the gauntlet has been laid down!
Oh waitron, when you get a chance...
Ok meal at Solera, nice meals at Blue Hill and The Tonic,
another fab meal at GSIMidtown, another raid on the list at Manducati's (still some gems:>), really need to get back to Al Di La cause it s/b up on top list.....
The plan is to convert a DNA sequence – the order of the four chemicals that form the genetic code of a plant or animal – into a piece of digitally encoded music that can then be copyrighted like any other tune.
Talk about a gestation period; it only took nine months, but I finally got my new Bookstore Clerk! That's a typical government timeframe. She's just out of film school, and I guess the pickings are slim. I told her I know someone who'll hire her, as soon as he gets a job. (Just kidding; no way I'm letting her go.) Now maybe I'll actually be able to take a vacation…
blogs going mainstream?
Do As We Say, Not As We Do

In Mexico, George W. introduced "Millennium Challenge Grants," foreign aid available to developing countries that "end corruption, reform their economies and help their own people," in the Washington Post's words.

Below is the Artforum ad layout for my upcoming show with Gregor Passens in Munich. The dates have been changed: they're now May 3 - June 14, 2002.

[ad removed for remodeling]

another daily candy like venture: flavor pill.
The earliest know photograph has been sold.
It's a photo of an engraving. Technology keeps devouring itself.
Czech Republic Enacts World's First National Light Pollution Law
In the Bay Area, a new breed of restaurant is on the rise: places that are devoted entirely to serving small portions of serious food. The cooking styles are all over the map — Italian, French, Greek, Southwestern, Hawaiian, Asian — often on the same menu. Eating from everyone else's plate is not just acceptable, it's required. You can order half of a petit "rack" of lamb at Isa in San Francisco. Or the "taco" of ahi tartare in a crisp little potato shell and a side of curly polenta fries at Andalu. The restaurants even have their own miniature cut of steak — called the flatiron, it's about the size of half a chicken breast.
aka gets best burger in ny mag's best of issue.
fun stuff
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no reading allowed
Ramones vs. Talking Heads
Punk hits the Hall.
elmo noodles and soy
"Welcome to Booklend, a lending library that sends books out by the mail. Booklend is the creation of a man with a postage meter, a roomful of books, and an urge to share. Borrowing a book is free, and you're welcome to keep the book until you're done. Read it at your leisure -- nobody likes to be rushed while they're reading. When you're done, pop it back in the mail. We'll even pay return postage."
dictionary of (someone with way too much time on their hands)
wheres the fire

"I'm a firefighter who wanted to help," says PJ simply. "This agreement with Realbeer.com means that a lot of people around the country will be able to learn about the project, drink the beer and contribute to support of the families of my friends and America's heroes."

if you're in the neighborhood, Central Buffet, on Centre street between Howard and Hester (right above canal) is an amazing deal. You pay four dollars, you get a plate with a bunch of rice on it, you get to choose four dishes from long steamtables filled with huge heaps of maybe 40 different things -- roasted meat, noodles, 4 kinds of tofu, deepfried whole fish (very popular), chicken, weird chinese jello stuff, tons of greens and vegetables -- overwhelming assortment. And it's all pretty good! Not Grand Sichuan, but all for sure tasty. And then there's the soup, which sucks, but hey, four dishes and soup for four dollars? You GOT to love it.