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  • over 170 cassette tape designs November 16, 2005
    There’s this site called Cassette Jam ’05 where there are over 170 different images of old cassette tape designs. Here’s three of the tapes on that site that I have used.
  • What is a sport? Can lasertag be a sport? November 15, 2005
    I recently showed someone my list of Amateur Sport Event Calendars in Chicago and he replied, “laser tag is not a sport!” But I would say the formula for sport is: physical activity + competition = sport
  • Percentage of people who read the comics in the newspaper every day November 14, 2005
    SmarterChild is an instant message bot that you can ask questions. You can also IM the word “poll” to SmarterChild and it will ask you a question. Then it will give you the percentage of what others responded. Here’s a…
  • Signs for the Windy City November 13, 2005
    It gets so windy in our windy city of Chicago, that we have signs like this one at the brown line Western stop.
  • the chase race during your commute November 8, 2005
    While walking to work, do you ever spot someone up ahead of you and make it your goal to pass that person before you get to work?
  • Cubbie bears dressed up in White Sox shirts November 7, 2005
    This was rather funny. Walgreens is selling cubbie bears wearing white sox shirts. Do you see the irony?
  • Main Street in Chicago November 5, 2005
    Many towns have a Main Street, but not Chicago.
  • How to Find Objects You Lost November 4, 2005
    Too bad the guy on that site doesn’t get lost. How to Find Objects You Lost
  • chicago stingo soccer bowl November 4, 2005
    Ha the “soccer bowl” that’s a funny phrase… “I want to win the SOCCER BOWL!!!” And the soccer ball at the end of “sting” makes it look like it’s spelled as “Chicago Stingo”
  • All-time Winter Olympic medals, and per capita November 2, 2005
    It’s 100 days until 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino Italy All-time Winter Olympic medals 1. Norway 263 2. United States 193 3. Austria 162 4. Finland 142 5. Germany 125 (1928-36, 52-64, 92) 6. Sweden 108 7. Switzerland 103 8.…
  • Florida Press Show postcard November 1, 2005
    Knight Ridder Tribune and Tribune Media Services have a table at the annual Florida Press show where they gave away a new Calloway golf bag. This postcard promotes the giveaway. Design and Illustration by me.
  • oly em picks: just 101 more days November 1, 2005
    It’s just 101 more days until the 2006 Winter Olympics start. And did you know that there are no websites with the phrase “oly em picks” or “oly em pick” or “oly em pics” or “oly em pic“? Crazy.
  • laying down on concrete October 31, 2005
    concrete concrete concrete i feel so tired and beat upon you i lay down and rest my feet how you suck away my heat leaving me to be one cold stick of meat concrete concrete concrete
  • Roof Leapers of America October 28, 2005
    Is there some group of people that like to go around and jump from rooftop to rooftop like in the movies? It would seem to be some sort of extreme sport. “Roof Jumpers” might be a better name, but then…
  • Congratulations White Sox, but I’m still not going to root for you October 27, 2005
    Being a die-hard Cubs fan who roots against the White Sox, I expect to hear crap from the White Sox fans when they win the World Series. It’s expected. BUT instead what I hear more is complaints from people that…
  • question October 26, 2005
    Do you know what you like or like what you know?
  • Demolition Derby in Chicago October 25, 2005
    Does anyone know of a Demolition derby in the Chicagoland area? There’s this calendar for the Demolition Derby Drivers Association (gotta love the URL “wecrash.com”), but they don’t have any events listed for Illinois.
  • 12 Cool Diagram Posters October 24, 2005
    I was searching for some cool posters that featured interesting diagrams, tables or charts. Here’s twelve. Which is your favorite? Basic Nunchaku Kata poster from martial arts supermarket First Maps of the Internet from thinkgeek.com Weather Wizard’s Cloud Chart &…
  • Ford SYN concept merges SUV with armored cars October 22, 2005
    Back in September 2003 I posted about Armored vehicles the next SUV. Now it’s becoming much closer to reality. SYN US concept for secure urban parking and driving Detroit January 7, 2005 Somewhere between an armoured car and a sporty…
  • Bowing down to the G5 Apple computer October 21, 2005
    A couple weeks ago I changed desks at work, and got a G5 computer (zippy!). Instead of turning it on via the keyboard, I reach down below my desk to hit the “on” button on the computer tower. Every morning…
  • How to make your existing business cards more interesting October 20, 2005
    Got some boring business cards? Here’s an idea to spice ’em up. Buy an animal hole punch at a hobby/art store. Punch the animal into your business card. Look up some trivia or jokes related to that animal for fun,…
  • More cute baby porcupines photo! October 19, 2005
    Because, this wasn’t enough. Here is another photograph of adorable baby porcupines. (thanks to lisa for sending this to me)
  • My dodgeball team’s logo designed by Cef Grima October 18, 2005
    As promised in my previous post on dodgeballs, here’s my dodgeball and kickball’s team logo designed by artist Cef Grima.
  • how to take photos of the chicago bean October 17, 2005
    From Metroblogging Chicago: The deal with the Bean is that you can take a crappy camera and sort of wave it in the general direction of the Bean with your eyes closed and you take, every time, a freakin’ awesome…
  • A poster made out of comic strips October 16, 2005
    Comic strips and comic books have such drastic size differences. A comic book page is 6-5/8 x 10-3/16 inches. That’s 67.5 square inches of space. A comic strip is 5-3/4 x 1-3/4 inches. That’s 10 square inches of space. What…
  • Sony Librie improvements October 15, 2005
    I’ve had my eye on the Sony Librie before it was released in Japan in March 2004. But it only had a Japanese operating system. Back in July 2005 a hacked English OS version was released, and now I’m tempted…
  • e-ink to revolutionize how you read October 14, 2005
    Ever print out an article because it’s too hard to read the entire thing on screen? Would you like to be able to read your articles on one piece of paper that can just magically change its ink? This does…
  • firefox to del.icio.us bookmarks importer October 13, 2005
    The ultimate collection of links for importing bookmarks from firefox into del.icio.us: Does anyone know of any programs/scripts/sites that can import firefox bookmarks into the del.icio.us bookmark system? There are a few, but none of them are very easy to…
  • Yahoo auctions and RSS feeds October 12, 2005
    Yahoo auctions have RSS feeds… …but only in the japan version. WHAT! Gimme some of that RSS action on the USA version of yahoo auctions. OK, I gotta hand it to yahoo. It’s free to post auctions for 10 days.…
  • Images on blog posts are helpful October 11, 2005
    Having images for posts on blogs are very helpful. We like to think that the main meat of a blog is content/text. But it’s hard to skim over a blog with no images. Images serve more than to just illustrate.…
  • Dodgeballs used in the National Amateur Dodgeball Association October 10, 2005
    I’m looking to buy some official dodgeballs used in the National Amateur Dodgeball Association (from: http://www.dodgeballusa.com/gear.html) Does anyone want to get one too? They cost $20.00 each with $3.50 to ship an individual ball. But the shipping is only $7.70…

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