October 31, 2006
October 30, 2006
Meta-photo-fun: The Pisa pushers Pool
October 28, 2006
A giant rock in Brooklyn: Exposing an Ancient Rock and the Bigger Picture
October 27, 2006
830! How a carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever
There are Scrabble tournaments? Now I dislike the game, even more
NBC will not air the The Dixie Chicks' Ad for their movie, Shut Up & Sing because
they are disparaging to President Bush
(more commentary)good job NBC: he's such a big boy, he can't take the heat
this recently happened at my favorite watering hole (Pencil Factory) recently installed one, and it kills the ambiance
October 25, 2006
Dia Art Foundation Calls Off High Line Museum Project
How unsurprised am I? It might be better if The Whitney took over the space - Dia is quite an introverted organization & it was unclear how well suited they would be to the very public zone at the High Line site (map) would create
October 24, 2006
Virginia Ballot won't show Democratic Senate Challenger's name on official ballot
Electronic ballots will only show "James H. 'Jim'" not the full "James H. "Jim" Webb" while the racist George F. Allen gets his whole name on the ballot. WTF? Is this still America?
Professional photoblogs du jour: Time Magazine White House Photo of the Day & Kodak - A Thousand Words illustrate that photoblogs aren't for amateurs anymore
October 23, 2006
Jack Black: Don't be a douche, stop piracy
nice PSA sendup
October 20, 2006
Only in France: Is Nothing Sacred? Paris Mayor Auctions Fine Wines
October 18, 2006
Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey
more on this soon...
Book review: Does the Constitution need to be rewritten? On Our Undemocratic Constitution
October 17, 2006
Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite? - your Congressman can't
October 16, 2006
Casino owner Steve Wynn put a silver-dollar sized hole with his elbow into a priceless Picasso painting; read the first-hand account of the incident by Nora Ephron
As well as the New York Fire Patrol, CBGB Is History
Foolish, all five bags were found within hours, and both were arrested. "See Something, Say Something" does sound hokey, but it obviously works.
USA vs Japan in the open a beer bottle with a helicopter contest (via)
October 15, 2006
21 demonstrations in five hours and 15 minutes in the Socpa zone (via)
good riddance
October 13, 2006
Michael Bierut pens a tribute to the University of Cincinnati DAAP Aronoff Center entitled, What's That Crashing Sound, Or, Eisenman in Cincinnati
Two thought experiments: If humans disappeared overnight & Imagine Earth without people
October 12, 2006
Cool historic photos of the day: Grain Elevators
Great first ad from the September Fund:
NY Times: A small plane hits building in Manhattan
nicely detailed infographic
Reflections on today's Manhattan plane crash from a Cirrus SR20 pilot (the same plane which crashed)
from the author's review of the Cirrus SR20:
In terms of avoiding an accident, one problem with the Cirrus is its unforgiving handling compared to other basic four-seaters. The plane is harder to keep level with rudders in a stall than a Cessna or Diamond; if in a deep uncoordinated stall, the Cirrus wants to drop a wing and go into a spin.
From the comments of the Sukkah, Sukkots, Sukkot post, comes Sukkahs of the World, a photographic collection.
October 11, 2006
Was Jeffrey Sebelia kicked out of Project Runway for cheating? Won't know for a week, but his collection was shown during Fashion Week (more photos)
Breaking: Helicopter Crashes Into East 72nd Building
as usual, local blogs have more info than CNN
The Treacherous Medium: Why photography critics hate photographs (via)
October 10, 2006
On photographer Platon: Getting Ready for the Close Up
Customs discover vodka pipeline (via aa via email)
unconfirmed reports also point toward undiscovered chocolate stream emanating from a candy factory
Worst Resume Ever: Aleksey Vayner's Video Resume - more coverage & AP article (via)
Frontline: Kim's Nuclear Gamble (via)
October 9, 2006
Dot Com Crash 2.0 Bellweather: Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction
wow, Google must be banking on having really good lawyers
How President Bush allowed North Korea to get "the bomb"; also, see the USGS seismic event along with Google Map
Didn't get to Open House New York this weekend? Check out the Flickr photos taged with openhousenewyork and ohny
51 Birch Street: Mom Dies, Dad Doesn’t Grieve, and So a Film Is Born
