December 2010
13 posts
WatchWatch
Available parking space in Parkchester. How did this car leave this spot? Thru the opening of the car in front; the car in front however did not back into that space, or they would have been boxed in. Other motorists don’t even see this space available and simply assume there is a smaller car behind all that snow.
Dec 29th
WatchWatch
Queuing problem at a Bronx laundromat. Too many customers wishing to dry, too few dryers, no line. Customers choose where they want to wait, and compete with each other for dryers. It can get ugly, as some competing customers can become confrontational and even violent. Some machines are not operational (marked with a piece of masking tape on the window), and some machines dry...
Dec 29th
“A computer that fit inside a building when I was a student now fits in my...”
– Technology 25 Years Hence - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Dec 29th
“Even if Wi-Fi devices are not connected to the network, they constantly emit...”
– Wi-Fi Overload at High-Tech Meetings - NYTimes.com
Dec 29th
“We don’t propose to sit here in a rocking chair with our hands folded and...”
– Dominican Revolution, Cuba - Events of 1965 - Year in Review - UPI.com
Dec 26th
“The scarcest resource in life isn’t money, land, fresh water or gold. For...”
– ROI: Why iPads Make Lousy Christmas Gifts - WSJ.com
Dec 23rd
“Bush writes, “The reality was that I had sent American troops into combat based...”
– Book Review - Decision Points - By George W. Bush - NYTimes.com
Dec 20th
“My blood was boiling. We were going to find out who did this, and kick their...”
– Book Review - Decision Points - By George W. Bush - NYTimes.com
Dec 20th
Solstice Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science →
There will be a lunar eclipse on winter solstice- tonight!
Dec 20th
“Over a 22-hour period, his staff members clocked: 741 instances of pedestrians...”
– The New York Times
Dec 17th
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Pensamiento feisbuk
Resulta que feisbuk nos está comiendo el coco; nos está cogiendo de pendejos y perdiendo nuestro tiempo. Ahí está. Sin embargo, aquí estamos. Uno de cada lado de una pantalla, física y virtual, alta y chica, falsa y verdadera. Ya no nos queda vergüenza ni tiempo para disimular. Sólo somos ésto, una imagen, una marca no registrada, un garabato rayado en una pared, un grafito efímero en el muro de...
Dec 11th
Obama y Uribe →
Obama y Uribe están en una cena en la Casa Blanca. Uno de los invitados se acerca y les pregunta: ¿Se puede saber cuál es el tema que los tiene tan animados? Estamos haciendo los planes para…
Dec 7th
“To be clear, I am supporting this plan as a package, because it represents...”
– http://nyti.ms/h2Rw4P
Dec 2nd