May 2008
35 posts
AT&T Providing Free Wi-Fi Access to iPhone Users →
Includes AT&T hotspots in Barnes & Noble and Starbucks
April 2008
11 posts
Strategic Plan for the New York City Department of... →
NYC Department of Transportation’s long-term plan (inconveniently split into 11 PDFs) with many thoughtful initiatives. E.g. closing streets on weekends for “temporary pedestrian and bike corridors,”…
BSG Podcast Starts Up Again
Several weeks after the start of Battlestar Galactica season 4, it’s nice to see Executive Producer Ron Moore’s podcast commentary on each episode has returned.
Oddly, while the podcast feed contains Moore’s comments on the second and third episodes of the season, episode 1’s commentary is missing. In the commentary for episode 2, he refers to the commentary he recorded...
“Some people are determined to deliberately misunderstand much of what they...”
– Jason Kottke, “clusterflock interviews Jason Kottle,” echoing a feeling I get sometimes
"Gourmet ketchup?..." →
Heinz will begin selling a “premium ketchup” in Britain, with a target market of those “with more sophisticated taste buds”.
It will be interesting to see how they fare against Malcolm Gladwell’s thesis. His fascinating “The Ketchup Conundrum” postulates that Heinz ketchup is a synthesis of the five “fundamental tastes in the human palate”...
On Cutting the Land Line Phone →
“New FCC statistics show that when times turn tough customers get rid of the home phone line and hold on to their cell phone…. This was easy, high margin money for telephone companies and now it is…
“…U.S. counties that have slaughterhouses consistently have higher rates of...”
– Do Hamburgers Cause Crime? on the Freakonomics blog
Time to Call Your Legislators About Congestion... →
It looks like whether NYC’s trial of congestion pricing happens or not will be determined by Monday. Hence, it’s a good time for supporters to let their representatives in Albany know how they feel.
While I know my Assembly member is a supporter, I gave my State Senator’s office a call. It turns out that she supports congestion pricing and intends to vote for it.
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Google Apps: The Missing Manual →
As I was thinking a few months ago, O’Reilly/Pogue Press has announced a book based on Google Apps. It will be released in May.
City Council Passes Congestion Pricing. Next Stop:... →
Good news (so far)! My council member (Jessica Lappin) even voted yes.