Author: Matt Maldre

Etsy seller robotcamp was selling 14 drawings of robots for the low low price of $1.19. How can anyone resist? Apparently the 91 people who viewed that auction could resist. I, however, could not resist. Here’s a screenshot of the…

While waiting to board an elevator in the Tribune Tower, a fella was walking out and saying to the people around him, “I like to read the WHOLE paper, but y’know, you can’t get that feeling with the web.” As…

“Have a good weekend!” Co-workers wish each other this all the time. How about when you get back to work? I’m gonna start saying “Happy weekstart!”

Not only can you win $1,000,000 if you pick a player for 56 consecutive days that gets a hit, but you also get virtual trophies. MLB.com has a trophy room for your accomplishments in Beat the Streak. I won trophies…

Okcupid asks for “The six things I could never do without.” Here’s my first draft at this list: Observations, words, people, paper, grace, sleep What’s yours?

Got a load of blueberries you need to carry? Whip out a sheet of paper and make an origami box. Be an Origami McGyver and tranform that stack of paper into whatever you need at the moment. Need a garbage…

Put your hand on the love-o-meter and see if you love the 2010 Subaru Legacy. This car is parked in Chicago’s Pioneer Court outside the Tribune Tower. It’s rather odd that the love-o-meter sensor is right by the gas tank.…

I waited on the CTA Red Line to text my number-loving friend Tom on 09/09/09 at 09:09am. He texted me first. At exactly 9:09.

The crowd at the Oprah taping in Chicago did a special dance to the Black-Eyed Peas live performance of the song, “I Gotta Feeling.” Here’s my video of the choreographed dance recorded from the Tribune Tower’s 14th floor. As the…

My brother and I have commented so much on a particular photo on the Art Institute’s Flickr account, that it is now their #1 most commented photo. I encourage you to leave a fun comment on this photo of people…

I often throw crumble up paper and throw snowballs at my coworkers. Next time I will use Fun Size Snickers.

A friend of mine is ordering a pound of worms for a worm bin. A pound of worms is available in the mail! Worms traveling through the mail. It’s like they are worming their way through. What a delight! Also,…

My top five favorite tweets I made in August 2009 with @spudart: Wanna see something really exciting? Put an Airborne tablet into near-boiling water. August 27 RT @jburno “The sin of self-preservation is keeping us from intimacy in our families…

Isn’t it pretty? (not my plant, this is a photo on wikipedia)

Reusable bags are great. No wasted plastic. Reusable bags last. They have a little bit of style. BUT. As a man, I have a hard time finding reusable bags with a color that is not girly. There’s lots of reds,…

KFC has a new sandwich where instead of bread for the buns, it has chicken patties: A fried chicken patty 2 slices of cheese 2 slices of bacon and another fried chicken patty. Curious about the nutrition is for this…

Meet at the Plaza in Millennium Park. Where is “the plaza?” Millennium Park is home to the following plaza with the following names: ‚Ä¢¬†AT&T Plaza ‚Ä¢¬†Ameritech Plaza ‚Ä¢ SBC Plaza ‚Ä¢ McCormick Tribune Plaza ‚Ä¢ Plaza at Park Grill ‚Ä¢…

Grapes. Grape tomatoes. They should go together, right? Both are cute sizes. Both are great to pop in your mouth. One is sweet, the other acidic. Both are pretty colors. I just ate some grapes and followed it with a…

My brother owns a blue and white PowerMac G3. I own the same computer. This model is basically useless now. Mine sits in my closet. Erik’s sits in his basement (which is basically a big closet). It would be great…

Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art has a fantastic selection in its book store. Going to their bookstore is just as fun as seeing their galleries. Here are six books that stood out on my recent visit. Amazon.com Widgets For those…

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Here’s a funny domain swiping technique. I was wondering if faceback.com was taken (a play on facebook). But it is. What about other domains where you take the second word and keep the first and last letter? Available: facebask.com facebaulk.com…

UPDATE: Several people have found the Facebook version of the Myers-Briggs test to be inaccurate. Please read the following with a grain of salt. If you want to take a REAL Myers-Briggs test, head over to www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. I’ve taken many…

The full moon makes people crazy? But what about when the moon isn’t out yet? The sun is out now. That’s what makes people crazy during the day. The full sun. Wait. The sun is full all the time? Oh…

Without looking at the dictionary, I think the origin of the word “thousands” is when someone said, “Thou give me as many cookies as there are grains of sand.” Eventually it got shortened down to thousands.

I’d really like a four-mile long Slip-n-Slide to work. However Chicago has no hills to create Slip-n-Slides, so let’s leverage the height of the great Chicago skyscrapers. All Slip-n-Slides can start from the Sears Tower (oops I mean, Willis Tower).…

A new social media bar appears on spudart.org featuring many of the social media places that I participate in. Please feel free to connect with me via any of these social media: Blogs Spudart blog Spudart’s image clippings and notes…

alongwhile def: When awhile takes a long while example: I have some instant iced tea stuff in my drawer. I haven’t used it in alongwhile. this isn’t in urbandictionary.com yet, but don’t worry, it will be soon. I just submitted…

Water spills all over the keyboard on my laptop at work. YEEEEEP! What’s the best thing to do when you spill water on your laptop? Thankfully one of my coworkers told me to turn off the computer, take out the…

Funny thing happened this morning. There’s a sign on the main door to my apartment building saying that the water today would be turned off today from 8am to 4pm. I was all ready for work, except I didn’t put…

Hang up frames on various things in the public, and call it art. A crack on the wall in a train station. A tree trunk in Pioneer Court. All art. Print out captions with title and your name. Post the…