Archive: September 6, 2008
melbourne-dunk-close

Nike is releasing a shoe nicknamed the “Melbourne Dunk” based off of a famous skate spot in Melbourne, Australia called Flinders Street Station. It’s funny that Nike would take inspiration from this area because I can’t ever recall any skaters in that area. There might have been skaters at Federation Square which is directly across [...]

jo-jo-turns-one

One year ago, while I was in Australia, my cousin Connie had her first baby and named her Josephine. Today, Josephine is 1 years old and growing fast! Yay!

hungry-jacks-stacker

Hungry Jack’s, the Australian version of the Burger King franchise, has this sandwich burger combo that allows you to stack up to 4 beef patties to make a giant burger. These sandwiches are called Stackers and Australian health officials are calling the meal irresponsible of the company. While many other fast-food restaurants in Australia have [...]

nyc-population-states

This map of New York City’s 5 boroughs shows each county of New York City as the State with the closest equivalent population. Manhattan has a population close to Idaho; Queens is like New Mexico; Brooklyn is Nevada; The Bronx is about the size of Maine; and Staten Island is Wyoming. [via] This map was [...]

orion-vii-busses-nyc

The MTA in New York City unveiled some new hybrid-electric buses in New York yesterday as part of a larger roll-out of a fleet of efficient mass transit vehicles. The MTA has ordered 850 of these new Orion VII new generation hybrid-electric buses and the first 125 will replace aging buses in Staten Island. The [...]

cool-feet

At the moment, I’m using an old wallet box to lift my laptop off of the tabletop so it can be a bit cooler. The MacBook Pro has this retarded cooling system that basically doesn’t do its job very well at all. The laptop I work on gets extremely hot very quickly and if I [...]