NYC Bloggers

Posted on June 23, 2005 Under Life

There are millions of bloggers throughout the big apple, and a site called NYC bloggers launched a website to locate them. The project is simple, using an easy online form you can add yourself to their database, and quickly find…

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Quintessentially

Posted on June 21, 2005 Under Life

I know this made the circuit a while ago, but the incredible "Concierge Service Club": quintessentially, has recently opened an L.A. office, and now hosts a weekly party at Hollywood Roosevelt's Tropicana Bar for members only. They seem to be…

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Pedestrian Levitation

Posted on June 10, 2005 Under Life

Pedestrian Levitation is a very interesting "daily life" visualization project, which tracked the movements of pedestrians on street crossings (and of course the stray jay-walkers, too). Their movements are traced through a frame comparison, and video tracking tool, and some…

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Bamboosa

Posted on May 27, 2005 Under Life

In the eternal search for the softest t-shirt fabric in the world, I think I've struck gold. High grade cotton is good, but bamboo fiber? Hands down, the softest t-shirt I've ever felt, period. "Bamboo is the fastest growing plant…

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Birthday Giveaways

Posted on May 26, 2005 Under Life

Today is a special day, it's my birthday and I have some gifts for you all! Just a little thank you to all my readers, friends and supporters. "¢T-Shirts from Dadawan and Naive Clothing. "¢Some Awesome (I mean AWESOME) Alternative…

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Hey Google, Map this!

Posted on May 17, 2005 Under Life

I'm always a little bit hesistant to mention another Google maps trick, but Wired has a really solid roundup article about all the hacks that have been developed, including the housing maps, that combines craigslist and Google Maps, as well…

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Chimp Artwork

Posted on May 12, 2005 Under Life

It's hard to believe this artwork was done by a Chimpanzee named Congo in the late 1950's, and even more impressive is that it's for sale at MoCA, in London. "Congo's paintings originiated in a 1957 Institute of Contemporary Arts…

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The Collective Subconscious

Posted on May 12, 2005 Under Life

The Collective Subconscious is a very interesting installation project at UCLA that "imprints a dynamic collage of reverberating thoughts on public space as people move through it". Each person is given a unique RFID tag, and they can associate a…

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100 Sexiest Hotels

Posted on May 4, 2005 Under Life

The Peninsula in Hong Kong and the Bauza Hotel in Madrid, are just two of the 100 "Sexiest Hotels" of 2004-2005, ranked by Sexy Inc, Sky Radio, and Travel Ala Mode. They evaluated over 1000 properties--and they chose the winners…

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First Undersea Restaurant

Posted on May 3, 2005 Under Life

The word's first "Undersea Restaurant" has opened in The Maldives. The restaurant is a part of the Hilton Maldives Resort, on Rangali Island. The restaurant, which is called Ithaa, sits five meters below the surface of the Indian Ocean, surrounded…

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