On this day
October 9
18 items, across every year
2024 2 years ago
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- The division symbol ÷ is called an obelus, which is a sharpened stick
Did you know you could search Wikipedia for symbols? What is the actual name of the ÷ symbol? Wikipedia tells us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/÷ The name for the…
2019 7 years ago
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- Capturing sharp details from drawings in an art museum
The collection of 17th century Dutch and Flemish drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago is a nice display of work. Especially impressive is the large…
2018 8 years ago
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- Yves Klein blue globe
The artist known for his own shade of blue. Yves Klein patented International Klein Blue in 1961. He passed away one year later at age 34.…
- Top 100 artists on Artsy, October 2018
What are the art world’s most popular artists? One method is to look at the most-followed artists on Artsy.net. If an artist is in a museum,…
- Five results on Google for: “Moholy-Nagy-esque”
When something has a cool photogram/Bauhaus look, it’s “Moholy-Nagy-esque.” That is, something that looks like László Moholy-Nagy’s work. My brother Erik created this really cool image that…
2015 11 years ago
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- #gentlemansquirrel on instagram
OMG. I thought there would be zero results on instagram #gentlemansquirrel but there is this wonderful photo! Enjoying the view from my lady ships window. #snowday…
2014 12 years ago
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- Placing origami postcards inside Walgreens with a walgreenslistens receipt
Transform the fun of tourist postcards into something beyond their normal function. Buy a tourist postcard and then fold it into a paper origami and leave…
2013 13 years ago
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- What happens when you can’t think
I cannot think today. In fact, I just tweeted this: Wow. I cannot think today. I wonder if this is how must humans live. — Matt's…
2009 17 years ago
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- Happy 10/10/09–a near perfect 10 day
I feel like we are in the wrong year. Today is 10/10/09. Although it is rather comforting that we aren’t living THE perfect 10 day. We…
2008 18 years ago
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- Happy 10/09/08 countdown day!
It’s a countdown day, 10/09/08! 10… 9… 8. What are we counting down to? Here’s some ideas: 25 days until the USA National Election for President…
2007 19 years ago
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- 100 Things I’ve Learned About Photography
100 Things I√¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve Learned About Photography 53. No image is better than a bad one 54. Everyone has to start little 55. Your opinion about photography…
- The disappointment of having playoff tickets
Cubs playoff tickets. A great thing to have. Game four. Certainly there would be a game four, right? Not with these Chicago Cubs. They got swept…
2006 20 years ago
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- LEGO mosaic robot
I have a new piece of art in the art gallery on spudart.org. Feel free to leave a comment at the lego mosaic robot page.
2005 21 years ago
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- So familiar, yet so strange
Ever wanna have some fun? Do a search yahoo auctions CHINA! WHOA. it’s like a warp zone.
2003 23 years ago
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- old twenty dollar bill no good by saturday
hey, with this new $20 bill, all of the old bills will no longer be valid by this saturday. You can just send them to me…
- where is the bouncing ball shooter?
I simply cannot believe that the following phrases do not exist on the internet: * bouncy ball catapult * bouncing ball catapult * bouncy ball gun…
2002 24 years ago
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- current readings
A new page I just made. Check out the current books that I’m reading.https://www.spudart.org/books/current
2001 25 years ago
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- Croquet School on hold until 2002
Looks like I’m going to have to wait until next year for my croquet classes. It looks like it took a bit longer to build the…