April 2010
Besting Boston in every way, New York gets its own “Make Way For Ducklings” - but ours in on Park Avenue. With photos. http://p-bu.mp/8lu
Arizona’s anti-immigrant law won’t work. Or so say Oklahomans, who saw their own version blow up in their faces. http://p-bu.mp/8lt
Things of various kinds: jokes too risque for the White House, the making of a cat food ad, another Arizona law. http://p-bu.mp/8ls
In relaying the story of a trial in Queens, this New Yorker article is absolutely perfect in capturing the details. http://p-bu.mp/8lq
I didn’t realize the scope of the threat posed by the Louisiana oil leak until I read this article. Via @rachelsklar. http://p-bu.mp/8lp
Why I like heading to Nolita for a meal every now and again: they play The Smiths in restaurants.
In case you are filling out an application for a visa to Tanzania, know that the field marked ‘Mail’ is supposed to read ‘Email’.
Catching only the high tones of a goose at the pond from a distance sounds like: “Corporate accounts payable, Nina speaking. Just a moment.
The urgent, incessant entreaties about overdraft protection that Chase is blanketing me with make me confident that I’m just fine as I am.
RT @pbumpphotos: When mud gets between Lucy and a squirrel http://flic.kr/p/7Xhaqa
I am at a loss to imagine where all of these people in the Park make out during the winter.
In December, I posted about the USGS putting seismometers in people’s houses. Now presenting: Michael’s earthquakes. http://p-bu.mp/8lk
Tip for those organizing conferences on water scarcity and the environment: don’t provide panelists with Fiji water. http://p-bu.mp/8lj
Man, just when I was starting to like Sarah Palin, I find out how great Ted Nugent thinks she is. Dealbreaker. http://p-bu.mp/8li
For all of the tension inherent in Steve Jobs’ dissertation on his antipathy to Flash, the nut, I believe, is this: http://p-bu.mp/8lh
Reporters Without Borders unveils ad campaign with striking visuals: crinkled photos of leaders opposed to a free press. http://p-bu.mp/8lg
Politico: “Poll: Stimulus didn’t help”. Actual story: “Polling on things people don’t know about yields the expected”. http://p-bu.mp/8lf
New rules around passengers on delayed planes go into effect today. Where’s all the hue and cry about the nanny state? http://p-bu.mp/8le
Was reading a piece about the Mr. Men series that left out the best character (Mr. Bump, duh). But this made up for it. http://p-bu.mp/8ld
Gawker’s Richard Lawson elucidates, as only he can, why no one should ever watch The Hills again. http://p-bu.mp/8lb
Justice Department will take on Arizona’s immigration law. Get ready to hear the phrase “states’ rights” a lot. http://p-bu.mp/8lc
When called out for Twitter typo a few weeks ago, didn’t realize such chastising would soon be Times trend piece fodder. http://p-bu.mp/8la
And @JohnFugelsang sums it up: “Rich people pay FOX people to make middle class people blame poor people.”
A free daily runs a headline about a woman’s murder over a sexual photo of a woman’s lips. (For an article about salt.) http://p-bu.mp/8ky
One year ago today, opening arguments began in the case of the People vs. Anthony Marshall and Francis Morrissey. http://p-bu.mp/8kz
Hm. pbump.net seems to be down. Super.
Pedro Espada loves working people, he just doesn’t $2-an-hour love working people. Is that a crime? (Yes.) http://p-bu.mp/8l8
Love Apple products, but I’m not keen on their heavy-handed response to Gizmodo, which the cops aren’t calling a crime. http://p-bu.mp/8l5
Gizmodo reports that the Air Force can’t locate a prototype aircraft. Next on Gizmodo: “This is the new USAF aircraft.” http://p-bu.mp/8l6
Imagine if every photo in the Times’ archive was geotagged. Could happen, using the accompanying articles as metadata. http://p-bu.mp/8l4
Stephen Wolfram, creator of the mind-boggling @WolframAlpha, talks about uncovering the rules of the universe. http://p-bu.mp/8l0
Now this is cool: 3D panoramic video from inside Texas Stadium as it was demolished. Via @Slate. http://p-bu.mp/8l2
The Journal interviews Brooke Astor - the high school student from New Jersey. http://p-bu.mp/8l3
I look forward when I am so sufficiently established that I can call bullshit on things the way @EbertChicago does. http://p-bu.mp/8l1
If burial and cremation don’t do it for you, may I suggest being suspended from the side of a cliff? http://p-bu.mp/8kx
Through the unusual lens of military usage, the Times takes umbrage with PowerPoint. http://p-bu.mp/8kw
A new Yahoo reporter fails to mention that the subject of his story, Gawker / Gizmodo, used to be his employer. http://p-bu.mp/8kv
I have never been more furious with any company than I am right now with Time Warner Cable. #TimeWarnerThieves http://p-bu.mp/8ku
Damn. Cops search the house of the editor of Gizmodo, following their iPhone scoop last week. Weird boundary lines here. http://p-bu.mp/8kt
Via @BoingBoing, important news out of Salisbury, UK: “Dog Injures Nose.” http://p-bu.mp/8ks
Man detained after he can’t prove immigration status at a weigh station. (PS Arizona - your law isn’t in effect yet.) http://p-bu.mp/8kq
The only thing more wonderfully perplexing than ICP’s ridiculous Miracles video is how they explain it to the Times. http://p-bu.mp/8kr
Quick and brutal: Gawker dismantles Bush’s upcoming memoir. Say what you will, but they don’t procrastinate. http://p-bu.mp/8kp
Subway ridership is down - but mostly just in Manhattan south of 110th. Via @flowingdata. http://p-bu.mp/8ko
Here is a photo of a small bear riding a small horse. http://p-bu.mp/8kn
On bullfighters and photography. http://p-bu.mp/8km
Leaving the subway, a young mother holding an infant in her arms and trailing a toddler slid through the exit door. http://p-bu.mp/8kl
The Times digs into Mayor Bloomberg’s secret life in the Bahamas. http://p-bu.mp/8kk
It’s official. Time Warner Cable is a worse service provider than AT&T. http://p-bu.mp/8kj
There’s a lightbulb in a firehouse in Livermore that has been constantly illuminated for nearly 110 years. http://p-bu.mp/8kg
