Year: 2006

A simple surprise for your office is the classic plastic mouse. Hide it under someone’s monitor or under a stack of sheets and let the fun begin! Tip: If you get a small plastic mouse (like mine) then you won’t…

I know of about five people who went to a Montessori school–and all of them are very creative. Is it true that most people who attended a Montessori school end up being creative? I made a Montessori group on Friendster…

X-Men 3 was the first superhero movie that ever made me imagine that I could have superhero powers. When Magneto was throwing cars, it made me wonder what it would be like to do that. It’s rather surprising that other…

A new feature on spudart.org: Trucker Tuesdays Every tuesday on spudart.org will feature advertisements that appear in the semi-monthly “The Trucker” national newspaper. This publication is for the truckload freight industry and it contains many advertisements trying to get truckers…

Today being Memorial Day, it’s intersting to think of how many people you know that served in the U.S. Armed Forces past and present. I know of five: ‚Ä¢ Army: Rob Frey (best friend from high school) ‚Ä¢ Army: Ben…

Have some interactive fun in your office with this great new idea for New Toy Friday.

What is up with all these new lego-like plates being installed at the edge of sidewalks in Chicago? Purpose A) General Safety: The bumps would (in theory) make it harder to slip into the street. (I’m not sure of that,…

The highlights from my croquet photo collection are now featured on flickr. Right now there are 24 photos up. To learn more about the Chicago Croquet of Squirearchy, go to our site at: www.chicagocroquet.com.

We all know that dart guns are fun at work. They should be a standard office equipment of any good corporate America worker. Right next to your stapler and scissors is your dart gun. Here’s one way to target higher…

Yesterday my family had first row seats in section 224 at Wrigley Field. Sounds like great seats, nobody in front of you to block your view. Think again. There’s a busy walkway in front of the first row where people…

I’ve uploaded eight videos to YouTube, including this one named “Bear Left Flat Behind in Chicago“ You can see all my videos on my YouTube page.

Let’s say there is a raffle. 200 people buy a raffle ticket for $1 each. Let’s say right before the end of a raffle you find out that 200 people bought a raffle ticket for $1 each. What if you…

It’s amazing that this one designer has done the logos for ‚Ä¢ American League 100th Anniversary ‚Ä¢ Anaheim Angels ‚Ä¢ Basketball Hall of Fame ‚Ä¢ Milwaukee Brewers (1994-1999) ‚Ä¢ Brooklyn Cyclones (minor league baseball) ‚Ä¢ Fenway Park 90th Anniversary ‚Ä¢…

Rick Steves—THE name in travel guides. He’s now writing a newspaper column and Tribune Media Services is syndicating him to newspapers across the country. I designed the sell sheet to help the salespeople to convince newspaper editors to buy his…

pretty cool. our little bean being born.Photo Diary of the Chicago Bean

Ten times a day, a digital clock will display numbers that are consecutive from low to high. 12:34 (am/pm) 1:23 (am/pm) 2:34 (am/pm) 3:45 (am/pm) 4:56 (am/pm) If you count army time, then you can include: 23:45 0:12 And if…

Inside my can of Pringles Prints was a potato chip that had the words “Printed fun on every one” and a weird pattern. At first I just thought it was just a fun different chip, but then I realized that…

It’s fun when somebody’s first name ends with an “o.” Here’s an example. One of my super duper cool coworkers name is Marco Buscaglia. But if you say it really fast, it can sound like Marc O’Buscaglia. An instant change…

Every week I design 13 newspaper pages that get syndicated to newspapers across the country. I illustrated the cover of the “Your Life” section that had a lead article helping adults to learn spanish.

Gummi Bear, Tootsie Roll, and Lollie Pop made it into the Highland Park Art Walk 2006. (Gummi Bear is definitely in, we are waiting to see if they can squeeze in Tootsie Roll and Lollie Pop too) They will be…

What would be a good caption for this photo? Please leave your captions in the comments.

This graph shows the Alexa traffic report for MySpace in the last two years. My girlfriend and I met through MySpace in May 2004. It’s funny how MySpace was so unknown back then. People would ask us how we met.…

Every Friday at work we have New Toy Friday. Yesterday’s toy was the Animal Cracker (thanks to Lisa Radke). How many Animal Crackers can you eat in 60 seconds? I was able to down 10 Animal Crackers in 55 seconds.…

Chicago Outdoor Film Festival-Grant Park Butler Field, Grant Park 100 S. Lake Shore Drive July 18, 2006, 8:55pm “Rebel Without a Cause” July 25, 2006, 8:49pm “Bringing Up Baby” August 1, 2006, 8:41pm “High Noon” August 8, 2006, 8:32pm “American…

When you go to Google Maps and look up the Chicago White Sox ballpark (U.S. Cellular Field), it looks like a toilet. How appropriate.

There’s an exciting new league starting up next month with sumo wrestlers from the around the world. I created a site dedicated to commentary on this new league at: worldsumoleague.com. The official site can be found at ultimatesumo.com. I can…

Looking to improve your Dodgeball game? Buy some dodgeballs to practice with. The National Amateur Dodgeball Association uses 8-inch Gator Skin dodgeballs. They sell them for $20 on their site, but I found a source that sells ’em for $13.88…

According to a pringle potato chip, the longest time to stand motionless is 20 hours, 10 minutes, 6 seconds. huh.

On Saturday, April 22, 2006 the Chicago Cubs had a garage sale at Wrigley Field. Here’s the scoop on what was sold, the atmosphere, and a guide on how to attack events like this in the future: What was sold…

When you think of the word “shortstop,” it’s actually a rather funny sounding word. Breaking it down, the player plays short (meaning, not way out in the outfield, but short in on the field towards home plate). And they are…