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Space shuttle launch photo.

OV-105 Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Pad 39B on mission STS-97. This is a five minute exposure taken from the Causeway (about 7 miles away from the pad). Taken with a borrowed all-manual Nikomat camera, 24 mm lens, f/16, Kodak Royal Gold 100 film. When the exposure was stopped in this shot, the shuttle was approximately 229 statute miles downrange.

- jim 5-20-2006 9:40 pm [link] [add a comment]

something weird going on with the crooksandliars home page.
- steve 5-18-2006 6:16 pm [link] [2 comments]

malcolm gladwell has a blog. does that mean weve reached a tipping point?
- dave 5-17-2006 12:52 am [link] [1 ref] [2 comments]

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?
- dave 5-13-2006 2:41 am [link] [7 comments]

never heard of a furniture librarian before
- linda 5-12-2006 12:51 am [link] [1 ref] [4 comments]

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.
- bill 5-10-2006 12:38 am [link] [8 comments]

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.
- jim 5-09-2006 7:00 pm [link] [add a comment]

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.
- jim 5-09-2006 6:55 pm [link] [1 ref] [2 comments]

penn & teller do ground zero
- mark 5-06-2006 6:29 am [link] [add a comment]

Gorgeous HDR images of Manhattan. (What's an HDR image?) Probably this is the one if you only have time for one click.
- jim 4-24-2006 6:56 pm [link] [1 ref] [5 comments]

this may already have made the rounds / if not, microsoft i-pod vid is here.
- bill 4-22-2006 10:55 pm [link] [add a comment]

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.
- mark 4-20-2006 10:50 pm [link] [3 comments]

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?
- dave 4-20-2006 9:16 pm [link] [20 comments]

Final death knell of the Lone Star Cafe: the good old "mysterious fire."
- tom moody 4-20-2006 9:12 pm [link] [add a comment]

just clicking through the firefox extension and i found this multiplayer online pong. ive got winners.
- dave 4-19-2006 11:43 pm [link] [5 comments]

tweet-tweet
- alex 4-12-2006 1:17 pm [link] [add a comment]

> > 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.
- bill 4-06-2006 6:58 pm [link] [add a comment]

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.
- dave 4-06-2006 6:03 pm [link] [8 comments]

snow white

snow?!


- bill 4-05-2006 6:49 pm [link] [3 comments]

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.
- mark 3-31-2006 8:59 am [link] [3 comments]

going to see john waters perfom a one-man show tonight. no word yet if foam dispensers will be part of the act.
- dave 3-29-2006 1:50 am [link] [2 comments]

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.
- dave 3-28-2006 9:47 pm [link] [1 ref] [9 comments]

maybe im just predisposed to foam, but this might be a fun device to have around.
- dave 3-28-2006 9:24 pm [link] [9 comments]

Check out Portland blog urbanhonking Ultimate Blogger Challenge. - erin

- steve 3-23-2006 2:42 am [link] [add a comment]

Good news from the mailbag:

Hello,
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.
It's about time someone took note of our dominance in the "women breaking dishes machine embroidery design" space.
- jim 3-21-2006 7:52 pm [link] [2 comments]