On this day
November 7
10 items, across every year
2018 8 years ago
2 posts
- Using panoramic photo prints as origami paper
Today I was thinking about how I love photographing panoramic photos. Wouldn’t it be cool if I could make origami with these panoramic images? But origami…
- Dick Tracy, the ping pong player
When your company syndicates Dick Tracy, you often get to have some fun at work. Four months ago we moved out of the Tribune Tower, and…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- Do you want support or understanding?
Thanks to Kelly Ryan O’Brien for posting this on her Idols and Egos blog Yeah! I think this is why I always want honest critiques of…
2007 19 years ago
2 posts
- Godzilla invades whatever’s on TV
It’s a lot of fun to make a little drawing of Godzilla and tape it onto your TV set. Godzilla is about attack whatever is on…
- IBM Building and Construction of Trump Tower
There are some days that I’ll shoot a photo that just really pleases me a lot and makes me surprised that I’m able to create something…
2006 20 years ago
2 posts
- Phrase “most fun” in widespread usage since August 2005
Yesterday we looked at the five greatest words to connote great. But what about the greatest? Let’s take yesterdays words and put them into their superlative…
- Scrabble’s letter distributions: Art or science?
some cool graphs on which letters are most popular in Scrabble and in the English languageScrabble’s letter distributions: Art or science?
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- Cubbie bears dressed up in White Sox shirts
This was rather funny. Walgreens is selling cubbie bears wearing white sox shirts. Do you see the irony?
2003 23 years ago
1 post
- Ice cream shop life lessons
A few life lessons I learned while working at an ice cream shop in Chicago, the Beverly Yogurt Oasis, during college summers: Don’t ever put gummy…
2002 24 years ago
1 post
- eyeballs emoticons
some eyeballs i made up when i was writing an email to a friend about the Chicago Tribune’s new 18-34 newspaper, RedEye: (.) (.) watching (o)…