July 31, 2009
Bryan shot me an IM today, to let me know that my haiku has made it to Pandora HQ. Awesome! Thanks for posting that up, Kevin - and thanks for the photo, Bryan!... (read more)
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July 30, 2009
I've been meaning to see it for a long time now, but finally got to watch Thank You for Smoking. I was more than surprised by this film, and found it totally enjoyable. The whole time I was watching this, it felt... clean. I'm not sure why that word came... (read more)
Finally got the Bachelor party pics up. Haven't done this kind of a retro-link thing in a long while. Check out the multi-day event: Bachelor Party, Part 1: A Song 12 Years in the Making Bachelor Party, Part 2: Indiana Dunes and Songs by the Campfire Bachelor Party, Part 3:... (read more)
July 29, 2009
I came home yesterday to find Liz out in back, on the ground floor of our apartment complex, working on a new project. She purchased a table and some chairs a while back for our yard, and was hard at work brushing off all the old paint and rust... (read more)
July 28, 2009
After my bachelor party this weekend, I came home to find I had been dinged by mosquitoes. I knew I had been bitten a few times, but more bites seemed to appear a day or two afterwards. Liz and I tried to count every bite, and we lost track somewhere... (read more)
by Felix Jung Tasty dried meat snack. Randy "Macho Man" Savage, I love you. Oooh yeeeeah! --------- I made up this haiku shortly after learning from Kevin that there was an abundance of Slim Jims at Pandora... and that many a haiku had been written about them. Here's his backstory:... (read more)
I've been away for a few days, as my Bachelor party started on Friday evening and didn't really end until about Sunday, mid-afternoon. I've got a lot of fun pictures and videos, but all I've done since I got back was sleep. So - small raincheck, until I get a... (read more)
July 26, 2009
We all woke slowly the next morning. I think Chris was up by around 8AM or so, and I ended up rolling out of bed circa 10AM. I had smoked a little bit, over the weekend. I figured it was my weekend to indulge, and I had maybe half a... (read more)
July 25, 2009
Amazingly, I woke up pretty early today, all things considered. By the time 9AM rolled around, even though I had only gotten about 4 hours of sleep... I was awake. The sun was shining in through the living room windows, and next thing I knew Jim and I were up... (read more)
July 24, 2009
My bachelor party is this weekend - and it's a multi-day event, spanning from Friday to Sunday. Tonight, the first part was hanging out with friends at Justin's apartment. I had a lot of people travel in from out of town (Wisconsin, New York, Oakland, and Indiana). Lots of old... (read more)
July 23, 2009
On the way home today... I noticed that all the ads were replaced in the tunnel between the Blue and Red Lines, at Jackson. Not only that though, they were al replaced with the exact same advertisement. I imagine the goal of this was to saturate the area, and... (read more)
July 22, 2009
These are all pretty incredible looking stunts, and I'm tempted to believe they were all faked with special effects. But then I saw this "Fake Check" video and am convinced they're all real. I'm definitely reminded of the old Ball and Stein game we used to play. [via MetaFilter]... (read more)
July 21, 2009
Liz and I are planning to go overseas on our honeymoon - specifically, to Paris and then to Italy. We'll be there for about two weeks, and in addition to planning for our wedding day... we're working on all the stuff that one works on, when travelling to another country.... (read more)
July 20, 2009
This past Sunday, a lot of folks gathered at Dan and Katie's house, to help celebrate Audrey's first birthday. Families from all over (from Darryl's side of the family, as well as Tricia's) got together to celebrate Audrey's frist year. The birthday girl, and the center of attention. Digital... (read more)
July 19, 2009
The folks at Rock Band have taken the inevitable next step: creating a network that allows bands to upload their own music, and allows users to buy/download the tracks. On top of that, they're soliciting help from the "community" to do the track reviews. While there's a lot of... (read more)
July 18, 2009
This was taken several days ago, when Liz and I went to Rodan after work to do some wedding planning. Posted for no other reason than I like the light in the shot. [previously]... (read more)
July 17, 2009
I've been remiss about mentioning this, but a little while back... Chris quietly launched a new website: a blog called Everything Under Review. When the site launched, I was in the midst of getting our wedding invitations designed and printed. I was reminded of it this AM, and realized... (read more)
The race itself is estimated to be 24 hours long, and involves some pretty rough mental challenges, at a point in time when participants are at a point of physical exhaustion. The video (above) is lengthy, but engaging enough to where I watched it all, start to finish. Each... (read more)
July 16, 2009
White Box by Makoto Yabuki starts cleanly and slowly... and then unfolds into delightful bursts of color. I saw this late last night, and it's even more pleasant watching it again this morning. I'm reminded of Jen Stark's work, as she does a lot of amazing things with colored... (read more)
July 15, 2009
While I'm still quite happy with the fact that we made our own invitations, and got them sent out in the mail... I have to mention that the guest list itself has been, by far, one of the most troubling and stressful steps of the whole wedding planning process. I've... (read more)
July 14, 2009
While I haven't loved every single version of Auto-Tune the News, this one really kicked things up a notch in my opinion. The back and forth between the singers and the actual news snippets had me in stitches, and these guys seem to be getting better and better at... (read more)
July 13, 2009
At the end of June, I heard that after many years of waiting, Zubbles were finally available for pre-order. I first learned of these magical colored bubbles in 2005, and have been waiting around patiently for them, ever since. Though I've mentioned it before, it's worth noting that the inventor... (read more)
July 12, 2009
While in Frankfort today, we were outside of Liz's parents' house and happened to see a very large group of ants. This wasn't your run of the mill gathering near an anthill entrance... this was a massive, coordinated group travelling from one spot over to... somewhere else. It was a... (read more)
July 11, 2009
Liz and I woke up early this AM to travel to Valparaiso, Indiana. We were headed to Rogers-Lakewood Park, to watch (and cheer on) Katie as she participated in the annual Valpo Triathlon We weren't able to get to the swim portion, but saw it from a distance. Katie later... (read more)
On our way from Chicago to Valparaiso, Indiana, we encountered a "Work Zone" and both Liz and I remembered that Illinois recently re-enforced its strict fines for workzone violations. With new photo-equipped vans, first time offenders are hit with a $375 fine. A second offense triggers a $1,000 fine along... (read more)
July 10, 2009
For fun, I decided to make a new Desktops section. Around the time we were working on the wedding invitations, I started messing about with one of the fonts we used: Feel Script. I'm not really a font person, or someone who knows a lot about type. But I found... (read more)
Spotted this on the way to the California Blue Line stop. Related: Looping Michael Jackson Eternal Moonwalk The White Glove Tracking Project... (read more)
July 9, 2009
To celebrate Ben's birthday, a few of us met up at a nearby bar for a few drinks. Ben and Allison had dinner reservations at 7, but we were all able to have a few toasts before the two started their evening together. L to R it's Allison and Ben... (read more)
Believe it or not, I received this ripped envelope the day after I called to complain about ripped mail. To the credit of the USPS though, their customer service folks were good - they took down my info, and I even got callbacks from the Post Office wanting to... (read more)
July 8, 2009
After work today, Liz was out running errands... in Indiana. For part of our wedding reception, we wanted to incorporate sparklers. Liz had searched locally for some, prior to the fourth, but had no luck. While I heard that you could buy them legally here in Chicago, Liz found info... (read more)
July 7, 2009
Eternal Moonwalk is a jaw-droppingly fantastic idea, and is one of those reasons why I absolutely love the Internet. On seeing it for the first time, I uttered "Holy crap that's awesome." I suspect most everyone does this, on seeing the site for the first time. Users are invited... (read more)
July 6, 2009
I'm not usually a fan of Tower Defense type games, but The Space Game was actually pretty compelling. Instead of just slowly fortifying yourself against an ever-increasing wave of attackers, there was an extra level of asset management that made things a little more complex. When I first saw... (read more)
July 5, 2009
For the past week or so, Liz and I have been ironing out the details for our wedding invitations. Over the weekend (and the days leading up to it), we got into production mode and were in the process of printing things out and putting things together. With the exception... (read more)
July 4, 2009
Sadly, Liz and I didn't do much celebrating this Fourth of July. Most of our weekend was spent working on our wedding invitations, so our heads were down and our hands busy at work. That said though, let me point you back to one of my absolutely favorite firework displays/celebrations:... (read more)
July 3, 2009
This is a music video for a song called Hibi no Neiro (Tone of Everday) by a band called Sour. What's awesome about the video is that the participants were all part of the band's fan base, and everything was shot using webcams. If you watch this, make sure to... (read more)
July 2, 2009
I'm used to having my mail ripped open at the edges. It's Chicago, and in some ways... it's the price you pay for living here. Over the holiday season (or with birthday cards), oftentimes you'll see a little rip in the corner. It's typically something small where someone could stick... (read more)
July 1, 2009
After seeing this post, I was reminded that today marks a full seven years that I've been running and updating this blog. Good lord, that's a long time. I would have done something a little more, had I remembered. Now seems like a pretty good time to mention the Ten... (read more)
On the train yesterday morning, the woman sitting in front of me was reading a book using an Amazon Kindle. I was peeking over her shoulder a bit, and finally decided to be rude and interrupt her reading. I apologized for the interruption, and proceeded to pepper her with... (read more)
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