The NYPL makes excellent use of its free time by thinking up neat internet-y things like the Stereogranimator! http://t.co/tKrNToUu http://bit.ly/z7XPVA
It would be amazing if in my lifetime my parents’ home mail went from RFD address to street number to bankrupt USPS http://t.co/3rKD6Mww http://bit.ly/z7XPVA
The new RIM CEO may just be the corporate Sarah Palin: http://t.co/SVPuJXxz http://bit.ly/z7XPVA
These quirks can mean real headaches for those who, already under the pressure of finding good and appropriate gifts for normal people, are met with the challenge of finding a good gift for an architect, who has been trained at college to react to any new stimulation (a new building, a gallery exhibition, the dinner menu, political candidates, your new shoes, a marriage proposal) with either cool disdain or flagrant boredom.
Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World http://t.co/x0fqTZ4O
Dos Equis’ Most Interesting Man in the World
I’m glad this Talk of the Town made the year’s best list—it was my favorite. I couldn’t read it aloud to Meg because I was so out of breath from laughing. http://nyr.kr/vMlUID
(Source: hellonewyork)
Remember: if you wish to avoid food poisoning, you should only eat at food stalls with prime numbers. (HT Capt. Fienning and Let’s Go: SPAM)
What Is College For? http://t.co/QHJFOCMw
What Is College For?
The poor results from America’s institutions of higher education have been a big topic among the architects who design for them. A lot of the campus fads—for things like group study—have worked their way into a generation of college buildings, only to be discredited. This Op Ed points to a number of structural problems in education today, but it should have mentioned that trends in the built environment of the campus needs as much reevaluation as the attitudes within.
