a real bug

funny thing…
a bug flew down into the exhaust vents on my macbook pro and fried itself. i guess i had a real bug today.

journey on a lego bike

first off… journey rocks. ’nuff said.
secondly, apparently lego has a secret vault full of nearly every set they’ve ever produced. wow. just, wow. this makes me want to get all my cases of legos out of storage and start building again. too bad there’s not much room in a chicago apartment.
thirdly, i got a new [...]

kudos, illinois secretary of state

it’s not often you hear someone praising the sos, or dmv. long waits, cold clerks, and canned music would easily make anyone a bit more than annoyed. add to that the frustration of not knowing until you’ve arrived, that you’re missing one crucial piece of information necessary to make it through the gauntlet.
i’ve done my [...]

we got one!

er, rather, i got one.
and by one, i mean an apartment. my own apartment. in chicago.
i shall begin preparations for migration shortly. wish me luck.
more info as events warrant.
update: street view to the rescue.

craigslist + google maps = awesome

housingmaps.com
seriously. why didn’t i know about this a few weeks ago. i just found an apartment via craigslist, which required a little legwork, but this would have made it soooo much easier.
and chicago apartment finders was of little help.

the brazilian take

one of the coolest aspects of running a community site is the worldwide reach. it’s one thing to get on your computer everyday and occasionally visit sites from say, england, germany… but it’s way cooler when people from around the world are coming to your site:
http://caligraffiti.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/crowdspring/
it’s also pretty sweet when you consider the guy who [...]

kitemare before mother’s day

so, lesson learned on this one…
i ordered a set of wind chimes from bestkites.com for my mom for mother’s day. that was on the 1st of may. they still haven’t arrived. i’ve already been charged for the item and tried to make contact with the owner several times, to no avail.
after doing a little research [...]

stop motion graffiti

this is awesome. http://www.vimeo.com/993998
where’s my camera?!

the crowd has sprung

it’s alive! crowdspring.com
and somehow, the excitement isn’t as high as i would expect. everything is fairly normal back at the ranch. we’re still working on features for the site. the only change we’ve really noticed is we’re now [barely] starting to make money with this thing. =]
looking forward though, it will be great to move [...]

6 guys in a chicago basement

sounds like the beginning to an mtv reality show…
working at a startup is a little different. for one, we don’t have separate offices. we share a common space with our desks out in the open, no cubicles. two, we work in a basement suite with exposed brick walls and a cement floor, stained from years [...]