Archive for June, 2007

Lost Spaces and Urban Reuse: Hovering on the HighLine in New York

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 […]

Pownce: More Proof that Reddit Users have No Love for Kevin Rose

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 […]

Pownce: Digg Founder Kevin Rose’s Newest Venture Sounds Like GMail

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 […]

ROMlet Widget About to Go Live Now Accepting Beta Test Bloggers

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 […]

Freegans Find Ways to Creatively Reuse Society’s Leftovers

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.


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