On this day
August 20
11 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
1 artwork placed
- Wearing out Mitch Williams
August 20, 2026
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- The Phantom Banksy at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute doesn't own any Banksy works, but their search engine created the next best thing—accidental connections between street art, ancient sculptures, and Impressionism. See…
2012 14 years ago
1 post
- The most rad contact form ever
Take a look at this contact form by chocolate maker Askinosie. It’s so cool. And when you submit your letter, it stamps “DELIVERED” on it.
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- Philip Johnson destroys Mies van der Rohe
Unlikelymoose has pitted pinnacle architects Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson against each other in a Faceoff Friday. Who will win? My choice is Philip…
2009 17 years ago
1 post
- Grapes and grape tomatoes do not go together
Grapes. Grape tomatoes. They should go together, right? Both are cute sizes. Both are great to pop in your mouth. One is sweet, the other acidic.…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- Good examples of photographing LEGO
I’ve been into the idea of photographing LEGOs, so I did some research on flickr to see what was possible. Here are photos by other flickr…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- Chicago’s very own Kite Man, Mike Illich
A 73-year-old man dangles a long piece of plastic off the side one of the busiest pedestrian bridges in the world. It’s just after the high…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- East rules. West stinks.
Underscorebleach.net makes an interesting observation: Today is August 19, 2005, quite far into the 2005 MLB season. I think it’s rather remarkable that every single team…
2004 22 years ago
1 post
- Backyard Olympics now officially formed
The brilliant post by Erik Maldre about how badminton should have more TV time has inspired the formation of a new olympics. An olympics that is…
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- lame spike tv logo
Spike TV logo is totally lame. It’s the freakin network for men, and they have this totally pansy-a55 logo. Here’s what some others have to say:…
- breakfast burrito chronicles
The quest with Headliners (my work’s cafeteria in the Tribune Tower) and their elusive breakfast burrito: 8/18: MONDAY the first email to Headliners: I haven’t seen…
