I have never seen this particular footage of United Airlines flight 175 crashing into the South Tower. I’m sorry for those who don’t want to see these videos, but I feel like reviewing the events helps me cope in some odd way. Anyway, in this video, the person filming gets a clear glimpse of Flight 175 as it makes its way quickly into the NYC downtown area.
Where Jaycee Lee Dugard lived for 18 years
August 31, 2009 @ 12:11 am
Also interesting to read is this report about how police failed to properly check Garrido’s premises two years ago during a separate incident where Jaycee could have been discovered.
The Universe House
August 6, 2009 @ 4:02 pm
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This amazing piece of architecture is The Universe House, a structure designed by Tatiana Bilbao and based on the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory in Delhi. The Universe House is unique because it is built so that the roof of the house holds an in-ground circular swimming pool/jacuzzi. Definitely a neat little design aesthetic that I’d love as part of my own home someday. Plus, it’s nice that you can sit in that pool and still overlook the ocean. Beautiful, eh?
View from the top of the World Trade Center
May 27, 2009 @ 11:03 am
I’ve personally never been to the top of the former World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan, and it never occurred to me that I could virtually visit the top via YouTube. There are quite a few of these home videos and I’m glad they’re online.
Google News Timeline
April 21, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Google launched two new services/features yesterday, one of which is Google News Timeline, a terrific new way to digest, read, and skim through news headlines.
The great thing about Google News Timeline is that it isn’t necessarily just for news. You can add your own queries (or feeds) into the mix and get a good gist of what’s happening around the web (as a whole or as a very narrow view). Head on over to Google News Timeline to give it a try.
180-degrees at Hudson River Park (Pier 54)
March 27, 2009 @ 7:14 pm
Hudson River Park is one of my favorite places in New York City. But there’s one part of the park that I really love and that’s the remnants of Pier 54 just below 14th Street.
At the moment, Pier 54 is a gigantic slab of concrete and gravel that extends quite far into the Hudson River. It’s very wide and very long and every time I go, there are only a few people making use of one of the larger flat surfaces in and around New York City. I love going in there to just ride circles on my bike or walk around and look across to New Jersey.
I don’t know why more people don’t make use of the space as it is free to enter. But hey, for now, I’m really liking that it’s so quiet and desolate there.
Today, I was there just killing some time and I decided to take a 180-degree panorama of the view towards the East. Click on the image above for a larger version.
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