Long Day
Worked until about 9:30 PM tonight. Decent progress, but I'm thinking I want to try to head in to work early tomorrow. There's a big launch slated for the afternoon. More info tomorrow. [read more...]
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August 1, 2005
Updates!
07/30/2005 [read more...]
Denied
I was meant to be taking some killer photos this morning. Alas, it wasn't to be. Raincheck. Hopefully. [read more...]
August 2, 2005
Celebration Lunch: Zaiqa
As a treat, a bunch of us braved the oppressive heat and walked down Orleans to Zaiqa for lunch. We had been working nonstop all morning to meet a 1:00 PM deadline, and were ravenous by this point. Zaiqa is a great Indian/Pakistani restaurant, on Orleans about a block or [read more...]
Two Mock Fights, just to be able to do a spit-take
No Nudity. No Violence. Unspeakable Obscenity.
OK. Let's start slowly. First, if you're game... check out the trailer for The Aristocrats. Ok. Not too bad, right? Next, check out the official website. Getting a sense of what this is about? Good. I first heard about this movie a few days ago, from Justin when a bunch [read more...]
I guess it's not just me
Hmm. Wonder if they had a nice radio inside? [read more...]
My Shuffle
So today, we officially launched My Shuffle - an application that everyone in our group has had a hand in building. Matt, Kashif and Justin laid out the foundational work for the artist database (which will eventually hook into a ton of our future applications). Ben developed the primary [read more...]
August 3, 2005
Happy Birthday Gretchen!
Around 10PM, a bunch of us gathered at Happy Village to help celebrate Gretchen's birthday. It was a small group of folks, as it was a bit of a last-minute gathering. I met up with Gretchen, Dave and Rob in the back beer garden. We were later joined by Justin, [read more...]
Shit fountain
As everyone parted ways near midnight, Justin told me that he had something that was blog worthy... something that absolutely warranted a photograph. A few houses down the street, he shows me the shit fountain. This was built just outside that woodworking shop I came across, a few months back. [read more...]
Fuck
Chess Club
Got home, napped for a bit, then headed off for a few games with the folks at the Wicker Park Chess Club. Met up with Will, and saw a few of the regulars (I'm slowly learning names). And guess what - tons of people tonight! Usually, there are about 6 [read more...]
August 4, 2005
Updates!
08/03/2005 [read more...]
Woohoo!
Anthony came in today, and handed out a few of these tickets to the screening of The Aristocrats. SWEET! Big thanks to Anthony and Andy, who kick out all this awesome stuff over to us. I'm excited to see this movie. Sort of sucks that I'll miss chess club [read more...]
Currently Reading...
I picked up copies of these two books yesterday (I got Gretchen a copy of Freakonomics for her birthday, and decided I needed one too). I got the recommendation for these books from Liz and Steph, who told me about them a month or so ago. They were, in [read more...]
Mr Fastfinger’s Guitar Shred Show
This is some amazing Flash work. I know you've seen Flash soundboards before, but this one goes so much farther it's insane. The load times are horrific, but be patient because it's totally worth it. You'll use any of the alphabet keys (A through Z) as well as the [read more...]
August 5, 2005
The Chemical Brothers Reference
Just a quick note: Star Guitar is the name of a Chemical Brothers song. The reference is to the jaw-droppingly fantastic video of that song, made by Michel Gondry. If you've never seen this video, I cannot encourage you enough to view it, right now. The first time I saw [read more...]
On the Amtrak to Carbondale
Talking with Passengers
On my ride down, I sat across from a woman named Sarah Thompson. Turns out, she's a member of the The Society of International Railway Travelers, and had just gotten back from a week and a half tour of Scotland, by train. Compared to the Amtrak, this train ride was [read more...]
Hanging out with Abbey
Abbey met me right as I got off the train, and the two of us made our way shortly thereafter to a local bar called the Cellar. As we opened the door, I heard the Ramones and figured we were walking in to a good place. Abbey and I [read more...]
August 6, 2005
Sort of a work day
So there's this big promotion that's slated to be done by the end of the day, Monday. I tried to get as much done as I could before I left, but Justin gave me his laptop so I could try to work some this weekend. On the train ride over, [read more...]
Remember that flower I took a picture of?
Party!
Katrina and Eric. Among those who joined, they were two that totally dressed up for the party. As it turns out, the two of them will be moving to Aurora soon, where she will be pursuing an arts degree. Talked some with Eric at length, as he offered me [read more...]
August 7, 2005
What's That Smell?
On the train ride home, I tried again to do a bit of work (unsuccesfully). I had made enough progress during the day that I felt I could get away with just doing more work when I got home. Near the last two hours of the train ride, I noticed [read more...]
Work work work
Got home around 10PM, and hopped on the computer. Worked until about 1:30 AM. So it goes. [read more...]
Another work day
Woke up earlier than expected, and did some cleaning of the post-party mess. Plugged in the laptop, and basically worked through the early afternoon. This isn't the greatest of shots, but I wanted something to remember the living room by. [read more...]
August 8, 2005
Launch!
Productive day today. Woke up early and got a few hours in, before the workday began. Worked until about 8PM tonight, and got the project officially launched. I don't have the energy now, but I'll post more info on it tomorrow. [read more...]
Rainbo Club
Met up with Justin for drinks at Rainbo. I originally wanted to hide out at home after what felt like a nonstop weekend (my work schedule last night combined with today made it feel like I hadn't really stopped moving). But when I sat down in front of a computer [read more...]
August 9, 2005
On the way to work
Rainbow rubber bands. Nobody wants the last one? Out on the balcony, taking in the city. [read more...]
Another Coin-Guessing Game
I swear, this is starting to turn into some sort of unofficial sport with us. Mike ended up bringing in a big water cooler jug of change. As a frame of reference, let me refer you to: 1) The first ever coin-guessing game. 2) Matt's Bag-O-Money Challenge 3) Justin's Quarterless [read more...]
Q101 Pontiac Street Team
So. Remember that photoshoot that Ben and I went on a while back? Well, here's the final result of a lot of those images. Click to find out more about the Q101 Pontiac Street Team. The look is quite nice, and I really dig the design/layout of this thing [read more...]
Updates!
08/05/2005 08/06/2005 08/07/2005 [read more...]
August 10, 2005
Top of the Mart to ya
So this morning, a few of us showed up early to work and managed to get onto the roof of the Merchandise Mart. To give you some perspective as to how high we are, check out this entry. Chris, next to what I think is some big satellite relay. [read more...]
Ninja Stylee
There's this silly thing going on between our department and Marketing. For the past month or so, we've had a scooter in our area that really belongs to the Marketing/Promotions folks. Well, last week, they came and took it back. Since then, we've tried stealing it from the, and peppering [read more...]
The Aristocrats
Went to go see an advance screening of The Aristocrats today, with Justin, Chris, Will and Dave. Ever since I heard about it, I've been itching to see it. The five of us showed up fairly early (circa 6:45PM for a 7:30PM show), and they were turning people away at [read more...]
August 11, 2005
Resting
Since yesterday evening, I've felt pretty crappy. I've had this itch in the back of my throat, and it's been back there all day today. Each time I cough, there's a sharpness in the back of my mouth, and I can feel how hot the cough is. Yuck. It's weird [read more...]
August 12, 2005
Happy Birthday, Everybody!
So for our little Interactive group in Chicago, there are a ton of birthdays in August: Justin, Kashif, Matt, Anthony, and Deb. We all gathered at Cafe Iberico to celebrate (Mmmmmmm tapas). As she does with every big birthday gathering, Deb gets everyone a huge bag of goodies. Justin, [read more...]
*cough*
Feeling fairly ok, but the cough got way worse. The muscles in the back of my neck are starting to hurt, I'm coughing so much. I can't think of anything to write that isn't out and out complaining. I'm off to sleep. [read more...]
August 13, 2005
Happy Birthday, Justin
Headed over to Justin's, for a little backyard celebration for his 30th. I got over there a bit early, and met up with Dave and Howard for some Papajin prior to. Quick shot of my gift, some JW Black, and Dave's fantastic choice of wrapping paper. Warmup routine: a [read more...]
Back Home
I spent a lot of today just sleeping. I mean, sure, it's the weekend and all. But I slept a TON today. Just in and out, all day on the couch. Unfortunately, Deb had this great thing at the Arlington Racetrack today. I had a ticket, but wasn't able to [read more...]
August 14, 2005
Happy (belated) Birthday, Blog!
It's over a month late, but we've officially made it to year 3! Happy Birthday, you old blog, you. [read more...]
Updates!
08/12/2005 08/13/2005 [read more...]