After work, a bunch of us headed over to Brian’s place for a board game night. He had recently purchased a copy of Settlers of Catan, and invited folks over to play. I came across a mention of this game a while ago, and had the article marked in my RSS reader. I had even…
A bunch of us got a nice note from Jason regarding the upcoming Cassette From My Ex book. Things are moving along, and he shared a link to a Babelgum video that highlights the project. Having only read some of the stories online, it was neat to see Jason describe the project… and to see…
Today we had a tasting scheduled at Tipsy Cake, to sample some of their cakes. Luckily for me this time, I wasn’t hit with waves of nausea and was actually able to enjoy the whole process. We met with Naomi, who was cool with us taking photos. In fact, she insisted that she take a…
Spotted this on the way to work on Friday. Somehow the star just nestled into a small indentation in the street, and looked as though it belonged there. The thought I had when I saw this: “Whether by luck or by design, we find our homes.”
Remember how I found a penny a few days ago? And how it was the luckiest penny ever? The bank where I found that penny was near my work place – the Bank of America located at State and Adams. Turns out that on Friday, at around 1PM, the bank was robbed! Craziness. There’s a…
Wow. I’m sitting here eating lunch in my office, and casually browsing the web. Happened across a link to this video that seems like an ad for Philips. My jaw is on the ground. There’s a bit of clown creepiness going on here, but nothing that should make you squeamish. Definitely go for the high…
The story of Kari Ferrell is a fascinating read, and something I just got sucked in to. At the age of 22, Ferrell landed a job at Vice Magazine using a combination of her charm, knowledge of music, and prior experience working with GoldenVoice (the promotion company that puts on festivals like Coachella). Add in…
This looks legit to me, but I’m always a bit wary of this sort of thing. Among the candidates for Time’s annual list of “The 100 Most Influential People” is moot, the founder of 4chan.org. Once the folks at 4chan discovered this, they did a little digging around and found out Time wasn’t really using…
I was at the bank yesterday after work, waiting to get a roll of quarters (for our laundry machine). While in line, I looked over and spotted this on the ground. While I don’t normally pick up pennies, I felt compelled to do so. I realized that I was inside a bank, and that fact…
This guy has been sitting on my desk, unchanged, for the better part of a week (a creation made by Katie). Usually, when folks swing by my office they invariably pick up my set of NeoCube magnets and start playing around. However – when folks saw this smiley guy, they didn’t feel right about messing…
About a year ago (in July of 2008), I heard about an event called Pecha Kucha Night – a gathering where designers got together to share ideas using a pretty unique and interesting format. The term Pecha Kucha comes from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation (“chit chat”). I’ve heard a few approaches…
Tomorrow is the big day for taxes (April 15th). If you’re in Chicago and still haven’t filed yet, you might want to swing by Alliance Bakery today, from 10AM – 10PM. There’s a guy filing income tax extensions for anyone, for free. He’s also filing free extensions tomorrow at Small Bar, noon to midnight. Luckily…
Photographer Peter Funch takes photos from the same location, and creates unique groupings of the people who he’s captured over time. There are some pretty fascinating sets here, and make for an interesting way to view the world. This reminds me a lot of Harvey Keitel’s character, Auggie, from the movie Smoke:
Bendito Machine is a series of odd animations, all done in a similar style (think shadow play). There’s this strange mixture of religious imagery and machinery throughout, with the mis-use of those machines causing no small amount of death/destruction. There’s an odd sense of justice about each of the animations, but they’re all incredibly well…
Thes pics are from last weekend, when Liz and I visited the Garfield Park Conservatory, on a whim. We both hadn’t been out and about for a good while, and Liz decided that a field trip was in order. Forgot to write down the name of this guy. Since we’d been here a few times…