I recently clicked on Facebook’s People You May Know tool and was surprised to see a page of ridiculously attractive women. None of them (or their Ukrainian surnames) looked remotely familiar. Thinking I’d strayed onto an Adult Friend Finder advertisement, I looked more carefully and started clicking around. Most of them were linked to me Read more…
I believe I’ve mention my love for urban decay before. Web Urbanist has an article about unfinished sky scrapers in Bangkok. Some of these have stood unfinished and empty for over a decade. Nathan Kensinger is a photographer who specializes in taking photos of “The Abandoned & Industrial Edges of New York City.” Related articles: Read more…
As I’ve been thinking about hurricane names recently, I decided to find out what impact Hurricane Katrina had on the popularity of the name “Katrina.” Social Security Online publishes data on the popularity of given names broken down by year. The data tells the story. “Katrina” is less popular now than in anytime since 1960. Read more…
I have a soft spot for urban exploration. An article in the New Yorker describes the author’s attempt to walk from the Empire State Building, which is on 33rd St, to Rockefeller Center, which is on 48th St, without using either 5th or 6th Aves. (If you’re unfamiliar with the layout of Manhattan, both the Read more…
