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  • The number 8 May 16, 2002
    It looks like an infinity symbol. A friend of mine, Noel, said it was standing up. I like how that personfies an infinity symbol–like it’s a person. Where does the infinity symbol work? Noel said a toll booth, because it…
  • Comments re-enabled May 15, 2002
    I finally updated the code for my comments. Drop your comments like bombs pleez.
  • chocolate vs. vanilla May 15, 2002
    A recent email I sent to the “vanilla queen” at vanilla.com What, is there some sort of vanilla brigade out there wanting to fully eliminate any traces of chocolate dominance from the planet? Face it you vanilla villians, Chocolate has…
  • My socks make me dream May 14, 2002
    Why is it that when I wear my socks to bed, I always have dreams? Are the socks keeping the dreams from escaping out of my toes?
  • the negative chip caray May 13, 2002
    Chip Caray, tv announcer for the Chicago Cubs since 1998, has been growing more and more irratiable as the baseball season goes on. Why? Is it the Cubs awful play this season? No, I don’t think that’s the main reason.…
  • rechargeable batteries May 12, 2002
    Using rechargeable batteries gives me a special kind of joy. What is it exactly? The feeling of empowerment? Or maybe it’s the feeling of immortality. Batteries used to be such a sad thing. When you purchase them, you know they…
  • watchcam May 11, 2002
    Here is a bunch of research on the currently available watchcameras. I’m opting for the cheaper $40 WQV1.
  • Alternative names for the WW May 10, 2002
    FI’m choosing letters that sound when you say it.WWB, WWD, WWG, WWR. WWB: World Wrestling BadguysWWD: World Wrestling DummiesWWG: World Wrestling GoonsWWW: World Wrestling Weirdos And of course, they could go with WWW. Would that cause any confusion?
  • KRT Direct postcard May 9, 2002
    Postcard to promote the redesigned KRT Direct website. Clean, simple, and fast. Client: Knight Ridder Tribune Fonts: Avenir and ITC Century (the fonts used in the KRT Direct logo I designed)Front: Back:
  • wrestling is fake May 9, 2002
    We all know that WWF (now WWE) wrestling is fake, but I never knew it was publicly announced… “WWF founder Vince McMahon admitted in 1989 that WWF wrestling bouts were scripted, in part to avoid a tax on sporting events.”…
  • Pepsi Blue May 8, 2002
    I just made a new webpage dedicated to Pepsi Blue, the new berry-flavored drink that will be released soon. It’s got links to articles, pictures, tidbits, and even a fan club! Check it out now: Pepsi Blue
  • wwf is now wwe May 7, 2002
    The World Wrestling Federation will now be known as World Wrestling Entertainment. This sounds really dumb to me for a number of reasons.#1) Federation made it sound much cooler, more tough than the generic entertainment#2) Say “WWF” out loud and…
  • credit card sized camera May 6, 2002
    It’s literally the size of a credit card, and with its integrated brushed aluminum case is about half an inch thick at it thickest point and weighs just 1.8 ounces. Logitech Pocket Digital√Ö Camera for $129.95 at Logitech’s site. Yahoo…
  • small buttons May 6, 2002
    When I ship out my ebay auctions to the winner, I also want to include a small spudart.org button. I did some research on printing little buttons (1.25″). Here’s what I found out.
  • why we like nature May 5, 2002
    While riding on the 2nd floor of the train coming back home to chicago from aurora today, I looked out the window to see a creek glistening in the sun, then we zoomed by a small forest with trees and…
  • more links on lance rutter May 4, 2002
    Lance Rutter Discusses Experience Design. On commarts site.Lance Rutter’s book recommendations at Aiga ChicagoThere’s also a couple posts my Lance on the AIGAExperienceDesign email group. It looks like an interesting email group.
  • power of the word May 3, 2002
    Yesterday, I went to a small talk at Tanagram Studio in Chicago. The owner of the studio, Lance Rutter opened with an interesting story his realization of the power of words. He was in college and became deathly ill after…
  • critique my photo May 2, 2002
    I made my first posting on photosig.com a site where you critique photos. The stuff on there is very high quality professional stuff. Check out my photo and leave a comment. The title of the photo is “Living on the…
  • extreme mini-croquet May 1, 2002
    It looks like the Squirearchy will be published as the creators of extreme mini-croquet in the next issue of the National Croquet Calendar. Take a sneak peek at what i submitted: article #1 and article #2. This photo might make…
  • yoda lightsaber master April 30, 2002
    The main reason Yoda will be only computer animation this time around (and not a puppet) is that, to quote Lucas, “Yoda will finally show why he is called the Master.” He will be using a lightsaber.
  • the win stat for pitchers is a farce April 29, 2002
    juan cruz of the cubs is 0-5 with a 2.33 era. Big whoop i really dislike the win loss record for a pitcher. It’s more moronic than the save statistic. I hate it when announcers talk about how great a…
  • Ice cream in the cold April 28, 2002
    Why eat ice cream when it’s hot outside? Does it really cool you down? If anything, I find it stressful trying to prevent my ice cream cone from melting. I would much rather have an ice cream cone out in…
  • transformers April 27, 2002
    Get the new special Special First Season Collector’s Edition on DVD for $45.00 at amazon. You’ll also get limited-edition cels of Transformers characters. Hot!
  • universal greetin April 26, 2002
    gsomeone did a search for “transformers universal greeting wreck” on google and they got my sitehere it is: “Ba weep granna weep ninny bang” from my transformers movie script page.
  • Who can sell more art on ebay? April 25, 2002
    A bet was placed between my twin brother, a friend, and me. By April 23, 2003, the person who earned the most money by selling their art on ebay wins. Erik, my twin bro is the first to put art…
  • Yoda Supastar April 24, 2002
    In the next Star Wars film (Attack of the Clones) Yoda will yield a light saber with “maneuvers as quick as his speech is circuitous.” Time Magazine states. “A Gandhi turned Rambo, Yoda is the real action hero of the…
  • folding screen book April 23, 2002
    Samsung released a new folding LCD screen that reads like a book. Seems pretty neat. But I can’t find how much this sucker costs.Check it out.
  • the nonsense of human exercise April 22, 2002
    This morning there was bird that ran around a statue in Lakeview. It almost seemed like the bird was just exercising. But that would be odd, because animals don’t exercise just to exercise (like us humans). Everything animals do is…
  • isosahedon April 21, 2002
    The magic 8-ball has 20 sides to it! TWENTY! I didn’t think it had that many. Something with 20 sides is called an icosahedon.
  • Croquet Coincedence April 20, 2002
    The official croquet of the Squirearchy is now made under the brand names of Wilson and Sportcraft. Amazing. Here’s the story no-point story: hey! i found the croquet set for lisa. I went over to sportmart during work. There’s one…
  • Montgomery Monkey April 19, 2002
    The town mascot of Montgomery, Illionis should be the monkey. The Montgomery Monkey! Imagine, the monkey in the land of no noise.

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