On this day
August 14
10 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- squirearchy.com
Oh the days when I owned squirearchy.com. Now the domain is available for anyone.
2024 2 years ago
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- Searching for the Silver Man of Chicago
How Google Photos turned a search for 'Silver Man' into a journey through Chicago's history. From robots to statues, and even the famous Walking Dude.
2012 14 years ago
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- Dear spellcheck
Last week I made a tweet that started with “dear spellcheck.” Dear spellcheck, can we just make up our minds if it’s cancelled or canceled? —…
2008 18 years ago
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- IDEA: Olympics to allow any song to be played on medal stand
You know what would be cool? In the Olympics when they have the athletes on the medal stand, they should let the winner pick a pop…
2007 19 years ago
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- A critique of the only artwork on the Moon, “Fallen Astronaut”
The only piece of artwork on the moon is a three-inch tall aluminum figure representing an astronaut. This work was created by Belgian artist Paul Van…
2006 20 years ago
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- New word: furilla
furilla interjection 1) Short for “for real”
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- cubs in first place!
Went to the cubs game on friday. We found a nice cajun food place just south of wrigley to eat at. I was so surprised that…
- six crackers training
I just ate six crackers in sixty-one seconds. Almost there!
2002 24 years ago
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- how to remember which keys work for special character accents, ü î é
I was just looking at these letter combinations used to create accents on letters… √§ √´ √Ø √∂ √º, option-u is appropriate, because the letter “u”…
2001 25 years ago
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- Insider Trading folder
Insider Trading is one of Tribune Media Service’s columns. It provides information about how CEO’s stock portfolios. I developed a “James Bondish” look for this folder.…