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September 1, 2003

No New News

Nothing to really report today. I've spent my time loafing. Watched some movies and did some laundry. I know I haven't really been around all that much online, these past few weeks. I'm not sure if I'm going out more, or taking time alone more, or what. Looking back on [read more...]

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Holy Shit!

September? Already? When did THIS happen? [read more...]

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September 2, 2003

Svelte and Sexy

jverbal got the linkup on k10k today. The site he made through his workplace (Monkey Clan) pretty much rocks. Check it out: http://www.jmnphotography.com/ And to top it off? The whole thing is XML-based; not counting the images themselves, the site (Flash and ActionScript) weighs in at 15k. You magnificent bastard! [read more...]

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Hey You Guys!

On my way home, I saw this guy's shirt and decided to stop and comment on how much I liked it. I figured - what the hell, and asked if I could take his picture. After some hesitation (and how can you not expect hesitation, being solicited by a strange [read more...]

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I've Been Holding This In For 14 Years

In The Goonies, when they get to the piano made out of skeleton bones... one of the girls has to play a small song written on the back of the map. Near the end of the song, she pauses because she doesn't know what the next note is. "I don't [read more...]

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Juliet and Matt

They're visiting. And what better way to celebrate Chicago than to go drinking at Artful Dodger? Matt and I chip in on a bottle of Corsendonk. It tastes better than it sounds. :| At one point, they played a game with me that they had played during the long drive [read more...]

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September 3, 2003

After work, I met up

After work, I met up with Matt, Juliet, Jill (Matt's sister) and Ian (Jill's fiancé). We all met up at the Thompson Center, and stuffed ourselves into a cab. We met up with MaryAnn right as she arrived at the front door to Cafe Iberico - what timing! Matt and [read more...]

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Sears Tower | :askeered:

I have a serious fear of heights, so it may not be surprising to find out that this is the first time I've been to the Sears Tower. Ever. Matt also expressed some concern, but we both wanted to check it out. I'm serious about this height thing. I [read more...]

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The Gender Genie

The Gender Genie. It's fucking broken! [read more...]

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LinkWhores

Another jverbal creation: www.linkwhores.com. Now, if I can only remember the email that I tied to my username... [read more...]

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September 4, 2003

Early Morning Images

I'm seeing double here! Four smileys! Saw this on the inside of a parked moving truck, North Avenue. After looking at this a bit more, it seems like there could have been three different people who had a hand in shaping this image to where it is today. Alright. [read more...]

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The Road To Danny's

This cabbie was nice enough to let us into his cab, outside the mart. Justin stopped to ask for a light for his smoke, and ended up talking to this guy (and his friend) extensively in Hindi for a long, long while. By the time we left, the cabbie [read more...]

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September 5, 2003

Dave Fischoff

Currently, I'm listening to my friend Dave Fischoff's album "The Ox and the Rainbow." If you haven't checked out his work, I highly recommend it. There's a few mp3 files over at epitonic. [read more...]

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Walk Home: Deviation

On my way to my apartment, I noticed that a small space called Sound Gallery, (which up until now had been covered and hidden from public view) was open. Slightly drunk from Holiday, I walked in and took a look around. Next thing I know, I'm talking to both the [read more...]

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Rereading

After work today, I stopped in at Holiday, and got some drinks. I haven't been to a bar alone in a long time, and this was an interesting departure from the norm. I had a bunch of my poems with me, which I've printed out, and basically just sat there [read more...]

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September 6, 2003

After Life

Jonathan Clark : After Life. I like a lot of the images here, as well as some of the Flash work. I'm not crazy about some of the eyes inserted into the pictures, but the subtle masking and motion are quite lovely. [read more...]

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A Day of Reading

Off and on, that's all I really did today. If it wasn't a book, it was digging around online. For most of the morning, I popped into the forums, looking for Flash questions I might be able to help out with. Dug through other peoples' .fla files, and read their [read more...]

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Behind The Scenes: The Creative Process

Mr. Grumpy: what're you up to? Portnoy: meh - surfing around, trying to think of something for the blog Portnoy: reading penny arcade Mr. Grumpy: hmmmmmmm Mr. Grumpy: i'm trying to think of something cool for your blog, too.... Mr. Grumpy: i read in Wired today that they're closer [read more...]

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Mr. Grumpy and TS7: Wearing Strong Bad Shirts

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Dead Letter Office

A mixture of funny and sad: The Dead Letter Office. [read more...]

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September 7, 2003

Going Over Old Notes And Poems

In addition to the poems I have on my computer, I also keep word docs that contain mainly notes: scribblings, thoughts, one liners. These note files are typically a mishmash of things for me to remember for some future point when I actually go about the task of writing the [read more...]

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Technically...

Every day that passes, scientists are closer than ever to curing cancer. Another day goes by, you're another day closer. They wouldn't even have to do anything, and they'd be a day closer. Justin and I were talking about this on the phone today, and he announced that he's quitting [read more...]

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Trivial Pursuit: Backyard Edition

I swung over to Justin's, and got to play a round of Trivial Pursuit (the 20th Anniversary Edition) with him and Dave. For some reason, I had a really difficult time getting the cards to slide out of that fancy contraption they have with this edition... Yeah. That's right. I [read more...]

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The Winning Question

Q: What U.S. govenor urged citizens to give up newspapers for talk radio, calling it "less stressful"? [read more...]

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The Winning Answer

A: Jesse Ventura [read more...]

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The Winner

Dave ends up winning the game. Justin got four or five pieces, and I managed a late rally to end with 3. Overall, the questions are incredibly up to date, and the overall gameplay seems to have gotten easier. Towards the end of the game, we were all losing a [read more...]

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September 8, 2003

Perspective

I didn't go to sleep. Instead, I was in the living room and happened to catch the last part of The Center of the World (New York: A Documentary Film). The more I watched, the more I realized my whining, my complaints, my petty concerns are just that... petty, insignificant. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on September 8, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Bah

Work was work today. Nothing fun, nothing exciting. I'm fielding a lot of Justin's calls, from here until March, as he focuses on a serious redesign of how our sites are structured (from the ground-up). A few network problems towards the end of the day. My phone was ringing a [read more...]

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September 9, 2003

I'm Easily Distracted In The Mornings

On my way to work, I stopped in my front yard and took some pictures. The first one was some leaf that I noticed, which must have been blown here by the wind and come to rest on the pine tree. The second picture is of some berries, growing on [read more...]

Posted by avoision on September 9, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

One Of These Days

When it's late enough, and I'm drunk enough... you'll get some closure to this image. :) [read more...]

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Nogales

Ahhh, Goodwyn's. It's a little sandwich/lunch shop on Franklin, just half a block south of Lake. I tried looking around for some sort of web page to link to, but found nothing. Which is unfortunate... this place is fantastic. During the lunch rush, it's a bit crowded. But if you [read more...]

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If You See Only One Elvis Vs. Mummy Movie This Year...

Go see Bubba Ho-Tep. [read more...]

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September 10, 2003

Brand New Brand

So, my parents are going to open up the new restaurant this Friday. They've redone the interior (keeping the same building and location), and are going to call the new place "Shen Yang." According to my mom, it's named after a city in Northern China. Nothing quite as catchy/literal as [read more...]

Posted by avoision on September 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Forumless

Man. Work's been kicking in this week, so I haven't had much time to keep up on the boards (12S, WOT, WH). Miss a few days, and look what happens. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on September 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Policy File

At home, I was surfing twelvestone, and came across this link. As it turns out, if you have a Flash 6 .swf file that accesses/loads data, and the domain of the requested data is different from the domain of the requesting .swf file... users with the Flash 7 plugin will [read more...]

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Oddly Compelling

Badger. Mushroom. Snake. Confused? Everyone's confused. [read more...]

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The Elegant Universe

Aaaah yeah! NOVA rocks! Big thanks to Matt, who found out about this little gem. "Immediately following the broadcast of "The Elegant Universe" on October 28th and November 4, watch the entire three-hour special here. Each episode will be divided into chapters and can be viewed with the QuickTime [read more...]

Posted by avoision on September 10, 2003 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

The Runaway Train

Mr. Grumpy provides the hook-up. Yet another beautiful/addictive/fun game from Orisinal. [read more...]

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September 11, 2003

Rockin' Out

As I was breaking things down, Justin and Ben geeked out by plugging into Justin's new Ipod via a headphone splitter. They were going over some of the songs on his playlist, and were both getting goofy. When I tried to take a picture, they started to dance. NEEEEEERRRRRRRRRDDSSSSSSS!!!!! [read more...]

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G303

After work, Justin, Ben and headed over to the Shamrock for a few drinks. We talked a long while about work, and about music. Ben and Justin, I found out, are both very passionate about rhythm and percussion. Ben is all about drums; Justin is all about the interplay between [read more...]

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And Then There Were Two

Ben took off to meet some friends for a prior engagement, and Justin and I headed back to our neck of the city. On the way back, I had to stop by the office (forgot my portable drive). I came back downstairs and grabbed this pic of Justin, listening to [read more...]

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