Year: 2017

Pay Day candy bars should go into vending machines, not Baby Ruth

The last Pay Day bar

A message I sent to a vending machine company: We have a vending machine on the 3rd floor of the Tribune Tower in Chicago (435 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611). Almost every day I get a Pay Day bar. Sometimes twice a day! Today I hit D7 on the vending machine. My delicious Pay …

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Jeff Mermelstein Book in Mouth

7 reasons why the Art Institute of Chicago should display “Book in Mouth”

Of the 18,4888 photos archived in the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection, are there any you’d like to see displayed in the museum? This one by Jeff Mermelstein would be a good one: “Book in Mouth, New York City” Photographed in 1993. Acquired in 2002. This photo is currently not on display. 7 reasons why the …

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Top ten photographers at the Art Institute of Chicago

What photos would you like to see on display at the Art Institute of Chicago?

Tucked away in the Art Institute’s archives are thousands of wonderful photos. 18,488 to be exact. Whoa! You can explore these 18,488 photos on the Art Institute’s online collection. Are there any photos you’d like to see displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago? How do you even begin to start tackling 18,488 photos? That’s …

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Darth Vader comics on Amazon

Should you buy your comics on Comixology or Amazon?

Amazon discounted a bunch of Comixology comics on the Amazon storefront! Wait… Amazon, Comixology? Amazon owns the online comic store and app, Comixology. Any comics you buy on Amazon, you read with the Comixology app. What is Comixology? Comixology is by far, the leading digital comic app. They have nearly everything. I read all my …

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Budapest is the #1 Star Wars city, according to Google Trends. Warsaw is #17.

Google Trends ranks the cities that search the most for Star Wars. Budapest (100) Melbourne (99) Sydney (95) Los Angeles (89) Dallas (77) San Francisco (76) Berlin (76) Houston (73) Chicago (73) London (69) Toronto (67) Paris (62) New York (59) Vienna (59) Mexico City (55) Santiago (55) Warsaw (55) Diadema (48) Madrid (46) Buenos …

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This is artart

New word: artart

It’s kinda funny to type in the url bar: art.art Art dot art. So arty, you have to type art twice! That should become a word. Art-art. Or simply Artart. In the art world, there’s high Art, and then the rest of the regular stuff. The two get rather confusing and blurred. But now here’s …

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spud.art domain cost

Domains ending in .art dramatically increased in price

Want a .art domain? It’ll cost you. Depending on the simplicity of the domain name, the price will adjust accordingly. The domain spud.art will cost €1,466.44 ($1883.94) OUCH! The high price kind of makes sense. Price the domain according to the value of the name: potato.art €3,168.00 spud-gun.art: €240.00 myspud.art: €16.18 giantspud.art: €16.18 In some ways I miss …

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Sample one-line diary

Starting up a one-line diary

Every day write one line summarizing that day. I call it the one-line diary. Easy to update. Easy to read. Easy to update Longer journals can be daunting to write. Bullet journals can be intense with all their code and filling up a page every day. With a one-line diary you have one line to write …

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Art domain's email reply for inquiring interest in an .art domain

Websites ending in .art will cost $19/year, plus $299 charge

The story of my quest to get a domain that ends with .art Ever want your domain to end with “.art” instead of “.com”? Now’s your chance! The domains ending with .art are available now. In fact, some sites are already live using .art Who is using .art already [twocol_one] aesf.art bolshoi.art brafa.art cahiersd.art canesso.art davidlevy.art …

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