NY Times writes about the past, present and the future of real estate blogging. And, explains why blogs like Curbed, Brownstoning, etc. are still relevant. read View full entry
Niall Ferguson traces the evolution of money, explaining how the current economic collapse came to be. PBS-The Ascent of Money View full entry
The Kunsthaus Tacheles sits in the old Jewish quarter of East Berlin and takes it's name from the Yiddish for truth. Originally a department store, it was occupied by a collective of artists in 1990, two months before its planned demolition, and has been a tourist attraction and cultural hub ever... View full entry
It's 3am and you're depressed; you can't sleep. You go out wandering across Harlem, inside one of the Annexes, completely alone, not a single other person in sight – when a group of people goes scuba-diving over your head. As if they've attained flight through an artificial river in the... View full entry
There are 4,700,000 results for "Inaguaration Sale" google View full entry
Dubai may have the only 7-star hotel, but Switzerland now has the only 0-star. In these modest times less luxurious accommodations may be preferred, so say hello to Null Stern Hotel, in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Via Dwell View full entry
The illustrious career of Edward Steichen crossed so many genres of photography. Nearly 200 of his photographs will be included in a show at The International Center of Photography that focuses on the field of fashion photography. Steichen possessed a painterly ability to capture and glamorize... View full entry
As many as one million working-age men died due to the economic shock of mass privatisation policies followed by post-communist countries in the 1990s, according to an Oxford University-led study published in The Lancet. View full entry
In tapping Carol Bartz as Yahoo’s new chief executive on Tuesday, the company’s board has selected a seasoned manager and tough-minded technology executive who established Autodesk, the maker of design software, as a market leader and successfully steered it through a boom and bust... View full entry
Mongolia is facing it's highest inflation in over a decade. Additionally it is winter right now and so many homeless people in the capital Ulan Bator move underground where it is warmer, especially during the winter, when temperatures drop as low as -40C (-40F).BBC News slideshow View full entry
Princeton Arch PhD student Molly Steenson's research is featured on BoingBoing, and we're super happy to point out that she has also revived girlwonder! View full entry
Matt Labash visits Detroit. He finds that although Detroit is dying it is not dead yet. The Weekly Standard He writes...In my line of work, I've seen plenty of inner cities, but I've never seen anything in a non-Third World country like the east side of Detroit. Maybe the 9th Ward of New Orleans... View full entry
Bullhead City, Ariz. has briefly turned off the eternal flame of its veterans memorial park monument after receiving a large gas bill. They are now looking for smaller nozzles... mohavedailynews View full entry
NYTimes condenses my favorite cyberpunk futurist's thoughts about 2009 from his posts on the Well. On climate change:Last, and slowest, and worst, there’s the climate. The planet’s entire atmosphere is polluted. Practically everything we do in our civilization is directly predicated... View full entry
According to the NYTimes, "an Iraqi-born resident of the United States who was ordered to cover a T-shirt with Arabic script before boarding a plane in New York has received $240,000 in a settlement with two officials of the Transportation Safety Administration and JetBlue Airways." And he also... View full entry