Author: Matt Maldre

19 days to fly your flag; and an additional 46 days if you are really adventurous

I love Astrotrain. Yet, I don’t have any of his figures anymore. They just cost too much. $50 and upwards. No thanks. If there was an Astrotrain for $20 or under, I’d be tempted to get it. I wonder where…

Hello little green person. You look like a leprechaun, but you come from Ancient Egypt.

Searching for 'feline' instead of cat yields more ancient results.

I will be mailing this postcard to someone who has a tree, and I will name their tree after a U.S. President.

The geometric shape called magatama

Making iced coffee with iceberg lettuce, because transitive logic told me so.

Jawas on Mars?

I found 27 different bicycle registration programs in the Chicagoland area. Can we have just one?

Pleasantly surprised by all the Twitter bot accounts tweeting that they are listening to Cameo's "Word Up".

Do a search for "cubism" on the Art Institute of Chicago's website, and you'll get some medieval armor.

Illinois is the #1 pumpkin producer in America. Let’s fill the state quarter with a giant pumpkin.

I just happened to catch William Shatner’s conversation with Jeff Bezos just after landing from his outer space trip. William Shatner had some good words to share with Bezos just after walking out of the module. Shatner had some profound…

The French symbolist painter Odilon Redon got a kick out of putting eyeballs on things. But why?

Telling someone how you discovered their work online (and then sharing your own work too)

Today I discovered Spongebob Squarepants' great-great grandfather—in an art museum.

Instead of viewing the suburbs as sprawl, what we we focus on how they are compact?

Rhythm is powerful and full of life. But can it also be bad?

Plazas are great places.

Classical ballet music: good energy, good pacing, good variety

Did you know that Photoshop can draw instant trees?

The mystery of who owned San Francisco's most famous painting in 1875.

Sharing more of my garden.

Change things up when working from home.

Thinking about visiting Amsterdam got me digging into my blog archives, which gave me inspiration to write and photograph more.

A fun slice of life moment… My five-year-old daughter is at home from school with me (she has a fever). She saw my fingers dance across the keyboard as I typed in my computer password, and commented, “How did you…

For a brief moment when I saw this image of the International Space Station, it reminded me of my Millennium Falcon photos.

An Australian coin would look great with a western pygmy possum.

Each country's mascot would demonstrate the unique artistry from every culture.

Little did I know, that there would be another reason for me to purchase this fun toy.

Designing hidden surprises in everyday patterns.