Monday: March 8, 2010
- Daily Grind: Fantastic
Name: Vin (aka hat tipper)
Occupation: Webmaster / Procrastinator / Dad
How Vin feels today: Fantastic @ 2:11:12 PM
What Vin really wants today: To continue absorption of certain programming material for a certain mobile platform in a certain amount of uncertain time.Music Stuck in Head: Electrocute / God Street Wine
Mostly in honor of the recent God Street Wine reunion announcement that was just recently posted. Must. Contain. Excitement. Link here for those interested.Stuff to do today:
- Continue containing excitement
- Attempt to purchase tickets to said reunion shows first
- Seems like it's a good week to be a fan of jambands past and present
- And by 'present' meaning this little Phish link that popped up this week
- Attend movie in full-on Avatar costume for giggles (since it will most likely be in 3D and all)
- Ben Stiller FTW - abandon previous to-do item
- Get back to iPhone development
Tuesday: December 8, 2009
- 101 things to see and do in New York City this Winter according to Timeout New York.
Give yourself the gift of crowd avoidance: During the week, the rink is significantly less packed, so play hooky and get your glide on. If you can’t cut out of work, haul out of bed on a weekend morning and beeline to 30 Rock; the rink opens at 8am.
Wednesday: October 7, 2009
- NYC BigApps contest officially under way - start your programming.
The task is to create some sort of meaningful kind of application (be it for web, desktop, iPhone, etc) while utilizing at least one data source available on the NYC.gov Data Mine. There are cash prizes as well as chance to have dinner with New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Swanky.
Monday: October 5, 2009
- Bake sales have been banned in New York City schools.
The change is part of a new wellness policy that also limits what can be sold in vending machines and student-run stores, which use profits to help finance activities like pep rallies and proms.
Wednesday: August 19, 2009
- Selling lemonade in Central Park will get you slapped with a fine.
When Richard admitted he didn't have the right to sell on Parks property, the agents immediately slapped the dad and daughter with a summons for selling food without a license, which carries a maximum fine of $200.
Wednesday: July 8, 2009
- DNA of endangered species to be stored at NYC museum.
Sounds a little bit like the beginning of Jurassic Park, doesn't it?
Monday: July 6, 2009
- Empire State Building and other important skyscrapers going green to attract new tenants.
Buildings that define city skylines across the country, some national icons, are catching up to the sleek, new structures designed with efficiency in mind, as property owners and managers become convinced that a greener building now makes financial sense.
Tuesday: June 30, 2009
- Bloomberg unveils 'Big Apps' contest for New York City data innovation.
For the first stage of the contest, which will be called Big Apps, the city will release what Bloomberg described as a “huge volume of data” from various city agencies. He gave the example of creating a mobile application out of the Health Department’s restaurant grades.
Thursday: June 25, 2009
- Tourists welcomed to NYC via seven mile police chase.
What a way to start a vacation.
Friday: June 19, 2009
- Deutsche Bank pulls the curtain back on new real-time carbon gas emission counter.
Apparently the billboard itself is environmentally friendly as well. Just another reason to visit New York City.
Wednesday: June 17, 2009
- The Muppets are moving on over to Long Island City.
According to the broker, Jim DeLuca of Cushman & Wakefield, incentives were key for the Creature Shop -- which designs and constructs all the Muppets like Kermit the Frog and Elmo -- and they were able to cut $6 a foot off the low-$20s a foot rent.
Tuesday: June 16, 2009
- Ominous high-altitude wind machines could one day power New York City.
The very best ground-based wind sites have a wind-power density of less than 1 kilowatt per square meter of area swept. Up near the jet stream above New York, the wind power density can reach 16 kilowatts per square meter. The air up there is a vast potential reservoir of energy, if its intermittency can be overcome.
- NYC cabby decides to transform back of cab into makeshift art studio.
When a passenger hops in, Peralta hands the rider a pen and a stack of computer paper. He tell his fares to draw anything they want. So far, the Dominican Republic native has collected 7,000 sketches.
