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April 1, 2008

Error #0401 - Site Issues Continue

Gaah. I encountered a pretty weird issue earlier in the day (Error #0401). It's mostly taken care of at this point, but some folks might see it from time to time. If you run into it, no worries. Just don't delete anything if you happened to get forwarded to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 1, 2008 7:01 AM | | Comments (5)

April 2, 2008

The Blackberry Convenience/Constraint

This is a photo of my new Blackberry. I was debating this move for a while, as it's a work device (paid for and maintained by my company). I think it's incredibly convenient; I also think it's incredibly dangerous. Unlike some of the other folks who have them (Jeff, [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 2, 2008 3:03 PM | | Comments (3)

Dinner with Justin @ Lula's

Liz and I hung out with Justin last night, and we all headed over to Lula's for dinner. Jude also joined us for dinner (as did Dave, who arrived a bit later in the evening). Not a big entry here, just a coupla quick pics. Fancy cheeses. Jude and [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 2, 2008 8:56 PM | | Comments (0)

April 3, 2008

Good Keywords, Not So Good Keywords

While going over my stats and referrer logs this morning, I happened to see two keywords that were used to find my site via Google. As of right now, it looks as though I show up on the first page if you use astronaut as a keyword. Wow! Slightly less [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 3, 2008 8:02 AM | | Comments (3)

Graveyard Game: Includes Possibility of Death

The Graveyard is a "game" with a fairly basic set of rules. From the instructions: You walk with her to the bench, in front of the chapel. You turn her around and let her sit down She looks backwards to the bench when she is ready to sit. She [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 3, 2008 7:04 PM | | Comments (1)

April 4, 2008

Eclectic 2.0: Landscape Time-Lapse Video

Aspiring filmmaker Ross Ching created a nice time-lapse movie entitled Eclectic 2.0, shot across multiple locations including Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California, Argentina and Chile. View the movie (18 MB), or check out his page for even larger/higher res versions. [via] A few other time-lapse related posts: The Daily Monster [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 4, 2008 7:16 AM | | Comments (0)

April 5, 2008

SpaceTime Sensory Deprivation Tanks: An Unexpected Reminder

Liz and I were looking around in Quimby's on Friday, and I spotted this pamphlet near the front of the store: It totally caught me off guard, and reminded me of my sensory deprivation experience at SpaceTime Tanks. I had this "wait, I've been there before" moment... and I was [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 5, 2008 12:19 PM | | Comments (1)

April 6, 2008

Merlin Mann's Hilarious Steampunk DIY Video: Keep it Brassy!

Warning: audio slightly NSFW. This video by Merlin Mann had me laughing a great deal. It's helpful if you're already familiar with the growing Steampunk trend (BB readers know/love/hate this already). For a few excellent examples of why people tend to love Steampunk so much, check out The Steampunk [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 6, 2008 4:46 PM | | Comments (1)

April 7, 2008

CTA Bus Tracker Program Goes Live: Estimated Arrivals, Real Time Data, Custom Alarms

The CTA Bus Tracker just went live today. While there are a set number of routes at the moment (more in May), you can do some pretty neat things like view the estimated arrival times for a particular stop. Additionally, you can also check out a "street view," showing [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 7, 2008 6:57 AM | | Comments (0)

April 8, 2008

Comments to This Entry Are Open: Post Away!

Slow news day over here, so I'm going to offer this up: anyone who posts anything in the comments will receive an automatic pass-through. Short of outright spam or pr0n, have at it! Self-link, tell me about your portfolio sites, your side projects, etc. Tell an entertaining story for us [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 8, 2008 8:00 AM | | Comments (21)

April 9, 2008

I Propose Marriage and Liz Says Yes: We're Engaged!

Liz and I have (secretly) been ring-shopping and browsing for some time now. It's something I never really posted or updated on here because... that process wasn't really something I wanted for public consumption. Needless to say, we decided on a ring. Or more accurately, we built our own from [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 9, 2008 5:50 PM | | Comments (28)

April 10, 2008

James Walks Me Through His Walkthroughs

Yesterday, I happened to walk by the small meeting room and saw that James had set up shop inside. On closer examination (he called me in), I got a closer look at the setup: a sweet Blue Snowball USB mic, and two laptops in front of him. The Snowball [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 10, 2008 1:26 PM | | Comments (0)

April 11, 2008

Dinner with Dipti and Jeff

I got a late email from Dipti, letting me know that she and Jeff would be in town this weekend for a conference. We kept in touch mostly via phone today, and ended up deciding on dinner at Rustik, which is close to the apartment. I declined to let [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 11, 2008 8:08 PM | | Comments (0)

April 12, 2008

Wedding Planning: So It Begins

Liz and I went to Borders today, and started to talk a bit more about the big day. We looked into a lot of travel books, trying to get a sense of where we might want to go for the honeymoon. So much to talk about, and to plan [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 12, 2008 11:35 AM | | Comments (8)

April 13, 2008

Old Table, New Table: Work is Complete!

A few weeks after she began refinishing the table... it's all done! Liz put on the final coat of varnish over the weekend, and the table looks abslutely stunning. It's so much darker and richer than what it was originally... it's difficult to believe it's the same table! We [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 13, 2008 9:57 PM | | Comments (5)

April 14, 2008

But I Don't *FEEL* Fabulous...

I'm seeing double here - FOUR Suze Ormans! Actually, I'm a bit embarrassed to be posting this up here. First off, the title of this book makes me cringe. It's mostly due to the Fabulous descriptor, as that's not really a word I ever use to describe myself or... [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 14, 2008 4:46 PM | | Comments (4)

April 15, 2008

Blue Line Inbound Service Stops: Crowds at Damen Wait for Shuttles

The Blue Line had some serious, serious issues today. Apparently, a train near Clark/Lake had some problems and wasn't moving. And I guess some folks on that train pulled the emergency lever, opened the doors, and started walking down the track to the platform. As a result, they had to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 15, 2008 9:21 AM | | Comments (1)

April 16, 2008

Blogs That Actually Update, Female Gamers, and Paying Attention: Nintendo DS Lite Promotion

As someone who blogs, there are precious few blogs I actually take the trouble to read on a daily basis. For the most part, it's an updating thing - a lot of blogs out there update infrequently, and without a lot of new content for me to peruse... I'm given [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 16, 2008 7:06 PM | | Comments (2)

April 17, 2008

Charlie the Unicorn: Weird and Hysterical Animation

Apparently, I missed this when it first made the rounds. I just came across Charlie the Unicorn, and spent part of my morning laughing to tears. It gets a bit weird and overly surreal at times, but that's part of the charm I think. I saw them out of order. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 17, 2008 9:29 AM | | Comments (1)

Behind the Scenes at Scooterworks

There's currently a sale over at Scooterworks, and today after work Liz and I went over to check things out. Liz is especially fond of the Vintage Vespas, and was just curious to see what they had. Of course, rather than drive, we took the Red and Black scooters. On [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 17, 2008 6:40 PM | | Comments (3)

April 18, 2008

Productivity Through Ignorance: The Broken Clock Theory

Earlier this week, I was working at my desk and looked up at the little clock in the right hand corner of my screen. It was before noon and while things were a bit busy... I felt like I was working at a pretty decent clip. I went back to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 18, 2008 7:58 PM | | Comments (0)

April 19, 2008

A Lazy Day Planning the Big Day

We had a pretty wedding-planning-filled day today. The morning was spent watching Rick Steve's Europe DVD's, looking around for possible places to go on our honeymoon. After that we went through a few chapters of "Bridal Bargains," going over all the things we need to know before getting a [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 19, 2008 12:29 PM | | Comments (3)

April 20, 2008

I Want You to Want Me: Online Dating Visualization

Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar recently launched I Want You to Want Me, a fantastic visualization of snippets from online dating profiles. Similar to their previous work (We Feel Fine), this is fascinating, captivating stuff. Though there are only screenshots available on the site, there's a YouTube video I've [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 20, 2008 8:05 PM | | Comments (0)

April 21, 2008

We're Hiring: HTML/CSS and Graphic Designers Wanted

The company I work for is Emmis Interactive. What started as a temporary freelance job working on a leftover flower-power iMac has, nearly six years later, turned into a full-on career. It's been quite the ride. There was a time when, back in the day, there were only dial-up [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 21, 2008 1:01 PM | | Comments (0)

April 22, 2008

I Love the Whole World: Discovery Channel Ad That's Just Awesome

This absolutely made my morning. [via] [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 22, 2008 6:31 AM | | Comments (0)

April 23, 2008

Artropolis, Revisited

I got an email from Rob tonight, letting me know that Artropolis is back at the Merchandise Mart again. While I'm not able to swing over and check things out... I would be remiss if I didn't take a brief pause, and mention last year's shenanigans. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 23, 2008 7:17 PM | | Comments (0)

April 24, 2008

Careless or Dead: Hypnotic George Michael and Bon Jovi Mashup

Just a quick audio post today. This is Careless or Dead, a mashup by The Kleptones for the album Best of Bootie 2006. If you like this, there's a ton of downloadable tracks over at bootieusa.com (links to albums at the bottom of the page). Thanks to Ben and Chris [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 24, 2008 1:11 PM | | Comments (0)

April 25, 2008

New Old Business Cards

Earlier this week, Jane and I both got some new business cards. Now that we've both got new positions, I guess new sets (with the updated titles) are in order. I was reminded of when Ben first designed our cards, and how we all waited around for them to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 25, 2008 1:06 PM | | Comments (0)

Happy (Early) Birthday, Liz!

Liz and I went down to Katie and Dan's house, to help Liz celebrate a bit of an early birthday (the actual day is on Sunday, two days from now). Not a ton of pics from the evening, but I grabbed this one right before we all started singing [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 25, 2008 10:04 PM | | Comments (0)

April 26, 2008

Peabe @ A.Okay Official: The Return of Dr. Aquard

Liz and I headed over to A.Okay Official this evening (3720 N Clark St.), to check out Bryan's show there. A quick view of the interior. The show/gallery was near the back, in an adjoining space. Walking around looking at the paintings, I wondered where Bryan was. Glancing out [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 26, 2008 8:46 PM | | Comments (0)

April 27, 2008

One Step Closer to Internet Celebrity Status

Today, while getting coffee at the Starbucks on California and Logan... a woman behind the counter stops me mid-order, and said: "Excuse me, but do you work at Q101?" I mentioned that yes, I used to work in a back room a while back. She said "I thought that was [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 27, 2008 12:53 PM | | Comments (0)

Wedding Planning: Reception Recon

Part of the plan today was to go out and about, scouting potential places for our wedding reception. Liz had a few spots picked out, and so we hopped in the car and headed to a few areas to do some recon. The first spot was the South Shore Cultural [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 27, 2008 3:03 PM | | Comments (3)

April 28, 2008

Emmis Interactive, Inc. - New Site Launch, New Company

It's official! While we've been a part of Emmis Communications these past few years... today marks a pretty significant milestone for my company. As of this morning, Emmis Interactive is its own company. We've even got our own Press Release and everything. Woohoo! A ton of folks were involved [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 28, 2008 7:11 AM | | Comments (1)

April 29, 2008

Akon Calls T-Pain: Funny Vocoder-riffic Animation

I watched this twice, and laughed hard both times. Ever since, I've not been able to get the "Butternut Reduction" melody out of my head. [via] [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 29, 2008 1:21 PM | | Comments (3)

April 30, 2008

An Unfortunate Name Choice

As an FYI, here's a Wikipedia link for those unfamiliar with the Pr0n reference. It's almost as bad an oversight as the new British OGC logo. Ah, the dangerous waters of branding and identity! [read more...]

Posted by avoision on April 30, 2008 9:17 AM | | Comments (0)

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