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April 1, 2006
The cure for information overload
Pretty sweet concept. Even though I don't think it's all that feasible, what with the average number of hours a regular person works... wow. This would be pretty awesome to try out. Check out Machine Readable's blog post. I'd love to see someone actually give this a serious go. [read more...]
April 2, 2006
Thaddeus Rex
Met up with Thaddeus this evening at Filter, to kick around some possible ways I could help out on his website. He's having a friend redesign the whole thing, and he and I were talking about ways in which I pitch in - namely, smaller Flash modules that he could [read more...]
April 3, 2006
snepo: tools that allow developers to play
Two guys I know from Twevlestone (StinkFist and Arsis) have teamed up with a third friend to create snepo.com. I know Stinky better than I know Arsis, but from what I've seen of their work (and their posts), they're amazing coders. Jaw-droppingly amazing coders. Even though there are no [read more...]
April 4, 2006
On the way to work
I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords
Saw this book at Liz's, last night. This looks to be a must-have guide, and should be required reading for the upcoming Singularity. [read more...]
April 5, 2006
Social Etiquette Graffiti Reminder
good luck, matt!
Earlier this year, my friend Matt (aka Tha.Riddla) placed first at the Great Lakes Regional Barista competition. That victory grants him an automatic entry to the semi-finals, at the the United States Barista Championship. This morning, on my way in to work, guess who I see on the opposite side [read more...]
I'll be *right* back
Kashif Returns
For the past two weeks, Kashif has been overseas travelling in Turkey and the surrounding area. He returned today, and brought with him a bunch of souveniers for everyone in the office. The image (above) is called a "Latu," I think. It's like a top, but with a bit [read more...]
@Home
A random shot of a box of candles. These were leftovers from my birthday party. Which, I know... I've still yet to update. Soon. Soon. I promise. This is a shot of some recent books I've ordered off Amazon. I went on a binge about a week ago, and [read more...]
April 6, 2006
Vodka Yahtzee!
I was over at Liz's tonight, as we had plans to clean out a lot of her storage items in her basement. She's planning on moving out in about a month plus, and has been slowly going through a lot of her stuff, preparing for the move. To help make [read more...]
April 7, 2006
Verse by Voice
Stumbled across this while browing Coudal Partners. Check out Verse By Voice, a cool page featuring audio of people phoning in, and reading one of their favorite poems. What better way to celebreate National Poetry Month? I phoned in a poem. Maybe, if I'm lucky, they'll post it up! [read more...]
Props from Coudal
Surfing around this morning, Jane found a mention of my 3 Years 3 Minutes project on Coudal.com. Awesome! [read more...]
Imac Blues
After a few days of random crashes and freezes (complete with several trial and error diagnostics on our end), Jane sadly packs up her iMac to take over to the Apple Store. Much like any good hospital, there they'll try to figure out what's wrong, patch things up and, [read more...]
Hello, Letty
Letty joined our group a few days ago, and her official title is "Interactive Market Development Manager". I snapped her photo for use in one of our upcoming (internal) newsletters, but got her permission to put this on the blog. Our little group is growing pretty fast these days, [read more...]
Goodbye, Scott
Scott, on his last day here. I mentioned taking his photo on his first day, but forgot to do so. Several weeks went by, and I snapped one on his way out. Scott was helping us out doing backend dev work, spending a good portion of his time working [read more...]
Ready when you are, Sergeant Pembry
Every once in a while, the maintenance crew at the Merchandise Mart set up the main atrium area for a fancy dinner, fashion shows, displays... it's a big area, and there's always something being set up here. However, on the way out... whatever this thing is, it reminded me [read more...]
April 8, 2006
30 Minutes
Tonight, Liz and I had plans to meet some of her friends for dinner. I putzed around all day in my apartment (translation: fell asleep at 9 AM, woke back up at 1:30 PM) while she worked her second job at Crate and Barrel. I planned on meeting her when [read more...]
Penny Dinner, Rose Drinks
Leaving Liz's place, we met up with her friend Jake - who I've heard tons about. He's a schoolteacher, and recently returned from a long trek in South America. He's planning on going back, and has recently taught himself how to play poker so that he can support himself, when [read more...]
April 9, 2006
I've said it before, I'll say it again
Yehuda Amichai rocks my fucking world. If you want to read more of his work, check out: A Dog After Love Forgetting Someone My Mother Comes From The Days On A Roof in the Old City The Diameter of the Bomb When I Hhave a Stomachache Statistics [read more...]
Poem
To: Felix From: Matt Subj: Poem Hi Hoss, What poem did you phone in? Hugs, Z [read more...]
At the Maritime Museum
by Yehuda Amichai I saw clay jars covered with barnacles that were saved from the ocean bottom, and thought about the sailors of ancient times who gave half their lives to sail to those jars, and the other half to bring them back here. They did what they had to [read more...]
Robo-Origins Revealed
My friend Melissa (aka Mellzah) recently posted up her recounting of how the robot came to be. Her reminiscing about the Twelvestone convergence on Chicago made me look over my own pages. Good times, good times. [read more...]
Keyboard!
This is something I've held off playing with for over a month now. Among the many great birthday gifts I received, I got this kick-ass keyboard from Justin. I've been meaning to wait until I got all my birthday pics updated, but decided today to break out the keyboard [read more...]
April 10, 2006
The United States of Poetry
I got this today - the CD version of the documentary The United States of Poetry. I first saw this documentary ages ago, and my roommates and I taped several (if not all) episodes of the show when it aired on TV, back in college. The whole thing was [read more...]
April 11, 2006
Not an insurance company
Not much of an entry today, but I will offer up a bit of audio. Mid-afternoon, Kevyn (one of the many talented audio guys who work here) came back into our area, looking for a few dudes. He wanted about four guys to help him do some background audio on [read more...]
April 12, 2006
Thank You for Smoking: Titles
I meant to post this a while back, but just remembered this evening. Check out the opening titles to "Thank You For Smoking," by Shadowplay Studio. I'm impressed by the feel of the images, and I marvel at how difficult it must have been to evoke the look/logos of [read more...]
Dreams of Flying
Jan von Holleben has a fantastic series of photographs, entitled Dreams of Flying. I came across this at the end of the day via Metafilter, and Ben was viewing them with me on my computer. At several points, we both shouted out with joy at some of the images. [read more...]
The feverish gambling finally pays off
A while back, many of you may recall we had a little game here in the office. It involved a small bouncy ball and the Lord and Master Stein™. Well, since then the game has grown in difficulty. Ever since Gretchen sent me all those wonderful bouncy balls, we've been [read more...]
Hey... I remember you
Had two random encounters today, with people I haven't seen in a while. First, I ran into Karen's friend Carrie - who I met at my birthday party, last month. Turns out, she works downstairs in the Mart on the first floor. I had just bought some lunch and was [read more...]
Congratulations Matt - 2006 United States Barista Champion
About a week ago, I ran into my friend Matt (aka Tha.Riddla) as he was en route to compete in the United States Barista Championships. Well, guess what? As is evident by the oversized check... he fucking won! Ahhhh, awesome! He posted an update on Twelvestone, and is currently in [read more...]
On the way to work
Nothing brightens the day like a little monkey... What is it about us and our affinity for animals as talismans, on cars as well as on bicycles? [read more...]
April 13, 2006
On the (different) way to work
Got a call this morning from Justin, asking to borrow my car so he could run some errands during the day (he's currently working from home this week, trying to keep his head down and avoiding all distractions). Thankfully, the call woke my ass up, as I had gotten up, [read more...]
April 14, 2006
Half-Day
One of the cool things about my company is that, when big holiday weekends come up... we invariably get a half-day on the Friday preceeding. This works out well for those who do a lot of travelling, and gives people a chance to get a head-start hitting the road. It's [read more...]
Holy Crap - I have a cellphone
Ok. This is a pretty big step for me. Up until now, I haven't had a cellphone. EVER. I just never liked the idea of always being "accessible" and, to be honest, have always been a pretty big homebody. Lately though, there have been several occasions where having a [read more...]
Milkshakes and Playgrounds
I got a call from Liz after she got done working, and headed over to meet her at her place. My headache thing was sort of fading by this time, and I spent the rest of the evening trying to shake it off. Since it was so nice out, the [read more...]
April 15, 2006
Another Reason I Love My Mac
Bluetooth, auto-synching of all my contacts. [read more...]
Redline
Random shot: Redline stop, North and Clybourne. [read more...]
Walking Home
Instead of taking the Red Line back home from Addison, I decided to walk all the way back. The sun was out, the sky was clear, and I felt like exploring a bit. Plus - a walk would do me good. So I plugged in my iPod, pulled out my [read more...]
April 16, 2006
oldboy
Holy crap - this was a crazy, amazing movie. I've heard nothing but good things about Oldboy. First, from Chelsea, and then from both Justin and Jamie (as you may recall). Finally, after having seen it - damn. Simply amazing. There were two parts during the film that were [read more...]