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The 40 most recent articles where I left a comment
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New Stuff Tuesday — April 9, 2019 | The Andersen Library Blog
This is so incredibly rad! I'm adding it to my three-year-old daughter's wish list!
Stored on: April 8, 2019
The Architecture of Lincoln Park Zoo – Susie Trexler
First I flipped through your photos in this post. I wondered what the brick pattern in the arched gateway was called. Now I know!—Guastavino Vaulted ceiling. Thank you!
Stored on: April 1, 2019
Ticonderoga Neon — the weekly pencil.
This might be a silly question, but does each individual pencil have its own serial number? Or is D8384, D8387, D8385, D8366, D8375 common among this particular series?
Stored on: April 1, 2019
Huge Collection of Famous 1990s Autographed Baseball Cards at Auction
One of my favorites from this lot has got to be the 1998 Donruss Elite Back to the Future featuring Cal Ripken emerging from a laser grid.
Stored on: March 20, 2019
2017 Topps Fire Baseball Video Box Break and Hobby Box Highlights
I love the Monikers cards. I'm glad you posted a couple box breaks here. Four Monikers per box. I think I'll save my $70 and buy the cards on eBay.
Stored on: March 12, 2019
There’s a Massive Untapped Market for Subscription Video Games – Chris Thilk
Just ten seconds ago, I was chatting with my brother about how I'd love to see college's e-Sports programs play the 1987 R.B.I. Baseball. I'd pay a subscription to have online access to this game to play with my friends.
Stored on: March 4, 2019
The Continued Evolution of Topps BUNT
How many cards are in the white base set of Topps Bunt 2018?
Stored on: March 1, 2019
The Ramblings of a Chicagoan: Trying to Learn Spanish
Tonight as I read books to Julia before bed, one of the books she selected was "1000 words in French". Not wanting to slaughter the French language, i told Julia that mommy is better reading this book to her. Now if she selected a German book, I'd be all over that.
Stored on: February 26, 2019
14 MLB teams stopped updating their official team podcast since March. - 57 hits
The Cubs podcast has new hosts. On 11/29/18 Dani Wexelman and Cubs reporter Jordan Bastian took over the podcast. Carrie Muskat did come back after the 2018 season to do a couple more podcasts on 10/16/2018, 11/1/2018, and 11/8/2018. I'm still getting warmed up to Dani Wexelman and Jordan Bastian. I miss Carrie Muskat's perspective and experience.
Stored on: February 10, 2019
Cubs postseason rally in Prudential lobby from 5am to 6pm - 57 hits
I love walking through the lobby with these memories.
Stored on: February 10, 2019
All the Twitter accounts with the letter t repeated - Spudart
This is one of those blog posts where you're like, "yeah, I clicked through all these profiles. I don't really want to make the blog post, because it's completely silly. But whatever, I'll just make the blog post."
Stored on: January 30, 2019
In Defense of the Chicago Pedway - Chicago Elevated
Well, I'm one Tribune employee who loves the Pedway. Nice point about the Chicago Tribune now being a part of the Pedway since we moved into Pru1 last summer. During the first couple weeks, everyone was a-buzz about the patio on the 11th floor. Instead, I spent my first two weeks of lunchtime exploring the Pedway system! I was already pretty familiar with it all. But it's really cool having your workplace be connected right to it. Today I had a doctor's appointment in Northwestern/Streeterville, so I used a combination of Pedway to Metra tracks to Illinois Center. Then outside walk to Northwestern's skyway! So cool! Underground connections and then skyway connections all on the same walk. I love how the Pedway connects me to within one block of Target on State. And how I can walk completely underground from the Tribune all the way to City Hall. One of my favorite lunches is to heat up my food in the Tribune's microwave on the second floor Mezzanine, I then stick the heated tv dinner back into the box, and carry it over to the Cultural Center to eat. Oh, and Walgreens across the street from the Cultural Center is handy too. I consider the Cultural Center building itself to be part of the Pedway. Certainly there is that elevator that goes to the Cultural Center, but the building is a great cut-through too. I'd always wanted to write a series about all of Chicago's "cut-through" buildings. • Like how you can cut-through the south end of Union Station and walk through the northbound tracks. • Or how the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel is a great cut-through from Lake to Wacker. • Nordstroms and Shops at North Bridge for Wabash to Michigan. • Chase Tower for Clark to Dearborn Say, you mention the "most excellent section under the Blue Cross building". That's very curious to me. I've seen that bridge from the underground. Soooo, let's say I want to get to Marianos from Pru1. Could I take the Pedway down to the Grant Park North parking garage, connect to the Millennium Park garage, then take this section/bridge to the Blue Cross building? (and then walk above ground to the Mariano's around the corner). This route would take me slightly out of my way, but is it possible? I don't know if Grant Park North and Millennium Park garage connect.
Stored on: January 29, 2019
Resume Doctor Canceled This Week | The Andersen Library Blog
What did the interviewee say to the interviewer on the frigid day? Ice to meet you!
Stored on: January 29, 2019
The Ramblings of a Chicagoan: 10 Year Anniversary of this Blog
Happy ten-year blogiversary! Here's how I celebrated my 10 year blogiversary: https://www.spudart.org/blog/10-year-anniversary-the-spudart-blog/
Stored on: January 24, 2019
Mailing a baseball card as a postcard - 57 hits
It's like every year Edinson decided what bad stat he wanted to lead the league in. "Hmmm, maybe this year I will lead the league in hit by pitches."
Stored on: January 22, 2019
4,715 artworks currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago - Spudart
The Art Institute has redesigned their online catalog. The "on view" only items can bee seen at: https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_on_view=1 They currently have 5,266 items on view.
Stored on: January 21, 2019
Packaging for art is art - Spudart
Styrofoam art!
Stored on: January 21, 2019
What is this mysterious yellow disc? - Spudart
These certainly are some bright stars.
Stored on: January 21, 2019
The best post office in Chicago - Spudart
Chicago's underground pedway has so many fun surprises.
Stored on: January 21, 2019
Blog status update (January 2019): Shuttering the blog's Facebook page (again) | Diverse Tech Geek
That Oatmeal comic you linked to is hilariously sad. So true. Yet so sad.
Stored on: January 13, 2019
The name for coffee cup cardboard sleeves is Zarf - Spudart
I plan on making a webcomic version of this blog post.
Stored on: January 11, 2019
Fancy men's jewelry, but what about rough men's jewelry? - Spudart
I’ve been itching to make my own eyeglass frames. I want my glasses to be more rough. Very handmade. Like, twisting a bunch of wire. I don’t know where i’d get the lenses from. I should be getting a pair every year from warby parker. I believe, with my insurance, they end up costing only like $10. So maybe I should get the lenses from Warby Parker.
Stored on: January 3, 2019
New Stuff Tuesday – Christmas Day 2018 | The Andersen Library Blog
This looks like a fun book. I love the play on words in the title—how they sound similar. Perhaps there could be a follow-up book that shows gentlemen jewelry that is more on the rough side. Might we start with my clothespin necklace, circa 1994? https://www.spudart.org/blog/clothespin-artist-1994-influences-creation-spudart/
Stored on: January 3, 2019
Holiday decorations at Farnsworth House | Linda Barnes | Flickr
These look dangerous. Like they would be at the bottom of a very high cliff.
Stored on: December 17, 2018
Cubs Action Illustration: Albert Almora. - Cubby-Blue
My morning commute crosses paths with yours. I work at the Chicago Tribune (technically Tribune Content Agency). I walk from Ogilvie Transportation Center eastbound into the Prudential Building, and then up to the Chicago Tribune floors. Since we moved in this April, I'm finding the building to be a lot of fun. The Score live-broadcasting the Cubs postseason rally in the lobby this year was fun. I got Sandberg's autograph on a printout of game 7 World Series scorecard. 🙂
Stored on: December 3, 2018
Christmas projection lights, your thoughts? - Spudart
Can’t they do 3d holograms now? I want a 3d hologram show in my front yard of the Solar System. What’s that go to do with Christmas? Maybe Santa Claus would be flying around the Solar System in his sleigh.
Stored on: December 3, 2018
Moon rock that looks like chocolate chip cookie batter - Spudart
You’d be right on the center of the Chocolate Chip City. I’d like to be on the off-center of the chip. Right now I’m on a crumb outside the chip.
Stored on: December 3, 2018
With all the present wrapping during the holidays, does Christo really like Christmas? Oh wait — Christo. Christmas. MIND BLOWN.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Untitled | alice nosslin | Flickr
That coin looks so tasty, imma take a bite out of it.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Lava fields, Snaefellsnes, Iceland | Christa Lohman | Flickr
I love the colors and textures in this.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Jefferson Memorial Park AC (@jeffersonparkac) • Instagram photos and videos
How high does that stack of brownies go? Does it reach up to the top of the Willis Tower? I'd be willing to have a stack of brownies the height of the Tribune Tower, thank you.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Jefferson Memorial Park AC (@jeffersonparkac) • Instagram photos and videos
I want to live in that pretzel house. I've always wanted to live in a pretzel house. Home of baked bread and salt. Where it rains mustard, and occasionally hummus.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Jefferson Memorial Park AC (@jeffersonparkac) • Instagram photos and videos
These cookies look DELICIOUS. @delightfulpastries please keep up your great work. And, are these snowmen wearing Napolean hats? Is this in honor of the Russian Campaign (or as it's known in Russia, "Patriotic War of 1812"). Perhaps on December 14th, we can remember this turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
Stored on: November 28, 2018
Sweet branding! Did IWU end up using any of your designs? I hope so, but I understand if it was just for a concept project.
Stored on: November 27, 2018
The Divine Timekeeper on Behance
Congratulations on the 2017 IWU Presidents Award for this illustration!
Stored on: November 27, 2018
I'm kinda jealous of this guy's plastic bag collection - Spudart
The nostalgia would be the reason why I would consider collecting. But I have enough stuff already. Hmmm, I wonder how one would store the plastic bags in a plastic bag collection. Would you store them in… a plastic bag? Hahaha. Seriously though. Maybe a collector would have 8.5×11 cardboard, and then wrap the plastic bag around the cardboard. Then slide that into a page protector. All the plastic bags could be viewed in a three-ring binder. OH MAN. THIS IS TEMPTING NOW!
Stored on: November 26, 2018
Steve Tanner on Instagram: “Fa la la la”
Cranberry Pomegranate Mountain Dew actually sounds kinda tasty.
Stored on: November 24, 2018
Susie Trexler on Instagram: “Frank Gehry or play structure? (BP Pedestrian Bridge, built 2004)”
Oh wow! Kids use the Gehry bridge as a slide? I've only been by this bridge a few times, and I never saw anyone climb it. I would think the edges might get caught on someone's pants.
Stored on: November 24, 2018
Instagram photo by The Interview Show • Nov 3, 2018 at 11:35 AM
Like my ewok fur hat, do you?
Stored on: November 24, 2018
Noël on Instagram: “i ❤️ lights on trees. Late night strolling with @okpea_nut #nyc2018”
Those are some seriously lit trees!
Stored on: November 24, 2018
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