June 30, 2008
Videos are from a fascinating post on MetaFilter.... (read more)
June 2008 Archives
June 29, 2008
A sort-of impulse buy that's been many months in the making. Back in 2005, when I was looking for a new computer... I had a tough decision to make. I had only ever used PCs my entire life, and it was either buy a new PC or a new... (read more)
June 28, 2008
For Jake's birthday, Liz decided to make another fondant cake (her third). This time around, she was working on a two-tiered chocolate cake. All in all, the entire process was a pretty lengthy, multi-day ordeal, as she had to bake the cakes, then apply the frosting, then create (and... (read more)
June 27, 2008
This is a little delayed, but last weekend we had a small party where the parents (both mine and Liz's) got to meet one another for the first time. Up until now, the families hadn't gotten together before, believe it or not. But with our recent engagement, it seemed like... (read more)
June 26, 2008
State Assembly of Minovia Cay June 23, 1987 Dear Loyal Citizen: Your background in the physical sciences has more than qualified you to participate in Minovia's space program. Given that we are already nearly half a century behind the rest of th eworld in space exploration it makes sense... (read more)
June 24, 2008
I came across Kate Beaton's fantastic comics, and lost about a half an hour just browsing around. I'm finding her History Project pretty funny, even though I don't quite get everything that's covered. Similar to how Penny Arcade is... even though I'm not 100% on the subject matter, the... (read more)
June 23, 2008
I hopped a cab home from downtown last night, and on getting in... I noticed the "Scorpions" label over the cabbie's radio. At first glance, it looked to me like an old 8-track player. But looking closer, I realized that it was just a detailed CD-cover flap. When I... (read more)
June 22, 2008
For the past week or so, Liz and I have been watching old episodes of Heroes on DVD. Neither one of us had seen it before, and we started with the first disc from Season One. Needless to say, we got sucked in pretty quickly. I known Bryan and... (read more)
June 21, 2008
Liz and I met Josh outside the local Starbucks on California and Logan. As we were walking in, I saw his fantastic bike parked up against the fence. On our way out... I saw him standing nearby, smoking a cigarette. I ended up walking by, stopped, turned around, and... (read more)
June 20, 2008
These should be a good resource for finishing out your Friday, if you've got a few spare moments to kill. Tank Ball 2 is a pretty fast-loading and immersive tank game where, you guessed it, you drive around shooting balls at other tanks. The Single player version is loads of... (read more)
June 19, 2008
Editor's Note: Due to the highly complex and multifaceted nature of this particular prank on Bryan... I've asked Chris to write up a little summary of the events. For now, know that it all began with this: a fake International Male letter. And now... the recap: --------- Bryan was out... (read more)
I found a series of photocopied letters, sitting in a group on a bench at the California Blue Line Stop. On walking by, I saw a guy sort of leaning over them, head cocked to one side, reading a few lines. As I approached, he walked away... and naturally,... (read more)
June 18, 2008
Yesterday Liz mentioned going out to lunch, and we decided on spending our lunch hour together at the Art Institute... in the fountain area next to the building. It's a favorite spot of ours, and we were able to sit down right at the spot where I proposed to her.... (read more)
June 17, 2008
For some inexplicable reason, I found myself thinking back to two specific songs/animations that I posted on here, a long while back. In March of 2005, I made a post about SamBakZa.net, and two animations in particular. It took me a while to track them down, but the songs are... (read more)
June 16, 2008
HotPads.com is a neat site that shows a ton of housing/rental data, with remarkable street-level detail. I found this via MetaFilter, and as a caveat - some of the comments there suggest that the site's data might not be so accurate. Still though, a neat interface nonetheless. As with... (read more)
June 15, 2008
The first Fondant cake that Liz made was sort of for practice. The main reason she did a trial run was for this weekend, for a cake she was making for Father's Day for Bob. All through the weekend, she was busy mixing and baking and doing a ton of... (read more)
June 14, 2008
Prior to the weekend, Liz spotted a posting on Craigslist from someone who wanted to sell a Vespa Primavera (circa 1981). Liz has had her eye out for a classic/vintage Vespa for some time, and is currently in the process of trying to sell her 2007 Vespa. We headed out... (read more)
June 13, 2008
A long, long while ago (late March) TJ sent me a link to a 37 Signals post that mentioned Ira Glass talking about being "a killer." It was an intriguing topic, and at the time... I was just too busy to delve into it at work that day. I made... (read more)
June 12, 2008
Around 4:45PM, I got a call from Liz saying that she had found a pretty fantastic desk in the alley, behind our apartment. The trouble was - it was too heavy for her to move by herself. She wanted to wait for me, but didn't want to leave the desk... (read more)
Earlier this morning, Allison fell down a few steps at the Damen Blue Line stop, and hurt her ankle. When she came in, she wasn't able to walk all that well and couldn't put any pressure on her foot. Several folks helped get a chair set up for her, so... (read more)
June 11, 2008
Ben sent out an invite last week for some post-work drinks. All of the design crew headed out to the nearby Plymouth to hang out on the rooftop bar to enjoy one another's company, and the view. L to R it's Nick, TJ in back talking with Bryan, Ben... (read more)
June 9, 2008
During our errands last weekend, one of the places we stopped at was Michael's (an arts/crafts chain store). There, Liz picked up a few cake-related items... specificallly: Fondant. I had never really heard of Fondant before, but after seeing what it was (and a few examples), I recognized it. I... (read more)
June 8, 2008
About a month ago, I came across Twistori, and was really taken by how much rich data there was to be had from Twitter. I'm in love with projects that utilize APIs to such great effect, and things like Twistori and We Feel Fine are right up my alley.... (read more)
June 7, 2008
I downloaded Big Buck Bunny a few days back, but haven't paused long enough to really sit down and watch it. On seeing it mentioned today on BoingBoing... I fired it up before heading out to do some errands with Liz. She came over to my computer, and we... (read more)
June 6, 2008
In our continuing search for a wedding reception location, yesterday Liz and I had an appointment to take a look around Stan Mansion. Located in Logan Square, it's only a few blocks away from where we live, and based on the photos on the site... looked pretty enticing. We met... (read more)
June 5, 2008
I've been trying to wake up at 5AM most mornings, to get a bit of time in on this newest Flash project. Looking to launch on Monday, which I'm pretty excited about. Two hours in the morning sounds like a lot, but it goes by in a blink. Sadly, the... (read more)
June 4, 2008
During an all-staff meeting today, it was mentioned that we passed our one-year anniversary for moving in to our new space. Incredible... it's so amazing to me to see what's happened in the past year. When we first arrived, I remember thinking "My God. How will we ever fill all... (read more)
June 3, 2008
I found out about Google SMS through Rachelle Bowden's blog, and ever since... it's fast become a great tool for when I'm out and about, away from a computer. Even though I have a web browser on my Blackberry, it's a bit of a pain to use. With Google... (read more)
June 2, 2008
Nothing really to post today. Apologies, but at this point... I'm trading in what free time I can scrounge up to work on this new Flash project I've got going on. I'm pretty excited by things, and just wishing for more time. I'm trading in blog entry time, to work... (read more)
June 1, 2008
Recently, I signed up and created a Twitter account. Did some exploring around, checking out the API and generally how things work. I've got an idea for a new Flash project, which I'm pretty excited about. I'm maybe 40% through it at the moment, but there's definitely a feeling with... (read more)
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