February 29, 2008
To be fair, I was really, really tired. According to Liz, I was sleeping like this for a solid hour. :|... (read more)
February 2008 Archives
Got Chinese food for lunch today, and this was my fortune. Omen? Or just plain luck? In any event, it's nowhere near as cool as this one. // Edit: It's a day later, and the drawing happened last night. // Dang.... (read more)
February 28, 2008
Well this was pretty unexpected. I was in meetings this morning and... again, on walking out, I ran into Chris and he said congratulations to me. Again. For making it onto BoingBoing... again! The way I see it, I need to start going to more lengthy morning meetings. Because... (read more)
February 27, 2008
After work today, a few of us (me and Liz, Chris and Leslie, and TJ) met up with Ben (the real Ben, not the mirage) for dinner. The suggestion was for a neat Korean BBQ joint (San Soo Gab San) on Western and Berwyn. It's been a while since... (read more)
February 26, 2008
Ben is out on vacation this entire week... but came in to work to use the computer in his office. Since he was technically not in, and on his own time... he had the door closed, and a funny "do not disturb" note posted in the window. Perhaps he... (read more)
February 25, 2008
For most of the day, I was buried in meetings. When I finally got a chance to lift my head up, it was circa 3PM. I was coming out of Mike's office, and Chris walked up to me, stuck out his hand, and said "Congratulations." He then showed me his... (read more)
David Horvitz has a fantastic list of things he'll do for money. My favorite so far: If you give me $75 I will go see a psychic and ask them for advice on my life. I will tape-record the session and I will mail it to you. If you... (read more)
February 24, 2008
Last week, I downloaded a talk given by Merlin Mann (who runs 43folders.com) entitled "Living with Data." For anyone out there who is feeling overstressed, overworked, overwhelmed with the feeling that they're tasked with doing more than is possible in the time allotted... you need to listen to this talk.... (read more)
February 23, 2008
Shopping around downtown today, I spotted this rather colorful exterior as we were driving down Jackson. Unable to jump out and get to the other side of the street... I opted to open up the car sunroof to snap a quick shot. The colors were pretty great, and this... (read more)
February 22, 2008
Both Bryan (Peabe) and The Grocer were part of a show on Friday at the Country Club Chicago gallery on Thomas and Damen. Both part of a show called "Hello My Name is Chicago," when Liz and I showed up circa 8:30PM... there was already a growing crowd outside... (read more)
February 21, 2008
Chris rented out a light kit for the week, to take some photos for an upcoming Scion project we've got. The project is a Flash game that has the user "searching" a few pre-defined areas, looking for a set of lost keys. The first area up is an intern's... (read more)
February 19, 2008
Last week, I took Friday off as part of my Valentine's Day weekend. On Thursday, the day before I was out, I decided to send out an email to let the rest of the design team know that I'd be out of the office. Also, we were slated to have... (read more)
February 18, 2008
by Kay Ryan This is not a problem for the neckless. Fish cannot recklessly swivel their heads to check on their fry; no one expects this. They are torpedoes of disinterest, compact capsules that rely on the odds for survival, unfollowed by the exact and modest number of goslings the... (read more)
February 17, 2008
HEL LOOKS is a site that showcases street fashion from Helsinki, Finland. I'm mentioning this site more for the photography than the fashion, truth be told. While there are tons of photos of various clothing styles here, it's the images themselves that drew me to (and kept me at)... (read more)
February 16, 2008
This is a pretty funny clip of Cookie Monster, being interviewed by Elizabeth Blair on NPR's In Character. There's also a pretty great article here as well. This was a MeFi link, but I also wanted to mention the original post, as there are a ton of links to... (read more)
February 15, 2008
The view from our window during the daylight was pretty spectacular. Our room overlooks the Lincoln Park Zoo, which is literally steps away from the hotel's front door. Also visible: the nearby Chicago Academy of Sciences and Notebaert Nature Museum. A zoom of the frozen lake. A little gift... (read more)
February 14, 2008
For Valentine's Day, Liz and I decided to skip away for the evening. We booked a room at the Belden-Stratford hotel, and decided to spend our evening here. There were a few loose ends at work, and by the time I arrived... she was already checked in. Interior of... (read more)
February 13, 2008
Found out from Chris that the Creature Editor from Spore will be released prior to game. This is an extremely smart move, as so many people seem to have had their interest rekindled by the recent release date news. The only news that would make things even better -... (read more)
February 12, 2008
Will Wright, creator of such games as Sim City and The Sims, has been working on a game called Spore for... oh, years and years now. I first heard about the game back in 2005, and after seeing various videos of the how the game works... I've been anticipating... (read more)
February 11, 2008
This morning I got sucked into a fascinating story about Bluefields, Nicaragua. Due to its location (halfway between Columbia and the US), a lot of drug smugglers pass by. Oftentimes, when the smugglers are fleeing authorities... they end up throwing the drugs overboard, effectively getting rid of the evidence.... (read more)
February 10, 2008
A week or so ago, I got an email from someone named Sonja. Turns out, she works for rr chocolats, and came across my blog entry from Valentine's Day, 2007. She was looking for mentions of the company's chocolats, and wondered if she could post up our "story" on... (read more)
February 9, 2008
This morning, Liz and I woke up bright and early to help babysit Paige. Tricia and Darryl were in the city attending a talk... and Paige spent the morning hanging out in our apartment with us. As we were tidying up the house some, we discovered that Paige really... (read more)
February 8, 2008
Drawn on found walls/surfaces (or at least, I think they are), The Skelewags is a fantastic collection of drawings by chewie. I love how many of them make such great use of the physical location/background. [via]... (read more)
February 7, 2008
At work, I noticed that Chris C (silently) set up a USB-controlled missile launcher above his desk. Being a resident of a nearby desk (and well within striking distance), this escalation in the inter-office arms race was decidedly unnerving.... (read more)
On the way to work this morning, I saw the blue balloon again. Today, it looks a bit worse for wear, after having survived a pretty heavy downfall of snow the past day or two. On seeing it this morning, I was reminded of a black balloon I saw... (read more)
February 5, 2008
Bryan was out sick today, but needed a few files so he could finish things from home. Unbeknowst to me, Allison slowly filled Bryan's iMac with little To-Do Post-It notes over the course of the entire day... averaging at least one an hour. Ben took this fantastic photo (which... (read more)
Saw this on the way to work, and was reminded of how much I used to photograph balloons. I was also reminded of a specific moment of unbearable happiness involving another blue balloon, almost three years ago.... (read more)
February 4, 2008
I'm more a fan of the interface than this song, but check out Arcade Fire's "Black Mirror / rorriM kcalB." It's pretty amazing how much the song changes, depending on which tracks you mute/enable. Visually, it evokes a mixture of Guy Maddin and "Time Bandits" for me. Definitely have... (read more)
February 3, 2008
I spent the day putzing around with my Archive Templates, and tweaked the whole comment process a bit. I added a little dialog balloon style, and hopefully that makes them seem a step up from the boxy gray rectangles they were prior to today. Also, I applied Jesse Gardner's tutorial... (read more)
At work of late, there have been a lot of changes. The past six months plus have been an incredibly busy and tumultuous time for my company: good things, but a great deal of change to go along with those good things. We've moved in to a new office (and... (read more)
Filler is a great game by SimianLogic where you attempt to fill 2/3 of the screen with filler balls. The longer you press down, the bigger your filler ball gets; it stops growing when it either touches another filler ball, or gets hit by a bouncing ball. Great fun,... (read more)
February 2, 2008
Jake and Jessy stopped by this evening, for a dinner over at our place. The two of them were travelling in Nicaragua over Christmastime, and recently got back to the States a few weeks back. It's been a while since we've hung out with them, so tonight had us all... (read more)
February 1, 2008
We got hit with a ton of snow yesterday, which lasted through the entire night. This morning, on the way to work... I stopped to take a few photos en route. I don't think the snowfall amount was a record breaker, but it was definitely the most we've had so... (read more)
Looking over my stats this morning in Google Anaylitcs, I saw a few search strings that brought people to my site. Specifically, someone was searching using "wayne adams" rotkvich as their search terms. I didn't recognize the names, and wasn't sure why anyone would pull my site up searching under... (read more)
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