Cartographic Porn
This list of fire department maps of New York City from the 19th and early 20th century is like porn for cartophiles. (via NY Public Library Blog)A Nation Divided
BLDGBLOG seems dubious of a WSJ article predicting the dissolution of the U.S. into six fractionalized nations, under foreign influence. Does this suggest the end of the perfect California burrito?Jess’ Dream
“nate cooper! last night i had a dream that you owned a… hmm, i guess a park? for kids? and you bought it with student loans. and uhm… there was a tree that had like… 100000 toy monkeys on it, and a hill where you could shoot your choice of...Nuke the Fridge, Lexicography of
The NY Times discusses some of the more popular buzz-words from 2008. I’m sort of surprised by how many words on the list I recognize since they all seem to have a slant towards various subcultures. Unfortunately the article also has pointed me towards yet...Christian Sex Toys
Wow. Just found out about Book22 “It is our company’s policy that the products we sell be purchased for married couples only. As explained in the book of Genesis, God created woman from man’s flesh and bone to be his companion. In so doing, he...Tumblr and the Art of Conversation
With the ease of posting provided by Tumblr it seems like everyone is tumbling now a-days. I’d venture a reason for their success- aside from ease of use- is how Tumblr is marketed. “I don’t blog. I have a Tumblr.” Though I have hundreds of...Everything Bad Is Good for You, T.V., Reading and Video Games
Been doing a fair amount of offline reading so haven’t had as much to write about. Read Everything Bad Is Good for You and was pretty impressed. The book starts as almost a defense of video games as a complex medium, despite it’s being maligned at best as...Helvetireader trumped by Google
A couple days ago I installed Helvetireader a script for firefox that gives Google Reader a spiffed-up interface centered around a cleaner look. I hadn’t really even used it enough to weigh in my two cents on the subject when Google itself released an update to...LOLhipsters
Buzzfeed links to a new trend I have to admit the title is definitely more interesting than the execution … but oh what a concept…Loud n Clear Commercial
YouTube – Loud n Clear Commercial Just saw this commercial on the T.V. during my riotous trip to California. This little Bluetooth headset-looking thing is basically a gigantic hearing aide. Hear the emcee yell at your Bingo! game.. creepily spy on your...The Luck of at Games of Chance
A recent skirmish with net neutrality led me to actually use a Yahoo proxy to access Google. Apparently “I’m feeling lucky” doesn’t translate very well into Chinese and then back to English.About Nate
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