Hi, my name’s Chris Glass and this is my personal website where I share daily photos and links from time to time.

Hi, my name’s Chris Glass and this is my personal website where I share daily photos and links from around the web.

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    Edie McKee Harper: Modernist at Play

Recent Links

Lighting up the Cologne Cathedral

I've been lucky enough to see the Kölner Dom in real life while studying abroad in high school. I distinctly remember coming up from the train station and having my breath taken away by its imposing stature. At that time it was darkened and ominous. This new lighting by Licht Kunst Licht is fantastisch!

dezeen.com

Large cathedral lit beautifully at dusk

Behind the scenes making Wildwood

Saw Wildwood this weekend on the big screen and it was so very good. I can't wrap my head around the amount of time that went into making the stop motion film, and left the theater wanting to learn more. Saving this behind the scenes to enjoy at leisure and then queuing up LAIKA - Inspired by Portland, Made by Hand / hat tip to Darren Hester

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Wildwood movie title card

Words I Looked Up

I casually made notes of new words off and on, but re-doubled my effort to start a proper collection with meaning and context after seeing Tracy Durnell's Weeknotes. I'm often finding recipes and music in her notes, and always linger around the section for new words she's looked up any particular week. Also of interest: How Tracy uses weeknotes as a tool for attention and action.

tracydurnell.com

abstract floral composition with polka dots

Grey Rocking

Adding to the list of words and concepts I've looked up: Grey Rocking is a technique to buffer annoying people by showing no emotion or interest, like a gray rock. / more on the matter at Esquire

health.clevelandclinic.org

A bunch of rocks

Snail Box

Aegir made another thing and shared the vision, process and beautiful results. The finest of arts.

aegir.org

A wooden snail on a pink backdrop

One Last Order

It's been happening with frequency of late... I get misty-eyed over the slightest thing. And sometimes, there are full-on tears. Not often that happens from a trailer, but here we are.

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Woman holds the hand of a customer through a drive-thru window

35 Simple Health Tips

Sometimes I feel inundated with lists of advice, and this one is almost too long... But it all feels reasonable and doable. I probably just need select items littered around on Post-It notes instead of a scrolling screen. / via Tim Bornholdt

nytimes.com

Illustration of people doing healthy things like sleeping, working out, eating well and listening to music

Paper Mono

Not only is this monospaced font super nice, the overview page is filled with excellent details (movable vector points, magazine sample pages turn). Plus they've baked in a great set of alternate characters. / via Kyle Johnston

paper.design

Font specimen magazine spread featuring a lowercase a with various diacritics circling a globe

Phoebe Bridgers Sound Check

After reading other accounts and Scott Boms' latest Through Lines, I lament not catching Phoebe Bridgers when she rolled through Ohio in September. It sounds like a phenomenal experience. My hope is she extends the tour for another round in the States. This three song sound check will serve as a salve either way.

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Woman in blue light holding a microphone

Some Places to Start

Chris Glass

About me

A quick intro.

Mini stamps of tidbits

Monthly Email Digest

NEW – I made this monthly summary that combines the highs, lows, links and then some for family and friends’ inboxes.

Cincinnati at early evening as seen from across the river

Cincinnati Favorites

I love my home town. When folks come to visit I share this ever-evolving list of favorite places to eat, see and experience.

Campire lamp

Things I do not need

To stop myself from buying stuff online, I made this page to scratch the itch and intentionally left out the links.

Pensive young bearded man takes selfie

Partial advice from my future self

I found an old selfie from 20 years ago and wrote a list of advice for him.

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.

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
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