On this day: July 6

2021 5 years ago

Looking forward to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
I hope the art work is shocked by the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

Pop your photos with a $20 fisheye lens (and pretend you are a fish)
It’s lots of fun shooting with a new lens, especially a funky fisheye lens (from the super-fun photojojo). Everything looks all fun and curvy, especially on…

Coolest place on Earth (according to Google Maps)
Do a search for coolest place on earth in Google Maps and it brings you to Earth, TX. Somehow I don’t think Texas is the coolest…

What are the odds of finding a four-leaf clover?
A few years ago I was walking up the sidewalk to my parents’ house, and there was one clover growing out of a sidewalk crack. That…

Idea: Have everyone you know sign one baseball
Take one baseball. One pen. Every person you know signs the same ball, for your entire life. Everyone you know would leave their mark, it’s like…

Lego boombox
This little lego figure is a dude listening to a boombox. However, I cannot take credit for this little guy, TMS copywriter Lisa Schryver is the…
What if postal mail was free?
What would happen if you could mail letters through the postal mail for free? That would be fun. I’d miss stamps though. Stamps are fun. But…

Six tips for watching July 3rd fireworks at the Taste of Chicago
Every year Chicago has their fireworks a day early on July 3rd. It gets millions of people gathering to the lakeshore resulting in a very packed…

Why do humans like to throw things?
Recent comments on a post about about throwing things and throwing your shoes sparked more interest on this topic. Why do we enjoy throwing things?Even young…
MAPP personality test
My brother was telling about this personality test that tells you what job you should be in. Each of the 71 questions presents three options. You…
Apple’s Mail.app doesn’t like 69,528 pieces of spam
Not having dumped my junk mail folder since February 9th, there are 69,528 pieces of spam in there… 473 a day. Here is the face behind…

black market spray paint
The city of Chicago does not allow the sale of spray paint (anti-graffitti measures). So whenever i go to the burbs to buy spray paint, i…