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Sent my re-blog with commentary, so re-bloggin’ again. ...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:22:54 -0500

Sent my re-blog with commentary, so re-bloggin’ again. REEEEEE-BLLLOOOOGGGGG!

Great post by Mike H here.. and if you’re into this stuff, I 100% recommend Kim Stanley Robinson’s trilogy about colonizing Mars (I know, I know total nerd science-fiction but there’s some really great science-fact in there too). Super super mind blowing. Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars

hifiny:

dpstyles:

mikehudack:

evangotlib:

thegongshow:

Surface of Mars (Via U or Arizona)

I just changed the background image of my blog to a picture of the surface of Mars. More at The Big Picture.

These are amazing images. Click through to see them all. Going into space would be so awesome.

We need to retire the Space Shuttle and, potentially, shut down ISS. We need to quickly finish work on the Shuttle replacement program, probably the Ares. And, I believe, we need to establish a base on the Moon.

Why a base on the Moon? Because it will provide excellent practice for Mars. Both because it will give astronauts and NASA experience in colonization and because it will prepare the public for a proper Mars mission. Nothing in the space program can possibly be more exciting than a permanent human presence on a celestial body. A Moon colony will galvanize the American public and the world. And then we can proceed to Mars.

This is our calling as human beings. This is our calling as Homo Sapiens. We must spread our genome among the stars to prevent an extinction event. We must explore. We must colonize. It is our destiny. Just as Europeans once conquered the Americas we — all humans this time — must conquer the stars.

Just as I thought … outer space is tiiiiiiight.

Great post by Mike H here.. and if you’re into this...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:47:00 -0500

Great post by Mike H here.. and if you’re into this stuff, I 100% recommend Kim Stanley Robinson’s series about colonizing Mars (I know, I know total nerd science-fiction but there’s some really great science-fact in there too). Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Mars-Trilogy-Stanley-Robinson/dp/0553560735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257639507&sr=8-1

mikehudack:

evangotlib:

thegongshow:

Surface of Mars (Via U or Arizona)

I just changed the background image of my blog to a picture of the surface of Mars. More at The Big Picture.

These are amazing images. Click through to see them all. Going into space would be so awesome.

We need to retire the Space Shuttle and, potentially, shut down ISS. We need to quickly finish work on the Shuttle replacement program, probably the Ares. And, I believe, we need to establish a base on the Moon.

Why a base on the Moon? Because it will provide excellent practice for Mars. Both because it will give astronauts and NASA experience in colonization and because it will prepare the public for a proper Mars mission. Nothing in the space program can possibly be more exciting than a permanent human presence on a celestial body. A Moon colony will galvanize the American public and the world. And then we can proceed to Mars.

This is our calling as human beings. This is our calling as Homo Sapiens. We must spread our genome among the stars to prevent an extinction event. We must explore. We must colonize. It is our destiny. Just as Europeans once conquered the Americas we — all humans this time — must conquer the stars.

Smell ya later, Piglett....

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:02:08 -0500

Smell ya later, Piglett.

johncarney:

evangotlib:

icodeforlove:

This is absolutely hilarious!

tedr: ericmortensen: cvxn: juliasegal: Princess Leia and...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:46 -0500

tedr:

ericmortensen:

cvxn:

juliasegal:

Princess Leia and her stunt double waiting (and tanning) on set.

More like “sleeping off a bender” for Carrie.

Want. mattlehrer: Recycled Bowling Lane Furniture which...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:40 -0500

Want.

mattlehrer:

Recycled Bowling Lane Furniture which Inhabitat says is “right up our alley.”

Little Sister Katie™ was a bowl of mac and cheese for Halloween...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:58:29 -0500

Little Sister Katie™ was a bowl of mac and cheese for Halloween - ha!

(via kcrowley)

Broadway @ 8th Street. I walked under this 2x yesterday. ...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:30:00 -0500

Broadway @ 8th Street. I walked under this 2x yesterday. Yikes!

Pic by Jesse Chan Norrie [more]

hifiny:

Well, that’s reassuring. I walk under this scaffolding twice every weekday. [At Broadway & 8th Street … Via]

Halloween 2009 = two dance parties, two pinatas, a lil’...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:06:49 -0500

Halloween 2009 = two dance parties, two pinatas, a lil’ piggie and Cru Jones:

Halloween 2009 = two dance parties, two pinatas, a lil’ piggie and Cru Jones

Started pre-bar’in at my apt, hit up Seth’s @ Porch, then to Grellan’s @ Mary’ Os, then to Becca’s @ Summit and then sleepytown. JJ& Jac rocking the pinatas (complete with candy tossin’ action), Chelsa went as a Piggy Bank, McSimmons as some SNL character (sorry!), Xtian as a bat made from busted umbrella parts (brilliant).

I threw together some last minute Cru Jones action: www.imdb.com/title/tt0091817/ You have no idea how hard it was to find a pair of red warmup pants (I ended up finding a pair of Kids XL in the basement of Paragon)

"There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born..."

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:00 -0500

“

There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter - the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of these three trembling cities the greatest is the last—the city of final destination, the city that is a goal. It is this third city that accounts for New York’s high-strung disposition, its poetical deportment, its dedication to the arts, and its incomparable achievements. Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.

And whether it is a farmer arriving from Italy to set up a small grocery store in a slum, or a young girl arriving from a small town in Mississippi to escape the indignity of being observed by her neighbors, or a boy arriving from the Corn Belt with a manuscript in his suitcase and a pain in his heart, it makes no difference: each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company.

”

- Here is New York, E. B. White, 1949 (via cdixon + fred-wilson)

Slightly related, but is there a better NYC anthem than Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind?”

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothin’ you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let’s hear it for New York, New York,
New York

Ever notice this sound installation in the 34th St subway...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:23:24 -0400

Ever notice this sound installation in the 34th St subway station (N/R track?) Put your hands over the black dots (IR sensor) and sounds play. There’s one each side of the track too so you can make music with your uptown friends too!:

“REACH New York”- An Urban Musical Instrument
by Christopher Janney (January 1996)

More here: www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/4061238252/

And here: www.nycsubway.org/perl/artwork_show?121

Ha! I don’t remember ever got any dodgeball halloween...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:17:00 -0400

Ha! I don’t remember ever got any dodgeball halloween costumes back in the day :)

foursquare:

And the first of the foursquare halloween costumes :)

Just saw this tweet from my friend @heathercapri:

“Look! @elaineellis is a foursquare scout! Look at all those badges she’s earned! No wonder she’s mayor”

More:

http://brightkite.com/objects/1e84bec1f9fe3264109b724ca8b842d5?referer=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F

zachklein: oats: Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:03:17 -0400

zachklein:

oats:

Settlers of Catan - Ore (Zach), Wool (Courtney), and Lumber (Matt)

Courtney, Matt, me, and several others recreated a human-sized version of the board!

caro: johncarney: … caseydonahue: Ran into these guys on...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:35:41 -0400

caro:

johncarney:

…

caseydonahue:

Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.

Team foursquare was here late last night working on this and 100...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:25:39 -0400

Team foursquare was here late last night working on this and 100 other fixes. I’m finding this tiny tweak is already 100x better than before.

foursquare:

Hey hey - anyone notice our new “Places” screen on the iPhone? :) We tweaked the way we show nearby places, so we can call attention to your favorites vs. your friends’ favorites vs. everything else that’s nearby.

A small tweak, but this should fix the “foursquare never knows where I am!” bugs we’ve been hearing about. We’re finding it’s also a great way to find out about places you’re friends frequent that you haven’t had a chance to check out yet.

Anyway, play with it tonight and let us know what you think! As we’re getting closer to our code re-write you should see lots more little improvements like this coming from us.

Busy week here at 4SQ HQ! foursquare: Have you seen this video?...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:52:01 -0400

Busy week here at 4SQ HQ!

foursquare:

Have you seen this video? It’s from a subway station in Stockholm, Sweden where some designers were trying to create an incentive for people to skip the escalator and take the stairs. Their solution was to turn the steps into a piano where each step would play a different musical note - basically creating a way to make the taking the stairs more fun than taking the escalator. And it worked.

I feel like this is also what we’re trying to do at foursquare - how do you make exploring cities / meeting up with friends / discovering new places more fun?

Last week we announced a partnership with San Francisco’s BART (the mass transit system) that let’s foursquare users earn badges for riding public transportation, unlock tips about the interesting coffee shops, music stores, etc you can find near BART stations and even win free train tickets on BART trains for checking-in.

… and just like the piano steps that make taking the stairs more fun than taking the escalator, we’re trying to make taking public transport more fun than being stuck in highway traffic. :)

We’re loving this and hopes it foreshadows the types of things we’re thinking about and the types of experiences we’re planning on creating.

Official press release from BART: http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20091022.aspx

"Garmin’s shares fell 16 percent to $31.45 on Nasdaq, while TomTom’s shares closed around 21 percent..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:18:49 -0400

“Garmin’s shares fell 16 percent to $31.45 on Nasdaq, while TomTom’s shares closed around 21 percent lower on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.”

- Based on news that Google Maps on the new Verizon Droid has turn-by-turn directions (bringing the phone one step closer to replacing the stand-alone GPS)

Also in this article: “TomTom, based in Amsterdam, introduced a $100 navigation application for the iPhone in August.”

… I know this is old news, but who thought it was a good idea to release a $100 iPhone app that is just a hair better than what you could get for free a few months ago and can get for free now…

Google’s Free GPS for Phones Threatens Garmin and TomTom - NYTimes.com

"Mr. Jha soon decided to axe the entire Symbian product line as well as phones using several other..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:12:01 -0400

“Mr. Jha soon decided to axe the entire Symbian product line as well as phones using several other operating systems. He wanted to simplify product development to standardize on one or two core systems. It came down to a Microsoft Windows mobile operating system and Android. When Microsoft said that a crucial release of its mobile operating system would be delayed, Mr. Jha gave Microsoft the stiff arm and bet on Android.”

- Great quick piece in NYT on how Motorola’s new CEO is gunning for a comeback. I wasn’t aware of the backstory - axing Symbian, axing Windows Mobile, pitching Verizon on Android.. hmm, I wonder how much of Verizon’s all-Android strategy is based on Moto’s all-Android strategy?

New Chief Positions Motorola for a Rebound - NYTimes.com

whitneymcn: Hm. Microsoft’s “what people are saying about windows 7” tweets page is an obviously...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:05:31 -0400

whitneymcn:

Hm. Microsoft’s “what people are saying about windows 7” tweets page is an obviously static fake. Kind of sad, really: http://bit.ly/3dHccr

“Coca Cola” screenprint by Zevs (Seen in the...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:09 -0400

“Coca Cola” screenprint by Zevs (Seen in the Electric Artist office):

More:

images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=zevs&a…

www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=…

Love this - made from packing tape laid over a light box. By...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:03 -0400

Love this - made from packing tape laid over a light box. By Mark Khaisman out of Philly (seen in the Electric Artists office):

Marc says this is a pic taken from his daughter’s Facebook page. Small lines are scrunched up pieces of tape.

More: www.khaismanstudio.com/