michael holz

‘I have a soooooooonnnn’

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:53:00 -0700

‘I have a soooooooonnnn’

What else is new? Check out the new Old Spice shave prep...

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:09:00 -0700

What else is new?

Check out the new Old Spice shave prep campaign. It creates a website immediately based on keywords entered in the YouTube masthead. Whoa.

Next Big Design: #BrilliantMachines - GE and Brilliant Use of Social Media

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:30:41 -0700

Next Big Design: #BrilliantMachines - GE and Brilliant Use of Social Media: GE nails it. More brands...

This is normal.

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:21:16 -0700

This is normal.

Oh, and your clocks too. #daylightsavings #goodadvice

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 15:18:04 -0800

Oh, and your clocks too. #daylightsavings #goodadvice

What does it mean for content to go viral?

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:27:00 -0800

What does it mean for content to go viral?

Speedrun: Back to the Future I in 60 seconds (by 1A4STUDIO)

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:00:17 -0800

Speedrun: Back to the Future I in 60 seconds (by 1A4STUDIO)

Ads that follow consumers cross-device + platform? Wowza.

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:10:33 -0800

Ads that follow consumers cross-device + platform? Wowza.

First morning #instamood #iphoneonly #pdx

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 08:17:59 -0800

First morning #instamood #iphoneonly #pdx

At times, the road felt this desolate. A never ending drive...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:42:54 -0800

At times, the road felt this desolate. A never ending drive towards infiniti. (Taken with Cinemagram)

#roadtrip #instamood #oregon

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:45:55 -0800

#roadtrip #instamood #oregon

Exclusive video of John Jay on creativity - Exclusive video of...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:00:28 -0800

Exclusive video of John Jay on creativity - Exclusive video of John Jay on creativity

Snapchat for coupons.. smart. datainsightsideas: 16 Handles,...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:30:44 -0800

Snapchat for coupons.. smart.

datainsightsideas:

16 Handles, NYC’s best frozen yogurt experience, is running a smart social media promo within Snapchat. It’s the first campaign I’ve seen where a brand is utilizing the photo sharing service when a customer is in the store, snaps a photo and the 16 Handles sends back a coupon code that expires in ten seconds.

Re: Sound Bottle on Vimeo

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:47:00 -0800

Re: Sound Bottle on Vimeo: Super cool. I could see musicians using this to records environmental...

Snowman thong (Taken with Cinemagram)

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:37:06 -0800

Snowman thong (Taken with Cinemagram)

#christmas according to #nike

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:05:25 -0800

#christmas according to #nike

The ultimate holiday jam. Nay, the ultimate jam no matter what...

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:03:42 -0800

The ultimate holiday jam. Nay, the ultimate jam no matter what time it is. #christmas #instamood #jams

Just saw Santa in Beverly Hills.. Bringing good cheers and...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:32:32 -0800

Just saw Santa in Beverly Hills.. Bringing good cheers and breast augmentations to all. #santa #christmas #beverlyhills

uchicagoadmissions: Indiana Jones Mystery Package We don’t...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:05:25 -0800

uchicagoadmissions:

Indiana Jones Mystery Package

We don’t really even know how to start this post. Yesterday we received a package addressed to “Henry Walton Jones, Jr.”. We sort-of shrugged it off and put it in our bin of mail for student workers to sort and deliver to the right faculty member— we get the wrong mail a lot.

Little did we know what we were looking at. When our student mail worker snapped out of his finals-tired haze and realized who Dr. Jones was, we were sort of in luck: this package wasn’t meant for a random professor in the Stat department. It is addressed to “Indiana” Jones.

What we know: The package contained an incredibly detailed replica of “University of Chicago Professor” Abner Ravenwood’s journal from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. It looks only sort of like this one, but almost exactly like this one, so much so that we thought it might have been the one that was for sale on Ebay had we not seen some telling inconsistencies in cover color and “Ex Libris” page (and distinct lack of sword). The book itself is a bit dusty, and the cover is teal fabric with a red velvet spine, with weathered inserts and many postcards/pictures of Marion Ravenwood (and some cool old replica money) included. It’s clear that it is mostly, but not completely handmade, as although the included paper is weathered all of the “handwriting” and calligraphy lacks the telltale pressure marks of actual handwriting.

What we don’t know: Why this came to us. The package does not actually have real stamps on it— the outside of the package was crinkly and dirty as if it came through the mail, but the stamps themselves are pasted on and look like they have been photocopied. There is no US postage on the package, but we did receive it in a bin of mail, and it is addressed to the physical address of our building, Rosenwald Hall, which has a distinctly different address from any other buildings where it might be appropriate to send it (Haskell Hall or the Oriental Institute Museum). However, although now home to the Econ department and College Admissions, Rosenwald Hall used to be the home to our departments of geology and geography.

If you’re an applicant and sent this to us: Why? How? Did you make it? Why so awesome? If you’re a member of the University community and this belongs to you or you’ve gotten one like it before, PLEASE tell us how you acquired it, and whether or not yours came with a description— or if we’re making a big deal out of the fact that you accidentally slipped a gift for a friend in to the inter-university mail system. If you are an Indiana Jones enthusiast and have any idea who may have sent this to us or who made it, let us know that, too.

We know this sounds like a joke/hoax… it’s not (at least, from our end). Any hints, ideas, thoughts, or explanations are appreciated. We’ve been completely baffled as to why this was sent to us, in mostly a good way, but it’s clear this is a neat thing that either belongs somewhere else— or belongs in the halls of UChicago admissions history.

Internet: help us out. If you’re on Reddit (we’re not) or any other nerdly social media sites where we might get information about this, feel free to post far and wide and e-mail any answers, clues, ideas, thoughts, or musings to indianajonesjournal@uchicago.edu (yes, we did set up an email account just to deal with this thing).

Reindeer Races - VML Australia Xmas Card 2012 (by...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:33:44 -0800

Reindeer Races - VML Australia Xmas Card 2012 (by vmlaustralia)

Take control of a reindeer and get your race on.

Keyboard Controls: Tap the left and right arrow keys to race.