Rejoice, permalinks!

2007-01-05T17:28:26Z

A nice, new NYtimes.com feature, via redfox: Go to any nytimes.com article. Click on "Share" Choose "Permalink" Rejoice! To link to this article from your blog, copy and paste the url below into your blog or homepage. Using this link will ensu...

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I <3 Bacon

2006-12-18T22:00:25Z

Run, do not walk, run to Cookshop for brunch if you're in NYC. Order any dish on the menu with the Grilled Berkshire Pork Bacon. Make sure it's the home-made, double smoked, thick-cut Berkshire Pork bacon. They have other bacon on the menu as a s...

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These are the things she gave to me

2006-12-12T18:30:32Z

Money, more money, a box of DV tapes, the trunk of Bibi the Volvo, a Mates of State b-side, birthday wishes, random job leads, stories, jokes, photographs, encouragement, advice, affection. There are the things Leslie offered to me over the cours...

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Least popular cameras on Flickr

2006-11-21T19:23:03Z

(At least that I can tell from their Camera Finder, which relies on EXIF data...which sometimes gets stripped out of photos for one reason or another) Least popular camera: Leica R9 with a whopping 18 photos! Least popular cameraphone: Motorola ...

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The L Train is Actually Sometimes Awesome

2006-11-15T03:07:59Z

We're going under the East River, from Bedford Avenue to First Avenue. A handful of hipster brats on the train with me. I'm tired, so I'm resting my eyes. The conductor keeps blowing his horn over and over and over as the train moves slowly in th...

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Mistaken

2006-10-20T16:23:19Z

J.Ko's liveblogging of Pop!Tech is very cool, and this tidbit caught my eye: Hasan Elahi, during his ordeal being mistaken for -- what's the term these days? -- an enemy combatant, learned that language translates easier than culture. That is, yo...

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Live music = getting beat up

2006-10-18T16:52:14Z

Juan Maclean, Wilco, Two Gallants...nobody is safe. Of all of the weirdest bands to associate with violence! What next, a riot at a Decemberists show? Fighting at Sujan Stevens? Says Pitchfork: Seriously, WTF? Jeff Tweedy's decking rowdy fans, ...

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QotD: The Best Way To Reach Me

2006-08-30T21:03:03Z

What's your favorite way to keep in touch? Phone, snail mail, email, text message, Vox, _____ ? Carrior pigeon. Smoke signal. Semaphore. Morse code. Hobo chalking.

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The Subway Challenge

2006-08-24T14:27:22Z

The subway challenge boys made it! At 6:06 a.m., the pair arrived at the Pelham Bay station on the No. 6 train, clocking in at 24 hours, 2 minutes. The duo, Matt Green and Don Badaczewski, broke the standing record set in 1998, which was 25 hour...

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Two Guys Riding the Subway for 25 Hours Straight

2006-08-23T21:11:52Z

They're trying to pass-through every single station in the system on a single ride using lots and lots of transers. Here's a Gothamist interview and a New York Times story: There are 468 stations within the subway system, according to New York C...

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