Year: 2008

The South Pole has not experienced an above zero temperature since January 13, 2002. Can you imagine? Never having temperatures above zero? You’d always have to say “it’s negative thirty” or “it’s thirty below zero.” You’d think they would have…

A workspace where designers, writers, freelancers and entrepreneurs can consistently meet and get work done together. Working alone can get a bit lonely. I know. Tribune Company gave me a sabbatical for four months in 2006 where I worked by…

Print out cute photos from the internet and include them with your mail. Paying your credit card? Stick a hedgehog in with it. Submitting your student load payment? Slide a squirrel in the envelope. Sending in a rebate? That certainly…

Dear offices that play music, What does your office play? My office plays no music, but it is interesting what other offices force their employees to listen to. Sometimes it’s just one station. Other times, it’s a group decision. Rule29,…

The iThink application on facebook brings up interesting debates. Here’s one point someone was trying to make: The most influential religion in the world today isn’t Judaism, Christianity, or Islam ‚Äì it is the worship of money. I disagreed. Here’s…

Chicago MUST have the lamest sticker EVER, because it’s not even a sticker. It’s a lame piece of paper. And it’s not even in color. It’s just in black and white. Part of me wonders if someone at my voting…

A sweater with a pattern of question marks all over. I want one. So bad. Imagine wearing a question-mark-covered sweater all day. Would you go up to people and ask questions? Or maybe people would come up to you and…

(painting by NAY) People love quotations. People love paintings. I want to make paintings of quotations. And not your typical inspirational-lala-poster type. But something real. Like that artist named NAY that Erik Maldre featured on etsyart.com.

Heya art students, do you have any additional resources or links to share? Background: On Tuesday, March 4, Illinois Wesleyan University held an art panel discussion with six creatives, including myself. I’ll be adding notes and comments to this post…

My wrestling alias Stegosaurus Smash on Facebook is the wrestling champion in Tribune Company. Nobody touches me! Rar! Check this out: AWWWWW YEAH! TRIBUNE COMPANY WRESTLING CHAMPION. C’MON CHALLENGE ME. BRING IT ON! BRING IT ON!

Let’s say you are sitting at home and you buy an mp3 off the iTunes music store. Then you go into work and you want to listen to that same mp3. It would be nice if you could pull up…

If i was Wrigley Company, I would buy the naming rights to Wrigley Field from Sam Zell. But I would name it Wrigley Spearmint Field one year. Then Wrigley Wintergreen Field another year. Juicy Fruit Field another year. That way…

One of my pink flamingoes photos has been selected to be published in a photo book: “Pink Attitude!” It was about a year ago that 10,000 Pink Flamingoes invaded Chicago. And now they’ll be part of this pink book. That’s…

Winter winter winter hanging around for much too long people grow tired people grow weary too much snow too much cold Winter winter winter it hangs around waiting for a hug waiting for some love.

Does anyone want to be on my shopping cart race team this Saturday? If so, email me or IM me via AIM. Details: The Chiditarod Urban Iditarod – The most absurdly amazing shopping cart race in Chicago! Saturday, March 1,…

At midnight on February 17, 2009, all full-power television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to 100% digital broadcasting. You will need a Digital TV converter to watch TV on your old analog TV…

What are your interests? Would you like to be notified of events in your city that matches your interests? Eventful.com has a TON of events. And you can create custom calendars based on a keyword. You can create custom calendars…

Monster trucks. They are great. Monster trucks in a small arena. Not so great. Currently the Monster Trucks come to the bandbox AllState Arena every year in February. I’ve gone to see the show twice, and it’s alright. Don’t get…

As Antartica experiences its summer season, Chicago gets hit with winter. Often it gets super cold in Chicago, and it makes me wonder if we ever get colder temperatures than Antartica. And I’m talking South Pole, Antartica. On January 18,…

Check out the webcam of the South Pole. It’s -43.1¬∞ F at the South Pole. Wind Chill -72.2¬∞F. And to think, this is their summer right now.

It’s gotta be really hard to be homeless and have to constantly ask for money or food all day long, only to have people reject you all the time. That’s one of the hardest things in life, when people reject…

There are no Verizon phones that can record video over 320×240. Instead 640×480 video would be very nice. Click the comments to view all the photo and video resolutions of Verizon phones. Samsung SCH-A990 Photo: 2,048×1,536 Video: 320×240 LG Venus…

pfuh definition: Interjection/Slang. (used to express disgust, disappointment, frustration, contempt, or the like). example: as in, “I certainly did not leave my planet Zork to Earth for the abundance of washers and dryers. Pfuh!”

In every apartment building complex, there should be an equivalent number of washer/dryers to units in the building. That is the best ratio. e.g. My building has 35 units, thus there should be 35 washer/dryers. Instead my building has five.…

Vote and help make city history for Decatur, Illinois as they pick the sculpture for the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial. The winning model will be announced following Black History Month. My brother and I voted for option #1, so our…

Below is a screengrab from my news feed on facebook. I have to admit I’ve fallen to the “You’ve Been Chosen” line in the sponsored ad. “Me? Chosen? Wow. I’m special.” So I clicked through the ad and signed up…

Two great sites that need to be merged: Amazon wish list You can keep track of all the books you want to own or read by simply adding them to your wish list. When someone buys you an item on…

The Chicago Tribune published an article about the public art haikus appearing in CTA train stations. I was pleased that people’s comments for this online article were mostly all haikus. So I wrote my own: I like how seven of…

During the winter, it would be fun to leave snowballs at famous places and take photos. What would someone think when encountering a snowball on the Tribune Tower? Is someone gearing up for a snowball fight? Did someone just have…

Too embarrassed to throw a snowball at some famous buildings or artwork? It’s almost just as much fun to make snowballs and just leave them at a landmark or building. Oh wait a minute! This is kinda like making a…

Who says you have to be a kid to enjoy playing in the snow? Channel your inner child and have some fun by aiming snowballs at famous public art pieces in Chicago!