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June 1, 2006

Lame

Nothing much to report. Spent the day working, and spent the evening cleaning up my apartment. It's been a busy week or so with multiple people moving... and tonight's the first night in a while that I've been able to sort of focus attending to my own house. Got some [read more...]

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Typetester

Typetester allows you to compare different fonts, and show you what they look like os sample copy. And on top of that, it'll kick out CSS for you, when you're done - how cool is that? Link via Jane. [read more...]

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June 2, 2006

Found Magazine + PostSecret: Intuit Gallery

While at Rotofugi, we were joined by Ben's wife, Laura, and Justin's friend Chris. A bunch of us then headed over to Intuit Gallery to see a pretty fantastic double bill: Found Magazine and Frank Warren (who runs PostSecret)! As many of you already know, I'm a huge fan of [read more...]

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Epilog

Great shows tonight, and I had fun hanging out with friends and coworkers. Justin said it best when he leaned over to me and said "I feel human again!" After the past few weeks of work and moves, tonight felt like a fun, relaxing, evening where no deadlines existed, and [read more...]

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Note to self

Do what you need to do. Time gets away. [read more...]

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Bryan @ Rotofugi

I forgot to post this earlier, but Bryan's going to be part of a show at Rotofugi - a designer toy store near Chicago and Damen. After work, a bunch of us are heading out to stop by and hang out some. [read more...]

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Goodbye, Scott - Again

Scott's been working with us, in a freelance capacity, for many weeks now. In fact, I think he's been here on two or three separate stretches - I've lost track. After his first "leave," we were all saying goodbye and Bryan decided to be a bit silly and gave [read more...]

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Pre-Show, Atomix Coffee Shop

Atomix is just a few doors down from the store, and just off the Damen/Chicago intersection. It's been AGES since I've been down here, and it's still got the same sort of feel that I remember, from my first visit. I don't venture south of Augusta all that much, [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 2, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Rotofugi: Customized Toy Exhibit

Exterior, Rotofugi. Bryan, hanging out in front of the store. The entire time we were there, the inside was pretty packed. And on top of that, folks spilled out onto the sidewalk and pretty much took over a small area in front of the place. Mural, interior. Sweeeet. On [read more...]

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June 3, 2006

Code Day

Spent most of the day today, mucking around in Flash on that project idea. I have little to show for it just yet, but please bear with me. Right now, in terms of my to-do list... this project is at the top. My blog (and the genereal cleanliness of my [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 3, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Happy Birthday Matt, Tracy, Nuanda

Hung out with the Robinsons, Nuanda and Chelsea this evening, to help celebrate the birthday trifecta. Got in some good converastions about art, and film (and also got to see some of Matt's new work). He and I talked a bit about Flash and webpages (he's taught himself to work [read more...]

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June 4, 2006

Updates!

2006/06/2002 [read more...]

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June 5, 2006

On the way to work

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June 6, 2006

Happy Birthday x 4!

Birthday party at lunch for four coworkers - more pics (and video) soon. [read more...]

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Random Image: Division and Walcott

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June 7, 2006

Finally, after all my complaining... they're building us a Thunderdome so we can settle our differences like civilized human beings

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Posted by avoision on June 7, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Ok - who turned on the flowers?

Something happened last night, as I woke up to my allergies going haywire amidst a fit of sneezing. Today at work was no better, as my nose was a faucet for most of the morning. I ended up buying some Benadryl from one of the small convenient stores near the [read more...]

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Steph @ Guild Complex Reading, California Clipper

Tonight - Steph took part in a prose reading series, sponsored by the Guild Complex. The reading itself was at the California Clipper - a pretty cool bar that I don't end up going much, since it's a bit out of the way. It's been a long while since [read more...]

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June 8, 2006

Updates!

06/07/2006 [read more...]

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Thunderdome concstruction continues, unabated

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This one is for all the Flash geeks out there

Victim vs. Anmator. This is a few days old, but still worth posting. Delightful animation, and especially great if you've ever worked with Flash before. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 8, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

June 9, 2006

Random Image, Division and Walcott

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Posted by avoision on June 9, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

So... *THAT'S* how you're supposed to use those nitrous cartridges

Liz recently got a whipped cream maker, which she was trying out for the first time. We were having a bit of her key lime pie (and she makes a mean key lime pie, just for the record), and decided to break out the whipped cream. We couldn't find [read more...]

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Dinner @ Adobo

We spent the afternoon re-arranging the living room, and getting some things set up at Liz's apartment. We then took a late dinner at Adobo Grill, which I realized was just a few doors down on Damen/Division. It's been a few years since I've been to one, and it was [read more...]

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Chitty Chat with the iChat

Today marks the first half-day Friday at work. Since our group has grown in size, we're now doing this thing in shifts. Each person gets a half-day Friday, every other week. But, since we always need to have someone at the office manning the phones, we're on a rotation system. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 9, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Shedd Aquarium

Since we both had a half-day today, Liz and I decided to meet up at her workplace and take advantage of the "Discount Days" (June 4 - 9) at the Shedd Aquarium. On these days, general admission is free - so we planned a little outing. It's been a long [read more...]

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June 10, 2006

AT&T Dislikes Me

As some of you know, I recently purchased some software that allows me to turn my iMac into an answering machine. I've asked some of you to help me test it, and so far it's working as it should. Well... I've neglected to change the message since then, and so [read more...]

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Random Images, Division and Walcott

Liz and I had a nice leisurely brunch at Milk and Honey. And, of course, being the quality shop that they are... they use Intelligentsia coffee. We spent our day sort of leisurely walking around Division, checking out the shops and grabbing some coffee and gelato here and there. [read more...]

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Ratatouille

Hysterical trailer for Ratatouille, the next Disney/Pixar film (slated for 2007). [read more...]

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New Stairs

The stairs to my apartment/yard have been out of commission for a while. The whole front yard has been getting a makeover lately, which is great. But for the past week or two, I've had to enter my place through the alley/backdoor. Not that I'm complaining - because all [read more...]

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June 11, 2006

Coding Day

Spent the day working on my side project. Made some pretty great progress, and I feel like I'm rounding the corner. I'm maybe 60%, 70% done I want to say. A few more good sessions like today, and it'll just be the polishing left to do. Met up with Justin [read more...]

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Updates!

06/09/202006 06/10/202006 [read more...]

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June 12, 2006

Thunderdome: Finished!

Really, it's not a thunderdome - it's an exhibit called "The Art of Interaction," put up in the main foyer of the Merchandise Mart. This week begins NeoCon (a title I despise, as it does nothing to tell you just what in the hell it actally is). Throngs of [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 12, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Phobia Interview with Hillary

Several months ago, I mentioned that my friend Hillary was looking for people with phobias. Well, a few days ago I got a call from her, letting me know that she's going to be back in town for a bit, and wanted to set up a time to interview me [read more...]

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June 13, 2006

On the way to work

This little piggy... I like how they just missed the Anarchy symbol. Random note: I've got a super old photo of the wall here. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 13, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

iMac Crash

Sadly, Bryan's fancy, new iMac crashed today. Repeatedly. He seems to have some bad luck with computers - that, or a particular file/app from his old computer is causing all the bugginess. Here he is, taking a short break while his iMac cools down a bit. Shortly after this, his [read more...]

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Props from the Netherlands

Got this message a few days ago (when I was soliciting folks to try out the phone number), and it totally made my day. A call from the Netherlands - wow! Hope the long distance charges weren't too steep. Thanks for the call! [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 13, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

June 14, 2006

*cough*

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Posted by avoision on June 14, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Just what exactly?

From Wikipedia: A doppelgänger is the ghostly double of a living person. The word doppelgänger is a loanword from German, written there (as any noun) with an initial capital letter Doppelgänger, composed from doppel, meaning "double", and gänger, literally as "goer" (though in this context, the meaning is closer to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 14, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

In Which He is presented with incontrovertible proof that his dopplegänger does, indeed, exist

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Lunch with Liz

Liz and I were talking on IM today, and she brought up the idea of having lunch together. The last time we went out during the workweek was back in April - so it's definitely been a while. And while I usually balk at doing things spur-of-the-moment, I'm really glad [read more...]

Posted by avoision on June 14, 2006 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

Trail's End Popcorn: The Screening

Ok. Some backstory here. Trail's End popcorn is the brand of popcorn that the Scouts sell, in order to raise money for local troops. But they just don't go into s