Over The Edge – Dan Rosenbaum's random musings

British Aircraft Carrier in Brooklyn?

What appeared to be a British aircraft carrier was docked tonight at Pier 7 in Brooklyn, where Atlantic Avenue meets the water. I couldn’t get particularly close because of a signicant NYPD presence (including an anti-terrorism van complete with a comlink disk), but the ship was flying a Union Jack at the front, sported an […]

Filed Under: Brooklyn

Five Guys Comes to New York

People in and around mid-Atlantic states and Southeast. apparently know all about the Five Guys hamburger chain. But unlike the storied west coast In-n-Out restaurants that its fans fetishize, I’ve never picked up much buzz about Five Guys, though lord knows I’ve gone out of my way for an In-n-Out double-double. The chain just opened […]

Google buys GrandCentral. Is this a good thing?

When I was writing the FierceVoIP newsletter, I met the founders of GrandCentral. I’d been looking for a service like this for decades: a single phone number that could find me anywhere. That founders Vincent Paquet and Craig Walker are genuinely nice guys with a social conscience was icing on the cake. Rumors had been […]

The iPhone — what everyone’s missed

So Apple introduced the iPhone yesterday. Can’t hardly wait. 1. I want one. Ain’t it just the coolest, slickest thing? On the one hand, I want it on my hip tomorrow. On the other hand, I could use the six months until it ships to save my pennies. 2. The visual voicemail is a killer. […]

Filed Under: Tech

The Perils of Food Journalism

So it seems that a carry-on bag belonging to a writer for Saveur magazine caused authorities to shut down the Tallahassee airport. The bag has audio and video equipment, honey, an oyster shell, and rub. Somehow, a screener mistook all this for something far more sinister. As a freelance writer, I especially like this graf: […]

It Pays to Advertise

From today’s NYPost: Police arrested a Manhattan subway flasher after one of his grossed-out victims gave officers an Internet address that was emblazoned on the back of his jacket – and busted him when they found X-rated pictures of him on the site. The paper tastefully doesn’t give the URL. One wonders if it was […]

Digital TV Business Models Emerging

Every time the RIAA or MPAA file a lawsuit, they’re only proving their intellectual bankruptcy. You sue to protect your rights when you haven’t figured out any other way to make money. The TV networks and TiVO this week are looking like they’re smarter than the movie or record businesses. When YouTube made stars out […]

I Just Can’t See Cronkite Saying “Sneezles”

Leaving aside the fact that the idea of “one-day potty training” is, well, so much ca-ca, this clip from Good Morning America illustrates just how sexist people are being about Katie Couric taking over the CBS Evening News. If Charles Gibson, who himself just ascended to the anchor chair at ABC, gets off scot-free for […]

The Big Apple Cube

Sometimes it seems like Apple never forgets. Remember the Cube — a beautiful but flawed Mac, grey encased in clear plastic the stood about 10 inches on a side? Writ large, that’s kind of what Apple’s built in one of New York City’s most public spaces: Fifth Avenue and 58th Street. The Fifth Avenue […]