Unlike most cities, the subway — not the roads — is New York City’s circulatory system. Several subway lines were disrupted when the World Trade Center was destroyed, and their restoration was an early sign that things were getting back to normal. In an astonishingly short time, transit officials opened train lines that ran next to, […]
Continue reading... May 21, 2002
Scientific Intrigue at Bell Labs
From the NY Times (I’ve got to get more news sources….): Bell Labs Forms Panel to Study Claims of Research Misconduct. Lucent Technologies’ Bell Laboratories has formed a panel to examine the validity of some recent impressive experiments. No one’s accusing anyone of anything. Not really, not yet. But good for the Labs for taking […]
Continue reading... May 21, 2002
Oooh Baby…
Leo J. Burke. “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” Similar: “I sleep like a baby; I wake up every two hours, screaming.”
Continue reading... May 21, 2002
Finders Aren’t Always Keepers.
Via 24-hour Drive-Thru: SOME EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMISM.. U.S.S. Clueless. Steven Den Beste writes about how he accidently left his HP Jornada handheld computer at the mall. “I felt a bit sick. Of course, there was no chance I was going to get it back. A thousand bucks down the tube… ” But he got it […]
Continue reading... May 19, 2002
Is Satire Libelous?
Maybe it is, if it’s too subtle. And if you’re in Texas. The NY Times reports on a lawsuit against a Dallas alternative weekly. I’ve written lots of this kind of stuff, going back all the way to high school. I’ve been called on the carpet a bunch, but I’ve never been sued. A carpet burn […]
Continue reading... May 18, 2002
“Just Enough Is More”
From Kottke.org: This is what Milton Glaser has learned (full PDF transcript): “Less is not necessarily more. Being a child of modernism I have heard this mantra all my life. Less is more. One morning upon awakening I realised that it was total nonsense, it is an absurd proposition and also fairly meaningless. But it […]
Continue reading... May 18, 2002
Did He Look for a Front Clasp?
The August issue of British Journal of Plastic Surgeons will apparently carry a story about “a hapless Romeo [who] suffered major ligament damage and a fracture to one of his fingers while tackling his lady’s brassiere,” according to The New York Post. For one thing, it says surveys show that 40 percent of men in […]
Continue reading... May 18, 2002
Wrapping Up The Tram
From the Times: Operator of the Money-Losing Tram to Roosevelt Island Wants to Sell Ads. It’s a New York vista: the red Roosevelt Island aerial tramway soars across the East River above the New York skyline, above the boats on the water and the graceful split-level Queensboro Bridge. For those of you not from around […]
Continue reading... May 18, 2002
I Don’t Know Anyone Who Likes Being Edited, Either.
Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)
Continue reading... May 18, 2002
A New Law of the Commons
From Wired News: Making Copy Right for All. A new nonprofit group will provide an alternative to traditional copyrights by making it easier for artists, musicians and programmers to share their works with the public. I haven’t had a lot of time yet to explore the Creative Commons, but the idea looks interesting — extend some […]
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