Imagine being able to walk for miles through the heart of New York city - without ever touching the ground! Until a few years ago, these elevated railroad tracks running right through Manhattan were slated for demolation. Today, they have the support of politicians and celebreties (as shown in the video) including Hilary Clinton, Edward […]
Posted by Urbanist June 29th, 2007
Architecture, Environment, Urban Images
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The Pownce home page had only one point on Reddit when last we checked. There is a long history of rivalrous behavior between Diggers and Redditers, but this is still pretty impressive.
Our humble apologizes to DefendingTheFaith.net … a World of Warcraft online community that has been temporarily incapacitated by incoming links and hits on Google […]
Posted by Urbanist June 27th, 2007
Various
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Kevin Rose, founder of popular social news site Digg.com, has successfully launched his brand new venture that seems about as boring and/or creepy as Gmail: Pownce. So what is Pownce? According to the site it is a “way to send messages, files, links, and events to your friends.” That sounds more like a file-sharing system […]
Posted by Urbanist June 27th, 2007
Various, Web 2.0
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UPDATE: you can now see two examples of ROMlet on the right sidebar of this site, with active stats and favicon links to refering sources. Users can, as we have, customize the widget to display different kinds of information and to fit the space and style of their site. ROMlet is still accepting beta users […]
Posted by Urbanist June 26th, 2007
Various
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Freeganism is a truly fascinating way of approaching life, that involves reusing leftover food (dumpster diving), living in unused spaces (squatting) and avoiding jobs or owning vehicles whenever possible. Like Burning Man participants or others who create and visit Temporary Autonomous Zones, Freegans try to operate outside of normal societal boundaries.
Posted by Urbanist June 26th, 2007
Various
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