On this day
November 18
10 items, across every year
2025 1 year ago
1 post
- Comparing converted black to true black
I made a Josef Albers painting by accident while fixing someone's logo colors.
2024 2 years ago
1 post
- Make Your Gmail workflow faster with auto-advance
Tired of going back to your inbox after every time you delete an email in Gmail? Try turning on “Auto-advance” to skip straight to the next…
2016 10 years ago
1 post
- Supermoon? Try Supersky
If the moon appears so big near the horizon, why does the moon seem so small up in the sky? Answer: the sky. We take…
2011 15 years ago
1 post
- Spongebob physics
I like seeing this in my firefox google search bar.
2010 16 years ago
1 post
- Chicago Christmas photos
In celebration of Christmas coming up, here are some of my favorite Christmas photos shot around Chicago.
2009 17 years ago
1 post
- Chicago giving more parking tickets: Good!
I don’t understand why people complain about the city giving more parking tickets. You park illegally, you get a ticket. Pretty simple. That was something I…
2008 18 years ago
1 post
- What do trees reach for?
photo courtesy cathibeth, thanks cathie! I was looking for a creative question, and Cathibeth sent me the following: If the trees in Maine reach to the…
2005 21 years ago
1 post
- What is a good hosting server for websites?
I often get asked by people where is a good place to host their site. I’ll tell them not to go with olm.net (i’ve had major…
2003 23 years ago
2 posts
- Idea: elevator indicator if people are inside
You hit the up button for an elevator. You wait. Elevator dings. You stand by the door, and then accidentally get in the way of people…
- A universal category system for everyone’s blog posts
It would be alot easier to surf blogs, if everyone had a consistent category structure. That way, I can read all the posts about a particular…