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March 1, 2007
A One, and a Two, and a Three...
Curiosity and the Rabbit
March 2, 2007
Lottery
At work, Phil got a bunch of folks to do a big group-buy for the lottery. Jackpot is somewhere around $275M, and roughly 60-some folks chipped in $2 each. All told, I think there was someting like 126 tickets. I'm not one to play often, but on rare occasions [read more...]
March 3, 2007
And out of nowhere...
Liz and I had a late lunch today, over at Mac's. While we were eating, we were talking about the various errands we would run, going over the stores we would hit during the afternoon. First, Liz noticed someone walking around with a rather strange hat on. We weren't quite [read more...]
Fast Forward
After a few stops at various stores, we head back down Elston to swing by Stanley's for some veggies. Lo and behold - what do we see but a bunch of people running down the street with shopping carts? We had heard that the next stops after Phyllis' were to [read more...]
Peabe - Impaired Visions
Swung over to District 13 Gallery this evening, to see Bryan and some of his work. I originally thought that he had some of his solo stuff up - but turns out, it was more of a collaborative thing. He and 18 other artists all did collaborative pieces, and had [read more...]
Lottery Results
dammit. [read more...]
March 4, 2007
%&@)*@#!#^$ Movable Type
*sigh* [read more...]
Updates!
03/01/2007 03/02/2007 03/03/2007 [read more...]
March 5, 2007
Chiditarod Pics
I realized - this is a boring entry day, as I've given you nothing to look at. Pics and starting to come in from this year's Chiditarod. You can view more on the official Chiditarod site and, of course, Flickr. [read more...]
Close, So Close
Spent some time tonight mucking more with Movable Type. It's mostly the calendar setup which has been so time-consuming lately. I'm loathe to get rid of it, as that's the primary way people are used to navigating this thing. Maybe I'll ditch it in the future, but for now - [read more...]
March 6, 2007
Alpha Cat vs. New Puppy
Almost!
I might be a day away from launching the new version of the blog. I think I can I think I can I think I can. [read more...]
March 8, 2007
Hello world!
Well, it's been an interesting few weeks. I've finally gotten everything moved over into Movable Type, and I'm happy to say that as of today - I'm ditching the old blog format. I have a ton of technical details about the process, but I'll save those for later. For [read more...]
Matt and Melissa @ Apartment Therapy
Random friend-of-a-friend moment: today at work, Chris was looking at apartmenttherapy.com, and saw that my friends Matt and Melissa had their apartment featured! Photos and everything! Check out all the slick, design-y goodness by reading the article, or checking out the photos. Hmm. Some of that furniture seems familiar. [read more...]
DisOrDat
Some great Flash work by the folks at Jellyvision. The interface is slick, the audio is superb, and the timing is impeccable. This whole thing is just *tight*! And to top it off, it's funny and pretty entertaining to boot. Check out this sample quiz, where you have to [read more...]
... in 5 Seconds
YouTube user guywiththeglasses has some pretty great videos posted, many of which compress entire movies down to about 5 seconds. I've posted by favorites below, but definitely check out his video page for more condensed storylines. [read more...]
Sprout
Sprout is beautiful little game by Jeff Nusz. Not only is the gameplay interesting, but the whole visual style of the thing is something I've never really encountered before. I'm definitely reminded of the Grow games, where one decision impacts the next (and can even alter the physical surroundings [read more...]
March 9, 2007
Sushi Cake Surprise
Ok. First, a little backstory. Rey's birthday was yesterday. But he's been out of town for the Manager's Meeting, and while we expected him in the office yesterday... he didn't make it in unti today. Last year, we got him a surprise ice cream cake. This year, we decided to [read more...]
Birthday Dinner
I was to meet Liz tonight for dinner at her place. Though I'm having my birtday party on Sunday the 11th - my actual birthday is today. There wasn't anything official done at work, as we've grown to a point where we do multiple birthdays once a month (but for [read more...]
March 10, 2007
Brunch @ Fiddlehead
Liz and I met up with Dustin and Sherie for a bit of brunch today, at a place called Fiddlehead. The timing was a bit off, as we had a bit of distance to travel (and Ric, Jon and Andrea had tickets for a noon game). After they said goodbye, [read more...]
Birthday, On Ice
Up until mid-week, Liz had thought my birthday was today (Saturday). And so - she had planned a ton of stuff for us to do. Bonus for me, as I get to now extend my birthday day over two days. Three, technically, since tomorrow... I get to do the [read more...]
March 11, 2007
Whirlyball Extravaganza
To celebrate my birthday, I decided that a return to Whirlyball was in order. We were here two years ago, but only for an hour (an hour that went by mighty fast). So this time around, more people - and more court time. I reserved two hours for us [read more...]
March 12, 2007
A Quick Recap
March 13, 2007
Lunch with Liz
Over IM today, Liz asked if I wanted to grab a quick lunch outside. The day was quite warm, and we were up in the 60's I think - a tantilizing first glimpses of spring. I said yes, and hopped onto the Brown Line to meet her at the fountain [read more...]
March 14, 2007
Happy Pi Day!
Happy Pi Day, everybody. Usually around this time, I get a good deal of traffic from new visitors (mostly folks who swing by to see the pi10k experiment I made, a few years back). It's kind of funny. I created that thing trying to learn a bit more about [read more...]
March 15, 2007
Grindhouse
Via mclarkson. [read more...]
Death Race 2007
Each year thousands of people pay between $100 - $500 to enter the annual Tough Guy race, a course that includes all manner of paramilitary obstacles designed to test strength and endurance. Oh, and they all sign Death Warrants too, which include the following: "I confirm that if I [read more...]
March 16, 2007
Crunch!
Well, we cracked it open today... but I don't know how much of a dent we made. [read more...]
Goodbye Andrea
I found out yesterday that today is Andrea's last day at Artisan. She's been a friendly face in the mornings, where we all to get our coffee before the day starts. It's sad to see her leave, but she's off to another job where it sounds like she'll be [read more...]
Drinks @ Rodan
Justin and I stopped in at Rodan for a few drinks after work on Friday. I forget the bartender's name, but Justin knew him - and we got taken care of pretty well. We had some scotch, and moved in to sake (we both seem to be liking sake, [read more...]
March 17, 2007
More Movable Type
Spent today working on building out a site for Gretchen and Genie. It's called Literago, and is a bit of an amalgam of the words "Literate Chicago." The idea for the site is one that combines multiple threads: it's a calendar of literary events, an ongoing collection of essays about [read more...]
March 18, 2007
Gateway
I haven't gotten terribly far with this game, but it's pretty fantastic so far. Remarkably intuitive, and I catch myself wanting to pull back from "playing" the game to studying it for the way in which it illicits user interaction. At times spooky and a little unsettling, this game [read more...]
March 19, 2007
Note to Self: Thoughts on Sequence and Causality
Pausing by the meeting table to slice off a little chocolate? Not a problem. Slicing off a larger-than-normal chunk of chocolate? Not a problem. Popping that entire chunk of chocolate into your mouth? Again, not a problem. The thing of it is? You were originally heading to the bathroom, before [read more...]
Ben's Blog Back!
I'm pretty tardy with this news but... better late than never. After a bit of a hiatus, Ben has brought back his mp3 blog (CIGIT 2.0). More than once, Ben has been someone who passes me an mp3 that gets stuck in my brain... and I end up looping [read more...]
March 20, 2007
This American Life: Chris Ware Animation
This is the default player used to display virally syndicated titles via the Get the Code button. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid271557392http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=78144477 // By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C // found at http://www.brightcove.com/publishertermsandconditions.html. var config = new Array(); /* * feel free to edit [read more...]
March 21, 2007
Proposed Productivity (Possibly)
Last week, I saw a thread on Twelvestone about Essential Mac Software. A few programs I was familiar with, a few I had heard about, tangentially. One app that stood out was Quicksilver. I remember a few folks talking about this before, and speaking very highly of it. Off [read more...]
March 22, 2007
Comics++
I just got Jim and Sally's birthday gift a day or so ago in the mail. Not one, but two great books about comics. I've heard a great deal about Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics," and even recall seeing it listed on a few college courses. I'm just a little [read more...]
Crunch, Continued
The ginormous Nestle Crunch bar I received on my birthday continues to diminish with frightening speed. I don't know whether to be scared of my coworkers... or proud. Not too shabby for six days of work. [read more...]
Feed Me, Seymour
Today at work, Ben and I were looking over some specs we drew up for an upcoming internal blog app tool. The topic of RSS feeds came up, and we both realized that... while we were familiar with the concept, neither of us really used feeds in any way. [read more...]