SOUVENIRS of daily life #

I use too much punctuation, probably wrong — across a photo journal, collection of links, (& other random stuff).

  • Angry Alan in a sign museum. A large Howard Johnson sign is in the background

    The first stop in a tour of Cincinnati

Some Places to Start

Chris Glass

About me

A quick intro.

Icons of stuff

The Kitchen Drawer

A bunch of lists, tidbits and miscellany strewn about this site — a sitemap for things that get lost.

A smiling woman with an umbrella

The Chapters of Your Life

This started as a presentation about intent and photography that my good friend Erik turned into a short film as a birthday surprise during the pandemic. It’s heavy, but I like to think in a good way.

Creative Mornings Cincinnati logo

Creative Mornings Talk

This video from 2013 is long, but lays out who I am and why I think design is awesome. I was nervous as heck through the whole thing.

An original iMac with a screenshot of a personal

My old website

I refuse to throw anything away (digitally at least). Here’s my old site cobbled together with spacer gifs and tables.

Recent Links

Starlog

The sci-fi magazine I always begged my mom to get is coming back. / via Ben Brown

starlog.com

Starlog magazines

Summer Solstice 2026

I didn't realize it was the start of summer until I saw Aegir's lovely post. I got outside, but did not capture any light near as nicely.

aegir.org

Light across a leaf

The Jetsons lied to us

From the mind and pen of Steve Nelson, Twonks has Far Side vibes set in the technological present.

bsky.app

George Jetson vacuums while the Rosey the robot maid paints

A very colorful studio

Gabriella Marcella collaborated with storage manufacturer Bisley to furnish her studio. The results are scrumptious. / via Through Lines

creativeboom.com

Gabriella Marcella in a colorful studio with vividly painted storage and shelving

Artemis II pennant

That sweet Oxford Pennant to commemorate the NASA mission is back in stock.

thespaceshop.com

Artemis II pennant held by a person wearing an astronaut costume

Global Convenience

I would like to go to Toronto and shop at this convenience store. / via BrandNew

waterfrontoronto.ca

Floating convenience store

Alana Haim made those Knicks tees

The ones that said KNICKLEBACK, STEVIE KNICKS, KNICKOLE KIDMAN and KNICKOLAS CAGE... At first I thought the snapshots from the NBA Finals were shopped or artificial, but those t-shirts were real, and made by hand. I am doing things to prevent myself from researching Cricut machines.

vogue.com

Knicks tees with funny variants of the word

Hypo

Intrigued by this macOS utility for importing photos with intent. One of my many issues with digital photos is downloading the lot and having them sync or backup before culling. / via Sven Eisenschmidt

hypo.eisenschmidt.website

Screenshot of a macOS app for importing photos with intent

Words of Type

Initiated by Lisa Huang, this growing directory illustrates over 200 historical, technological and conceptual terms covering type design (digital and analog). Every nook and cranny is inspiring, from the manifesto, team, roadmap and all the illustrated concepts. / via sidebar

wiki.wordsoftype.com

Typographic terms illustrated

My name’s Chris, that’s Edie, and this is a place where I store things on the internet.

My goal with all this is to remember things, but also try and understand the patterns of life (That’s the grand idea — it’s usually just kind of ordinary, and that’s okay too.)

In my spare time, I devise schemes to create more spare time.

A balding bearded man holding a slightly surprised cat