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lance mannion thinks lost in the city by edward p jones is the best work of american fiction written in the past quarter century. what say you, bibliophiles?
never heard of a furniture librarian before
the allergy alerts have been at "High - Very High" since mid april. anyone else getting hammered extra special this year? every one i talk to is. i hear its cause the decorative cherry, apple and pear trees are all male now. so instead of 50/50 m to f its almost all male pollen pumpers in urban settings.
Interactive map of NYC (made with google satellite maps) that allows you to see the flooding that would result from a sea level rise between 0 and 14 meters. The LES (and Manhattan in general as opposed to Brooklyn / Queens and the Jersey waterfront) is actually a little higher than I thought.
What's up with blogspot.com? Under attack or just straining under the load? Or maybe it's just me? I can occasionally load a page, but most of the time it times out.
penn & teller do ground zero
Gorgeous HDR images of Manhattan. (What's an HDR image?) Probably this is the one if you only have time for one click.
this may already have made the rounds / if not, microsoft i-pod vid is here.
new level of mobile geekdom -- Yesterday I received a Verizon wireless broadband PCMCIA card for my laptop. It was sustaining a few hundred kpbs and hitting peaks of 1.2 Mbps in my initial tests last night.
is it considered good luck to have a pigeon build a nest and roost on your windowsill? ive got one about two feet from here with two eggs unhatched. guess thats a little more than roosting. whats the word for that? incubating? nesting?
Final death knell of the Lone Star Cafe: the good old "mysterious fire."
just clicking through the firefox extension and i found this multiplayer online pong. ive got winners.
> > Arthur Lee from Love has recently been
> > diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
> > (ALL) and has undergone 3 weeks of aggressive
> > chemotherapy. Doctors are hopeful for a full
> > recovery, but Arthur still faces more chemo,
> > extensive hospital stays, and a possible bone
> > marrow transplant. Arthur Lee has no health
> > insurance to cover his growing (over
> > $100,000+) medical bills.
> >
> > Arthur Lee (Love) is a man larger than life.
> > A flamboyant artist with a trail of myth and
> > mythology that follows him like a purple
> > feathered boa. His band Love was the first
> > rock band signed to Electra, and Arthur is
> > responsible for talking Jac Holtzman into
> > signing the Doors. Before all this, in 1964,
> > Arthur gave his friend, an unknown Jimi
> > Hendrix, his first appearance on record (the
> > Arthur penned My Diary, by Rosa Lee Brooks).
> > Love's third recording, "Forever Changes", is
> > still widely considered to be one of the great
> > rock n roll discs of all time. Love were true
> > artists, but not "careerist". They preferred
> > living together in "the castle" near Griffith
> > Park, to life on the road. Arthur even turned
> > down invitations to perform at the Monterrey
> > Pop Festival and Woodstock.
> >
> > In the 90's Arthur spent eight years behind
> > bars for "allegedly" shooting off a gun in
> > his apartment. When he was released, he
> > wasted no time getting back to the road and
> > his music. During the past four years, Arthur
> > has performed "Forever Changes" to sold out
> > audiences and fantastic reviews throughout
> > Europe and the United States, backed by the
> > local group Baby Lemonade, and a string and
> > horn section. Just when he thought his bad
> > times were finally over, he learned he was
> > sick.
> >
> > To help cover his medical expenses, Spaceland
> > Productions, Bruce Solar from The Agency
> > Group, and Mark Linn from Delmore Recording
> > Society are producing a benefit concert /
> > tribute for Arthur. We would like to extend a
> > warm invitation to those bands and performers
> > who want to be part of this benefit to honor
> > one of the greatest singer / songwriters of
> > our time.
> >
> > The concert will be held in late May / early
> > June; we are looking at venues of all sizes:
> > The Avalon, El Rey, Disney Hall, or Greek
> > Theatre with the line up determining the
> > location. Artists we are currently speaking
> > with include X, Calexico, and Cake. Baby
> > Lemonade is available to back up any singer
> > and there will be a string section as well.
> >
> > We are looking for artists to perform a few
> > of Arthur's songs that capture the spirit and
> > magic of Arthur Lee & Love. All proceeds will
> > go to Arthur's medical expenses.
> >
> > For further information please contact:
> >
> > Mitchell Frank or Liz Garo: 323 662 7728
> > Bruce Solar: 310 385 2800
> > Mark Linn: 615 480 6923
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
found this electronics outlet through some price searching site. looks to be only a couple of blocks away. i doubt its a user friendly store but looks better than wholesale liquidators on broadway.
snow?!
Any advice on things to do, places to eat in Puerto Rico? We're staying east of San Juan, near El Yunque National Park, but I want to get into San Juan.
going to see john waters perfom a one-man show tonight. no word yet if foam dispensers will be part of the act.
is it just me or has google removed "cache" and "similar pages" from their search results? similar pages was worthless but i liked the highlighted results from cache.
maybe im just predisposed to foam, but this might be a fun device to have around.
Check out Portland blog urbanhonking Ultimate Blogger Challenge. - erin
Good news from the mailbag:
Hello,It's about time someone took note of our dominance in the "women breaking dishes machine embroidery design" space.
I have found your website digitalmediatree.com by searching Google for "woman breaking dishes machine embroidery design". I think our websites has a similar theme, so I have already added your link to my website.
Finally watched that juggling video everyone had linked. I guess I see why.
found 70s headshots
straight to soft cover :
Though not all blogs may aspire to literary permanence, they can achieve it through the new Book-Smart software from Blurb, a publish-your-own-book service. The software, which is expected to be available free later this month at www.blurb.com, features a "Slurper" tool that automatically downloads and reformats the contents of a Web log into a book that bloggers and their admirers can purchase online.
Slurping is not all BookSmart has to offer. It simplifies the layout process by providing design templates for various kinds of books, including cookbooks, photo books, portfolios and volumes dedicated to pets and babies. The software guides users through design decisions like choosing text styles and how many photos will appear on each page.
Pricing for printed versions of your book from Blurb starts at $30 for an 8-by-10-inch full-color hardcover volume with dust jacket and up to 40 pages. A book of up to 80 pages is $3 more. (Blurb plans to eventually offer paperback editions selling for about 30 percent less than hardcover.) Authors will also be able to set up online bookstores through Blurb's Web site.
Although an early version of the software occasionally stuttered or froze, Blurb expects to have the kinks ironed out in time for its public release.