Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
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The back of the first photo reads “May 1953- Cousin Bill in his easy chair in his Bachelor quarters. Garden Grove, Calif.” The back of the second photo reads “Bill in his little sitting room. By his television. In his Bachelor quarters. Garden Grove, Cali
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Eye-Fi is new. It adds wifi to any digital camera. Your photos get uploaded straight to Flickr, AND downloaded to your computer when it’s next online. 2GB of SD storage and antenna-free, cable-free, subscription fee-free wifi heaven.
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Most wanted authors (VC Andrews? really?) - * Dean Koontz * Donald Goines * Stephen King * John Grisham * V. C. Andrews * James Patterson * Mary Higgins Clark * Louis L’Amour * Anne Rice * John Saul
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thanks!
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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Fior di Luna, Via della Lungaretta, 96, Rome (Trastevere).
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owl
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Enoteca Maria, 27 Hyatt Street, Staten Island, 718-447-2777.
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The FCC does something good for consumers??? * Hoping to reduce spiraling cable TV costs, the F.C.C. plans to strike down contracts giving cable companies exclusive rights to service individual apartment buildings.*
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Visit the world´s largest model railway in Hamburg
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jb - just for a tiny second i had a vision of you as a kung fu fighter fending off three attackers in Rogers Park.
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217 eldridge b/w stanton & rivington
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outlaw bikes!
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 26 (AP) — Apple no longer accepts cash for iPhone purchases and now limits sales of the cellphone to two per person in a move to stop people from reselling them. The new policy started Thursday, said Natalie Kerris, an Apple spoke
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Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic ma
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In order to drive their brands as prestige labels with high margins, they must 1) conceal how they’re cutting corners and costs in manufacture, and 2) conceal their sales performance. If they fail, then the whole rotten house of luxury collapses. The ma
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Arguably the best book ever on what is increasingly becoming the science of persuasion. Whether you’re a mere consumer or someone weaving the web of persuasion to urge others to buy or vote for your product, this is an essential book for understanding the
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Set in the same high-tech present day as Pattern Recognition, Gibson’s fine ninth novel offers startling insights into our paranoid and often fragmented, postmodern world. When a mysterious, not yet actual magazine, Node, hires former indie rocker–turne
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The first of William Gibson’s usually futuristic novels to be set in the present, Pattern Recognition is a masterful snapshot of modern consumer culture and hipster esoterica. Set in London, Tokyo, and Moscow, Pattern Recognition takes the reader on a tou
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Schumacher makes economics come alive with wit, humor, and practicality. His approach is qualitative, not quantitative. A recurring statement throughout the book epitomizes his philosophy, “Why use the computer if you can make the calculation on the back
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The great Swiss-German actor Bruno Ganz gives a staggering performance as Adolf Hitler in this full-scale realist German production detailing the last ten days of the Third Reich. As the Red Army rampages through Berlin, Hitler and his staff have retreate
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Twenty-eight-year-old Tom leads a life that might be termed as criminal. In doing so, he follows in the footsteps of his father, who made his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, real estate deals. Tom is a pretty hard-boiled guy but also strangely con
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The Vignellis - In an instant, their pared-down designs—for the subway, Bloomingdale’s, American Airlines—conjure a particular moment in the city’s history.
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
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• Completely revised and updated.
• The ultimate reference book for design and illustration professionals
• Latest pricing information based on real industry surveys
• An updated chapter on digital media and web design to help you keep pa
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In the US, the FDA mandates that chocolate must have cocoa butter in its formula. But because of a drought and violence in Ivory Coast, the price of cocoa butter has skyrocketed. Hersheys has lobbied the FDA to let them substitute such cheaper ingredients
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In the US, the FDA mandates that chocolate must have cocoa butter in its formula. But because of a drought and violence in Ivory Coast, the price of cocoa butter has skyrocketed. Hersheys has lobbied the FDA to let them substitute such cheaper ingredients
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102 Norfolk Street
New York, NY 10002
Between Delancey and Rivington Street
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Here’s a bit of an introduction to whet your appetite for it. The Court held that a national law that makes the award of education and training grants for studies in another member State subject to the condition that those studies should be a continuation
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
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Two new questions arise, courtesy of the latest advancement in cellphone technology: Do you want your friends, family, or colleagues to know where you are at any given time? And do you want to know where they are? Obvious benefits come to mind. Parents ca
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“Fair Game” — which takes its title from Karl Rove’s phrase about the legitimacy of blowing Ms. Wilson’s professional camouflage — describes how intense stress wrought havoc on the Wilsons’ marriage, not to mention Ms. Wilson’s state of mi
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When a bad TV show is cancelled, it’s cause for celebration; and since the majority of the fall 2007 pilot crop has about as much flavor as corn during a drought season, it’s time we start making party plans.
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
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More than 70% of the world’s toys are made in China, most of them in Guangdong province.
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This memoir of Patchett’s friendship with Autobiography of a Face author Lucy Grealy shares many insights into the nature of devotion. One of the best instances of this concerns a fable of ants and grasshoppers. When winter came, the hard-working ant took
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Ugetsu - Criterion Collection: DVD: Masayuki Mori,Machiko Kyô,Kinuyo Tanaka,Eitarô Ozawa,Ikio Sawamura,Mitsuko Mito,Kikue Môri,Ryosuke Kagawa,Eigoro Onoe,Saburo Date,Sugisaku Aoyama,Reiko Kongo,Shozo Nanbu,Ichirô Amano,Kichijiro Ueda,Teruko Omi,Keiko
Mizoguchi’s exquisite “gender tragedy” is set during Japan’s violent 16th-century civil wars, a historical context well-suited to the director’s compassionate perspective on the plight of women and the foibles of men. The story focuses on two brothers, Ge
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
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Five ways of mapping the world. One story about people who make maps the traditional way—by drawing things we can see. And other stories about people who map the world using smell, sound, touch, and taste. The world redrawn by the five senses.
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A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who’ll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating, compelling story (The Hollywood Reporter) crackles with ‘taut direction and whiplash dialogue (Time). Bristling with vivid
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
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the Star Wars crew rockin’ out
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There was a large truck stopped and I saw a bicycle completely flattened under the back left tire. The person had been removed from the scene, but from the somber expressions and the remains on the road it was clear that this individual didn’t survive.
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