General
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Striking Times
Oh yeah, the MTA strike is on. No need to link to a specific article, the front of NY1 is all about it.
It’s not too bad for me, I can walk most places I need to go, but the subway was always an option - as were cabs. I went to take a cab this morning and he wanted 10 bucks for a ride that’s normally 5 - and he already had a passenger. He had a small map with zones and was just charging a zone rate per person. I have no idea if this is standard or legal, but considering he wasn’t even going to take me to where I wanted to go, but a few blocks away from it, I just decided to walk. Dunkin Donuts will be receiving some extra business during this.
The streets are a bit thinner, and that’s always nice, but it’s not enough for me to break out the camera over.
I feel bad for those who have to travel, and for those who are visiting here in NY over the holidays (probably the busiest tourist season).
The MTA upped the offer last night and the union went on strike still. The public might have had a mixed reaction before the final offer, but it seems the union has little public support at the moment.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Get a Human
Tired of keypad or voice menus when you call a corporation? Just want to talk to a human being?
The IVR Cheat Sheet by Paul English, a listing of corporate support numbers and how to get to a human when calling.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Time-Lapse Drawing
This time-lapse drawing simply amazes me.
via Boing Boing via Drawn
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Kayt’s Black Masking Tape Artwork
K. Hester-Lent works with black masking tape to create some very original, and sightly artwork.
Bird
She currently has some of her pieces on display at Melt, Jersey Ave & 3rd in Jersey City. You can check it out between 7-9pm through Sept 25.
I really likes em! Seriously, it’s very cool stuff and I hope anyone in the area can go take a look.
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Threadless Donating to Katrina Relief Fund
Threadless*, one of my favorite tshirt stores on the web, has a cool new shirt with a bonus to help Hurricane Katrina Relief. Buy the shirt for $10, and they donate $20; up to $50k.
*First link is an affiliate link.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
I Have a Fish in My Mouth
Van wants to know why a Google image search for “i have a fish in my mouth” (without the quotes) leads to this picture.
I’d love to know why he was searching for pictures of that phrase, but to each his own.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
How Do You Like Your Spam?
Tom from The Media Drop finds out that Google’s Gmail spam filter does more than just stop unwanted emails. The spam box plus “Gmail Clips” provide recipes as well.
Savory Spam Crescents. Yum.
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Penguin Security Threat
Looks like there are new efforts to make sure there’s no profiling at the airport as these penguins go through metal detectors.
via Boing Boing via Schneier
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Need Some Crack?
Tom Biro over at AdJab has declared Mr. Happy Crack as the best mascot ever.
If you have a problem with that, talk to the crack.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Undisguised Police Cars
I was in the back of a cab the other day when I noticed another cab passed us. It took all of about one second to realize it wasn’t a taxi, but a police car. I understand they want to drive around incognito and such, but this faux cab just didn’t cut it.
If you’re in back of the cab you notice a funny antenna behind the numbers that light up on top. No giveaway by any means, but when you also notice there’s no partition (yes, some real cabs have none, but they all stand out) and that there are two people in the front of the cab with no one in back and the light off on top, it’s just a dead giveaway. I mentioned it to the cabbie and he laughed and said “yup” and then a few blocks later we saw it pull into a spot in front of a precinct.
The no partition thing was weird. I mean, doesn’t a normal police car have a partition in it? Was it just so perfect that we (the cabbie and I) missed it? The two riders in front are really what tips you off anyway. If you’ve got no one in the back, turn on the “off duty” lights to make it more believable. Plus, I can’t imagine it not being fun to put some perp in the back and flip it off (and have a fake meter just to bust his chops).
The stickers on the side looked a little different, but it was nighttime and I didn’t get the best look at them.
The cab’s a good concept and I understand why the police do it, but I think they can definitely tweak the current model so it blends in a bit more.