24 hits the bottle: An explanation of the “Bottle Show” – an episode of a TV show that takes place only on the standing sets (no location shoots), using the main cast, often in an attempt to make the budget stretch further for other episodes.

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Interesting Facts About Domain Names: An article analyzing domain names and their availability (with graphs, examples, and comparisons).

3 comments | statistics, web |

How to Find Your Way When Leaving the Subway: a thread on Gothamist about orientating yourself when resurfacing from a subway stop.

1 comment | NYC, subway, tips |

KonoPizza: Cone-shapped pizza. Why hasn’t this come to NYC yet?

1 comment | food |

The Picard Song: ST:TNG-inspired music video using “The Sims” footage.

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It Rubs The Lotion On Its Skin: “Silence of the Lambs” inspired music video from The Greenskeepers.

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I don’t know why it took me so long to finally see a show at Playwrights Horizons. Growing up, I revered Playwrights Horizons as the mythical birthing place of so many beautiful and challenging musicals, like March of the Falsettos, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, and Floyd Collins, among others.

Jeff and I went there on Thursday to see new musical version of Grey Gardens. Yes, it’s an unlikely subject for a musical, but that’s never stopped people. The show wasn’t perfect, but Christine Ebersole’s performance was truly shattering (I was only a few feet from her front row center). You can hear some of the music (minus Bruce Coughlin‘s superb orchestrations) here.

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The New Yorker recently profiled the amazing new Allianz Arena, which will host the 2006 World Cup. As incredible is this enormous recreation of the stadium in Lego.

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Caring for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a little-understood group.

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Parallels Between My Living Through Two Years of Middle School and the Two Terms of the Bush Presidency

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