Year: 2008

You find that your power cord got caught under a shelf, what do you do? Option 1: Throw the power cord away. Once an electrical cord has been pinched or bent, it won’t repair itself, the electricity will always have…

I hereby declare every November 11 to be National Check your Surge Protectors Day. While organizing my computer cords, BOTH of my surge protectors’ cords were pinched underneath my file cabinet! I’m very glad to find these pinched cords before…

Image courtesy hto2008 via creative commons license Can you believe a 32-ounce gold bar costs about $24,000?! I’m gonna put my money into the cubic foot of pennies. Image courtesy MegaPenny Project For only $491.12, you can get a cube…

The energy! Hundreds of thousands of happy people. It is just so amazing to see so many people coming together for our country. Barack Obama won the 2008 election and will be the next President of the United States! Happiness…

It’s fun to spell sugar as “suga” or “shuga.” But which way to go? Honestly, the only way to find out is to say it out loud with gusto. Let’s try it now. Ready? One, two, three: SHUGA SHUGA SHUGA!…

Stamps. Stickers. It’s just meant to be that these two files sit next to each other alphabetically. Whenever I mail my bills, I pull out the stamps file AND the stickers file. Stickers are so much fun. The world could…

Man, that would be so rock if you knew someone with the last name of “Ninja.” Try it with your own name. Here’s mine: Matthew Paul Ninja.

Looking for some good podcasts? I have a bunch for you. How about 89 podcasts‽ 1) Download the list Right-click on this link: Spudart’s Favorite Podcasts and save as an OPML file. 2) Import the list into iTunes In iTunes…

I’m so glad that animals can’t use guns. A friend caught a poisonous scorpion in his garage. Just imagine if the scorpion could shoot out poison. It could just sit there and choose its targets to shoot. Are there animals…

“What is the optimal temperature for a refrigerator?” The best place I can think to get the answer is Sears. I would consider Sears to be the ultimate source on refrigerators. Where do you go to buy a fridge? Sears.…

Illinois voters, if you care about our teachers, I urge you to vote NO to the Illinois Constitution question that will appear on your ballot this November: Public Questions To the Voters of Cook County: “Shall the Illinois Constitution be…

What is the next facebook app that will grab attention? Here’s eight apps that have gotten me addicted for periods of time in the past year: (fluff) Friends: pick a cutesy pet, and feed other cutesy pets Friends for Sale:…

A person from Chicago is selling a life-size stegosaurus resin statue on eBay. I emailed him these questions: I’m thinking of getting a stegosaurus. What does it eat? I heard they are vegetarians, that’s good, cuz i wouldn’t want to…

I like calling the name of Cherry Pepsi to be “Cheery Pepsi.” If you enjoy Cheery Pepsi or Cheery Coke, please let us know what you like about it in the comments.

The Polling Place Photo Project by the New York Times encourages Americans to photograph their polling place and submit their photos to their website. It sounds like a great project that would be fun to get Chicagoans in on. But…

Someone on reddit linked over to my Biden-Palin word cloud and gave me 4,400 visitors. Interesting that out of the 5,406 views (an addition 1,000 came from places other than reddit), this image has gotten only one favorite. I wonder…

There are at least twelve towns in Illinois containing the word "Mount." Just how tall are these "mountains" of Illinois? Let's take a look.

Wembleyheads on 43things wants to prepare a dish for a politically-themed potluck. It needs to be named something like “Barack-oli casserole” or “Palin-guini” or “McCain-aroni and cheese.” There are awards for the best names! Here are some ideas: Barack Obama…

It’s a countdown day, 10/09/08! 10… 9… 8. What are we counting down to? Here’s some ideas: 25 days until the USA National Election for President 301 days until the G.I. Joe movie The countdown to the cubs winning the…

photo by chi_cowboy Whow Definition: Interjection. Where “whoa” “wow” and “how?” meet together. Synonym: Whoat! Etymology: I was leaving a comment on Leigh’s incredible photo shot with redscale film, and I accidentally typo’ed out “Whow!”

A random snail mail letter was sent to me from a six-year-old thinking I work at the corporate headquarters of McDonalds. He has some incredible ideas for a McDonalds playground design with crazy tubes, slides, and mazes of various levels.…

While Joe Biden was smacking down Sarah Palin on the Vice-Presidential Debates, the Chicago Cubs were suffering their second playoff loss to the Dodgers. Since Biden was so dominating, he should have gone over and played for the Cubs! They…

A funny IM I had recently: sarah: are you buying gold? spudart: ha. i should. but i’m afraid that will get overinflated sarah: NO. a big service provider in europe just announced they are raising premiums 60%. THERE WONT BE…

I dare anyone to reserve the domain winter2010withglowinghearts.com. Boingboing reports: ===================== The International Olympic Committee has trademarked a line from the Canadian national anthem, “with glowing hearts,” and is threatening to sue anyone who uses the line in Canada, as…

(Disclaimer, this is just an idea. This is not for real) Every newspaper has a unique number printed in it. At night on the 9pm WGN News they announce the winning number with a $1,000 prize. People love to gamble.…

photo courtesy hippie via creative commons license Don’t think about bringing any balloons filled with helium to Millennium Park in Chicago. Security will tell you to HIDE the balloon. A visitor to the park recently left a comment on one…

Here’s the second spudart iMix available on iTunes. Every four months I create a mix of funky, groovy songs from around the world. Spudart iMix 2 starts off with four delightful songs from France. I especially like the tropical feel…

View the hi-res version. View full word frequency count. View full transcript. View the hi-res version. View full word frequency count. View full transcript. View hi-res version View transcript BARACK OBAMA SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 Unique words:1379 Total words:7828 317 THE310…

Everyone loves Trader Joes–the grocery store with fun food and delightful employees. Trader Joes even has a location request form on their website. Here’s my location request that I sent to them today: =================== Want to know the best new…

Let’s say you want to know which of your friends are fans of the tv show “Lost.” Just search for “lost” and hit the “people” tab, and it will bring up all your friends who are fans of Lost. Recently…

There’s an “OFFICIALLY LICENSED CHICAGO CUBS 3-COIN SET” being sold that features three accomplishments by recent Chicago Cubs players. But uh, hello. Alfonso Soriano did not join the 40-40 club while with the Cubs in 2006. Soriano got 40 homers…