Something Fishy

by jpreardon on January 31, 2005

Joseph and Keith of joe’s nyc and overshadowed respectively are posting some great pictures of the Fulton Fish Market. The market is set to move to the Bronx later this year.

iTunes Store Frustration

by jpreardon on January 31, 2005

So, the US iTunes Music Store has nothing by The Housemartins, why not try the UK store? Bang, more Housemartins than one would ever want, wonderful. I was ready to pay the slightly inflated £0.79 (USD 1.49) for the song, (…)

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Healthy Macs

by jpreardon on January 30, 2005

Macworld publishes some Mac preventative maintenance advice in Eight Simple Steps. via Adam Curry

Fun with Bloglines

by jpreardon on January 28, 2005

boncey.org: Go to bloglines (don’t think you need to have an account). Find your own blog on bloglines (if it’s not there you can sign up and add it I guess, if you don’t have a blog this one’s not (…)

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MTA Matinee

by jpreardon on January 26, 2005

Who’s keeping an eye out to make sure that no one comes along and sets fire to important subway equipment? Well, when they’re not watching Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, the transit police are doing a bang up (…)

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Laser Pointer Bandit

by jpreardon on January 24, 2005

Last week, a Louisiana man held up a doughnut shop with a laser pointer. The assailant made off with the cash from the safe and is still at large. While a hand gun, knife or baseball bat might be more (…)

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Snow NYC

by jpreardon on January 23, 2005

January 22 & 23 gave us our first substantial snowfall of 2005. I ventured out with the camera on Sunday to take a few pictures. Some are slightly more interesting than others, for some reason, I was more interested in (…)

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Car Trouble

by jpreardon on January 22, 2005

Alex Steffen’s quote caught my attention: The other day I was talking with a friend about the ecological problems caused by the car, and the phrase popped out of my mouth, “The solution to the problem of the auto won’t (…)

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This Call May be Recorded…

by jpreardon on January 18, 2005

Anyone who listens to The Daily Source Code, or reads Adam Curry’s blog knows of his recent difficulties in trying to get broadband at his new home. Adam, nearing the end of his rope, promised to start recording his conversations (…)

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Airbus Readies Largest Passenger Plane

by jpreardon on January 18, 2005

Airbus unveiled the world’s largest passenger plane today, the A380. The twin-deck aircraft can carry about 555 people – more than the Boeing 747 jumbo built by Airbus’ main competitor. Airbus has orders for 149 A380 aircraft, sounds like it’s (…)

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