Ian Brown – Illegal Attacks
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Anti-war song featuring Sinead O’Connor. The video is a bit heavy-handed but still powerful.
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Stikman Down
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Down and out and run over in a crosswalk on the Lower East Side.
Moon for Sale
Sunday, August 26th, 2007
A recent documentary from BBC’s Horizon about the possible colonization of the Moon for its fusion fuel, Helium-3. He-3 is a light, non-radioactive isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. Moon rocks trap these isotopes from passing solar winds, Earth’s atmosphere repels them. Advocates claim that it is economically feasible to be strip mining the moon by 2020. China, Russia, and the US seem to be in the race.
This sounds like a disaster. Imagine the rocket fuel stink in the air, when we are trucking up tons of miners, food, water, equipment, housing and air daily. How is the He-3 to get back down to us, railgun/parachute or earth-orbit ferry? Having a moon cannon pointed at us, or more rocket fuel stink, which is it?
Advocates: Professor Jerry Kulcinski, geologist/moon-walker Harison Schmitt and Russian rocket mogul Nikolai Sevastianov
On the other hand, Moon walker Edgar Mitchell says: “We have to learn to live within our means here.” He advocates restricting the Moon for scientific research as we do Antarctica.
Also featured in the video: America’s funniest astronaut Moon stumbles, someone who has made Nine Million Dollars selling fake deeds to Moon property, and a scientist (Larry Clark) who heats up artificial moon dust and harvests H2O.
Smith and 9th Streets
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
The highest point in the NYC subway system. It takes two escalators and a set of stairs to reach it.
“If you like mostly elevated running, return with the F (with a nice trip over the Smith ST viaduct, highest point in the system not counting suspension bridges)”
www.nycsubway.org/faq/subwaytour.html
“it is the highest point of the entire NYC Transit system at 88 feet above street level.”
www.stationreporter.net/ftrain.htm
Charlie Rose Archives
Saturday, August 25th, 2007I like Charlie Rose’s interviews in the arts and sciences, more than his political discussions. The archive is huge. Rose has interviewed just about anyone you can name. The screen is tiny, but unpixelated. If nothing else, treat it as a radio interview. It is annoying that you cannot skip ahead or back. You must play it from the beginning to hear or see something you missed. Higher res versions are for sale.
I’m watching the always entertaining David Attenborough right now. Sir David Frederick Attenborough is that BBC nature host you always see hugging the ground in absurdly close proximity to the wild beast he is telling you about.
All Seeing Eye Hooped
Monday, August 20th, 2007
Deutsche Bank Fire
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Smoke Over Lower Manhattan: Fire At Toxin-Filled Deutsche Bank Building
Fire in Lower Manhattan: The 40-story Deustche Bank building is on fire, sending billows of smoke into the sky over Ground Zero. The building has been empty since 9/11, destabilized beyond repair by the events of that day and awaiting demolition for years — a process that finally began recently, on a floor-by-floor basis, according to this AP report. The cause of the fire is, so far, unknown.
The wind is from the west, similar to what it was on 9/11. It would be prudent to avoid the area. And if you live in lower Manhattan and possibly Brooklyn, think about keeping your windows closed for at least tonight. That’s what I’m doing. I hope this is not arson. Two firefighters have been killed.
I took the above shot around 8, as you can see there are no great plumes of smoke, but I could see a faint trail heading east, and the moon is definitely fuzzy behind haze of some sort.
The Deutshe Bank Building, if it could be seen, would be slightly to the left of the Woolworth Building (the one with the pointed roof). I’ve smelled nothing more acrid than usual in the air here on East Houston Street.
7-alarm fire imperils former Deutsche Bank skyscraper
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