LINK What A Terrorist Incident in Ancient Rome Can Teach Us - Pirates of the Mediterranean »
“IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and two prominent senators,
LINK NYC Subway Google Map »
Impressive Subway + Google map goodness. It’s much better than the online MTA map!
LINK Panic's ripoff collection »
Pages that ripped off Mac software maker’s infamous Transmit truck.
LINK MuseumDay in NY »
“On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors.”
LINK Dashboard Tutorial »
Apple’s official reference for designing and developing Dashboard widgets.
Advice from our neighbor (but a bit amiss). »
LINK NPR Shuffle »
A smart offering from the NPR podcasting family to bring you an “unpredictable sampler from ‘Morning Edition’, ‘All Things Considered’ and other award-winning NPR programs.”
LINK Murata Boy »
The Japanese have built an impressive robot that can ride a bicycle. Why? I don’t know.
The keys at the cleaners are ordered alphabetically instead of qwerty.
On the ride back from Nyack on my bike, I paused on the GWB to snap a quick panorama. The view doesn't get much better with nature lining the north side and the city in view on the south.
At a recent gathering with my friends from back home, my friend's mom pulled out this gem of an id to promptly embarrass him.
One of the many structures we found over at Storm King in upstate NY.
LINK Japanese Pen Spinning »
taken to new heights.
LINK Secrets Of The Self-Made - Forbes.com »
“Fourteen self-made members of the vaunted Forbes 400 shared candid, contrarian and even comedic answers to 20 thoughtful questions—ranging from what they eat for breakfast and how they pray…”
LINK The Complete New Yorker Archive »
For a cool $299, you can own over 4,000 issues of the New Yorker on a 80 gig harddrive. Tempting.
LINK NYC Small Business Resource Center »
A healthy load of information for starting and running a small business in New York City.
LINK Video of a kid freaking out on a slingshot ride »
All in good humor. He reminds me of Eric Cartman.
LINK moo »
offers great looking MiniCards for your Flickr photos.
LINK An Interview with Cory Barnes, founder of Spire USA »
A fresh, insightful interview from our small business publication: Hear, Hear. I’ve traveled everywhere with my Spire backpack, and half the time I’m not even using it to transport my laptop. That’s how much I dig it.
LINK Evan Williams: How Odeo Screwed Up »
Being a fan of podcasting, Odeo has been one of my favorite new companies to track. CEO Evan Williams recounts the mistakes he’s made in building Odeo at a recent conference.
LINK Who Is Jonathan Ive? »
An in-depth look at the design chief driving Apple’s modern products.
LINK Royksopp - Remind Me »
A beautifully crafted animation music video with loads of information design.
LINK 2 Ex-Teammates of Lance Armstrong Admit Drug Use »
The motivation to come clean seems suspect. Why would these two cyclists all of a sudden bring this to light long after the fact and drag their reputations down? Perhaps they were pressed to do so by cycling governing bodies or the like.
LINK Memri Films »
“A documentary film about the Arab and Iranian reaction to 9-11…”
LINK Fantastic Mac tips »
I’m most amused with the invert screen trick.
LINK LOVEPIXEL »
Amazing pixel art from Taiwan.
LINK fringeNYC encores »
Audience favorites from the fringe festival are coming back on for a few more shows. Excellent.