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grateful chucks
Google maps, what a joker. Thinking about taking a day off next week and going to a N. Carolina beach and I put in my zip code as starting point and N. Carolina beach as end point but I forgot the last number and the four digit number I did put evidently corresponds to Australia. So Google maps gives actual directions from a point in Australia up to the water's edge and then says, "kayak across the Pacific Ocean," 12,742 km. And then picks up again in Washington State and gives directions to NC. Total trip, "17,796 km, about 42 days, 17 hours."
rockefeller u symposium on evolution.
A place I sublet for a while a year or so ago is coming up for an even longer sublet soon. I think it will be available for ~6 months. It's on the corner of Canal and Eldridge which I think is a really great spot. And it's a super place, if a little bachelor pad-ish (of course that might be a plus.) When I lived there the shower and sink were in the apartment, but the toilet was in the hallway shared with a few others on the floor. But now there is a private toilet in the apartment making it a little nicer. This is a classic old New York LES building with lots of garment and fashion business and only a few loft like apartments. I guess this means something like: the building is dirty and industrial, but maybe that makes it sort of cool (very high celings, huge windows, exposed pipes.) Anyway, $2600/month - not cheap, but actually not a bad deal in the present market. And the subletter is a really nice guy. Just thought I'd throw it out there. Images are here.
free books. i haven't really checked it out too much yet, but i had dinner the other night with an editor here. i'm not so much sold on reading on my computer, but the woman who i met was downloading a chapter a day of moby dick to her iphone, which sounds like something i could get into. a chapter here and there while waiting in line somewhere or on the subway, in a taxi. i never thought reading books on anything other than paper would appeal to me, but since i am getting used to being online and emailing on my phone, it is becoming something i'm willing to think about.
alias aka the electric diner?
robert rauschenberg died
we need a new elph......
the brand new SD1100 is $220 and 8 mexapixel, while the top line SD950 is 12.1 mexaP and better zoom......
our old one is 4 mexaP.....
any words of advise for amaturs that just want photo memories of the brats.....
(skinny)
got a call yesterday from an old pal ddchapin whom told me that he heard of a butthole surfers show......well its true, 6/27, philadelphia electric factory for the paul green school of rock festival 2008.....sadly i will have to miss, but i bet this will not be the last
(skinny)
fact of the day:
95 percent of the water supply is delivered to New York City by gravity alone. The downhill flow creates enough pressure to shoot the water as high as six stories in most parts of the city without electricity or pumping.
fafblog is back but im hold out my enthusiasms for the whiskey bar reunion tour.
shoe fetish
splurged on a shave and a haircut today. wish the haircut was a little more even which is why i splurged to begin with instead of going to the much cheaper place on st. marks. but i really like the place as barbershops go. and they do a fair amount of business so im not alone in thinking that.
also, apparently there is no such thing as a trim. barbers only know "cut." get a pair of scissors in their hands and theres no stopping them.
admittedly it doesnt really have much impact on my life but its still lame.
"raptor cam" video of 3 red tail hawks that hatched in a nest on a PDX office building
Worldwide 'Love' Vibe Detected. Skinny was right all along.
Flickr is now allowing for videos to be uploaded, but the max length can only be 90 seconds and they are calling them "long photos". Here's some thoughts on the form that might possibly be of interest to you animated gifers. Are short loops more like photos than video?
i saw a beautiful table made from reclaimed bowling lanes at the brooklyn flea market this weekend.
But five minutes after being injected with etanercept – according to the film which was supplied and edited by the clinic – he greets his wife. Visibly shocked, she says he has not recognised her for years. Mr Miller then hugs her.Still:
"On the surface these results are exciting but we need to treat the study with caution," she [Suzanne Sorenson, head of research at the Alzheimer's Society] said. "There are large gaps in the research, which used a small pilot group. We cannot draw conclusions until a controlled trial is carried out."
lali, baby born with 2 faces in india
Golf Trivia Game. Pretty fun, I stunk, got par, going to the clubhouse for a drink.