Matt Maldre
@spudart
Artist & designer Museum wanderer. Noticer of small things. Open web advocate. Chicago / Glen Ellyn, Illinois 🎨 🏠 mattmaldre.com 🏢 tribunecontentagency.com
Today, I was looking up croquet rule books on eBay. In the results was this limited edition artist book, "Squarings" by Seamus Heaney x Sol Lewitt x (Arion Press 2003) So bizarre, because I previously blogged about making a Sol Lewitt artwork into a croquet course. www.ebay.com/itm/16672417...
Got a new box of Sharpies. I'm gonna keep track of how old they are. Other tracking methods I tried are in my blog post. www.spudart.org/blog/sharpie...
New addition to my "Croquet sweaters" Pinterest board. www.pinterest.com/spudart/croq...
When I worked at the Tribune Tower, when someone would go on vacation, sometimes we would put my Mr. T in their chair, and take photos of Mr. T doing that person's job. And we'd send the photos to the person on vacation to let them know everything is covered... by Mr. T.
Funny to see this artwork of yachts appear randomly in my browser today. (via @artinstitutechi.bsky.social's Chrome add-on #ArtTab) Today is the first day of the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac.
I love @scripting.com's approach. Yes! Let's do the open web again and learn from past mistakes. We can do it! scripting.com/2026/06/29.h...
I made it into another one of Paul Lukas' articles. Last time it was about my 2016 Cubs World Series scorecards on Uni-Watch. web.archive.org/web/20170804... This time, it's for my official coin used to settle family disputes. www.inconspicuous.info/i/204723512/...
As of 35 minutes ago, this flag is back in stock from @harebrained.bsky.social www.harebraineddesign.com/collections/...
Today starts the five-day microseason, "Warm winds blow" 温風至 Atsukaze itaru This wire figure swings on Montrose Harbor on July 30, 2011. #microseason #photooftheday #blueskyartshow
It's kinda weird seeing artists on my top 20 that I haven't listened to much lately. I guess in those early years, I really overloaded on some. I could ALWAYS listen to PM Dawn, though. Here's my top artists from the past year. The one I'm most excited about recently is Lil Sis Nora.
Looking at my all-time most-played artists since 2007, PM Dawn ranks #12. And my most listened-to PM Dawn song is "Plastic". I'm rather surprised.
Answer: Google Docs introduced "download as markdown" on July 16, 2024. Thank you, Google! workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/07/impo...
My blog's categories and tags were all messed up. I had some things as categories, some were tags. Now all the categories are tags. Here's all the merged tags: www.spudart.org/tags/
Closeups of both. Because who doesn't enjoy staring into the depths of SpongeBob's eyes? Or drive a war machine. Maybe those are related in some way.
Christmas Spongebob Cobra H.I.S.S. #toypairing Both have a dome display. The driver in the H.I.S.S. tank would be on display just as much as Spongebob is in his display dome.
R2-KT and Matchbox Moving Parts 1957 Ford Country Sedan both allow you to look into the engine. #toypairings
Seeing the blocks in the original context is pretty cool. You can see how integral they were in the overall design. Image via the photographer's blog post bldg51.com/2026/03/08/r...
The Chicago Hounds are undefeated 9-0. They won this close match 33-32 in the last moments of the game. rugbypass.tv/video/966700...
Hilarious that Instagram who forces people to go vertical with Reels, Stories, and the grid... is now experimenting with... GASP... HORIZONTAL VIDEO! But I'm here for it. Let's start the horizontal movement—the way it should have been all along.
I'd drive dat. In high school, we got my grandma's 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix. Beautiful car. (Not my pics)
I just love how my custom version #ArtTab crops images. (Art Tab is a Chrome extension made by the Art Institute of Chicago. I modified it to go full-screen)
Curious how Uni-ball® 207™ Impact™ Gel Pens (1.0 mm) are at their all-time lowest price.
Earlier this year, I said I would be flying the flag on June 16th in honor of Shawn Pahnke of Shelbyville, Indiana, who passed away 23 years ago, serving our country in Iraq. Today is June 16th. Full blog post: www.spudart.org/blog/pay-pho...
Is it possible that the Hot Wheels Service Center Sto & Go set (1979) inspired the G.I. Joe Mobile Command Center (1987)?
I like this color palette for Chicago (just needs a red accent to match the red stars in the Chicago flag) I'm assuming Benjamin Moore generates ads like this for every major American city. Did anyone else get an ad like this in Facebook?