Software entrepreneur Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals and co-author of The New York Times bestseller REWORK, talks at TEDxMidwest in October 2010 about his theory of why real work actually doesn't get done at the office. He outlines the main…
When I was a kid, the speakerphone on Charlie's Angels was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. Bosley and the girls would talk to Charlie without holding a phone. A company called ALIPH® has created Charlie's speakerphone on steroids: JAMBOX. I want one.
This video is an absolutely stunning and haunting tour of Six Flags New Orleans, which was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The beautiful video was shot in October 2010 by photographer, cinematographer and editor Teddy Smith. The park will be demolished and sold for scrap metal in January 2011.
[singlepic id=54 w=100 h=100 float=left]From the September 7, 2010 episode of WNYC's Soundcheck: 2009 and 2010 have been big anniversary years for Miles Davis fans. But only one album can reign supreme. Today, Soundcheck's weekly Smackdown series pits the iconic…
Sipping the daily joe from Empire Coffee & Tea on 9th betw. 41st/42nd. Listening to streaming radio, specifically an NYC local... The Penthouse Radio (http://www.thepenthouseradio.com). Fantastic stuff.
A friend shared this video from Funny Or Die on Facebook today. It made me laugh really hard... An AssCastle is any LARGE, well EQUIPPED, fully LOADED home owned by a MAN, that he resides in WITHOUT a wife or…
It's "Life In A Day" day on YouTube. A historic global experiment to create a user-generated feature film, shot in a single day. Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald, the completed documentary will be shown at the…
On December 15, 2009, NPR's Fresh Air aired this magnificent interview with Griffin Dunne about his father Dominick Dunne, who died in August of 2009 at the age of 83. I missed this interview when it first aired on December…
On March 26, 2010, Alec Baldwin stood in for Kurt Andersen as guest host of Studio 360 (PRI). In this segment, his guest was author Mary Karr, who'd just published a new memoir called 'Lit' about her struggles with drugs…
After hearing much criticism of the film's excessive beauty, I finally saw Tom Ford's A Single Man the other day and, quite frankly, loved every frame, every word, every sound. Many people, as well as paid critics, bash the rigorous…