avoision: February 2006 Archives

February 28, 2006

Played a game (a real game, 1000 chips and 13 minute blinds) after work today. It was me, Jane, Justin, Ben, Chris and Mike. Great fun, as our games have been fairly forced and quick lately. Tonight, we each had a lot of chips, and a lot of time to... (read more)

did i ever tell you about my crazy loud neighbor?

... (read more)

Thanks, Gretchen

February 27, 2006

For giving me a swift kick in the ass. Hopefully, this birthday idea will work out. Have I mentioned lately that you rock?... (read more)

Post-work

I swear to god... there has to be some formula out there for this. Whenever Justin gives me a ride home from work, we tend to just hang out double-parked in front of my place... talking about work and tech in general. I want to say that, if we're out... (read more)

What a Good-Looking Group of Computer Nerds

Rey needed a group shot of all of us today, and so we did a quick, impromptu group portrait. Seeing as how our most recent group portrait included Mr. T, perhaps it was a good thing we got this updated one. Lots of stuff going on for the upcoming... (read more)

Updates!

February 26, 2006

02/24/2006... (read more)

Curses!

Today was also a work day. Got some good coding in, but happened across the movie schedule for WGN. Talk about perfect lazy Sunday afternoon movies. Damn! Ah well, so it goes. I did, however, catch one of my favorite moments from Three Amigos! - the scene with the... (read more)

OK, what the hell?

February 25, 2006

Woke up at 11 AM, a bit groggy... but awake. I get up, and start to get ready to head in to the office. It's a sort of working weekend for me today, as I had plans to go in and work for a few hours. Well, apparently my body... (read more)

Drinks with Anne and John

February 24, 2006

The last time we hung out, Anne and I talked about coordinating our respective party plans for the upcoming weekend of March 10-11. One of her brothers turns 21, and my birthday is on the 9th. I'm still not sure what I'm doing yet for my celebrations, but Anne and... (read more)

Window Washer

I don't know what it is, but I'm just fascinated by the window washers who dangle from a rope to clean the windows. I take pictures everytime I see them while walking around downtown. I first saw the solo window washer guy (as opposed to the ones who work... (read more)

Mike vs. Cliff

February 23, 2006

Mike (L) and Cliff, battling it out for one of the Final slots. It was an exciting few games (first one to seven points, best of three). Cliff, as I mentioned, was last year's office champ - and MAN, can that guy play. He was like a machine, just... (read more)

LaPorte, Indiana

February 22, 2006

There's an interesting bit of synchronicity or *something* in the air lately. Maybe it's just all the cool emails I've gotten lately. So far today I've corresponded with Jerome (and seeing how his project involved still images, I shared with him my project involving still images). I got an email... (read more)

Dinner at Rodan

I was working until about 7 or so. When I left the office, Chris was still there, plugging away. Oh - and Ben pulled an all-nighter last night. So far, I've been lucky with my workload. I was worried there for a while, but I'm in front of things now.... (read more)

I'm not the only one who remembers

From: Dan To: Felix Subj: the book I remember that conversation as well. I also remember the book -- it was mine. Here's what it looks like: Amazon Link Just got this one from the preview at Amazon: If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember... (read more)

On the walk back

This woman (who was walking using one crutch) stopped for a rest at the corner of Orleans/Wacker, waiting for the light to change. I only had time to try to snap a few shots before she got up again, but really liked the perspective I got. This is an... (read more)

There is such a thing as a free lunch

I'm just not sure why. Today, I went to Chipotle with Ben and Chris. While I was up at the register, the woman waved me on. I was puzzled at first, but then she said the manager (who was working behind her) had paid for my meal. I looked over... (read more)

509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

Looks like the link to Jerome's site - and to the movie Missing Pages (amended version), is down due to all the traffic it's gotten recently. I'll post a link once I notice it's back up and running. But in the meanwhile, do bookmark the site. The movie is very... (read more)

Sweeeeeeeeeet

From: Jerome To: Felix Subj: RE: Missing Pages: The Other 17 Minutes Dear Felix, Thank you so much! I'd love for you to see the rest of Missing Pages (amended version)! All you have to do are three things: 1. tell everyone you know about the movie and my website... (read more)

Money? Jewels?

From: Felix To: Jerome Subj: Missing Pages: The Other 17 Minutes Hello Jerome - My name is Felix Jung, and I came across your site yesterday. First of all - amazing work! I was in awe of Missing Pages (amended version), and would very much like to know how to... (read more)

On the way to work

... (read more)

Missing Pages

February 21, 2006

I saw this link yesterday, and was completely floored by the effect. Missing Pages is a 24 minute short film shot entirely using a digital camera. In the same vein as La Jetée, this short does a remarkable amount with still images. The movie itself is pretty huge (about... (read more)

Polyphasic Sleep

There's a thread over at Twelvestone about Polyphasic Sleep. When I first saw it, I have to admit... I lost a lot of time just reading and following links. I'm tempted. Basically, the idea behind Polyphasic Sleep is that you sleep with more frequency, but for less time. You train... (read more)

Updates!

02/02/2006... (read more)

Updates!

February 20, 2006

02/17/2005 02/18/2005 02/19/2005... (read more)

Work++

Back in the office today, although this time with more folks around. Even though today was technically a holiday for us, Chris, Justin and Scott were there, plugging away on various projects. Also, I think Ben was working from home, as well. Like I said, big week coming up, with... (read more)

On the way to work: the Sunday Edition

February 19, 2006

Went in to the office for a few hours today, trying to get ahead of what the week holds in store. Today was a weird one - nobody around in the office, me playing my music loud as hell (louder than I would normally play it, even at home).... (read more)

Goodbye Johnathan and Hillary

February 18, 2006

I got an invite a while ago from Johnathan and Hillary, who are moving to Philadelphia soon (Johnathan will be starting a new job, working for Fresh Air). Though I don't know them all that well, we have many mutual friends in common and our paths have crossed a good... (read more)

Listening to my inner extrovert

February 17, 2006

When I got home today, I felt like staying in and just doing the hermit thing. I recently rented a poker DVD by Annie Duke, and was watching a bit of it when Justin called me up. He mentioned going out to Clubfoot, and I declined, saying I felt like... (read more)

Chris, showing off the new hairstyle that's all the rage lately

... (read more)

Air Hockey Competition

Last year, there was a big office-wide air hockey competition. Hopefuls from across all departments (Sales, Programming, Marketing/Promotion and even the airstaff) threw in and threw down. This year, now that we have another station on board... there are more players reaching for that rainbow. Ever since the renovation,... (read more)

Well, that was fast...

To: Felix From: Jason Subj: Rodan Pics surfing photoblogs and came across the rodan pics, figured i'd give you a bit of info on the painting at rodan, it's by vincent grech (www.vincentgrech.com), a local artist and all around great guy.... (read more)

Ektopia!

Got an email today and found out I made it to Ektopia. Awesome! It's kind of cool to see the project make its way to sites that I frequent daily.... (read more)

Rodan

February 16, 2006

Met up with Justin, post-work, for a few drinks at Rodan. Before leaving work, Ben and I swapped cameras. He was looking to take some higher-res photos, and so we traded. This shot I took right when I arrived at Rodan. I messed around a bit, snapping a few... (read more)

Spontaneous Photoshoot

This morning, while Jane and Bryan were out getting their morning coffee/smoke, Holly used them to pass a hand-written note to me. Turns out, she was looking to get a few photographs of a cheese tray she was making. My guess is that she's just looking for some documentation of... (read more)

Notes

February 15, 2006

Katrovas opens the poem with details, almost as though it were an article in a newspaper. We don't simply get the friend's name, we get the friend's FULL name. We get the name of the city, the name of the state, how old he was. From the details, we go... (read more)

A Dog and a Boy

by Richard Katrovas Joe Brickhouse saw his dog get smashed by a garbage truck in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He was twelve and smoked Luckies and had a glass eye. I won't tell you about the games of marbles or how he fucked his sister, nor shall I discuss in... (read more)

Contentless

Well, I don't really have much for tonight. At work, we're slowly entering crunch mode, and everyone has their heads down, coding or designing with headphones on. By the time I'm home, I find myself fairly tired and unmotivated to do much more than surf absently. I cracked open a... (read more)

On the way home

Wells Street Bridge, 6:30 PM.... (read more)

The Atomic Theory of Valentines

February 14, 2006

by Felix Jung We're given paper, scissors, glue, as if these tools can make or mend our little hearts. Each February teaches us that red means love, despite the world's request to stop, to see our anger like a film, to hear an ambulance's shrill and vacant wail. Democritus believed... (read more)

Twospace redesign!

I was surfing around a bit tonight, and happened to discover that twospace had a complete redesign! And damn, check out those photographs! For those who don't know, twospace is actually Kent and Christine, two fabulously talented friends of mine who are clothing/jewelry designers. When I first came across... (read more)

Hello Gapers Block!

Got the nod from Gapers Block today, a Chicago-centric, group-edited blog that I visit daily. In fact, I've even had one or two photographs make their way to the site. The blurb that got written about the project was simply amazing. But you know what really made my day?... (read more)

On the way to work

... (read more)

What's Up?

February 13, 2006

What's Up - a great combination of RSS Feeds and Flash. Simply stellar. Link via Ektopia.... (read more)

On the various definitions of Flirting, Boys vs. Girls

Had a really long and interesting conversation with Gretchen earlier tonight. Suffice it to say that I'm looking forward to the day when we meet up in person, throw down a few drinks, and spend the subsequent hours arguing/debating the differences between the sexes. :)... (read more)

Happy (early) birthday, Mike!

Mike's birthday isn't until later on this month, but due to scheduling... we decided to have the celebratory lunch a bit early. Tricia was in from NY and Deb was in town, so we held the event a little early. We showed up at Portillo's to find noisemakers and... (read more)

Dan Launches his site!

February 12, 2006

As we intended, www.danfrickmusic.com launches tonight as well! The song that I used in my movie is called "Pain in the Elbow." The song is played by Scott Fox, and appears on Dan's album. As you may recall, I got to hear Dan play about a year and a... (read more)

3 Years, 3 Minutes

Woohoo! :) Well, it's finally up. This is the side project that's kept me occupied these past few weeks. Suffice it to say, I'm pretty excited right now to be launching this thing. The project is called 3 Years 3 Minutes. I've taken every photograph from the past three... (read more)

Waiting

February 11, 2006

Puttering around the house a lot today. Cleaned some, doing some laundry. This is weird but, I'm actually looking forward to the weekend being over. I want Monday to get here. Sunday night, I'm launching the new site I've been working on these past few weeks. Lots of emails to... (read more)

Puzzle Road

... (read more)

Dang

February 10, 2006

The actual lottery numbers: 24, 39, 40, 43, 46 | Mega Ball = 2 I guess the universe wasn't trying to tell me something, after all. Hmm. I should probably cancel that Conference Bike I ordered.... (read more)

Done and done!

And I mean done!... (read more)

Delicious Monster

February 9, 2006

I was talking to Jamie (aka rypunked) yesterday, and we were talking about loaning books out to friends. She was trying to find some bookmark system that allowed you to record who you loaned out a particular book to. A simplified library checkout/tracking system, if you will. We both did... (read more)

The universe is trying to tell me something

Last Sunday, I met up with my friend Wendy, who I hadn't seen in like 14 years. She had been on MySpace, found my Profile, and that's how she contacted me. Earlier this week? On Tuesday? My friend Blakely, who I also haven't seen or talked to in about 14... (read more)

Oldboy, Silly boy

... (read more)

Updates soon

February 8, 2006

Tomorrow will be a big day. I've got a lot of updates that I didn't have time for tonight. But hopefully tomorrow night will be eventful. I know I keep saying this, but big stuff soon. I promise.... (read more)

On the way to work

I got little sleep last night. But this morning, on the walk to the train, the sun was out, the air was crisp, and I had Page France looping on my iPod. I was smiling like an idiot, looking up at the sky and feeling pretty fantastic. The clouds... (read more)

Those Winter Sundays

February 7, 2006

by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him. I'd wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking. When the... (read more)

Audioplayer Updated

Today, during work, I heard a few songs coming from Ben's computer that made me perk up my ears. He had been surfing around a few mp3 blogs, and was listening to some of the stuff he had found. Before the day was out, I had two songs that I... (read more)

Free Poster: National Poetry Month 2006

As is the annual tradition for National Poetry Month, the Academy of American Poets is giving out free posters. Go and place your order before they run out! I was delighted to see that, right near the center, they cited the closing lines of Robert Hayden's Those Winter Sundays,... (read more)

Huge Progress, Launch imminent

February 6, 2006

I made some great progress tonight. Exported I don't know how many versions of the movie, and got a lower quality copy that I'm comfortable with displaying. I've got some more work to do in terms of text/content, but I'm really, really close. Some research into making this thing available... (read more)

4:17 PM

... (read more)

American Life in Poetry: Sign up!

February 5, 2006

Ted Kooser, who happens to be one of my favorite poets is heading an initiative called American Life in Poetry - a free weekly column for newspapers. But here's the bonus - anyone can sign up. Publishers of blogs count, but it's also open to individuals as well. Free... (read more)

Open Source Video: Help Contribute!

My friend Matt is looking for contributors to his Open Source Video project. You can grab still images from the movie, or submit new ones of your own. And best of all? This project will be appearing at a gallery at the end of March! For those of you... (read more)

Alleyway

I had my camera out today for the first time in what feels like a long time. As I was walking home, I looked up and spotted a few errant balloons, caught in some wires. I was reminded of the many photos I took of old or lost balloons,... (read more)

Wendy and Celia

A friend of mine from way, WAY back contacted me through MySpace last week. Wendy and I went to high school together, and spent a year singing in the school's show choir (aka "Counterpoints"). That's right. Insert jazz hands here. We exchanged a few emails and set up a lunch... (read more)

All day

February 4, 2006

I bought a copy of Final Cut Express yesterday, after work. So far today, I've gotten a good deal completed. I've purchased a domain name. I got the ball rolling on a domain pointer via my current host. I've finalized the page layout and I installed Final Cut Express... (read more)

ZZZZZZZZ

February 3, 2006

Sadly? All I did tonight was sleep. I started to do a bit of work on the computer, and then got incredibly drowsy. Circa 8:30 PM, I was sprawled in bed taking a nap. Which then turned into a full night's sleep. This is how Felix spends his Friday nights.... (read more)

Party Like a Rock Star: Monaco Hotel

February 2, 2006

Met up with Gretchen and `Dave at the Division stop, each of us with a six-pack in tow. So it begins. We get off downtown, and walk abit to the Hotel Monaco - where the room is. As a brief flashback I think this was the hotel where my... (read more)

Spontenaeity

Got a call from Dave about an hour ago, letting me know that Jason B (of Found Magazine fame) is back in town. He's rented a room at the Hotel Monaca that's known as "The Party Like You're a Rock and Roll Star Room." Or something like that. I thought... (read more)

This is only meaningful to about 5 people

February 1, 2006

But I'm posting it anyways. This gets no explanation. It's more of a marker, commemorating the birth of an idea. Only time will tell if I get to look back on this day and explain it all to you.... (read more)

On the way to work

This wasn't my original idea, but on zooming in to a pic I took, I found this dizzying series of lines intersectiing one another. Early morning meeting.... (read more)

Thinking of Home - December 19th, 2004

February 2006 Archives

Blog Archives

Search Archives

Recent Entries

Recent Comments

Stay Connected

Advertisements