Crossing the Chicago River, I noticed that the water was throwing up a certain amount of steam. I decided to take some video of it, to see if I could capture it somehow. Amazingly, it seems to show up fairly well. Chicago River, Steam and Snow In case you can’t view it, It’s saved as an avi file using the…
This is what I saw, standing on my front porch. You can’t really see the snowflakes all that well, but the snow on the bannister should give you some idea of how much is on the ground. This is right outside my apartment/yard. That small black gate that’s open leads to my building. Apparently, when using the "zoom" feature on…
The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite This memo describes a protocol suite which supports an infinite number of monkeys that sit at an infinite number of typewriters in order to determine when they have either produced the entire works of William Shakespeare or a good television show. The suite includes communications and control protocols for monkeys and the organizations that interact…
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Work was amazingly quick. Next thing I knew, it was time to go home. Productive day, with me spending most of my time working on a new skin for the New Music Player that Ben and I made, for another station. I made a trip to the bank, but wasn’t able to take any good photos. It was snowing like…
Home for Thanksgiving, my parents give me a box of Ramen noodles, a copy of “The Art of War.”
Matthew: I’m terrified of doing it. Portnoy: :D Portnoy: Alright. Portnoy: Here’s what it is then. Matthew: lol Matthew: I’m ready to smell… Portnoy: One Nonfiction draft, due before the turn of the new year. Matthew: k Portnoy: More than one draft is cool, but at least one by Dec 31. Matthew: sounds appropriate. Portnoy: Poem form will be six…
I’m not going to mention my family. I went home. It was nice. I’m back. I’m not sure why I hesitate here, and why I’m unwilling to talk about my family. I guess that, by starting this blog, I made an agreement with myself that I’d make a lot of my own thoughts/ideas/experiences public. But I never asked my family,…
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There’s a thread on twelvestone about movies that were better than the book. And American Psycho appeared on the list. Back in college, a girl named Jenny used to come by my dorm room. It was weird – we were both attracted to each other, and our "relationship" was a bit… well, confusing. Oftentimes, she’d stop by and read to…
MaryAnn and I attended OSU a few years back. I was studying poetry, she was studying fiction – both of us were in the Creative Writing Program there. Well, she moved back to Chicago (she’s lived here before) a few months ago, and we finally got together this evening for dinner. It was quick, but we were able to catch…
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