On this day
February 24
12 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- The hidden patterns in everyday life
Every week, I take my garbage and recycling to the curb. I never noticed the perfectly spaced lines in the snow—until today. Sometimes, repetition creates beauty…
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- Best of Chicago 2023, available through Issuu
Searching a newspaper can be a lot easier through a PDF than their website.
2021 5 years ago
1 post
- Put Edvard Munch’s phrase “painted by a madman” on any artwork
A long-time art world mystery has been solved. A hidden message exists in Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream”. Written in pencil in the corner of…
2020 6 years ago
1 post
- Collecting sketchbooks of today
I love how the art museums have collections of loosely-drawn sketches. Makes me wish they would collect sketchbooks from artists today. I know, I know. You…
2015 11 years ago
1 post
- Should you bring a baseball bat to the voting booth?
Every year my company, Tribune Media Services, used to have award ceremonies. One of the awards was Rookie of the Year with the trophy/plaque thing being…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- Bouncyball land of a million bajillion bouncy balls
Oh wow. I want to live in that bouncy ball land forever and ever! Say, I wonder how they released the balls. They just didn’t pour…
2009 17 years ago
1 post
- The world needs better designed paperclip boxes
Just look at how this paperclip box gets totally destroyed in my drawer. I’d love a cute paperclip box. Etsy? Help!
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Which Star Wars Droid is the coolest? R3-T6, R3-T2, R2-C4, R4-A22, or R2-Q2
There’s a new action figure set of Star Wars Astromech Droids. Which droid is the coolest? (leave your vote in the comments, please)
2005 21 years ago
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- all the names for road, street, avenue, etc
Inspired by the link about the difference between a road, boulevard, etc; I put together a list of all the possible names for a street: ‚Ä¢…
2004 22 years ago
1 post
- Throwing things
Try throwing something. * Throw your backpack into the elevator * Throw a bouncy ball * Toss a book on the ground * Throw your pen…
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- high school reunion snail mail
Got a letter in the mail for my 10-year high school reunion. A couple of the questions were quite loaded. What is your favorite high school…
- called in sick for work today
did some laundry. slept alot. played on powerbook. I wish that OS X had some features from OS 9: * Apple Menu items * Right drop…