to switch over to browsing the web using an RSS reader. Speciically, I’m using NetNewsWire by NewsGator. Sadly, though I spend most of my time online through the nature of my work… I’ve found myself with less and less time to actually surf or…
A long while ago, back in 2004, we held our first ever Peanut Butter Jelly Day. At the time, we were a much smaller company (single digits), and we were working out of the Q101 office in the Merchandise Mart. A Potbelly’s sandwich shop had recently opened up… and a few of us noticed that…
On Friday… watching Pineapple Express while sitting on the couch with Liz, eating a Garbage Pizza from Pizza Metro (typo – thanks Rachelle) was, in my mind, a perfect weekend evening. There were some seriously funny moments throughout, and quite possibly one of the best pot-based action movies I’ve seen. There were a few slow…
My friends Alex and Linda run a Vegetarian Coffeehouse in Green Bay called Kavarna. Visiting them in Green Bay and attending Ukelele Night at Kavarna was one of my Ten Best Days from 2006. This morning I found out via Twitter that Kavarna got mentioned on TV. Awesome! Visit the station’s site to read the…
A few days ago I was out getting lunch, which I normally pick up and bring back to my office. Usually, I’m too lazy to put on my coat as the places I tend to frequent are a quick few steps from my building’s door. So I typically brave the weather for a few seconds,…