By Jeff Lyons on Jul 9, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Tech, Time Wasters | 3 Comments
CityFile.com is a new, slick database-driven website of who’s who in NYC: celebs, artists, media types, socialites, designers, politicos, and of course, a slew of people who are notable for doing absolutely nothing.
The site gives an insane amount of personal information, for example, Gawker honcho Nick Denton is British, Gay, Smoker and Half-Jewish. Did [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Jul 7, 2008 in Art, Tech | 0 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djJDvgUOL7E
More: Momoyo Torimitsu
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By Jeff Lyons on Jul 2, 2008 in Tech, Videos | 0 Comments
Easily, the best and funniest take on the MySpace and Facebook culture. I think I’ll go delete both my accounts now…
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By Jeff Lyons on Jun 13, 2008 in Art, Daily Distractions, Movies, Tech, Television | 5 Comments
But, wow! They sure did a real number on Dana Carvey here! She, I’m sorry, He has absolutely now facial features left. Click the above photo to enlarge, if you dare, to suck in his sweet, baby-bottom-smooth face and soccer mom on the go hair do.
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By Jeff Lyons on Apr 25, 2008 in Music, News, Tech | 0 Comments
While the popular open content, online encyclopedia has both critics and fans alike, no one can question Wikipedia’s flawless ability to clarify in great detail the often-asked questions, “Is Steve Howe still in Asia?”, “Hey man, are they still touring?” and “Is that John Wetton singing, it really doesn’t sound like him, especially on Sole [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Apr 4, 2008 in Art, Podcast, Tech, Television | 0 Comments
Guest: Illustrator Michele Melcher. Topics: Motorcycles, Twittering = Stalking, What is an Illustrator? Mike Rowe, Ghost Hunters, Philly Roller Girls, The Bluto/Brutus Issue, Abandoned Amusement Parks, Iron Maiden. Playlist: The Boroughs, Ghosty, Fourth of July (Daytrotter Session), Writer and The Night Marchers.
Preview: “Reading through a person’s Twitter…it’s like a story that you know isn’t going [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Apr 1, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Tech, Television | 0 Comments
CBS Green-lights My Secret Public Journal! We’re big fans of comedian Mike Birbiglia (that’s “Birbigs” to those in the know) and his secret public journal.
He’s got himself a big network show, hopefully he’ll say no to the laugh track and won’t have ancient comedians guest star as his parents… at least until season 4. [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Mar 31, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Office Humor, Photography, Tech | 0 Comments
Green Before Green was Hot: Those thrifty and stylish recyclists and reusers at ReadyMade are now offering a digital edition of an entire printed issue. Make sure you take a look-see at the cool, recycled sheds near the back. It would make for a nice weekend project, if a weekend consisted of 250 days. While [...]
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By Jeff Lyons on Mar 13, 2008 in Daily Distractions, Music, Tech, Television, Videos | 0 Comments
Desperate Sitcoms: First, NBC gleefully announced My Name is Earl will feature Hollywood’s top celebutard (whose name will not be mentioned here) in an upcoming episode and now CBS confirms another complete mess will show up in their ratings-lagging sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Let’s all get together and not watch, shall we?
Earl is [...]
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