On this day
February 28
11 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- My Github snippets
I’m continuing to post more of my programming snippets to Github. Over the years, I’ve got a bunch of short programming codes that I use to…
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- Sending mail art to an art museum
The Art Institute of Chicago is welcoming people to send them mail art in the form of postcards. If you were to send some mail art…
2023 3 years ago
1 post
- Hilarious insurance for your $1.29 Hot Wheels car
Does Batman have an insurance policy on his Batmobile?
2021 5 years ago
1 post
- Two simple minutes
When you see something interesting, you might stop, pull out your phone and snap a pic. Then you move on. Good for you to stop and…
2014 12 years ago
1 post
- Matt Maldre is Joseph Beuys
An image search for my name, Matt Maldre, brings up four photos of me–and a photo of the great artist Joseph Beuys. Google is implying that…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- My pink flamingos photo was published in the “Pink Attitude” book
One of my pink flamingoes photos has been selected to be published in a photo book: “Pink Attitude!” It was about a year ago that 10,000…
2007 19 years ago
2 posts
- 10,000 Pink Flamingos Flock to Downtown Chicago
A ton of plastic pink flamingoes just appeared in downtown chicago. AirTran is doing a promotion for their increased flights from Chicago to Florida. There’s one…
- Origin of MLB player photos
Here’s a photo of Chicago Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano posing during “picture day.” It makes me wonder if this is a Chicago Cubs internal “picture day” (for…
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Pantone Forecast: Spring 2006 Top Ten Colors
Fashion in a “Blue” Mood for Spring 2006. Pantone released their spring 2006 colors. Source: “Blue Skies Ahead” on pantone.com Pantone also released a 24 page…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- Scrabble on steroids
Have you ever played Scrabble√Ü online? There’s a yahoo game called “Literati√¥”. It’s just like Scrabble. And it’s fun when you play someone online and both…
2002 24 years ago
1 post
- Bobble head doll for the ladies (Kyle Farnsworth)
This year, the Cubs are offering bobbin head doll giveaways of Ryne Sandberg, Sammy Sosa, and Kyle Farnsworth. Kyle who?
