Category: Linked
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Art on the Pier
http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/sculpture-headed-for-northside-piers-in-williamsburg
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Lollipop, Lollipop
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/in-the-redesign-the-lollipops-have-stuck-around/
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Fiscal Responsibility
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/opinion/02fri5.html?ex=1367467200&en=4b9a018299b97718&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Bird Blog
Apropos of the Grand Street retail renaissance I discussed a week or two ago, Brownstoner has started a new renovation blog. This one covers the owners of Bird, who have rented a 2,500 space at 203 Grand Street. So now everyone can follow along as the latest Grand Street success story takes shape.
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COBOL?
The Pentagon’s accounting system runs on COBOL, “the ancient Sumerian of computer languages”. COBOL was being taught when I took comp sci 25 years ago, and it was pretty much “ancient Sumerian” back then. Worse than the outdated computer languages is the Byzantine accountability in the accounting process: The dysfunction stems in part from the…
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Bush Says Pain From Economy Defies Easy Fix
Headline translated: “it took me seven years to fuck up the economy this badly – do you think I can just wave a wand and make it all better?” (Actually, he really did say “If there was a magic wand to wave, I’d be waving it, of course […] But there is no magic wand…
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Right Wing Conspiracy?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28school.html?ex=1367121600&en=f800a16f371c8afb&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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Obama Says No to Gas Tax Suspension
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/us/politics/29campaign.html?ex=1367121600&en=8b10960e61a42073&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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New-Look Gowanus Lounge
Gowanus Lounge has moved away from Blogger and set up with a newly designed site with their very own domain. In addition to the new domain name (be sure to update your feed reader), the site now boasts a masthead full of correspondents and photographers (most of whom we have all come to know over…