Archive: December 16, 2008

Pentax announced the introduction of a limited-edition all-white K2000 digital SLR. The camera itself is not new as it is exactly identical in shape and specifications as the regular K2000, but it is the white-colored body and lens that makes this a somewhat special announcement. In a market that sees virtually no color variations in [...]

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Yelena just sent me this link to an apparent Pepsi pop-up store on 201 Mulberry this Saturday (Dec. 20) from 12 noon to 12 midnight. I wouldn’t bother going if it wasn’t for the companies taking part in this event, which include Absurd, Commonwealth, Cubannie Links, Fruition, Hellz, Orchard Street, Rockport Established 1971, Violette, SSUR [...]

I’m a big city biker, but even I know a dumb bike lane when I see one. And the somewhat new bike lane at Grand Street is stupid. Curbed has a video showing just why this bike lane is so controversial. For one, it isn’t even placed in a convenient spot for bikers. Sure, it’s [...]

I’ve always wondered how they did away with the old parking meters once a city block was taken over by the new ticket-dispensing machines. Well, after seeing these pictures over at Vanishing New York I know that the process is actually quite brutal. There’s the jackhammer, and then the push and pull, and then, finally, [...]

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Yelena would love this Barbie fashioned after the likeness of the woman in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. While this doll may look like the work of some bored fanatic, the figure is actually a genuine Mattel Barbie item. And not only do you get the comfort of knowing you purchased a genuine product, you also [...]

If for some reason you’ve never seen Star Wars, then you’d probably think the Death Star was run by a bunch of English-speaking Germans after watching this video. But of course, most of us (if not all of us) know that this is not true. The Death Star is really just a big viral marketing [...]