Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Have you ever sat down to binge-watch your favorite box set, with the nagging feeling that you don’t have enough popcorn to make it through to the finale? If only there was a way to mainline the X-Files all at once—every episode playing simultaneously, on a single screen, a kind of dark magic that could…
Colliding spaces and the genius of @Genius By Troy Conrad Therrien Earlier this month, a billboard appeared on Canal Street in Manhattan with a yellow baby-shaped silhouette on top of pink, all-caps, Star Wars-skewed text reading “ANNOTATE.” Whereas most billboards are logo delivery vehicles, this one is unclaimed. Rather, this urban beacon broadcasts, simply, a…
(Nick Wass/Associated Press) The way George Mason’s 2014-15 season has transpired, it takes a hearty soul to spend two hours at Patriot Center. And Saturday’s snowstorm further dampened any lingering enthusiasm to see the struggling Patriots face Atlantic 10 co-leader Rhode Island. As a result, the players’ chatter and Coach Paul Hewitt’s objections about the…
The real answer is pretty boring. Photo: The All-Nite Images/flickr New York transit Twitter was all aflutter today with the fascinating story of two women who riders saw climb out through a secret door in the G train, apparently only to disappear into the darkness of the tunnel. As one witness put it, “That’s some…
It’s no secret that the media industry has been high on the list of businesses that have been disrupted by the Internet and is struggling to find a new footing. For a few years, things appeared to be settling down a bit, as the music, written word, and video businesses seemed to be on promising digital…
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(via Elliman) Lest you think you’re the only one leaving tear stains on your rent checks, a new housing report says that NYC rents have increased faster than inflation, with median rents shooting up 3.4 percent over a three year period. The Times reported on the Census Bureau’s Housing and Vacancy survey today, which covered…
Following in the footsteps of the popular owl cafes in Tokyo, Annie the owl and some of her friends will be spending a week in London as the gracious hosts of an owl pop-up bar that will be showing up at a secret location in London’s Soho neighborhood. Tickets cost 20 pounds for entry and…
Coca-Cola’s Puerto Rican operation just launched a new ad campaign that involves some pretty awesome URLs. Coca Cola se apropia de la felicidad de los emojis en mobile. Creado por DDB, Puerto Rico. #Emoticoke pic.twitter.com/d5hgEkTkXz — RedactoresP (@RedactoresP) February 19, 2015 Admittedly, we couldn’t care less about #branding, Coca Cola, or its stubborn Sisyphean campaign to…
You’re in a rush. Weaving through the maze of slowpokes on the sidewalk, you’re bypassing everyone—sluggish seniors, torpid tourists, short-legged schoolchildren—launching over them like an Olympic hurdler. Today, there are no pedestrians. There are only obstacles to be overcome. And—look at you, Speedy Gonzalez—you arrive just in time. You’re no Urban Olympian, however. You were…