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The opening of Woody Allen’s Manhattan |
| July 23rd, 2007 under YouTube, woody allen, manhattan, film forum. [ Comments: none ]
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Just a saw a revival of Woody Allen’s Manhattan at the Film Forum. What a beautiful film…
Seeing the opening montage of New York City with Woody Allen’s voiceover was alone worth the price of admission.
Luckily I found it on youtube. Unfortunately it replaces Woody Allen’s voice with a spanish guy… still you can enjoy the visuals and the music.
Technorati Tags: Woody Allen Manhattan, Film Forum, New York City, You Tube
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The $225,000 Parking Space |
| July 14th, 2007 under new york times, opinion, capitalism. [ Comments: none ]
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Manhattan is a terrible, overpriced yuppie haven.
I can say this because I live in Brooklyn of course. (Us Brooklynites are growing ever resentful of the millionaire playground Manhattan has become.)
Case in point:
“Spaces are in such demand that there are waiting lists of buyers. Eight people are hoping for the chance to buy one of five private parking spaces for $225,000 in the basement of 246 West 17th Street, a 34-unit condo development scheduled for completion next January. The developer, meanwhile, is seeking city approval to add four more spots. “
That’s right: $225,000 for a fucking parking space. It’s a symbol of what’s wrong with unbridled capitalism where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Where the rich can spend a quarter million dollars to buy a parking space, while 200 blocks uptown many people won’t see a quarter million dollars in 5 years for their entire families.
Call me a commie or socialist if you must… but this kind of luxury spending pisses me off.
Technorati Tags: 225000 parking space, manhattan, brooklyn, capitalism, socialism
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Best of the Web 7/07/07, Dick Assman |
| July 7th, 2007 under best of the web. [ Comments: none ]
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Today I was doing my usual useless perusal of the internet, and I discovered this on wikipedia:
Dick Assman (born ca. 1934 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Saskatchewan petrol station owner whose name propelled him to international celebrity status in 1995. Assman, who worked at Petro-Canada’s Victoria Square Mall station in Regina, was discovered by David Letterman, who was amused by his name.
Now if that isn’t funny, what is?
Other Interesting Links:
10 best geeky dance videos.
11 classic condom commercials.
iphone-free cell phone news.
Technorati Tags: dick assman, geeky dances, numa numa, condom commercials, t-mobile hot spot @ home
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Best of the Web 7/05/07, Do Men or Women talk more? |
| July 6th, 2007 under best of the web, new york times. [ Comments: none ]
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The conventional wisdom says women use 20,000 words a day, while men only use 7,000.Is this correct?
A story in today’s New York Times says no. They quote a study from Science Magazine where 396 subjects wore tiny microphones. The results: Men and Women speak roughly the same amount of words everyday.
So what does this mean? Despite the fact you think your significant other will never shut up about the dishes, guys, you still on average speak as much as she does.
Other Interesting Links:
50 things you should never say. (Ex: Holler at your boy.)
100 days that changed music.
10 reasons America rules.
Technorati Tags: men and women talking, new york times, the beatles
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SeeqPod: Listen to any song you want at anytime for free |
| July 3rd, 2007 under Uncategorized, web 2.0, SeeqPod. [ Comments: none ]
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Is there anything better than web 2.0?
In my lifetime, we’ve come from waiting for our news during a 11 p.m. broadcast to getting news instantly on google news.
From never seeing pictures of friends and family living far away to looking at their myspace or flickr page and seeing them in an instant.
From buying cassette tapes and CDS to listening to song, anytime, anyplace…
Haven’t discovered this component of Web 2.0 yet? Well discover SeeqPod.com. It’s simple really– just type in an song using the SeeqPod search and then listen to the song.
It’s truly amazing.
Technorati Tags: seeqpod, web 2.0
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