Inside Gothamist's Absurd Struggle To Get NYPD Press Passes
The Kafkaesque process of getting a NYPD press pass for web journalists says something about the state of the First Amendment…
december 2011
Anatomy Of An Idea
The difference between SBJ as a writer and those of us who just surf the web is that the writers actually do something with their reading.
december 2011
With Love, From Brooklyn
december 2011
It's like shopping at an artisinal, locavore, flea market online
brooklyn
december 2011
Piano or guitar. Pick one.
Should we not teach band or orchestra instruments until after learning piano or guitar which can both stand alone and explain music theory
december 2011
Top 10 Things the Daily Show with Jon Stewart Got Wrong about Tap Fish!
A chilling account of how the fake news sausage is made. (FWIW, I thought it was clear that Virk was being taken out of context as a "villain.")
december 2011
On Magazines and the iPad
"I’m convinced that the people who actually write for magazines, edit them and publish them have never actually tried using their iPad versions for more than a few moments."
december 2011
If Pawnee was Westeros
december 2011
Game of Thrones style sigils and mottos for the Parks and Recreation characters
tv
awesome
december 2011
Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll Shows Fox News Viewers Less Informed on Major News Stories
Fox News viewers are not just less informed than viewers of other news outlets, but of people who don't actively follow the news.
november 2011
Film Nerd 2.0: We kick off a special series with a first viewing of Star Wars on Blu-ray
I love this series by Drew McWeeny about sharing Star Wars with his sons. He's able to share his love for film and see the films the waythey were meant to: through the eyes of a 6-8 year old boy.
november 2011
Changing Memes in Occupy Wall Street
"The core message about economic inequality is being overwhelmed by a distinct story about street violence and police brutality or excessive militarization of crowd control."
november 2011
Order-Delivery Sequence of an Apple iPad
The global shipping/supply chain can be amazing
november 2011
Frenchman builds a 1/8 scale model of Majesty of the Seas
That aekms the model about 100 feet long
november 2011
A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage
"Ultimately what the McRib says about us as a society is perhaps worse than any conspiracy theory about pork prices. The McRib, born at the end of the Volcker Recession, a child of Reagan’s Morning in America, has been with us on and off over the last three decades of underregulated corporate growth, erosion of organized labor, the shift to an 'ideas' economy and skyrocketing obesity rates."
november 2011
Stebbins' Lawsuit Against Google Dismissed as Frivolous
"If your contract formation theory depends on overly formalistic interpretations of contract law, don't be surprised if it will fail in court."
november 2011
Ski Area Opens in New York’s Catskills on Natural Snow Only
Plattekill took advantage of a FOOT of October snow to open before Halloween
october 2011
Michael Winslow gets the Led out
This is at least 25% more awesome than you think it might be
october 2011
The 99% - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jon Oliver figures out what's both inspiring and frustrating about the OWS movement
october 2011
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