On this day
October 13
13 items, across every year
2023 3 years ago
1 post
- Hot Wheels specs its car colors with Pantone colors
Ever wondered about Hot Wheels' color choices? A recent peek into their office revealed a dazzling display of car bodies, each labeled with Pantone hues. Surprising,…
2021 5 years ago
1 post
- William Shatner on how our atmosphere is incredibly thin and delicate
I just happened to catch William Shatner’s conversation with Jeff Bezos just after landing from his outer space trip. William Shatner had some good words to…
2020 6 years ago
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- Origin of “Mah Nà Mah Nà”
When you hear the phrase, “Mah Nà Mah Nà”, do you think about the Muppets? That’s what I thought when this song by Piero Umiliani came…
2018 8 years ago
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- Sharing favs works much better on Flickr than Instagram
I had fun faving 70 photos on Flickr tonight. I was searching street installation, pavement installation, and site specific. You can’t really make a screenshot of your…
2014 12 years ago
1 post
- Five fictional accounts respond to house with indoor basketball court
How would you react to discovering that an indoor basketball court is inside a 9,500 square foot house in the heart of one of Chicago’s most…
2011 15 years ago
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- All the palindrome words you can type with your left hand
Here is the complete list of all the words that are palindromes AND that you can type with just your left hand. There are 16 such…
2009 17 years ago
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- 2,500 different artists
Since joining last.fm a couple years ago, I’ve listened to 2,500 different artists. Cool! (That’s out 12,687 plays). I highly recommend last.fm. It’s free. You can…
2008 18 years ago
2 posts
- The “Mounts” of Illinois
There are at least twelve towns in Illinois containing the word "Mount." Just how tall are these "mountains" of Illinois? Let's take a look.
- Food menu wordplay with Barack Obama and John McCain
Wembleyheads on 43things wants to prepare a dish for a politically-themed potluck. It needs to be named something like “Barack-oli casserole” or “Palin-guini” or “McCain-aroni and…
2006 20 years ago
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- Design critique of the Chicago 2016 Olympics logo
Mayor Daley and Chicago unveiled their logo for the bid to have Chicago host the 2016 Summer Olympic games. VSA Partners’ Chicago office designed the logo.…
2005 21 years ago
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- firefox to del.icio.us bookmarks importer
The ultimate collection of links for importing bookmarks from firefox into del.icio.us: Does anyone know of any programs/scripts/sites that can import firefox bookmarks into the del.icio.us…
2004 22 years ago
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- Run around a tree with orange leaves
For some fun photos, run around a tree and take pictures. You’ll get some interesting results. Check out some photos I took outside Chicago’s brown line…
2003 23 years ago
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- The giant walking Sammy Sosa head
The Cubs are going to clinch the pennant at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. I’m going to the ballpark during the game, and hang outside left field.…
