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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Remember when the Gulf was a living Sea?
Here we go
http://www.businessinsider.com/top-kill-a-failure-oil-leaking-as-fast-as-ever-2010-5
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Music Deflation
After a short period it looked like the revenues of the recorded music industry might stabilize (CD sales have been collapsing but digital sales have been growing to the point where the two were at equilibrium), digital sales have now started dropping too. More...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway in New York City has been under construction in one form or another for 80 years. It looks like they are getting somewhat serious.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Bad News For Treasuries
The yields on 2 year treasuries are higher than those on Berkshire Hathaway bonds - not great news for Uncle Same
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Lightning Strikes Twice
There have been a lot of earthquakes lately, but here's a family that fled Haiti after the earthquake there. Their choice of refuge? Chile.
Luckily, everybody is safe.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Apple has Patented Everything That Matters
So it turns out that Apple has somehow patented pretty much every imaginable aspect of the iPhone.
Let the games begin.
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Let the games begin.
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Monday, March 1, 2010
Chrysler Building March 1, 2010
I am living in a sublet for a month or two so I've lost the view of my beloved Empire State Building. However, imagine my delight when I get this view from the bedroom in my sublet!
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Merkel to Greece: Drop Dead
Angela Merkel says Germany will help Greece out after all. How? "By stating clearly that Greece has to fulfill its duties."
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Regarding Airport Security
So it turns out that anyone can walk into the terminal at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport at night, when there's no security and access to the terminal is easy.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Most Interesting Shots (Today) #10
Every day the photo sharing site Flickr ranks my photos in order of "interestingness." Here are today's 30 most interesting shots.
Earlier versions here.
A lot of movement since I last posted this link. My top shot changed for the first time in months, with "Flood Tide" knocking out "Woolworth" for the first time in months.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Empire State Building Utilities Outrage
Turns out the tenants of the Empire State Building are billed pro-rata for the building's exterior lighting, which is paid for separately by sponsors. A lawsuit is in progress.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Language Maps
The Modern Language Association's website has a cool feature that let's you look at the distribution of languages by county across the nation in an interactive fashion. Her's a map of Yiddish in the NYC area.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Most Interesting Shots (Today) #9
Every day, the photo site Flickr ranks all of my photographs in terms of their "interestingness." Here are my 30 most interesting shots today.
Earlier versions are here.
Flickr has always liked my boxers Lukas and Chip, and my shots of buildings with 7 featuring the old Metlife Building in Madison Square Park and 3 featuring the Empire State Building.
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Friday, January 8, 2010
Blame the NAO
You're freezing and Greenland is warmer than Florida.
Blame the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
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