Kevin Makice's Life Blog

The Lap Dog − 31 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 61 views
Our elder dog, Snooks, died this morning. Already planning to get up early so Archie and I could go retrieve her from the Indianapolis emergency vet, I awoke at 4:48a to the phone call. It was disguised in a cheerful ringtone, but I knew what it was about. There was a moment, though, when I cons...  read more
Six Million Dollar Dog − 30 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 34 views
Our Miss Snooks is a fairly resilient dog. When she was four months old, she ate rat poison. After a little vitamin K and some sort of diuretic, she bounced back—same puppy, only louder. When she was about 8 months old, she broke into my toiletries bag and ate a bunch of vitamins. This time all ...  read more
Design C & A − 30 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 27 views
Since first being introduced to Design Q & A—a short interview of industrial designer Charles Eames—I have wondered about how other designers may have responded to those same questions. Carter answers questions meant for Charles Eames Charles Eames, best known for his architecture and furniture...  read more
Monroe County Fair − 28 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 22 views
We spent Wednesday afternoon at the fair. It was, let me tell you, one fine day. The kids took turns at a tractor pull while moms manned the Lactation Station, then we hit the rides, hung out with a cardboard cutout of Obama and ate a lot of junk. Here’s our movie: One Fine Day at the Monroe Cou...  read more
Love and WarGames − 25 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 26 views
While my wife spent the evening swooning over Remington Steele, I got reacquainted with a love of my former life—Jennifer Kathryn Mack from the 1983 dystopian thriller, WarGames. WarGames (1983) reappeared in the local movie theatre tonight WarGames returned to theatres as part of a promotion f...  read more
SproutBox − 23 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 52 views
Tuesday night at the Baker Place, local startup SproutBox presented their business idea to a few dozen local movers and shakers in the political, tech and entrepreneurial community. SproutBox is a startup for startups The evening at the snazzy downtown digs had the feel of a Bloomington Startup...  read more
Horriblisms − 19 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 32 views
Here arelinks to the swell three-act miniseries, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog. If you haven’t seen it already, it will be too late by Monday, when the ephemeral show is yanked offline. What will remain is the cultural footprint left by the giant supervillain. The Joss Whedon creation was a bi...  read more
BlogSchmog goes to the spa − 14 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 31 views
Every now and then, you realize it is time to do a little spring cleaning, even when it isn’t spring. We have been publishing online since 2000, coinciding with the birth of our eldest son. Over those eight years, the face of BlogSchmog has changed several times. This weekend, with a jumpstart fr...  read more
The importance of being connected − 8 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 36 views
The Internet made three big promises to humanity when it went mainstream over a decade ago. Most people focus on two of these—it was to provide universal access to information and revolutionize the global economy. For me, the Internet was always about the third promise: personal connection. In 1...  read more
Boom. Boom. − 5 July, 2008
Posted by kmakice 11 months ago 50 views
One of my favorite childhood memories is watching fireworks. Woodstock’s City Park was only about 7 blocks away, but we packed up the station wagon and headed in to park with the rest of the 12,000 residents of the town—4 hours early—to claim our bit of turf with a blanket. The best summers, thou...  read more
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