On this day
May 31
7 items, across every year
2020 6 years ago
1 post
- Beautiful poster of Antarctica for $10
I had the greatest map Antarctica hanging in my dining room when I lived in Lincoln Square. I got it at the Rand McNally closing sale…
2019 7 years ago
1 post
- What is the world record for most keys on a typewriter?
Imagine a typewriter where instead of letters and numbers, all the keys are emoji characters. Each key is its own emoji. The result would be a…
2017 9 years ago
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- New word: artart
It’s kinda funny to type in the url bar: art.art Art dot art. So arty, you have to type art twice! That should become a word.…
2012 14 years ago
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- One-word comments on wife of Lichtenstein video
The Art Institute posted a one minute video of Roy Lichenstein’s wife talking about her husband’s show now showing at the Art Institute. Out of the…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- 8 surprises from throwing a paper airplane off a train platform
What discoveries happen when you throw a paper airplane from an elevated CTA train platform? I had so many fun surprises that they couldn’t fit into…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- Get your favorite quotations in the newspaper!
Does anybody have any good quotes? Every week in the newspaper spreads I design, there are two blocks for quotations. One of a humorous tone, the…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- Chicagocast.com
Podcasts are the hot new thing on the internet, so I grabbed chicagocast.com. Will I do anything with it? I dunno. Maybe I’ll sell it. Maybe…