A gallery of book covers from my summer reading list for 2011.
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What I’m Reading Now: The January Dancer
The January Dancer, by Easton, Pa. native Michael Flynn tells the story of an alien artifact chased across the galaxy by an assortment of heroes and villains, it’s a slow, rambling sort of space opera that was strongest in its opening chapters, but managed to keep me engaged from chapter to chapter. The most curious … Read more
What I’m Reading: The Quiet War
The Quiet War is science fiction novel after the Earth has gone through the Overturn — a catastrophic climate event brought about by global warming. A new world order, based around conservative green values, emerges and attempts to restore the planet. Meanwhile, humanity has spread to the Moon, Mars and the outer planets. These outer colonies … Read more
Ferris Bueller’s Cubs Game
Baseball is very much in the air in ITS. The “catch crew” is eager for the snow on the Quad to melt so we can get back to our occasional games of catch, and we’re eager for the first pitch to be thrown at Coca-Cola Park later this spring.
Cars 2 character turn arounds
Courtney Bentley gave me a heads up about this one: Cars 2 character turn arounds. These are 3D models of the major characters from Cars 2, which you are all but destined to see if you, like me, have a four-year-old in the house. I took my daughter to see Cars in the theater when … Read more
A Picture (Almost) A Day
With the new year I decided to undertake a new project: Picture a Day. The goal is to take one photograph a day and then publish them to a public repository — in my case that’s Flickr and Facebook. I have to admit I’ve been a little hit or miss in my photo taking — … Read more
Google Docs stomps PowerPoint
Everyone hates those boring, black-text-on-white-background PowerPoint presentations whose talking points are more like mini-dissertations. This Google Docs presentation stomps those kinds of basic, excruciatingly boring slideshows into oblivion. It’s amazing to think that everything — including the animations — was done through a Google Doc. Engadget: Google Docs presentation makes PowerPoint weep, beg for mercy
Tron Messenger Bags
MAKE Magazine’s online blog has a great “how-to” post about handcrafting Tron-inspired messenger bags, complete with glowing neon stripes. Seems like a great project for the holiday break…
Tron: Cupcakes
Last week my wife surprised me with a Tron-inspired birthday party (my birthday’s December 17, the same day that Tron: Legacy was released). As part of that, she asked the good folks at Cupcake Ladies to create Tron cup cakes. Which they did. The photo at left was taken by my friend and coworker Jason … Read more