Unaffordable Housing
by jpreardon on April 15, 2004
Gothamist points out that the average sale price of an apartment in Manhattan is now one million dollars. Buyers eager to plop down serious amounts of cash to own a little piece of Manhattan real estate outnumber the supply of (…)
Green Ice Cream
by jpreardon on April 15, 2004
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that Ben & Jerry’s and Penn State University will be installing their first “green” ice cream freezer in New York next week. Instead of environmentally harmful refrigerants, the new freezer uses sound waves (…)
Subway on Display
by jpreardon on April 10, 2004
The UBS Art Gallery is presenting Subway Style: Architecture and Design in the New York City Subway through June 18th. If the pictures on Satan’s Laundromat are any indication, it looks like a great exhibition. @ The UBS Art Gallery (…)
Have a Seat
by jpreardon on April 8, 2004
New York City will be selling 100 sets of seats from Yankee stadium. These beauties will only set you back $1,500, that’s a few bucks less than three season tickets, and you get to keep the seat! Seats can be (…)
Dodgeball
by jpreardon on April 7, 2004
When I first heard about dodgeball, I thought it was a using location based services: “It’s like Friendster for your mobile phone.” We got bored with Friendster too. That’s why we built dodgeball.social. Tell us who your friends are, tell (…)
Insert D oh/Dough Pun Here
by jpreardon on April 3, 2004
Production for the sixteenth season of The Simpsons has been delayed. The show’s main actors, who are no longer under contract, have walked out and are demanding more money. Apparently they are holding out for $360,000 per episode, that’s a (…)
The Importance of Good Documentation
by jpreardon on April 1, 2004
Slashdot has a review of Dating Design Patterns: Many will attest that the API to the WOMEN platform is somewhat obscure, contradictory and poorly documented. However, if you talk to any randomly selected groups of men, you will discover that (…)