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peterkafka: Internet is correct! New Cee Lo song is indeed...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:32:48 -0400

Internet is correct! New Cee Lo song is indeed awesome, ingenious. Deservedly viral. (If you can’t say “fuck you” at your work, then really not safe for work)

Faux-artsy photo of the Manhattan Bridge that I shot tonight

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:21:31 -0400

Faux-artsy photo of the Manhattan Bridge that I shot tonight

poobah: A bulldog walks into a bar — Take 1 — Mission Dolores,...

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:21:00 -0400

poobah:

A bulldog walks into a bar — Take 1 — Mission Dolores, 4th Ave Brooklyn

caro: The MTA FML is very real. And widespread.

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:42:46 -0400

caro:

The MTA FML is very real. And widespread.

Awesome sashimi from Mura in Park Slope

Sun, 23 May 2010 01:57:34 -0400

Awesome sashimi from Mura in Park Slope

Hair dryer @ Prospect Park

Sun, 23 May 2010 01:56:47 -0400

Hair dryer @ Prospect Park

streeter: Issue #1 of Newark Magazine

Thu, 06 May 2010 23:39:05 -0400

streeter:

Issue #1 of Newark Magazine

Stop Pissing — College Point, Queens, N.Y.

Sun, 02 May 2010 23:47:00 -0400

Stop Pissing — College Point, Queens, N.Y.

Marco.org: More ideas than time: Last week's news

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:40:20 -0400

Marco.org: More ideas than time: Last week's news:

Most news outlets, including TV news shows and networks, newspapers, news websites, and blogs are targeted at news junkies: they never want to miss a story, and they want to be the first to report it to you.

If you look back on these stories even one week later, the majority of them seem…

This is why I subscribed to the Economist a few years ago. It was great for a few months, and then I found it to be too much. But a good idea.

Fruit In Glass — Apple Store Fifth Avenue, NYC

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:31:00 -0400

Fruit In Glass — Apple Store Fifth Avenue, NYC

poobah: My Excellent iPad Adventure — By Dan Frommer (Photo...

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:19:57 -0400

poobah:

My Excellent iPad Adventure — By Dan Frommer (Photo Essay)

After spending this morning looking at pictures of people standing in line waiting to buy Apple iPads, I couldn’t take it any more.

So I got on the train, went into Manhattan, and got one!

It was surprisingly quick. From the back of the line to paying only took 15 minutes.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/my-excellent-ipad-adventure-2010-4#ixzz0kABsPdny

Red Hook in Reverse — Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:19:00 -0400

Red Hook in Reverse — Brooklyn, N.Y.

Pizza from Roberta’s in Bushwick

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:15:41 -0400

Pizza from Roberta’s in Bushwick

Sakura Red Hook — Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:09:29 -0400

Sakura Red Hook — Brooklyn, N.Y.

One of the best things I ate on my last trip to Japan: This...

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:48:00 -0400

One of the best things I ate on my last trip to Japan: This cheap steak at Steak Hanamasa in Tokyo’s Ginza district.

I ordered from (and paid) a vending machine, and then presented my ticket to a server. A few minutes later, the steak basically came out raw (with butter on top) on this hot cast iron plate. I stir fried it until it was cooked, and then doused it with that sauce. Served with bean sprouts, green beans, and rice. And, of course, a beer.

Excited to be going back to Japan next week. Plenty of photos to...

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:37:32 -0400

Excited to be going back to Japan next week. Plenty of photos to come.

Bratwurst Breakfast — Prime Meats — Brooklyn, N.Y.

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:37:00 -0400

Bratwurst Breakfast — Prime Meats — Brooklyn, N.Y.

Contrails

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:39:45 -0400

Contrails

poobah: Poobahs On The Road: Dirty Dog Benit das Dog gets a...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:36:58 -0500

poobah:

Poobahs On The Road: Dirty Dog

Benit das Dog gets a well needed bath in the sink.

The crazy auto-cleaning toilet seats at Chicago’s...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:24:00 -0500

The crazy auto-cleaning toilet seats at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport are finally catching up to American waistlines.

Sometime within the last few months, the toilets in American Airlines’ Terminal 3 got an upgrade, and the seats are now a few inches longer.

It no longer feels like you’re borrowing a toddler’s Fisher-Price potty chair. There is still, however, the weird feeling that you are squatting on a grocery bag.

According to this Knight News Service article, Chicago first installed the automatic plastic seat cover system in July, 1993, as a way to promote hygiene without clogging toilets with paper seat covers. (Side note: This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Google newspaper scan show up in search results like this. Cool.) Some 600 toilets cost the city $350,000 to install, or about $580 each.

The first system was by Swiss-founded Hygolet, which may explain the small size. But the one in my first picture is a Sani-Seat, made by New Jersey-based North American Hygiene. I didn’t get a chance to check out who makes the new ones — knowing Chicago, probably a distant cousin of Mayor Daley — but they seem to be better all-around.