May 2013
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List of NYC's outdoor summer movies
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There are a lot of outdoor movies showing in NYC this summer: here’s a listing of the whats, wheres, and whens. Movies include The Goonies, Jaws, Duck Soup, Moonrise Kingdom, Grease, and Blade Runner.
I’m going try and attend at least one this summer.
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Machines For Life: Daft Punk →
Daft Punk are standing on a helipad overlooking downtown Los Angeles as fireballs make their sequined suits glisten with hot heat. It’s a few days before this year’s Coachella, where the duo’s shiny new duds will premiere by way of a Jumbotron trailer for their new album, Random Access Memories. But for now, only a very select few have laid eyes on the outfits— and...
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Infographic: The Life Expectancies Of Superheroes →
I love how Rick Grimes somehow gets on this list.
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Popular Movie Posters Redesigned With Their... →
Redditor Daidalos5 has compiled several redesigned movie posters—like ‘The Avengers’, ‘Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi’, ‘Back to the Future 2’, and more—in which, the film names were replaced with their original working titles.
Very clever. I remember a couple these, especially the batman films.
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24: Live Another Day →
Fox has ordered “24: Live Another Day,” a thrilling new tent-pole event series set to restart the clock on the groundbreaking and Emmy Award-winning drama franchise starring Kiefer Sutherland. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television and Howard Gordon’s Teakwood Lane Productions, “24: Live Another Day” will make its historic debut in the summer...
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The Making Of: Pirates Of The Carribean The Ride
Fascinating footage about the making of one of the most well known attractions in the world. Pirates of the Carribean is a must-do ride if you ever visit any Disney Theme Park. It’s had a facelift or two since its original iteration, but as you will see — these talented individuals were ahead of their time.
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23 Signs You've Lived In New York City Too Long →
I can’t even begin to tell you how spot on this list is. I’ll pre warn you; Unless you have lived in NYC or currently are residing here, you may not get and/or appreciate this.
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Longread: The True Story On What Really Happened... →
Kara Swisher delves deep into the story of Instagram’s humble beginnings to its one billion dollar acquisition by Facebook. A long read worth your time that sheds even more light on what made an 18 month old startup one of the most popular social networks.
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kottke.org: Seinfeld and NYC →
jkottke:
A list of the most New York episodes of Seinfeld. 4. “The Rye” (Season 7, Episode 11)
This episode’s titular breadstuff-which Jerry steals from an old lady who refuses to sell it to him, even for 50 bucks-supposedly comes from Schnitzer’s, a great New York bakery name if we’ve ever heard one….
I grew up on Seinfeld. I’m pretty sure my parents may still have VHS tapes...
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April 2013
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Ghost: My Potential Next Blogging Platform →
From what I’ve seen and read, Ghost is shaping up to be my next blogging platform. Its design is innovative and encompasses all the tools a writer needs to maintain a blog in an effortless way so that one could focus on the main event — the writing. I can’t wait to find out more.
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Instapaper acquired: Mind slightly blown →
Instapaper, my go to app for reading things later, has been acquired by Betaworks.
Instapaper is much bigger today than I could have predicted in 2008, and it has simply grown far beyond what one person can do. To really shine, it needs a full-time staff of at least a few people. But I wouldn’t be very good at hiring and leading a staff, and after more than five years, I’d like an opportunity...
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The Tech Block: Redesigned →
It was the summer of last year when I came across The Tech Block. The first things I noticed when visiting the site was its content, beautiful design and layout. What you may not know right away is that The Tech Block is one of the most unique websites around. Its original work comes from writers around the world that want their voice to be heard by a broader audience and they “encourage...
March 2013
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An Update To My Readers
I wanted to give my readers an update regarding my weblog including my motivations, design, monetization attempts, site statistics and more transparency as to how and why I run such a site.
Motivation
My motivations for this site can really boil down to a simple concept. I want to share content, whether that is my own or by others, with as many like minded people on the internet. Social...
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How To Become a Teen Millionaire: Be an... →
After reading this, the 17 year old who just sold his company to Yahoo for $30 million seems like a bit of a psycho. Granted he was 15 when he snapped on the whole entire staff of Gizmodo sending them literally hundreds of emails, but just like Sam Biddle says in this piece:
Maybe he’s matured incredibly, miraculously, over the past two years. Maybe. But no brat has ever been cured by...
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Forecast →
Like many, I struggle to find the best weather app for my mobile devices. The current weather app that I’ve been using (which has lasted the longest) has been Check The Weather. I liked Check The Weather due to its simple and elegant UI and its integration with the Dark Sky API.
If you’ve been living under a tech-deprived rock, Dark Sky is a standalone app in the App Store which...
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The Tech Block: Something great is on its way →
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Over the past few months we’ve been hard at work on something really great here at The Tech Block. The company has come a long way since its inception and we’re ready to take it to the next level.
While we can’t divulge too much, we can tell you that everything we’ve been working on has had the…
I’m truly excited to see what’s in store for The Tech Block. They...
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A 17 year old is 30 million richer. →
Back in November of last year, I wrote about a pretty interesting news app called Summly. The app has now been acquired by Yahoo and the young 17 year old developer and team will join Yahoo to create something new.
Sadly, the app will come to a close, but with the recent shut down date of Google Reader approaching, this acquisition seems to make a lot more sense. According to AllThingsD, Yahoo...
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Everpix: Take more photos, let them worry about it
Almost everyone I know, with few exceptions, has a smartphone. With the accessibility of it being with you practically 24/7 and the advance camera technology that is now inside these pocket sized devices, I’d bet the majority of your photos are produced with your iPhone.
This is where Everpix comes in. Everpix is the solution for saving your photos to the cloud, organizing your memories...
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Realgram: A "Path" like UI for the Instagram power... →
Realgram is an app designed for Instagram users to view their feed in an elegant way and promote their own photos. Its UI is familiar if you have tried out Path and in the little time I have had with the app, the experience of browsing your feed seems a lot better than the native experience. Realgram is free in the App Store and if you want some exposure, you can pay $0.99 to promote your...
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Dropbox acquires Mailbox →
This move makes sense. Mailbox was going to be in trouble if it couldn’t scale fast and bring more email services to the app. With Dropbox’s back end, years of cloud experience and customer trust — Mailbox can hopefully turn into an unbeatable product.
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Detailed Floor Plan Drawings of Popular TV and... →
If you’ve ever wondered what the layout of your favorite fictional character’s apartment looked like, interior designer Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde may have hand drawn exactly what you’re looking for. The Spain-based artist, who also goes by nikneuk, has colorfully illustrated a number of aerial diagrams mapping out the layout of popular TV and film homes for his Floorplans...
