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Staten Island, New York – Funk / Afro-beat.
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A platform for public authoring and cultures of listening – creating and sharing knowledge, stories, ideas and experiences.
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A ‘landscape of ideas’ made up of StoryCubes.
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Some great software if you want to: Share and collaborate on your documents, Find a good word processor, Write a novel, short story or screenplay, Format your manuscript correctly, Minimize distractions when writing, Produce a scientific paper, Improve yo
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A career and workplace community where anyone can find and anonymously share real-time reviews, ratings and salary details about specific jobs for specific employers.
LibraryThing
- Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature by Matt Kloskowski 8 Jul 2009Peachpit Press (2008), Edition: 1, Paperback, 264 pages
- A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider 8 Jul 2009HarperPerennial (1995), Paperback, 351 pages
- Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur by Dermot Berkery 8 Jul 2009McGraw-Hill (2007), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 288 pages
- Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig… by Alex Wilmerding 8 Jul 2009Aspatore Books (2006), Paperback, 106 pages
- Le Dessous des Cartes : Coffret en 2 volumes : Atlas géopolitique ; Atlas d'un monde qui change (1DVD) by Jean-Christophe Victor 24 Jun 2009Tallandier (2008), Relié, 457 pages
- You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself by Harry Beckwith 18 Jun 2009Business Plus (2007), Hardcover, 336 pages
- Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth by Steve Pavlina 18 Jun 2009Hay House (2008), Hardcover, 288 pages
- Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard 15 Jun 2009Penguin Press (2005), Relié, 272 pages
- Understanding Healthcare by Richard Saul Wurman 14 Jun 2009Top, Broché, 336 pages
- Sketch Book: Conceptual Drawings from the World's Most Influential Designers by Timothy O'Donnell 14 Jun 2009Rockport Publishers Inc. (1999), Relié, 192 pages
agrumes
- And We're Taking a Break... Senate Won't Take Action on Climate Bill Until September 9 Jul 2009photo: Doug via flickr Don't expect any action from the Senate on a climate bill until September, after the summer recess. That's the word from Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer. However Reuters quotes Boxer as saying that "We'll do it as soon as we get back."...
- Luxury TV Mirror Combo from Fendi Casa Collection 9 Jul 2009The new TV mirror combo from Fendi Casa Collection reflects the current luxury trend for combo home furnishings among the discerning consumers desiring superior design. Multi-functional and luxurious, this LCD TV Mirror is no exception. Making furniture integral with technological solutions, Fendi Casa offers gorgeous reflective mirrors that appear to be […]
- The Dutch Master Bike (Super Duper Limited Edition) by Core77 9 Jul 2009Photo: Core77 The Secret Ingredient is Love Our friends at Core77 know beautiful design, but they're really surpassed themselves with the Dutch Master super-duper-limited edition bike. The goal is to celebrate New York bike culture, and an heritage of local manufacturing. Only 25 Dutch Master bikes have been made, all hand built by in Brooklyn by KT H […]
- A Picture is Worth...Recessionista's DIY Chanel Bag 9 Jul 2009Photo credit: Jak and Jil The economic caldera we're still digging ourselves up from under has put a whole new spin on the definition of "luxury." (This fall's New York Fashion Week will be an eye-opener for sure.) With consumer spending in the hole, and chi-chi brands like Hermes tightening their croc-skin belts, we might be witnessing […]
- Unique Chair Designs - Eklipse chairs by BRF 9 Jul 2009As for unique chair designs, BRF offers a modern range of unique chairs you're looking for to accent your home - the Eklipse. A self-confident piece for the user to explore, this chair design is a simple yet ingenious concept. Choose the abstract, artistic form of an oval, or an accommodating armchair complete with armrests. Designs by Sylvia Colomb […]
- President Obama, Please Live Up to Your Climate Change Rhetoric & Truly Lead! 9 Jul 2009photo: G8Photos/Ansa The G8 meeting in L'Aquila, Italy is just ripe with quotes for the picking. Unfortunately, apart from statements of agreement that we must indeed hold global average temperature rise to 2°C, most of what was said seems a bit hollow. Case in point: President Obama's talk about the need of the wealthy nations of the world, and […]
- Amazon Kindle contract sucks 9 Jul 2009Courtesy of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Celia sends us "an annotated copy of the Kindle contract. Based on my decidedly non-lawyerish interpretation of this contract and the annotations, I think it says that Amazon now owns everything it wants to own, and you're out of luck if you don't like that." Publishing contracts are gen […]Cory Doctorow
- Oh, beautiful for Palin's lies 9 Jul 2009Andrew Sullivan has rounded up all the documented major, easily verified lies of Sarah Palin. It's an impressive list, a kind of "portrait of the candidate as a frootbat." Palin lied when she said the dismissal of her public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, had nothing to do with his refusal to fire state trooper Mike Wooten; in fact, the Br […]Cory Doctorow
- Greenpeace's Mount Rushmore Stunt from Behind the Scenes (Video) 9 Jul 2009Yesterday we saw the short-lived hubbub about Greenpeace draping an Obama poster over Mount Rushmore in order to call attention to Climate Activism by the G8. They've followed up with this vi...
- Would You Pay $5 a Month to Read the New York Times Online? 9 Jul 2009At long last, the New York Times may have figured out how to make money off its website: by charging for it. Bloomberg reports that the NYT is floating the idea of charging $5 a month to access its website in a survey of readers. (It also asked if subscribers would be willing to pay $2.50 per month). Unless anybody has any other bright ideas, this is inevita […]Hamilton Nolan
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