Have you ever given thought to what fonts you use to print, and whether your choice of Comic Sans or Impact might lead to higher costs? One teenager evaluated the costs of various inks and then applied it to the federal government’s spending, and determined that just by changing fonts the federal government alone could save more than $100 million a year. On ink. Continue reading
What happens when an article in McSweeney’s parodying brand videos that all look the same is turned into a video with actual stock imagery to hit the point harder? You get this amazing YouTube video produced by the team at Dissolve, a stock video company. Continue reading
Cravings are a pain. When you need to satisfy that demand for something sweet, you don’t want to be hindered by something like time of day, even if it means traveling to the Upper East Side to get ahold of a cupcake at the latest trend to hit New York: The Cupcake ATM. Continue reading
I feel so woefully behind sometimes when I am late to the party to discover something really cool, but it didn’t stop me from being amazed by it nonetheless. This week I was introduced to the wonder that is Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox thanks to a friend’s Facebook post. Continue reading
Children’s television in the 80s was experimental in some ways. While more established shows like “Sesame Street” had by a certain point long since found their purpose, the proliferation of channels offered the opportunity for a broader array of programming of all types to appear. As such, a TV Ontario-produced show, “Today’s Special,” made its way onto U.S. airwaves by way of Nickelodeon and PBS. Continue reading
It’s an unlikely collaboration from artists who have been around for quite some time, but Neneh Cherry and Robyn manage to provide a song that on repeated listens settles in well, a track called “Out of the Black.” Continue reading
For those following along here on the blog, my last post on the ebook settlements noted that we should see some movement on the settlement payouts by April. Sure enough, this morning Amazon emailed me, along with other Kindle owners, to announce the credit had been deposited and was available. Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz7sxt9xeJE
There’s all sorts of things wrong with this video – how did they make it past security? How is it a good idea to do any sort of jump like this in an urban area? – yet the video itself is undoubtedly compelling. Without further commentary, check out what a group of people did when they snuck through security last fall and went to the top of the Freedom Tower.
New York City’s charm is in part forged by its history, and some of the older elements that march on with time. However, there’s a flip side to aging infrastructure, and that is that things are still in place long after their intended life, and have an increasing proclivity to breakdown or otherwise have problems. Continue reading
Roxette at Virgin Megastore in New York City in the fall of 2000. It was one of my first trips into the city on my own.
There are a lot of people familiar with Roxette; their hits in the late 80s and early 90s, such as “It Must’ve Been Love,” “The Look,” Listen to Your Heart,” “Fading Like a Flower” and “Joyride” are among some of the best pop songs of the era. Unfortunately for us in the U.S., we didn’t really get to follow along with them as they kept going. Continue reading