On this day
February 20
13 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
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- Launching an icicle rocket on a backyard space mission
They say winter is cold and dreary, but that’s only if you’re not out there flying an icicle through the cosmos.
2024 2 years ago
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- LEGO blocks as budding flower
What a wonderful idea! The “growing” of the LEGO piece, but also the notion of having a Sunday Sketch series, looking at a familiar object and…
2021 5 years ago
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- The earliest surviving photo of the White House, 1846, was discovered at a flea market in 1972
The man who helped start both the transcontinental railroad AND one of the first famous photographers—his photos were missing for a hundred years, then found in…
2019 7 years ago
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- Surfing the Chicago Picasso
Every morning I walk by the Chicago Picasso. Not just by it, but I walk right up next to it, so I can run my hand…
2012 14 years ago
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- Chicago gets huge tech coworking space
I’m really looking forward to the new tech coworking space named 1871 in the Merchandise Mart. — 50,000 square feet — 100 reserved and 220 shared…
2009 17 years ago
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- empty chocolate
When the only chocolate in my apartment is the empty chocolate-covered raisins bag in the garbage, it’s time for me to get some chocolate. I’m staring…
2008 18 years ago
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- Does Chicago ever get colder than the South Pole?
As Antartica experiences its summer season, Chicago gets hit with winter. Often it gets super cold in Chicago, and it makes me wonder if we ever…
2007 19 years ago
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- Chicago’s 15th coldest three-week period ever
We in Chicago just had 22 consecutive days below 32 degrees. That’s the longest streak in 23 years. 1984-85 had a string of 33 below freezing…
2006 20 years ago
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- Designers, Mozart says “Let’s Play!”
When I design, I approach it as that I am playing. There are some designers that don’t like to say that they “play” when they design,…
2004 22 years ago
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- Desk of the Apes
It’s Dave’s birthday tomorrow, so I decked out his desk with a five foot tall inflatable monkey, 7 smaller inflatable monkeys, and 258 images of monkeys…
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- powerbook boots
Finally I booted up my powerbook. It works!
- day before your birthday
In addition to celebrating our birthday, we should also celebrate the day before our birthday, because that is the last day that we are at that…
2002 24 years ago
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- update on 20:02, 20/02, 2002
There will be another palendromic time in 110 years! It will occur on 21:12 21/12 2112. (Dec 21, 2112 at 9:12pm). Damm, science better extend my…