On this day
March 18
18 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- The Rock ’n’ Roll McDonald’s and the problem with computer-rendered buildings
The 2005 Rock ’n’ Roll McDonald’s was torn down and replaced with a lifeless version.
2025 1 year ago
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- The mystery of broken blue worlds in a Chicago alley
In 2006, I photographed spilled gumballs in a Chicago alley. In 2025, I asked AI to identify them. Not one got it right.
2024 2 years ago
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- Soil temperature contains the recent weather history
Observing the fluctuations in soil temperature can be intriguing, as the soil acts as a record keeper of recent climatic events. Which makes sense, the soil…
- Remaking the Eiffel Tower every day with a creative prompt
Who knew the Eiffel Tower could wear so many different hats? Each day, a creative prompt reshapes its familiar lines into something new.
2021 5 years ago
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- Electricity cost calculator
We have a porch light that we used to keep on all the time. We would just forget to turn it off. Now that I have…
- Important tips for analyzing monthly electricity usage
Would you like a nice chart showing your monthly electricity usage? I'll show you how to build it.
2020 6 years ago
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- Popular topics in Google Arts and Culture
The selections for “Popular topics” in Google Arts and Culture is quite curious Paul Gauguin — 372 items Oil paint — 5,870 items Shark Bay —…
- Fun with toilet paper from the past
Google Photos is a lot of fun. Upload all your photos, and Google will use artificial intelligence to identify what’s in your photos. Since everyone has…
2014 12 years ago
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- Dyeing the Chicago River Green in fast-motion
Watch a little boat fly up and down the Chicago River releasing green dye (youtube video). The pattern the boat follows looks like the one would…
2010 16 years ago
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- Chicago Moving Bridges defeats finger tattoos for one day
“Finger tattoos” has been the my most viewed photo every day on flickr. But yesterday “Chicago’s Moving Bridges over the Chicago River” finally grabbed the top…
2009 17 years ago
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- My top six most-clicked links on twitter
I’ve posted 22 tr.im URLs on twitter (I’m user spudart). What gets the most clicks? Drama and iphones! 41 clicks It’s kinda funny that the Chicago…
2008 18 years ago
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- What is the official word for “earthquake cracks?”
Image courtesy from lrargerich via creative commons license Earthquake hits! Cracks form in the ground! What are those cracks called? And it’s not the “fault line.”…
2006 20 years ago
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- Nine observations about walking around public in Storm Tropper suit
Based on the video at dannychoo.com. 1) It would be fun to walk around in a Star Wars Storm Trooper suit and see people’s reactions. 2)…
2005 21 years ago
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- do commerical airline pilots fly the same plane?
This AP photo of a pilot cleaning the windshield to an airplane asks the question, do all pilots fly the same plane all the time? He’s…
2004 22 years ago
3 posts
- Logos on cylinder products
I’m designing a label for a foam rocket, and recently did some research at Walgreens. Small cylinder products that lay down horizontally almost always have the…
- pens with gray ink?
Why aren’t there any pens with gray ink? Because gray ink would look like the pen is running out of ink? Isn’t gray type easier to…
- i see photoshop brushes everywhere
You know you’ve been playing with photoshop brushes too long when you’re outside in public and you start to see all these textures that you could…
2002 24 years ago
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- Got an excellent book from the library today
“Dialogues in Public Art”. It’s a book that i’ve been wanting to get from my amazon wishlist. But now I can read it and get a…