by natecooper | Feb 26, 2009 | Brooklyn, cities, cool, new york
Wow, with a history of successfully resisting Robert Moses and prohibition laws, Broad Channel (or little Cuba) sounds like a pretty interesting place and only a few stops down the A. Looking at Google street-view it reminds me of Santa Cruz a little. (via nypl.org)...
by natecooper | Feb 26, 2009 | aesthetics, architecture, art, cities, cool, san francisco
I love the typography and layout in this old school poster but, honestly, what bridge is this supposed to be? The placement and vantage point suggest it is meant to be the bay bridge but it looks like a big, white slab with dangly support cords. Still, all this...
by natecooper | Feb 20, 2009 | art, cool, digital media, humor, photography
Holy god! This picture is so freakin’ amazing! (via lost.net)
by natecooper | Feb 20, 2009 | Brooklyn, cool, humor, internet, nate
While blogging at my new favorite Brooklyn coffee shop, this strange contraption rolled up. The strange, large, bald man inside, dressed in all black proceeded to deliver a fresh load of coffee. The logo on the side says “Kitten Coffee.” I want to imagine...
by natecooper | Feb 20, 2009 | books, cool, culture, media, nate
My second sojourn into the world of Malcolm Gladwell was again pleasant. The Tipping Point’s analysis of trends and epidemics proves yet again a fascination with the influence of context on social phenomena. After reading Outliers (Gladwell’s most recent...
by natecooper | Feb 20, 2009 | cool, digital media, humor, movies
Dan Meth has a pretty interesting and spot on visual interpretation of movie trilogies.