This guy was riding up I-94 in Wisconsin. We were going about 70mph and he was staying ahead. The roads were slick and it was extremely windy. I think it would have been a good day to look into alternative transportation.

I went to the Chicago Botanic Garden today with my family to check out their huge exibit.  Trains ran everywhere and the buildings were built from natural resources.   There were many replicas of well known places throughout Chicago and the trains running through it all made me want to go out and buy my own [...]

Here’s what happens when Casey and I are out in suits.  We find somewhere to take a photo.  Sometimes you just have to loosen up and have a little fun.

The aroma of fresh baked goods fills Bent Fork Bakery on the east side of Highwood. It’s Friday and the stream of customers is steady. Lake County IL Real Estate Community Profile — chicagotribune.com This is where I grew up.

It was cold and wet but I managed to get some photos.  The can all be viewed here or by clicking on the link to my photo galleries.

Here is the first photo that comes with a choice of photo from my gallery.  I will e-mail the person who gets it right (closest to where I was standing wins if more than one person gets it right) with a high resolution copy of the photo.

Chattarati posted about it on their site. Chattanoogastand posted about it. It even got on Google’s Radar and is talked about on the SketchUp Blog

I’ve always liked the miniature effect that a tilt-shift lens gives.  While just surfing around I found a timelapse video using a tilt-shift lens and it makes me want one even more.  Too bad they pretty expensive for something I’m not sure I’d use enough. Here’s that video I mentioned: Paris… (tilt shift & timelapse) [...]

I know there are apps out there for the iPhone that do this but this one is an actual card reader that attaches to the phone. Paris, France (CNN) – Twitter creator Jack Dorsey Wednesday gave the first public demonstration of his hotly-anticipated latest venture — a device to allow credit card payments by cell phone [...]