Following in the footsteps of their exhibitionist peers at Brown and Yale, Columbia undergraduates are staging parties with one basic ground rule – all guests must part with their clothes upon arrival. The invitation circulating around Morningside Heights bans three additional items: cameras, masks, and “spikey things.” The NY Sun […]
Douglas Rushkoff has written a new book called “Back in the Box: innovation from the inside out,” and it includes this sage observation. “Observe yourself the next time you’re listening to a joke. You may start by listening to the joke for the humor – because you really want the […]
RIght ON! I love reading newspapers on line but HATE having to register. I’m not alone. “Houston Chronicle website drops registration requirement “In response to passionate pleas from many readers, we no longer require you to register to read stories or access most of the site’s content,” says a chron.com […]
Today’s NY Times answered a question I’ve often asked myself. Who cleans up after gruesome murders and grisly deaths? The answer in Andrews Jacob’s piece is Ronald Gospodarski, a former paramedic who runs a company called Bio-Recovery Corp, in Long Island City. “I’ve had guys left dead for months where […]
While I was spending big bux at Whole Foods this week, I added a copy of the Atlantic Monthly to my cart. Inside was a short story called “Cities Rising.” They compared recently demolished New Orleans with other flattened and destroyed cities. Here are some other tales of cities coming […]
After Black Friday comes Cyber Monday: The Monday after Thanksgiving is a big day for e-commerce; consumers will see more deals this year, reports CNN Money, breathlessly. “While the “official” start to the 2005 holiday shopping season kicks off for most retailers on “Black Friday,” or the day after Thanksgiving, […]
Kelly and Quang publish a new blog we’ve added to the GoNOMAD blog network. here is a dispatch upon leaving Mexico. “The police are proud of their guns, and I’m not talking a handgun stuck in a holster and worn about the belt. I mean semi-automatics. I mean M-16s. I […]
Researching a column I am writing for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, I came across this news from The Gadget Blog. “A waterless washing machine that removes stains from garments in a few minutes has been developed at the National University of Singapore, the facility said on Wednesday. The appliance uses […]
“I hate mornings,” Shawn Fanning said as he arrived one bright day last spring, dressed in torn black jeans, a black ribbed pullover and gray sneakers, looking much as he did five years ago on the cover of Time magazine. He was profiled in the NY Times on Sunday about […]
