January 31, 2005
Who Failed the C Train?
Bloomberg and Pataki
January 28, 2005
The Idiotarod
January 29, 2005
With Signals Out Downtown, Trains Use Manual Transmission
Subway goes even more low-tech
Social Security "Crisis" FAQ
"if we don’t do something right now it is going to EXPLODE!"
Sax Solos of the 80's
That Huey Lewis and the News one is actually pretty snazzy. [via]
January 27, 2005
January 26, 2005
A Humble Old Label Ices Its Rivals
Vodka tasting from the NYT. Does not include filtered cheap vodka.
January 25, 2005
Google Video Search
Wow.
A Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague
"It's too confusing"
January 24, 2005
Macintosh turns 21 today
Take your Powerbook to get a drink!
Raising a Glass in Manhattan. Actually Lots of Them.
A City Health Dept. study finds that the heaviest drinking neighborhoods in the city are Greenwich Village and Chelsea, with Brooklyn Heights-Park Slope atop the list for Brooklyn.
Heavy metal umlaut: the movie
How Wikipedia entries evolve
Easy Listening
KCRW goes East
January 22, 2005
January 21, 2005
The heavy metal umlaut
"It's like a pair of eyes. You're looking at the umlaut, and it's looking at you."
The tilt stil works
Make sure you get an iTune with your carbonated high-fructose corn syrup
Suffering From News Fatigue?
Join the club
January 20, 2005
There Is No Crisis
There is no imminent Social Security crisis
Back to the Basics of a Legible Hand
What's so bad about completely illegible handwriting?
January 19, 2005
Casinos, Malls Won't Fly
At least, don't expect them on the new A380
Law Journal Feeds
Get law journal headlines in RSS
January 18, 2005
The next space race
$50m for sending 5 people into orbit
The scandal sheet
The 34 scandals of the Bush administration, so far
January 14, 2005
Don't Buy American
Some brands are perceived to be more American than others
Pair arrested for telling lawyer jokes
"Legal reformers" charged with disorderly conduct in courthouse
Samurai of Cuisine, on a New Battlefield
Iron Chef America starts on Sunday
January 12, 2005
Tale of the Tape:Audiophiles BemoanThe End of the Reel
2" audio tape is hard to find
The Dark Room Magic of NPR
um, er, um, yeah
Borat goes to the rodeo
"If he had been out there a minute longer, I think somebody would have shot him"
January 9, 2005
Skyline to Fall Line
Skiing in the Catskills