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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:08:57 -0500

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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:08:40 -0500

yum!

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:55:19 -0500

yum!

radmike

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:40:32 -0500

radmike

fuck yeah alps

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:37:00 -0500

fuck yeah alps

New Balance Shoes Supports SOPA

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:01:00 -0500

My letter:

I am a Boston native and a long time dedicated New Balance customer. I 
have worn New Balance sneakers on all seven continents and am wearing a 
pair right now. I think the product is great (I tell everybody who asks), 
and more importantly I feel like I can relate to the values and ethics of 
your business (more than I can say for most companies in your industry).

Which is why I am so disappointed to see "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc." 
was a co-signor of an industry letter this past September in support of 
legislation like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Having dealt with copycat and counterfeit goods with my own business in 
the electronics industry, I can empathize with the frustration of being 
undercut by shoddy imitations produced under ambiguous working conditions. 
But the SOPA bill would be ineffective in actually addressing these 
problems, would egregiously damage the increasingly important Internet 
sector of our economy, and greatly undermine the core values and civil 
rights that make this nation special. There already exists an extensive 
body of legislation for pursing intellectual property claims, enforced at 
the taxpayer's expense. It is inappropriate to re-engineer the entire 
internet infrastructure to ease a single form of policing and seizure, 
especially with such weak oversight and understanding of the implications. 
SOPA throws out the baby with the bath water, and given the quality of 
debate there is little hope that it's many problems can be fixed.

New Balance has achieved a lot. I am optimistic that you will withdraw 
support for this harmful legislation and find more just ways to keep your 
business healthy and competitive. The alternative is to lose part of your 
loyal consumer base.

Response:

Thank you for contacting New Balance regarding this legislation. Our support
for this legislation stems from our desire to protect our intellectual
property from unscrupulous parties that cause damage to our brand, affect
our ability to create jobs and cost consumers millions. We have heard your
concerns and are in contact with industry groups regarding the same. 

Please let us know if you have any additional questions or concerns by email
or at 1-800-622-1218.

Even GoDaddy has backed down; I hope I don’t need to find a new sneaker manufacturer. For the record, despite loads of marketing New Balance only produces about 25% of their shoe products in the USA. I do appreciate their efforts though.

Purple Yam bleeds White!

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:14:13 -0500

Purple Yam bleeds White!

RunSnakeRun

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:13:07 -0500

RunSnakeRun

Star Wars: A New Heap

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:43:19 -0500

Star Wars: A New Heap :

By John Powers; see also Star Wars Modern and John Powers Sculpture.

6th Ave and Canal

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:50:38 -0500

6th Ave and Canal

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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:48:51 -0500

I think my new favorite dollar slice is the 99 cents at 43rd and...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:55:00 -0400

I think my new favorite dollar slice is the 99 cents at 43rd and 3rd

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Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:50:34 -0400

Saw some great old footage tonight at Churner and Churner; this...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:49:44 -0400

Saw some great old footage tonight at Churner and Churner; this is from Larry Cuba in 1985.

Breaking: dozens of police officers arrive in Financial District...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:51:00 -0400

Breaking: dozens of police officers arrive in Financial District to arrest white collar criminals.

J/K! Things are still calm with the police as of 6:30am. Lots of ongoing construction in the neighborhood and dozens of broadcast vans. The People’s Microphone at level 3 with hundreds of repeaters is quite a thing to behold.

Update: eviction was cancelled, occupation continues.

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Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:40:23 -0400

Mexico City Sewer Diver

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:44:45 -0400

Mexico City Sewer Diver :

My hero!

Most of the buses seem to have returned to 1PP, except one or...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:33:00 -0400

Most of the buses seem to have returned to 1PP, except one or two corrections buses which may have just been circling the block again.

I have some really bad camera phone videos here and here ; audio broke because my phone got soaked. Been meaning to get a new camera!

For some more context on this area, which includes residential buildings but has been effectively a giant police compound for the past decade, making it very difficult to travel north from below the Brooklyn Bridge, see this Gothamist article and this nytimes article.

Many buses of protesters rounded up

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:31:27 -0400

Many buses of protesters rounded up

This is the next-gen 3D printing technology i’m most...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:51:34 -0400

This is the next-gen 3D printing technology i’m most excited about: UV cured resins using a single axis platform and a high resolution video projector. Junior quotes details of down to 50 microns, the “hard problem” is already solved with commodity video projectors, and the process seems relatively quick and reliable. The big barrier right now is the cost of the resin at ~$200/liter, but if that price came down to $50/liter I think the whole process would have good value. See this video to see the printer in action.

(photo from Junior Veloso)