Giant yellow tennis ball is attacking Wrigley Field! What would that yellow sphere be? Ideas are explored on my baseball blog, Supernova at Wrigley Field captured in 1958 Topps baseball card. It’s a fun interdisciplinary blog post covering baseball, world history, pop culture, and science all from 1958.
If you are ever stuck on a color palette for a design, just pull out a bag of M&Ms. Grab a handful; and lay them out on the table. Viola! There is your color palette. That’s what happened to me one day. I pulled out this nice selection of blues and browns, with a single …
Have problems with your Christmas tree? Consider a Christmas stick. Sound crazy? Yeah, it is, but I’ve been doing it for three years and I love it. Love your Christmas tree? Of course you do, Christmas trees are beloved. You don’t have to rid yourself of the Christmas tree. You can consider the Christmas stick …
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A bit of wisdom at the end of the year: When January rolls around, you’ll know if your resolutions are serious enough to carry throughout the year. The inevitable question at cocktail parties around New Year’s is, “do you have any resolutions for the new year?” You’ll be able to confidently list yours instead of …
We all know the Moon is made of cheese. Even the Chinese know because they are going to the Moon to bring back its delicious cheese. The taste is so out of this world! Why wait for the Chinese to mine more Moon Cheese? You can buy Moon Cheese straight from Amazon. This would make …
Do famous artists feel weird looking back at some of their older artwork? Looking back at some of my college artworks, I realize how crappy they are. Even though I archive all my old work, there are pieces that don’t deserve to be archived. When it comes to famous artists, it seems that everyone has …
What happens when you forget your hat at a friend’s place? I left my hat at at Bible Study last night. My friend Chris texted me, “U forgot ur hat” Hat is such a fun rhyming word (as Dr. Seuss famously did with Cat in the Hat), so I made my own little “forgot your …
Gizmoodo reports: The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing‚Äîbut what, exactly, is all the fuss about? This beautiful video goes a long way to showing us why the technology is so exciting. These folding shapes look like the building blocks for Transformers. Could the army be making …
Magic covers the ground with the first snow of the year. Everyone is an artist with boots acting like printing plates on the fresh white sheet. Creating prints in the ground, we look back to admire our work. Start a new holiday tradition by photographing your very first footprint in the season’s snow. By capturing …
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This is a very interesting call for artists. As a public spaces artist who does not want concealed firearms to be legal in Chicago, I’m going to be giving this proposal some serious thought. If you are pro-gun, I’d like to hear your thoughts on this as well. The following text came from a flyer …
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What can be cuter than 8-bit artwork of ewoks? Thankfully the ewok card came to me early in the iPhone Star Wars game, Tiny Death Star. The card proudly proclaims, “Furred natives of the forest moon of Endor, the Ewoks appear cute and somewhat dimwitted, but they are actually fierce warriors and skilled artisans. They …
