On this day
October 30
9 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- What the margins of cartoon art reveal
What happens when you look beyond the perfect frame of an 80s cartoon? The uncropped original animation art reveals the painterly truth hidden in the margins.
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- A suburban garden grew Illinois’ heaviest pumpkin at 2,021 pounds
This giant pumpkin in Wheaton, IL is almost as tall as me. Grown in a regular backyard, not a farm.
2020 6 years ago
1 post
- This cow has been tipped 2,162 times
[Disclaimer: First let me say that cow tipping is not a nice thing to do. It’s pretty much impossible to tip a cow. They are very…
2018 8 years ago
2 posts
- How old is your current phone?
Linkedin says about a HYLA Mobile report: Americans are waiting an average of 2.83 years before upgrading their smartphones, says HYLA Mobile. That’s compared to 2.39…
- Search one word in your bookmarks
Apple finally updated their Mac Mini model today, after four years of neglect. I love the Mac Mini. I have an old model that I use…
2012 14 years ago
1 post
- Touch-screen voting on computers for president is a trip
If you are voting for president using the new touch-screen computers, give yourself some extra time. The computers use a six-step process that take about three…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- 89 Good Podcasts
Looking for some good podcasts? I have a bunch for you. How about 89 podcasts‽ 1) Download the list Right-click on this link: Spudart’s Favorite Podcasts…
2007 19 years ago
1 post
- How will your Representative vote for Metra?
Everyone’s talking about how it sucks that the Illinois legislature has not passed funding for Chicago’s transit system. 39 bus routes cut, fares increased, 600 employees…
2006 20 years ago
1 post
- Tribune Tower has twin buildings in Rockford and Elgin, Illinois
Both the Rockford News Tower and Elgin Tower appear to have been built recently, however it’s amazing that they were both built just a few years…