On this day
January 14
12 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
1 post
- Why don’t people use email to communicate anymore?
A tiny box doesn’t just limit length. It lowers expectations.
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- Winter’s artwork on our window
Do you like the mysterious vibe or the detailed HDR version?
2021 5 years ago
1 post
- Upper case numbers
When you are chatting and you want to really emphasize a year, but you only have plain text at your disposal. No bolding. No bigger words.…
2020 6 years ago
1 post
- Discovering Cloisonnism and the incredible French artist Louis Anquetin
The Impressionist painters are known for their atmospheric treatment of scenes, loose brushwork that takes precedence over lines and contours. Yet in the midst of the…
2014 12 years ago
1 post
- Clothespin artist of 1994 influences the creation of spudart
The clothespin artist stands at the front steps of the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1994. My fellow college freshman friends and I…
2013 13 years ago
1 post
- The library of the future
The library of the future is indeed a curious place. Check out my blog post “A library with no books” where I talk about the mac…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- How Youtube is wrecking story-telling
Alex Garcia wrote a very thought-provoking blog post about the new forms of story telling on Youtube, “YouTube Doesn’t Care About Your Beginning, Middle, End.” He…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- “Overjoyed” what a weird word
“I’m so overjoyed!” can be read three ways: –It can sound like you are INCREDIBLY HAPPY!!! –You are being sarcastic. –You are being a smart butt,…
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Seeing earth for the first time
Imagine you are an alien. You are approaching planet earth for the first time. You could totally end up approaching earth from any direction. What if…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- quiet closet poem
The empty coat closet at work, no jackets inside do lurk. All is quiet and still, Nothing moving notta nill. I hang my coat off to…
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- nothing
The thesaurus has no entry for the word “nothing“. How ironic.
- Joe Lieberman’s Dark Side
Joe Lieberman is Darth Sidious (Emperor Paltpatine). Palpatine was an unassuming yet ambitious Senator in the Galactic Republic.Liebermann an unassuming yet ambtious Senator in the United…