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I’ve wanted to check out the MTA’s annual pop-up shop, but always find out about it after the fact. My luck changed this this year, I read about Debi Mazar’s subway shopping spree while the event was still on. By the time I got there, things were somewhat picked over, but they still had a lot on offer. It was mostly signs, but there were also some other items, such as air gauges and other random train parts. I walked away empty-handed, but it was worth the price of admission if only to see the excitement of the people coming out and posing for photos with their loot.
Since I was in the area, I walked down to Coney Island. On the way I saw this incredibly skinny house on Stillwell Avenue. Despite its compact size, the owners have a difficult time with upkeep.
Coney Island is quiet in the off season, but a couple of the places on the boardwalk are open. There were a surprising number of tourists milling about, confused about he ordering system at Nathan’s. Strange to see them so far from the more popular attractions. Good on them for exploring, even if the subway ride is more exiting than the destination this time of year.
Links
- Interborough Express Reaches New Milestone on the Road to Rollout
- Trump administration demands halt to 34th Street busway in Midtown
- Trump vows to ditch Hudson River tunnel project, leave holes in ground across NYC and NJ
- Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
This says a lot about the community of Wikipedia editors. I believe this would this have ended much differently if it weren’t a Wikipedia conference. - What Neuroscience Teaches Us About Reducing Phone Use
- The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe via slashdot
“…AI just weaponized existing incompetence.” Such a great quote, it belongs on a t-shirt.