Fluorite is the official state mineral of Illinois. Yipee! The General Assembly established Fluorite as the state mineral in 1965. Its competitors included galena, calcite, and quartz. Illinois is the largest producer of Fluorite in the United States. Fluorite is…
After many, many, many, many, many posts on anti-pigeons, maybe they aren’t all that bad. They are tough survivers and add a non-human element to urban areas. They do have nice different colors. And they do walk in a funky…
Yesterday was a very cold day in Chicago for the middle of August. People were out shopping for jackets and pullovers. Good thing the fall fashions were in. Even though August gets very hot (the hottest month of the year…
how many pennies can you send via 1st class mail (within USA)? (i have the answer, but am working on some fun graphs to illustrate the answer) The first person to guess correctly will get that amount of pennies mailed…
There are four known acronyms for OOH: * Occupational Outlook Handbook * Orbital Operations Handbook * Out of Here * Out of Hours And one for OOOH: * Out of Our Heads
On my way to work, I just exited the Chicago red line stop when someone handed me a very cold can of Lo-Carb Monster Energy. It has 100% of your daily needs of Vitamin C, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, and…
We are always forgetful throughout our entire life. It’s just that as we get older, we become more wise and learn what we are becoming forgetful about. Click on the comments to see how this quote came about.
Yesterday the Colorado Rockies and the Chicago Cubs both wore dark jersey shirts with light pants. Isn’t there some rule that one team wears dark and the other light?
Just got an email with specs on sizes for artwork to go on tshirts, mugs, hats, etc. At the top it said, “300 dpi for all…” What a nice notion. Everything in life should be 300 dpi.
Cerulean Studios makes the wildy popular instant message program called Trillian. However they do not have a version for Mac OS X. Here is my email requesting it. ——————- Subject: Trillian for Mac OS X and ewoks! Dear Cerulean Studios,…
Batman the movie is currently filming in Chicago. It’s fun how people try to get sneak peeks at the movie filming. I want to take photos of someone dressed up in a silly batman costume around Chicago. Then post the…
After two months of having the same item on the “Item of the Day”, this section is finally updated. Every day for the next month there will be a new Item of the Day with a post pulled from the…
The owner of IA Collaborative gave a talk for the AIGA on July 20, 2004. It’s a designer firm that strongly emphasizes designers doing research. Their designer go rock climbing when designing a new watch, visit Wrigley Field when doing…
About once every month, the Ravenswood for Peace stands outside the Western Brown Line stop in the morning giving handouts concerning current political situations. The women are nice older ladies with gray hair that are always so happy to spreading…
It would be nice if there was a website for the 2004 Olympics where you can search exactly what events a specific country is participating in. You’d think in our information age, there would be some kind of sortable database…
A thought that has been sticking to me for some time has been why do we have three flavors of spearmint, peppermint and wintergreen? Standing in the gum section of the store leaves me in a bind as to which…
While at the Chicago Cubs game in Milwaukee yesterday, anyone with a fluorescent colored shirt in the stands really stood out. There should be a professional team with fluorescent green as one of their team colors. Then their fans can…
what? wait? where am i? not in the office for monday, july 26 and tuesday, july 27 of 2004. But feel free to come by my desk and talk to my plant. (away message for work email)
I recently bought a bunch of clothespins for laundry. There’s way more than I need. Here’s some thoughts on what to do with them: Hang laundry in public places. – On the stop cable on the bus (would make for…
I’ll paypal $5.00 to the first person that can tell me where I can legitimately purchase prune soda pop. Rules: The answer cannot be the recipe for prune soda. It cannot be some website that just merely mentions prude soda.…
Photoshop CS would not allow me to open up the scans of the 20-dollar bills from the previous post about Thoughts on money. This was the error message: This application does not support the unauthorized processing of banknote images. For…
The previous post on quantifying actions was written on a twenty-dollar bill, because I didn’t have any other paper on me. It’s fun to write your to-do notes and ideas on money. This very post was written on some money.…
It’s interesting how the Chicago Cycling Club quantifies speed into categories. Social: 12 to 14 mph Touring: 14 to 18 mph Training: 18 to 25 mph How about when you are watching a baseball game at the park? How can…
Scholars and artists thrown together are often annoyed at the puzzle of where they differ. Both work from knowledge; but I suspect they differ most importantly in the way their knowledge is come by. Scholars get theirs with conscientious thoroughness…
The State of Illinois building is where I get my hair cut. To me the entire building is just simply known as the barber shop. One really big building just to get your hair cut. Similiar semantic construction with the…
Once the Art Institute of Chicago closes every night, the artwork hanging on the walls talk to each other. They like to discuss their histories and how they relate to one another. Sometimes they’ll brag about how long certain people…
Planets in our sky make a loop pattern. For the most part this pattern is like how we have our own daily trail. The morning and evening commute, over time, our trail is pretty fixed in the same path. But…
