avoision: March 2006 Archives

Coolstop

March 31, 2006

Got an email today, with this link. Quite flattering, even if they attribute the You Are I Am project solely to me, when in actuality it was a collaboration. All in all, a really great ego boost. Not a bad way to start off the weekend!... (read more)

Twospace @ StyleMax

Last night I got call from Christine and Kent, and learned they were in town for a few days. The two of them are here as Twospace, and they're showing off their wares at StyleMax - a women's apparel and accessory trade show. Better than them being in Chicago... they're... (read more)

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Bob Hicok

March 30, 2006

I went on a book-buying spree binge a few days back, and the first of many arrived today. I got a collection of poems by Bob Hicok (Insomnia Diary) and it has the one poem of his that I absolutely love - Bars Poetica. I haven't had a chance... (read more)

Post-Work Poker

We didn't have a ton of folks playing tonight, but we did manage to get a few people together for a game after work. Tonight, we got AJ (from Marketing/Promotions) to join in the fun. It should be noted that, over a year ago, AJ was the one who helped... (read more)

Eagle Nest Thunderdome: Two Eggs Enter, One Egg Leaves

Yesterday, I mentioned the riveting Hornby Island Eagle Cam. Well, checking back on Metafilter (where I originally found the link), a few more tidbits of information turned up. There are two eggs in the nest. The first egg was laid on March 21 (5:45 PM). The second egg was... (read more)

80's Movies

March 29, 2006

After doing a bit of work at home, I ended up going over to Liz's again for some more movies. It's funny - all this week when I get home, I feel pretty tired and think about staying home, calling it an early night. But as soon as I talk... (read more)

Eagle Cam

This is a cool high quality stream from a camera pointing at an Eagle's nest on Hornby Island. Prepare to lose several hours of work time, just watching. It's weird - there are long periods of inaction, where you're watching an Eagle just sit and stare. But then, when... (read more)

The Interview Simulator

March 28, 2006

A few months ago, I posted about how Ben shaved his goatee and howI brought in my suit, expressly so we could help participate in thisthing we were building for work: The Interview Simulator. The concept was all Mike's, and was developed with the intent that it would live... (read more)

Movie Night... now with less movie

Hung out with Liz again this evening. When I got home, I felt pretty tired and was just going to call it an early night. Butthe next thing I knew, we were on the phone and made plans to get some food. I headed over and we got some pizza,... (read more)

On the way home from work

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Relaxing Night

March 27, 2006

Hung out with Liz tonight, and we ordered Thai and watched Ocean's Eleven. Even though I've seen it before, I really enjoy this movie. I don't know what it is about the whole "team of misfits, each with their own unique gifts, combining their powers to overcome immeasureable odds" formula...... (read more)

Last Room

I mentioned it a few days ago, but I wanted to point folks over toDave's MySpace account. Dave (aka the Reverend Dave Fischoff) is a great musician, and I've been listening to his latest track, Last Room, over and over again. I can't get enough of it, and am greatly... (read more)

The Apple Lady & Google Finance

It's a good week for publicity apparently. Check this out: The Apple Lady got mentioned on Google Finance's page for National Semiconductor. Awesome!... (read more)

Audioplayer Updated

March 26, 2006

However! I did manage to update the audioplayer (on the far right). These recent songs aren't ones that I've really looped incessantly. Instead, I got the idea to combine three singers whose voice/style I found jarring and even irritating at first... but who eventually grew on me, over time. You... (read more)

Birthday Updates

I know, I'm way behind on these. I've got some good pics and spent the better part of yesterday just going through and processing everything. The big hurdle now is for me to drop all the images onto the page, and write the entries for each day. I've been on... (read more)

Breaking the 100 Gig Barrier

I'm not sure how many of you saw it, but my site was down for a while. Sometime late last night, I noticed that I couldn't hit avoision.com or 3years3minutes.com. Logging into my CP, I soon saw why. Man - the last time my site went down due to... (read more)

Buca Di Beppo

March 25, 2006

Something funny that Liz mentioned the other day was that the two of us haven't had a meal together yet. We've hung out plenty, but mostly at Marshall's or over at Rodan. Well, tonight we headed out to go see a movie, and stopped off to eat at Buca... (read more)

Updates!

03/08/2006 03/09/2006... (read more)

Cafe Iberico

March 24, 2006

After work, I met up with Abbey and her mom in the lobby of the Merchandise Mart. She was in town for a Lit Conference, and we had made plans to grab a bite to eat this evening. The three of us hopped a cab over to Cafe Iberico for... (read more)

Hello, Metafilter!

Ok. This one wasn't purely by chance. I signed on to Metafilter a while ago, back when I first launched the 3 Years 3 Minutes project. My goal was to hopefully drum up some interest/traffic, and see if people found it worthy enough to link/share. Yesterday, I wrote in... (read more)

Hello, Yahoo News France!

Looking around my referrer logs today, I stumble across what looks to be an article on Yahoo News France that mentions my pi10k experiment. Woot. :)... (read more)

Unintentional drinks

March 23, 2006

Liz was heading out to see V for Vendetta tonight with some friends. She asked if I wanted to go as well, but I felt like I would be intruding... so I ended up declining. I get a call maybe 10 minutes after the movie was to start. As it... (read more)

justin @ myspace

Justin has undertaken to posting videos, over at his MySpace account. Specifically, he's posting a new one every day (and archiving all the older clips on his blog). Definitely go check it out.... (read more)

Dave @ Myspace

Dave recently posted one of the tracks he's been working on, over at his MySpace account. It's a great song. Swing on by a give a listen.... (read more)

Shameless Plug: 3 Years 3 Minutes

March 22, 2006

Well, what with all the traffic lately, I figure it can't hurt to plug this project one more time. This is another project of mine, entitled 3 Years 3 Minutes. As the title suggests, I've taken every photograph over the past three years, compressed it down to 3 minutes,... (read more)

Marshalls

Hung out with Liz tonight, and the two of us went to Marshalls for a bit. She had some work to do, and I ended up bringing a few books and some paper to do some scribbling. Liz, going over some stats from a recent survey. I made some... (read more)

Hello, Digg!

Noticed a spike in my traffic yesterday, while looking through my referrer logs. As it turns out, my pi10k experiment got mentioned at digg.com. By my count, it looks like I got about 35,000 pageviews yesterday. Cool!... (read more)

Birthday Lunch

March 21, 2006

Deb was in town today, and we did a joint celebration of all the March and April birthdays in our group (lots of them, as it turns out). For lunch we went to Maggiano's, and it was some really delicious stuff. Mmmmmm. The Chicken Parmesean and the Lasagna were... (read more)

On the way to work

You Are Beautiful... (read more)

Sonnet 18

March 20, 2006

by William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion... (read more)

One of the nerdiest things I've seen in a good long while

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Rodan

Hung out with Justin, post-work at Rodan. More and more, I'm liking this place. It's closeby, pretty snazy, and the feel is quite comfortable. The drinks are a bit pricey, but... meh. I'll chalk it up to paying for the atmosphere. L to R, Justin and Sarah. Sarah (with an... (read more)

At Least It's Not the End of the World

March 19, 2006

I saw this video a while ago, thanks to Chris... but just came across a .mov link on Ektopia. Check out At Least It's Not the End of the World created by Partizan Lab for Super Furry Animals.... (read more)

Good god, I'm like some... constant-nap-taking-person

Got a late start to the day (slept in until about 1PM. And, after a bit of a late lunch... I feel asleep for several more hours. Seriously - not sure what's up lately. I guess it's a good thing, as my body wouldn't be shutting down like this unless... (read more)

Updates!

03/16/2006 03/17/2006... (read more)

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March 18, 2006

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A day of naps

Spent today in and out of naps. Woke up early, had breakfast, and then hit the couch. I slept a ton today and I wonder if my body is still asking for more sleep, in an attempt to win back hours from last week. Got a call from Liz tonight,... (read more)

I quote the immortal words of Socrates, who said... "I drank what?"

March 17, 2006

Hung out with Liz tonight, and we ended up just watching movies. On looking over her DVD's, I saw that she had Real Genius. Well, of course we had to watch this. It's been ages since I've seen this movie, but it's still one of my favs. Sadly, it... (read more)

Lord and Master, Mexico-stylee

This officially arrived yesterday, but all my shots were a bit blurry. Behold, the official El Jefe Grande Stein™. A variation of our Lord and Master Stein™, this guy will only be offered up once we're in Mexico again.... (read more)

Smile!

One of these days, I need to take a few shots of the multiple toys Bryan has by his desk. This guy is something he decorated himself and submitted (to a collaborative show). I think the base figure underneath was blank, and copies sent to various artists. Each one... (read more)

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Guthrie's

March 16, 2006

Hung out with Liz tonight, and we were in her neck of the woods (Wrigleyville). Actually, I was showing up to meet her and her friends for some mural thing (I think a friend of hers to be on-site at a bar, painting a mural live). Well, on showing... (read more)

On the way to work

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Updates!

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Wag's Footnote

March 15, 2006

From: Rocky To: Felix Subj: Wag's Hey Felix, Up until the early 80's, there was a Wag's restaurant in the Merchandise Mart - it was owned by Walgreens (hence "Wag's" - also note logo font) and was a knockoff Denny's. There was a big counter where everyone had breakfast -... (read more)

Linkits Footnote

From: Juliet To: Felix Subj: Linkits did a quick google search. looks like maybe linkits were sold more in the uk than here. lots of people from uk selling "vintage" linkits on e-bay. congratulations on your early fame, though. you look so happy playing with your linkits! --juliet... (read more)

Updates!

03/01/2006 03/02/2006... (read more)

I almost forgot...

March 14, 2006

Since today is 3.14, Happy Pi Day everybody!... (read more)

Epilogue

Hope you had a few good laughs with these commercials. I'm back on task, and planning to resume daily updates of the blog. Just... give me some more time, and I'll eventually get caught up with the past week. See you tomorrow. :)... (read more)

The Stir Fry Experts

Some time after the Linkits commercial, our family got tapped to go do this thing for Wag's - some sort of restaurant chain. I had never heard of it, but we drove to Chicago (I think), and got put up in a hotel for a night. This wasn't just me... (read more)

Linkits Commercial

I'm not sure how it started, but my family got involved in commercials for the briefest of moments. I wish I knew the circumstances that brought this about, but somehow we have two commercials to our name. This first one just has me in it. I got tapped to play...... (read more)

Out with the Old... In with the New

Last week, Mike mentioned that he had an old VHS tape he wanted to convert into a DVD. It was a fully copy of the Bozo the Clown show, circa the 1980's I think. He was on the show, and participated in a big Tug-O-War contest towards the end... (read more)

Everyone, meet Jennifer

Jennifer joined us yesterday in the office. She's technically working for Cliff doing Accounting stuff, but because of some of the space limitations at the station... she got a desk back in our area, temporarily. So - she has to endure all our loud music and nerdy jokes. And... (read more)

Back!

Well, sort of. I know it's been slow on the blog front lately, but for good reason. Lots of social activity for me the past week... with tons to tell you about. I have a solid week of pictures and stories to recreate, and I hope you'll bear with me... (read more)

Everybody... Meet Baxter

March 13, 2006

I hung out with Liz tonight, and got to meet her bunny - Baxter. She let her loose for a bit, so she could run around the living room. I snappeda few photos, and just a little bit of video.... (read more)

Goodbye Gretchen

Quick self-portrait in Gretchen's hotel room, the morning before she leaves. She's been here this whole weekend, and I'm still in shock that she travelled all this distance just to come andcelebrate my birthday with me. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Gretchen rocks!... (read more)

Eight Hours

March 12, 2006

Gretchen, on her cab ride home last night, met a cool taxi driver who recommended a restaurant to her: Continental Cafe. Gretchen had spent a good deal of time in Romania, and so she got along smashingly with her driver... and he raved about the restaurant. So - me, Abby... (read more)

Sushi + Drinks

March 11, 2006

I wanted to be a good host today, but my body was dragging after last night. After a quick (and all too short) nap, I made plans to grab some sushi with Gretchen and Abby over at Bob San. After a long wait (it was pretty packed, as it was... (read more)

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Aftermath

Amazingly, some candles were still going in the morning (and hadn't burned down all that much). The lounge area quickly turned into the pass-out area. Cold pizza and Johnny Walker. Lovely. A quick shot of the rather odd carpet decoration. Going one way, the words "Never Hurt" were spelled... (read more)

Birthday Party - House of Blues Hotel

March 10, 2006

After an all-too-brief nap, Abby wakes me up and we head out for a bite to eat. On the way home, we stop off tobuy a crapton of booze for the party, and begin the process of loading up for the hotel. On the way out, I spotted the local... (read more)

Pre-Party Room Check

I checked in to the hotel shortly after 3 PM, and took a quick peek at things. Desk and cabinet. It's kind of hard to get a full sense of the room - but it's sort of like two rooms connectedtogether. Seating area - which definitely made the space... (read more)

Meeting Gretchen

Shortly after Abby arrives, she relaxes a bit at my apartment while I go and meet up with Gretchen. A long while ago, Gretchen and I talked on the phone. This was after a few emails back andforth and... we kept on talking. Via email, via IM, we became good... (read more)

Birthday Day: Meeting Abby at Union Station

Big day today. Took work off, and I'm meeting a ton of friends who are coming in to town to help me celebrate my32nd birthday. First up - my friend Abby, who decided to take the Amtrak up to Chicago and spend her spring breakin the Windy City. I... (read more)

The Side by Side Comparison

March 9, 2006

Thanks to Bryan for the Photoshop work!... (read more)

Oh. My. God.

So this box arrives today for me, and everyone crowds around my desk as I open it. The thing is light, and no amount of shaking gives me any indication as to what's inside. The box itself is about the size and shape of a paperback anthology book, and... (read more)

Birthday ~~sushi~~ chocolate!

Jane got me a box from Koo-Ki Sushi, filled with all sorts of yummy (and beautiful) psuedo-sushi goodness. It's Chocolate! Man, this stuff was good. Everything here is chocolate (or candy of some sort), even down to the fake fish sauce and dollop of wasabi. Seriously - they were... (read more)

But does it go up to 11?

Driving in to work today, I spotted this license plate. I debated for a while, then scrambled to get my camera out to snap a pic. Today's car though, has nothing on this vehicle I spotted, a few years ago. In my mind, both vehicles belong to some husband/wife... (read more)

Surprise for Me!

March 8, 2006

Thanks, Mellzah!... (read more)

Surprise for Rey

Today was Rey's birthday, and we all decided to get him birthday cake as a surprise. We hid the thing by Ben's desk, and then crowded around pretending to be looking at some funny video on the web. The plan was, when Rey would come by to see what... (read more)

Voyeur

Me and Justin out in front of the mart, as taken by... someone in the office. I found a bunch of surveillance-like photos on my camera, after I got home from work. If you thought the blog was voyeuristic before... here ya go.... (read more)

Prep

March 7, 2006

Cleaned the apartment some more tonight. Living room mostly, and so it's the bedroom and office area left to be tidied up. Going to be a bit of a race to the end, I think. Just found out that my folks are stopping in to have lunch with me, on... (read more)

Buddha Triptych

March 6, 2006

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Cleaning

March 5, 2006

I realize it's been slow around here lately. Tonight, I spent a good hour going over all the photos/videos from the past few days. I've processed all the media, but haven't had the time to do proper entries. So it'll have to wait. This coming week is going to be... (read more)

Drinks with Liz

March 4, 2006

Remember the cute girl that I noticed at Marshalls, about a week ago? Well, it turns out Will ran into her again recently, and gave her my blog address. And she wrote me. :) We met up for drinks tonight, and talked for a few hours. It was a bit... (read more)

Busy Day

Out and about today. Went over to pick up Ben, and the two of us drove out a solid hour to around Channahon for a poker tournament. I got knocked out early on. Ben did really well, lasting to about the last 10 or so. And Mike ended up taking... (read more)

Six Memos for the Next Millenium

March 3, 2006

I came home to find yet ANOTHER gift from Gretchen who has, apparently, some sort of amazing memory. I can't recall when we talked about Calvino, but he's one of my favorites. And! It's a hardcover first edition, to boot! Woohoo!... (read more)

You can't spell surprise without an "Arrrrrr!"

A box arrived today at work, addressed to me. There was a company name as the sender, but nothing I recognized... Inside, there were several dozen bouncy balls, various pirate eye patches, and a nice pirate hat! Sweet! As soon as I saw what was inside, I figured it... (read more)

Merchandise Mart

Walking in to work today, the sun was hitting the Mart just right. And so I stopped to grab a photo. It's a huge building (and always made me think of a giant Sumo wrestler, squatting). And if you think the view from the ground is impressive - check... (read more)

Monastic DJ @ Clubfoot

March 2, 2006

Post gallery, the five of us headed over to a nearby Subway for a late dinner. While there, we were listening to some weird hip-hop station that played a remix of the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song. Of course, the conversation soon turned to our two Peanut Butter Jelly Days... (read more)

Intuit Gallery: Other People's Pictures

Tonight, I met up with a few folks at Intuit Gallery to see a documentary called Other People's Pictures. Ben and I headed over there after work, and met up with Chelsea, Anne and Michelle. Prior to the show, we wandered around the main gallery area, taking in an... (read more)

Movie Screening: Missing Pages, Amended Version

Sent out an email to some coworkers, and set up the projector before lunch. Today, I'm holding an impromptu screening of Missing Pages (Amended Version), which arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I'm not going to spoil this movie for anyone else. Suffice it to say, it was awesome to... (read more)

Gretchen! Rules!

March 1, 2006

I opened my front door to find this lovely box waiting for me. Here's Harmony, checking out the box, wondering what's inside. It *HAS* to be Gretchen... The nerd in me immediately oohs and aahs over the packaging, and how they went about transporting flowers in a box. And,... (read more)

Dave Chapelle's Block Party

Thanks to the folks at Q101 (and Jeanine in particular), a bunch of us got passes to attend an early screening of Dave Chapelle's Block Party. We got there a bit late (the line was crazy long), and we were worried we might not make it in. But -... (read more)

Mexico, 2006

First of all, I don't think I've made this announcement yet: WE'RE GOING BACK TO MEXICO! YEAH! We hit our stretch goal this year and, as part of the incentive... our division is heading back to Aventura Spa Palace. I can't freaking wait. And, to top it off, a few... (read more)

Ryan Shows Off The Skillz

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House of Blues

Headed over to HOB today (specifically, the hotel) to check on a room. I'm looking to reserve a nice place for my upcoming birthday party... but wanted to make sure it was big enough, before finalizing plans. Well... I could have bothered to call over to check if they could... (read more)

Missing Pages DVD Arrives!

I forget who it was that handed me my mail, but they said "You got something today. It's from Japan." Sweet. A while ago, I posted my correspondence with Jerome Olivier. I was very taken with the film he created, Missing Pages (amended version). When I asked how I... (read more)

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