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09/02/2007: "Square Art a Stunner": A wonderful and wonderfully illustrated history of "Vault," a public sculpture in Melboure.
08/13/2007: Airiel: I saw this band the other night. They're really great live (and on the CD I bought) and sweet guys to boot. If you like Shoegazer or Madchester stuff at all, definitely check them out!
08/10/2007: A tax break of $20 per month for bike commuters!: How awesome is that?!
08/04/2007: The Egg: Photoset documenting the building and launching of a replica of the Bushnell Turtle (a 1700s submarine), launching it from Red Hook, and getting in trouble with the Coast Guard.
08/04/2007: "Remember the Red Hook & Gowanus Wild Dogs?": No, I sure don't, but wow!
08/01/2007: The Eight Official State Songs of Tennessee
07/30/2007: Catching up with Sly Stone: I've just rediscovered how completely amazing his song "Underdog" is.
07/26/2007: 200 Bad Comics: Many of these are funnier than most "good" comic strips.
07/22/2007: AfriGadget: Just what it says: "Gadgets for Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity." Really cool!
07/12/2007: Muscle Memory: Classic cartoonists draw their main characters while blindfolded.
06/30/2007: Erdős–Bacon numbers!
06/19/2007: "There was one tuning that took us three weeks to figure out.": Very readable, fairly long, interview with Thurston Moore.
06/16/2007: Way cooler than Miranda July and her overhyped fridge!: Whiteboard animation.
06/15/2007: "Bury Me Closer" by Palomar: My new favorite song! I saw Palomar perform last night and they're just great.
06/15/2007: Shots in the Dark: Great Gary Younge column (not like he does any other kind) on the murder of Brandon Moore.
06/15/2007: Stevie Wonder Drum Solo: Just, wow. If you have 7 minutes to spare and can turn up your sound, check this out!
06/11/2007: Problem Solving!: Mouse over stuff. Become overwhelmed.
06/09/2007: I wanna go hear the Wannamaker organ!
06/07/2007: Who time is it?
05/19/2007: Obit: Giorgio Cavaglieri: Not only did he help save the Jefferson Market Library (one of the best buildings in New York City), "Mr. Cavaglieri worked every day until he was 93, when he badly injured his right arm in a fall. He then learned to paint watercolors with his left hand, fulfilling his first ambition, to be a painter."
05/19/2007: My Kind of Arcania: Eric Meyer on styling form elements
05/15/2007: Obit: Kate Webb: OK, never mind what I said a few days ago - Lesley Blanch led a relatively dull life. My jaw repeatedly dropped further than expected reading about Kate Webb.
05/15/2007: Big Tony Millionaire profile in the NYT: It's kinda heartbreaking that this is in the television section.
05/14/2007: "Travelling the United States Cross-Country by Train": A Cardhouse guide. (I had a very pleasant Amtrak ride today myself.)
05/12/2007: Funny when different interests of mine run together...: Ethan Zuckerman introduces Ken Freedman introducing the WFMU free music archive.
05/11/2007: Big "Codex Seraphinianus" Write-Up
05/11/2007: Obit: Lesley Blanch: In case you're not already worried that you lead a boring life.
05/09/2007: "Campbell was describing an aesthetic pleasure": This is a good little rant even if you don't know care about any of the dead comic-bookers mentioned. "The habit of casting heroes and villains in the story of art is a habit of low minds, of schoolyard punks (in the original sense of the word) and thickheads."
05/01/2007: "The Democrats' Depressing Debate": Very nice report from Bob Moser (a very nice guy).
04/23/2007: Balloon Pirate Radio: A great story of early-80s Polish radio astronomers doing an end-run around the state propaganda machine. See also: an equally nutty/great story about similar efforts via TV.
04/23/2007: Catching up with the lunch ladies: The Upper East Side copes with the near-simultaneous loss of Pat Buckley and Kitty Carlisle Hart.
04/23/2007: Obit: Kelsie B. Harder: A toponomist — an onomastician who specializes in place names — and much more.
04/23/2007: Obit: Salvatore Scarpitta: Artist of wrappings, vehicles, and wrapped vehicles.
04/19/2007: Saul Steinberg's Smithsonian Stationary: "In 1967, Saul Steinberg became the Smithsonian's first and last artist-in-residence."
04/16/2007: My dad is the 31st most influential person in MLB
04/15/2007: Obit: Egon Bondy
04/15/2007: StayFree! asks "Are Old Houses Really Built to Last?": I guess it's implicit that new ones aren't. Includes this gem: "Stainless steel is the new avocado green."
04/11/2007: Interview with David Mazzucchelli about "City of Glass.": I love those unused draft pages at the bottom!
04/09/2007: Joshua Bell demonstrates the problem with High Art
04/07/2007: "The Public Library as an Asylum for the Homeless"
04/07/2007: Brooklyn Parrots Update
04/05/2007: "Iranian Typography Now"
04/04/2007: Improvements to Grand Army Plaza: I Can't Wait!!
03/29/2007: Fix your Mac with tips 2, 5, and 15!
03/28/2007: Jail Guitar Doors
03/26/2007: Maukie!
03/25/2007: Ned Smyth on Gordon Matta-Clark
03/25/2007: Paris. Bicycles. Hooray.
03/23/2007: Word of the Day, March 23, 2007: Gastropub
03/23/2007: Uncivil Servants
03/18/2007: Oh, how I wish I'd learned this years ago: Why colors don't match between Photoshop, Safari, Firefox, GIFs, etc.
03/16/2007: The first "R" remains "Reduce"
03/09/2007: Underground Railroad Bicycle Route
03/07/2007: Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary
03/06/2007: Tarik Shah and his brother ...
03/03/2007: Chris Ware on Charles Burns's photographic pairings
03/03/2007: "The War of the Worlds" cover art
03/03/2007: Security Patterns
03/02/2007: Obit: Herman Brix
02/23/2007: Bronx Beaver
02/13/2007: Les autos de Tintin
02/12/2007: Some damn classy propaganda
02/11/2007: I think I might like it better this way ...
02/07/2007: "Yi people's instruments"
01/23/2007: Beautiful old books to read online
01/21/2007: You're a Long Way From Fame, Whitey! The Dick Davy Story
01/19/2007: How to Grok Web Standards
01/15/2007: Reverse Graffiti
01/11/2007: Broken Angel update
12/30/2006: Russian Airports
12/27/2006: How to smell under water
12/19/2006: The Oldest Song In The World
12/14/2006: Slang Quiz
12/11/2006: Nice long Hergé/Tintin summary, with Chris Ware, Peter Blegvad, etc. chiming in
12/07/2006: Bollard Porn!
12/05/2006: GeoGreetings!
12/05/2006: Obit: Robert Volpe
11/28/2006: Look, SuperVegan's back up! Yay!
11/28/2006: Eddie Campbell has a new blog
10/18/2006: "Imagine Earth without people"
10/18/2006: Obit: Michelle Urry
10/18/2006: Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein
09/30/2006: If you ever worry that you don't have a life ...
09/30/2006: Republic of Pavón. Wow.
09/29/2006: Jacques Brel on YouTube!!
09/27/2006: "I guess everybody has a breaking point"
09/27/2006: Obit: Iva Ikuko Toguri D’Aquino
09/27/2006: Obit: Alan Fletcher
09/27/2006: My Personal Kyoto
09/22/2006: Neil Young, Lionel, NYC Subways
09/22/2006: Obit: Evelyn Ortner
09/21/2006: Obit: Joe Glazer
09/19/2006: Tourist class in Harare
09/19/2006: Didion on Cheney
09/16/2006: The Mayor of Willet's Point
09/02/2006: Great remembrance of oldschool WTC arts scene
08/29/2006: Buncha new "Get Your War On"
08/26/2006: Obit: Vashti McCollum
08/26/2006: Obit: Marie Tharp
08/25/2006: Windows in Quechua
08/24/2006: Bernard Butler talks guitars
08/22/2006: Trap-jaw Ants
08/21/2006: Obit: Bismillah Khan
08/21/2006: Sound Seeker NYC
08/18/2006: Yay! "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition"
08/11/2006: Obit: Richard Mock
08/11/2006: "More of a shrub"
08/07/2006: Long, good Ratnerville piece
08/07/2006: "Some Landscapes"
08/07/2006: Obit: Roy Selwyn-Smith
08/03/2006: Heat and Vegetation Maps
07/31/2006: Yes, but why can't the fellows in Prospect Park at least pick up after themselves?
07/29/2006: Poisons
07/28/2006: "Twenty Syphilis Posters from the 1940s"
07/28/2006: Obit: Dika Newlin
07/25/2006: Rehabbing Philly City Hall
07/24/2006: "Is Israel a problem for the Democratic Republic of Congo?"
07/20/2006: Obit: Gyorgy Illes
07/20/2006: Hairnets!
07/11/2006: "A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types â€“ quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet."
07/11/2006: Lyrebird
07/10/2006: Ernest and Bertram
07/06/2006: "Weinshall in Stockholm: Praying for Safer Streets"
07/05/2006: "Pictures of the Baby"
07/03/2006: Enjoyable, but hopefully unnecessary justification of Tintin as proper literature
07/02/2006: "If two airplanes had been hit by lightning and crashed into a New York skyscraper, few of us would be able to name the date on which it happened."
07/01/2006: Freak Fiddling
06/30/2006: Broken bottles under children's feet
06/30/2006: "This is not a painting. I'm a sculptor. It's not about looks. It's about stuff."
06/27/2006: "I have an ideal reason for you guys to dislike me, for being an Asian and a foreigner and for standing up for myself and for my work"
06/27/2006: stay careful
06/10/2006: "We'll pack the boat with 92 suitcases with stuff for Noah and his wife, carrots for the giraffes, hay for the elephants and a TV guide in case the kids get bored."
06/10/2006: How they do it: installing Serra monstrosities
06/10/2006: Jarmusch on Music
06/03/2006: iiiiiiii (you'll need sound on)
05/26/2006: Paul Morley looks back
05/26/2006: I like this review
05/26/2006: Forest Fire Map
05/25/2006: This might get me to leave the country more often
05/17/2006: Earth Sandwich!
05/14/2006: "And I love Eastern European men, so I say, tear down the borders, they can camp out in my yard."
05/08/2006: Long-term warning
05/08/2006: 50 animals driving
05/07/2006: Obit: Burt Todd
05/04/2006: Wowza NASA video (with sound). Click "play video."
05/03/2006: Obit: Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin
05/02/2006: Colbert, um, wow (new link)
05/02/2006: In Memoriam: Ronald Clyne (with inspirational slideshow and movie)
04/27/2006: I'm glad I'm not gay in Jamaica
04/25/2006: Bush vs. Gas Indexed
04/24/2006: Obit: Alida Valli
04/24/2006: Obit: Bill Gottlieb
04/20/2006: Obliterati!
04/19/2006: Razzle Dazzle Camouflage
04/19/2006: Die 80er. Fotos aus dem Ruhrgebiet
04/18/2006: I didn't even know Andrew Wyeth was still alive
04/17/2006: Obit: Walter Ristow
04/17/2006: Obit: Thomas J. Abercrombie
04/14/2006: "I'm kind of an Anglophile. Mardy means pissed, right?"
04/14/2006: "... and when, ageing and debauched, he appeared on a French TV show surrounded by 60 adoring children dressed as mini-Serges in jeans and white shoes and with little Gitanes in their mouths, he was said never to have been happier."
04/14/2006: "Get out of the way of the fucking story"
04/12/2006: Obit: Stanislaw Lem
04/12/2006: Obit: Bobbie Nudie
04/08/2006: Obit: Matt Kennedy
04/05/2006: That Matías sure was an ugly baby!
04/04/2006: High Priority (view the gallery!)
03/31/2006: "To try to draw things is to be overwhelmed by the strangeness and uniqueness and otherness of them."
03/30/2006: Shell Panning
03/29/2006: Chabon's Introduction to <cite>D'Aulaires' Norse Myths</cite>
03/25/2006: Kinkade's ritual territory marking
03/22/2006: Flood Maps
03/21/2006: Sinking!
03/16/2006: FCC Indecency
03/16/2006: Oil Standard (I'm afraid of Greasemonkey, myself, but this is neat-o)
03/15/2006: Catching up with William Perks
03/14/2006: 50 Animals in Casts
03/13/2006: "Who should we invade next?"
03/11/2006: "I am what Harry Potter grew up into, and it's not a pretty sight."
03/11/2006: Roy Haynes is quite the dandy
03/08/2006: Kiwa hirsuta
03/07/2006: "Women of South Dakota, now is the time to learn how it is done"
03/07/2006: "Women of South Dakota, now is the time to learn how it is done"
03/06/2006: New Yorker caption contest sussed
03/05/2006: More child sacrifices ...
03/03/2006: "Fight! Kikkoman"
03/02/2006: Fashion Diary correction
03/02/2006: Bombing North Carolina (follow links to the mp3)
02/27/2006: Now my fear of numbers need no longer interfere with my Sudokuing
02/27/2006: Trader Joe's FAQ
02/26/2006: Obit: Emilie Muse
02/23/2006: Spaniel Rage!
02/23/2006: Mr. Smith goes to Bollywood: "When I was walking through the Taj Mahal, I kept saying, I am that man."
02/17/2006: "Because Canada got the French and Australia got the convicts and we got the fuckin' batshit crazy Christians."
02/16/2006: Again with the bottled water, please
02/13/2006: Stop buying bottled water, please
02/12/2006: Magdaline
02/12/2006: "We saw you flying with birds"
02/12/2006: Sentinelese
02/09/2006: I like this Charley Friedman
02/08/2006: "The Art of DeTouch"
02/07/2006: There is still undiscovered country ...
02/06/2006: GarbageScout. wow.
02/06/2006: I really wish I didn't have to think of this as hopelessly naive
02/06/2006: "Brokeblack Mountain? No"
02/03/2006: "Going Underground" again
02/03/2006: "Going Underground" (be sure to look at the PDF!)
02/01/2006: More proof I am girly
02/01/2006: Marshmallows
02/01/2006: Falling in front of subway trains
01/30/2006: The Great Zucchini is crazy
01/30/2006: Friggin Manchester, part 2
01/30/2006: Friggin Manchester, part 1
01/30/2006: "9/11 Beat the Clock"
01/26/2006: "Why is President Bush so awesome?"
01/26/2006: "You won't find the name of Ambrose Adekoya Campbell in any of the musical history books..."
01/24/2006: Joan Maynard, saviour of Weeksville, RIP
01/23/2006: "Fear and Creativity"
01/23/2006: Edward R. Murrow contextualized in the good old days
01/23/2006: Green Card lottery is crazy
01/20/2006: Catching up with Paul Motian
01/20/2006: Gohan and Aochan live together in a cardboard box
01/19/2006: "It was probably Britain's most successful agricultural policy of all time"
01/19/2006: The Salton Sea is crazy
01/19/2006: "Serra did not comment"
01/19/2006: Obit: Jim Gary
01/19/2006: The Hejaz Railway

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