Author: Matt Maldre

Is there anybody out there that Rock’n’Roll actually means Rock in Roll? I accidentally typed it that way in an IM the other day. Google’s index for the different spellings of rock’n’roll: –40,000: “rock-n-roll“ –25,700,000 “rock-n-roll”“ –46,100,000 “rock-n-roll“ So 1…

Tom Saaristo had an excellent post on his foodie blog about plastic disposable food containers. He suggested several options including Gladware, Ziploc, and his choice US Plastics. But I wondered how much it costs per ounce for these containers. Here’s…

The McDonalds across from the Trump Tower is where you overhear all the current news on the construction status on the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago. I was standing in line behind a construction worker with a bunch stickers…

Here’s the official forecast for spring 2007 colors from Pantone. Which one of these colors is your favorite? Offical Pantone Color My Comments PANTONE 12-1206 Silver Peony C= 3 M=13 Y=15 K “My flesh” This is the nudie shirt color…

You can play a version of Monopoly that lasts just 30 minutes. Before the game starts, shuffle all the properties and deal out the entire deck. The official rule book that comes with the board game says that you only…

A White Sox fan was explaining to me why U.S. Cellular bans upper deck fans from walking on the main level of their ballpark. The reason is that their main level gets too crowded. However Wrigley Field is a smaller…

Upper deck ticket holders are banned from going onto the main concourse and lower level at U.S. Cellular Field. Not just banned from the lower level seats (understandable), but… –Banned from walking in walkways –Banned from visiting the shops –Banned…

It’s rather comical how many screws are required to be removed in order to take a hard drive out of a Macintosh 12-inch G4 Powerbook: 2 screws on the outside right 4 screws on the outside back 2 screws on…

Does anyone know of any data recovery programs for Macintosh? My computer recently has been giving me the blinking question mark system folder. I have done the following: Booted up my computer on the Apple Hardware Test CD (everything passed,…

I’m starting an art project where I’m having everyone I know draw an outline of their left hand on a sheet of paper. I’m going to photoshop all the hands together into one image to show the range of hands.…

1) Miniature roadside attractions Inspired by the mini-houses at bicycle saftey towns… It would be really cool if there was a bike trail that had miniature versions of famous American buildings and monuments. You’d be riding your bike and then…

Here’s something to try maybe later. while inside descending elevator: Walk in circles going clockwise. This is something I highly advise. For while you on the descend and walking round-n-round my friend, the qualities you quite imbue Is like you…

In the spirit of Vanilla Ice’s song “Ice Ice Baby,” here is a rendition for defrosting your fridge: All right stop collaborate and listen Ice is back in our refrigerator invention The door just won’t close tightly Defrost the fridge…

I’m a newspaper designer that has to adhere to the AP Style Guide. Anytime a caption mentions a USA state location I have to use the AP style to abbreviate the state name. Ala. Kan. Nev. S.C.Ariz. Ky. N.H. S.D.Ark.…

Okay, so i’m obssessed with spider monkeys now. Or you could say I’m ape for spider monkeys!!!!

Yesterday I asked if a photo of a baby spider monkey was cute or scary. Now what happens to a spider monkey when it grows up? See the photo above. YIPES!

Do you find this Central American spider monkey (aka black-handed spider monkey) to be cute or scary?

Here’s a bunch of weapons made with one-line ascii art. They are handy to put into IMs and text messages. >>----> Arrow/Dart ||||||[::]||||||||||||| Belt `=o== o Cannon -==|)- Crossbow =-O * * * The Enterprise firing photon torpedoes =-O~~~ The…

furilla interjection 1) Short for “for real”

When printing in Firefox you can add stuff to the headers and footers. Right now it only lets you choose from: –Title –Document URL –Date/Time –Page Number –Page number “of” Page Total It would be great if Firefox allowed custom…

Here’s the secret ninja recipe for how they say the word “auto”. You MUST do all of these at once: –Say it slow –Say it in a deep voice –Say “auto” like it’s two words. Aww. Tow. –Make the last…

White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson looks like Al “Grandpa Munster” Lewis. They have more in common than their looks. As a vampire, Grandpa Munster sucks blood. As a baseball announcer, Hawk Harrelson just sucks.

A nine foot tall bronze statue of Irv Kupcinet was recently installed to commemorate the man behind a record-breaking 60-year Chicago Sun-Times column. He even is depicted holding a Sun-Times final edition under his right arm. The 9 feet tall…

At 5:04am this morning the date was a neat countdown number 08/07/06 05:04 am

“HE GONE!” is a catchphrase that Chicago White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson likes to say when people on the opposing team strikes out. It’s so incredibly annoying as it does it all the time and in a 5th-grade tone. Now,…

LEGO Master Model Building Event Friday, August 18, 10:30am – 6:30pm Saturday, August 19, 10:30am – 6:30pm Sunday, August 20, 11am to 6pm The LEGO Store at Westfield North Bridge 515 N State St, Chicago, IL Ever wondered how those…

Graphic designers in America are projected to show a 24% increase in jobs by 2012 (from 197,460 in 2002 to 244,320 in 2012, according to projectionscentral.com) In 2002 Illinois there was 8,590 Graphic Designers. They are projecting in 2012, there…

There’s a cool database with projections for how many jobs are projected for 2012. Here’s the top ten for Illinois: Some of the items in this list are interesting. Social and Human Service Assistants More social workers? I’m glad to…

Yesterday Spudart.org received its 10,000th comment! Spudart.org leaped over the 10 grand mark with Gary’s comment on the post about Roof Leapers of America. Thank you to all my readers, it just blows my mind that so many people are…

It would be fun to walk into work and say “good morning” to my co-workers in a different language every day. But to make it stick in my head, it makes more sense to do one translation every week. So…

In a blog post from 2003, I said, “With large umbrellas, come large responsibilities.” I’m glad to see that it has now spread over to Japan.