Eddie Money Box Set is an ’80s karaoke band. This market niche was begging to be filled. (Pumpkin Man is a karaoke-ist, not a band member.)
11.02.2003: Tribeca, Manhattan
November 2003
11.03.2003: Marathoners
First Avenue, Manhattan
See also 11.04.2002.
11.04.2003: Williamsburgh (sic) Bank Building,
Williamsburgh (sic) Bank Building, Brooklyn.
Check out the cathedral-esque HSBC branch inside. (No photos allowed.)
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Things you may have discovered already:
The “recent referrers” links have returned to the right column of this page because Sean turned his nifty script into a business venture. The service is $10 a year, or free if you can deal with little ads at the bottom. (More on the implications of backlinks.)
Also Photoblogs.org is back and better than ever, with a collaboratively filtered Top 100 list.
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Mim* is a nice photolog from Tuscany.
11.06.2003: Prospect Heights
Fire spinner, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
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New from Google Labs: Google Deskbar. “Enables you to search with Google from any application without lifting your fingers from the keyboard.” PC-only, sadly.
11.07.2003: New York signs
Lower East Side, Manhattan.
East Village, Manhattan.
Chelsea, Manhattan.
Park Slope, Brooklyn.
See also Template Gothic.
Near the Holland Tunnel entrance, Manhattan.
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14 to 42: New York City Signs. Massive amounts of arcane research here.
11.10.2003: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Exploring the Hong Kong Supermarket in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
That’s no good for me. Can we make it 3:19 instead?
See also 10.15.2002.
11.12.2003: Park Slope, Brooklyn
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From the security policy of Ribbands Explosives, “a leading company in explosives engineering and technology,” based in Norfolk, U.K.:
Please do not send us e-mail asking how to make better pipe bombs, or how best to dispose of your mother-in-law. This does happen and is always reported to either the UK, or your local, Police.
See also Employment opportunities
11.13.2003: Dumbo, Brooklyn
A good place to walk in the middle of the street. See also 2.27.2002.
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Speaking of walking: Morning News editor hikes the length of Manhattan, gets lost.
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November 24 is National Cell Phone Number Liberation Day. I’m planning to switch my old number to a new carrier on that day and write a story about how it goes. If you’re also making the switch on the 24th and would like to help out with the story, please drop me a note. Also please pass this request along to anyone you know who has been itching to switch. Thanks.
11.17.2003: Park Slope
Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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How to watch TV. “Television is a personal, intimate medium.” “Pay close attention to HBO.” Via TMFTML.
11.20.2003: Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Fish Market, Upper West Side, Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge and Fulton Fish Market, Manhattan.
Upper West Side, Manhattan.
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11.21.2003: Times Square, Manhattan
These were taken with my new phone, which can also receive e-mail. Send it a message describing your current geographic location. Be specific.
Idea stolen from gmtPlus9.
Update: Thanks for playing. Some responses:
Malmo, Sweden … kerala, india – in an office building … the east side of Des Moines, IA. … San Francisco, CA at lat: 37.773582 long: -122.423224 … Its halv past nine in the evening here in Gothenburg, Sweden. … 40∞ 50′ 48″ , -73∞ 55′ 14″ … upper montclair, new jersey, 07043 … sitting in my apartment, on thompson and spring. … first floor of a house at 2** kenwood ave catonsville, md 21228 … DECL=+50 and DECL=+60, RA=23h and RA=3h. … In the philosophy department lounge at the University of Chicago, Illinois. … tucson, az, in my apartment. this is what you meant, right? … I’m in my office on the fourth floor of 3** Fifth Avenue, NYC, between 31st and 32nd Streets … at work in the Fisher’s Landing area, on the east side of town, Vancouver, WA … Houston, Texas … Manila! … my crappy cubicle, in my crappy office. canal/hudson. tribeca. manhattan. new york city. new york state. united states. world. … 40d 41m 10.925s N, 73d 58m 31.206s W, 2nd floor. … Estoril, Cascais, Portugal, Europe. =) hi! … singapore, off the tip of the malaysian peninsula. University Road, just on the outskirts of the city area. … rio de janeiro, brazil … Pittsburgh, PA. … boston, massachusetts … Roma, Italy, Europe. At my home listening music. … St. Louis, Missouri, USA. southwest city, near the intersection of Lansdowne Avenue and River Des Peres Blvd. … Dallas! … 11** Hotz Ave Iowa City, Iowa … In a building, Chatswood, Sydney, Australia, Earth. … very snowy and cold. (minneapolis) … Six floors above Charles Village, Baltimore. … Vancouver Washington USA … Harcourt road, Redland, Bristol, UK. It’s raining here as well. … Room 4056, Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Horribly hungover. … Oroville, California. west coast of United States. two hours from Sacremento. The planet earth. The gallexy milky way … I am in New Iberia, LA. In my house. In my bed.
11.26.2003: York Street Station, Dumbo
York Street Station, Dumbo, Brooklyn.
Last stop before Manhattan. Vigilant eyes monitor the tunnel entrance. Sometimes.
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I wrote a story for the NYT’s Circuits section about some personal cell phone trauma that, as of this moment, is still continuing: ‘Portable’ Number, Just Out of Reach. I’m trying to get the number from my old Sprint phone transferred over to my new T-Mobile phone, a maneuver that became possible on Monday thanks to new rules. So far this exquisitely automated process has taken 2.5 days.
About the accompanying photo: Yes, my old phone really is that big and ugly. No, those are not my hands.