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Free Books, Logan Square 29 May 2012 | 01:09 pm
Walking home after an afternoon coffee, Liz and I came across a big box of free books. As we were looking through the box, the owner actually came out with the bin on the left, and invited us to root ...
Large “Monopoly” Chance Cards, Logan Square 28 May 2012 | 12:51 pm
Spotted this outside of Lula Cafe, after Sunday breakfast with Liz: I’m still of the mindset that this is a street art piece, but a small part of me kind of wishes this was part of an elaborate marri...
Measuring the Universe 27 May 2012 | 02:26 pm
Great animation explaining how we go about measuring incredibly large distances. Created by Royal Observatory Greenwich, it takes some pretty big/complex concepts and distills them down in a really co...
Half-Day Friday, Post-Work Drinks 26 May 2012 | 01:52 pm
A nice thing about our workplace is that oftentimes, when we have a big weekend… we’ll end up having a half-day Friday. Our office is officially closed on Monday for memorial day, and we closed the of...
Learn a New Language While Helping to Translate the Web: 3 Duolingo Invites to Give Away 25 May 2012 | 12:31 am
Every day, people use CAPTCHAs – a basic prompt/test that asks users to re-type in words they see on the screen. It’s an annoying thing for many of us, but it serves an important purpose: separate act...
New Giant, Empty Billboard Installed in Logan Square 24 May 2012 | 12:13 am
Last week, I happened to spot a bunch of guys working at the top of the building near the Logan Square Blue Line stop. I wasn’t quite sure what they were up to (there were three guys on the rooftop, w...
Joe Smith: How to Conserve 571,230,000 Pounds of Paper Towels in Twelve and a Half Easy Steps 22 May 2012 | 11:58 pm
Every year, we Americans use over 13 billion pounds of paper towels. That’s right – billions. That is not a small number. And you know what? I have a confession to make – I’m not helping with that nu...
Allen Stone: Contact High 22 May 2012 | 01:15 am
Since I looked up his name again a few days ago, I’ve been really liking this one song by Allen Stone. Over the weekend, I’ve even go so far as to fire up Spotify, and suffered through the apps just ...
The Bunny Rabbits of Logan Square 21 May 2012 | 03:37 am
On Friday, Liz and I took a stroll down the boulevard and walked to Provenance. We wanted to get out and enjoy the nice weather, and to pick up a bottle of wine. It’s a short trek from our place to C...
Allen Stone: Live on KEXP 20 May 2012 | 02:00 pm
Last December, when I got an iPad for Christmas… I installed a ton of new apps on the device, just to try them out. One of the ones I installed was the NPR iPad app. Looking around the sections, I hap...
