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Tue, 01 May 2012 18:58:53 -0400

Undercover cops? Why bother.

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:29:00 -0400

Undercover cops? Why bother.

FNF Crate at 5th ave

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:27:18 -0400

FNF Crate at 5th ave

$80/gallon juice in Manhattan

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:06:36 -0400

$80/gallon juice in Manhattan

Wikipedia Category: Micronations in the United States

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:58:22 -0400

Wikipedia Category: Micronations in the United States

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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:32:09 -0400

"No news is good news, and the cute thing your cat just did isn’t really news"

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:28:43 -0400

“No news is good news, and the cute thing your cat just did isn’t really news”

- blake

nice art at industry labs

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:59:29 -0400

nice art at industry labs

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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:36:39 -0400

Excellent old inflatable space infrastructure from...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:01:45 -0400

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Excellent old inflatable space infrastructure from L’garde.

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Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:29:05 -0400

Syneseizure: seeing with touch

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:10:45 -0500

Syneseizure: seeing with touch

Bulk transit in NYC gets as low as $1/Mbps, but most...

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:38:00 -0500

Bulk transit in NYC gets as low as $1/Mbps, but most small/medium companies end up paying more. The biggest longer distance service providers peer with each other for free. From Telegeography, which unfortunately seems to be affiliated with BlueCoat, a US security company which knowingly sells hardware to repressive regimes.

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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!