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May 1, 2008

This American Life - Live (in a Movie Theater)

Walked over to the nearby movie theater on Western to check out This American Life - Live! They were broadcasting from New York live, and theaters all across the US were picking up the signal and setting aside theater rooms for the event. Liz and I met up with Chris [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 1, 2008 7:01 PM | | Comments (0)

May 2, 2008

Take it to the Next Level - Nike First Person POV Ad

I'm not much of a Nike fan (or a soccer fan either)... but this is pretty damn fantastic: Nike's Take it to the Next Level advert. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 2, 2008 7:25 AM | | Comments (0)

May 3, 2008

The Ellen Degeneres Show in Chicago

A week or so ago, Liz found out that The Ellen Degeneres Show was going to be taping in Chicago. She signed up for tickets, and got a letter saying we had two "standby" tickets to attend the show. This morning, we got up a bit early and left the [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 3, 2008 10:17 AM | | Comments (0)

Drinks at Rodan with Justin and Kent

Liz and I went out for some food with Justin and Kent in Wicker Park. After a dinner at Papajin, we headed over to Rodan for a few post-meal drinks. Kent, pulling up YouTube as a supplement to a conversation taking place. Ever since I first saw one of these, [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 3, 2008 9:28 PM | | Comments (0)

May 4, 2008

Note to Self

You live in a great apartment with a fantastic girlfriend fiancé. Stop with the grumpiness, and stop complaining so much. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 4, 2008 4:02 PM | | Comments (0)

May 5, 2008

Twistori - Elegant Twitter Visualization

While I haven't yet gotten on board the Twitter train... I've been fascinated by twistori, a visualization of tons of Twitter users, categorized based on phrases (love, hate, think, believe, feel, wish). It's a simple and elegant interface, and displays things in a remarkably clear and compelling way. I [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 5, 2008 1:56 PM | | Comments (0)

May 6, 2008

Collection of Pinball Promotional Videos

CaptainPinball has a crapton of Pinball Promo Videos for you to peruse and enjoy. Incredibly dated, and incredibly delightful as a result. I was particularly tickled to see this video of Slash, promoting the GnR pinball machine: For those who didn't see it the first time around, check out the [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2008 7:46 AM | | Comments (0)

The Grocer "G" Tee - Impromptu Photoshoot

Today over lunch, my friend The Grocer stopped by for a quick photoshoot by the ping pong table. He's got t-shirts for sale, and a few of us agreed to help serve as models. In exchange... we each got a free shirt! Me and Allison, being a little silly. [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2008 12:05 PM | | Comments (1)

Ice Cream, Dry Ice, and Customer/Product Interaction

Today at work, one of our vendors sent us a ton of ice cream as a nice gesture. It was a sort of "Congratulations, you're an official company" kind of thing. Which was very nice of them. However, in addition to the ice cream was the fact that it [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2008 1:53 PM | | Comments (0)

On the Way Home: Red Line/Blue Line at Jackson

Walking from the Red Line to the Blue Line at Jackson. I left work a bit late and was pleasantly surprised to find myself alone on the typically-busy walkway, between the Red and Blue line stops at Jackson. After missing out earlier on photos, I felt the need to [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 6, 2008 7:38 PM | | Comments (0)

May 7, 2008

The System - Article about ZT Online, a Money-Centric, Chinese MMORPG

By day, 27-year-old Lu Yang is a sonogram technician at a hospital in Chengdu. At night, she was a monarch, the ruler of the "kingdom of Chu"--game players like to respectfully put "queen" before the name of her character. In this virtual kingdom, the "queen" commanded several thousand subjects, her [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 7, 2008 7:11 AM | | Comments (0)

May 8, 2008

Abbott and Costello - Who's On First?

Browsing around YouTube with Justin recently, we both happened across the classic Abbott and Costello skit - "Who's on First?" It's been a long while since I've seen this bit, and it's amazing how much this still makes me laugh. The timing the two of them had was really something [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 8, 2008 7:17 AM | | Comments (1)

May 9, 2008

TED Talks, on DVD - Free Download

It's been a busy week, so not a ton of personal stuff to post about. I'm continuing the linkfest for the time being. A semi-recent post to MetaFilter Projects: TED talks on DVD. MeFi user Adrian McEwen compiled several presentations from TED.com, burned them to DVD, and has made the [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 9, 2008 6:43 AM | | Comments (1)

May 10, 2008

From Liz: You're Getting A Surprise Today, at 11:30

A few days ago, Liz told me I was to expect a "surprise" on Saturday. Specifically, to expect it at 11:15 AM Saturday morning. I kept asking, but she refused to tell me much of anything. Nothing more than it was "going to be delivered" Saturday morning. Well, at about [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 10, 2008 7:02 PM | | Comments (0)

May 11, 2008

South Beach Diet, Revisited

Liz and I started South Beach again, last Wednesday. She's been sick all weekend, and so the grocery list, menu prep and shopping duties fell to me today. All in all, the South Beach Diet isn't too hard to adhere to... but it just takes a lot of time [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 11, 2008 7:18 AM | | Comments (0)

May 12, 2008

Late Early Morning

Usually, I get up pretty early in the mornings and do the blog thing. Typically, I make my entries a day in the past... using the morning to process photos, and recap the stuff that went on the day prior. On a good day, I'm up at 5:30 AM. I [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 12, 2008 9:13 AM | | Comments (1)

May 13, 2008

House for Sale: 100 Dollars, 500 Words

James Mathias purchased a home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Its current market value is around $180,000 - $190,000, and is less than what he paid for it originally. So... rather than sell it out on the open market, he's decided to create a contest, and to give the house [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 13, 2008 1:38 PM | | Comments (2)

May 14, 2008

Monsters' Den: Fun RPG Flash Game (and Timesink)

I never got into playing Dungeons and Dragons too much, but I'm a sucker for RPG games (think D&D, but mostly in video game form). Swords and monsters and magic - all that sort of thing. RPG games are, I think, by far one of my favorite types of [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 14, 2008 7:38 AM | | Comments (0)

Cassette From My Ex - Listen to Other People's Mix Tapes

While surfing around on MetaFilter, I found a link to Cassette From My Ex, a site that gathers up the mix-tapes from ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends that we simply haven't been able to toss into the trash. In addition to stories from each contributor, the tapes themselves have been digitized [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 14, 2008 1:43 PM | | Comments (1)

May 15, 2008

Monster Camp: Documentary about Live-Action Role Players

Monster Camp is a documentary about a group of Live-Action Role Playing enthusiasts. Looks to be a pretty fun glimpse at a subculture that sort of baffles me. As I said before, I like the RPG games, but I don't know that I'd don a suit of armor and [read more...]

Posted by avoision on May 15, 2008 2:09 PM | | Comments (2)

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