Sunday proved to be a very entertaining and relaxing day, celebrating Nick 's birthday by betting the ponies. Everyone seemed to make out pretty well, with R....
Another revolving door double-up here at the Hancock Center, this time in the middle of a gaggle of giggling junior high school students. -- Posted by Erik...
Another revolving door double-up here at the Hancock Center, this time in the middle of a gaggle of giggling junior high school students. -- Posted by Erik...
New tab alert: I've added the Code tab to hold the source behind the scripting I'm experimenting with for this site. Please head over there and let me know how...
New tab alert: I've added the Code tab to hold the source behind the scripting I'm experimenting with for this site. Please head over there and let me know how...
Yay! Ken is freaking funny: And somehow the ability to check [your horoscope] online just seems to defeat any last shred of mysticism it could possibly have,...
Stop using Internet Explorer for FTP . Why? It's slow as all get-out. It regularly crashes. It regular crashes other programs. It regularly crashes Windows....
Stuff I'm actually working on: URL beautification, thanks to a tip sent in by an actual(!) reader Mini-commenting system, a modification of a script on a...
It works, but it's ug-ly. The first inclusion of the simple messaging system is intended as a proof-of-concept. It looks bad and breaks the CSS columns and...
Another revolving door double-up, by a pair of employees, if you can believe it, of the Cheescake Factory. -- Posted by Erik Swedlund to HipSmart at 10/8/2002...
Yesterday, the office of the building sent someone by to train me on using their new web-service powered office guestlist system, whereby I can notify the...
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Hayao Miyazaki's latest anime, titled Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi in its original language, is by far one of the most beautiful...
Oh, yeah, I turned 29. My mom got me a box of underwear and socks. Thanks, Mom. (Actually, I needed some new underwear and socks, and I got other stuff, too,...
Another revolving door double-up, though this time it was a mother guiding her son through the contraption, so it wasn't so egregious. -- Posted by Erik...
It seems my assumption about the purple-colored Sears Tower may be a bit off--this linked site announces that several Chicago buildings will be illuminated...
The short message service is mostly functional: it looks good and the messages are in the right order. However, it fails interestingly when there are less than...
Another revolving door double-up? Not quite: a revolving door double-around, performed by a pair of ~5-year-olds. So chalk this one up to mischievousness, not...
I failed to chalk another one up yesterday when a father-son team doubled-up in the revolving door here at the Hancock Center. This phenomenon is just getting...
Despite a population in the millions, running into someone you know in Chicago seems common. Of course, you're running into hundreds of people a day that you...
With a semi-stable code base, my "about" site is up and running. I know everyone is chomping at the bit to read my gory personal details, but I've yet to...
With a semi-stable code base, my "about" site is up and running (and I repurchased my eponymous domain name). I know everyone is chomping at the bit to read my...
I added a section to the Code tab explaining the JavaScript I use to hide my email from spambots. I've been using it from the start, but I decided to add the...
Ken displays an 8.3x wit: So far, clan [OG] has calculated that police should seek individuals who display the following characteristics: Camper AWP whore...
Thanks to Ariel , I know that my neighborhood is full of Urban Achievers and Young Literati . At least it used to, until R. moved away. I wonder if there are...
Thanks to the Fury.com entry, "What is Kevin Fox?", I have found myself. First, my neighborhood , now me. Since, unlike Kevin, I haven't been able to attribute...
Thursday, 24 October 2002 Double Door Ever since I moved and lost my DSL service, keeping up with new music has been harder. With the fast downloads, I was...
I bumped up the border-right property of the section tabs, to coincide with the border on the tab contents boxes--I'm going for the illusion of depth. --...
Down on the concourse level, they've blocked off a huge area of the lobby with tall black privacy screens. By peeking through the gaps where the boards are...