Year: 2007

NASA says they have a goal to men on Mars by 2037. “We are looking at the moon and Mars to build a civilization for tomorrow and after that,” Griffin added in while addressing heads of the world’s space agencies.…

The presidential candidates’ websites send out some rather entertaining emails. Yesterday I get an email from Bill Clinton; part of it says: So here’s an idea: why don’t you and I share that excitement together during an upcoming debate. Hillary’s…

Seriously though. Do you really need to listen to your headphones for that extra thirty seconds in the elevator? What if someone wanted to talk to you?

These coins were so bright I couldn’t even see them. Is the USA Mint putting extra gloss on the coins? Boy howdy seems like it!

I cannot find the answer anywhere on the web. Here are some hints: one grain of sand has a volume of 1.3 * 10^-9 cubic feet (from gomath.com) Some people on abc.net.au tried to figure out how many grains of…

Am I an idiot for not ever realizing that Hindustan would be the world’s third most popular language? I guess it makes sense since there are so many people living in India. Where are all the Hindustani websites? And Bengali?…

Today Chicago reveals their new logo today for their bid of the 2016 Olympic games. The previous logo featured a torch. (Critique of that logo available at Previous torch Chicago Olympic logo). The International Olympic Committee allows the torch to…

According to CNN, Carnegie Mellon professor Scott E. Fahlman was the first to use the 🙂 in a computer message. Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982,…

Here are the superpowers I do NOT want (in no particular order): Accelerated healing I would be too tempted to harm myself by doing silly things, and that just doesn’t seem right. Duplication I already have a twin. We don’t…

Sparxmind asked what superpower would you like to have. And if you can’t have your #1 most-wanted superpower, what would be your #2 and #3 wanted superpower. That’s a GREAT way of asking the question. You should leave a comment…

Public calendars: Upcoming.org planyp.us eventful.com Social sites: 43things.com Facebook MySpace bulletins MySpace events Friendster Bulletin Board Local papers/websites: Metromix.com (must be three weeks in advance) Craigslist Centerstage Chicago (only music or theatre events) Gapersblock eventful.com Eventful.com will also post to…

Right now construction crews are drilling 34 holes in the ground going 120 feet deep, 10-feet in diameter. These will be the caissons for America’s tallest building, the Chicago Spire to be completed in 2010–or will it be completed? Many…

Google Trends on: ron paul, rudy giuliani, mitt romney, john mccain Google Trends on: hillary clinton, barack obama, john edwards, dennis kucinich Let’s try to get Dennis Kucinich to achieve a break out in searches!

Forget drinking out of the big water jugs. They are bad for your health and the environment. The hard plastic is bad An array of serious reproductive disorders in people are caused by a chemical found in the hard plastic…

I’m helping to organize this event at the Apple store. Anyone that wants to come is very welcome! Stan Lawrence and Terry Armour of WCKG-FM (105.9) will be guests of honor at September‚Äôs Chicago Area Podcasters Network Meetup. The podcasters…

My photo, AMA Building Shadows is featured on Gapers Block Rearview for September 10, 2007. Hooray! Check out the Flickr photo and high-resolution prints at deviantart.

I am a twin. My name is Matt. My twin’s name is Erik. My parents are smart. They gave us names that sound different. It allows us to be individuals. Again, let me stress how smart my parents are. Then…

The name “Boy” is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth in the last 15 years. I’m sure there are some people who get so tired of trying to find the right name for their child,…

What’s up? What’s shaking? yeah yeah. How about some new phrases: * What’s rolling? * What’s jumping? * What’s spinning? PLEASE leave some related alternatives in the comments. There’s GOTTA be some more.

It’s fun to end sentences with “, no?” Yes? I’m trying to think of a good example to leave here, no? But my brain isn’t coming up with any.

I hope Chicago is getting their act together on their new logo. The bids are due to the International Olympic Committee a week from Thursday! You’d think the Chicago bid would include their logo somewhere. (FYI, the logo pictured above…

I will be incorporating these acronyms into my chat vocabulary. Learn them and know what I’m saying when I IM you. * GI — Google it * IIOYT — is it on YouTube? * CMOS — call me on Skype…

“A senior Chinese official said that 85 percent of the more than 20 million toys recalled by Mattel were caused by problematic designs from the US.” (source: China Daily) China’s all like, “take that, be-yatch!” Next thing you know, America…

What a name. In Italian, Saltalamacchia means “Salt wing stains.”

You have 30 seconds to yourself in an elevator. What can you do in 30 seconds? Here’s an example: Stand upside-down, and then stand back normal before the doors re-open.

Whenever you computer starts acting strange, check to see if any of your keys on your keyboard are stuck. Just now I thought that my computer was wiggin out. In Quark i could only get the hand tool. In all…

Four window washers dangling down Cleaning office windows throughout town Three quietly slide down their rope One goofedly acts like a dope He slides down with great flair As if he’s on some sort of dare

Get great free widgets at Widgetbox! Enter your address at www.walkscore.com and find out how walkableness of your neighborhood based on what’s nearby. Here’s the scores of my places: 98: Tribune Tower (my place of employment) 95: My old apartment…

ABC News posted a photo of all the Democratic presidential candidates, but they cut Dennis Kucinich out of the photo! Before (with Dennis Kucinich) source: Yahoo News After (without Dennis Kucinich) Oddly enough ABC News kept Kucinich in the caption,…

The lower case j in Futura looks like crap, as unlikelymoose pointed out in his blog post, “Futura Book “j” stinks. However, Futura is such a standard for font choices. Futura is so round, geometric, it exudes a classic feel.…