Overheard in New York

05.27.2007 | 6:20 pm | social change, global connexion

A wonderfull collection of hilarious / stupid / shocking talks heard on the streets / bars / offices of NYC: overheardinnewyork.com.

Stuff like (heard St. Mark’s Pl & 2nd Ave):

Chick on cell: I just got a pair of sunglasses for two dollars!
Old punk rocker passerby: I’ll give you two dollars to go kill yourself.

Bonus: a hatemail series of “Urgent Communiqués from the Giant to the North“, Canadia.

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Old / Odd / Other Music

05.22.2007 | 11:22 am | creativity, imperfect past

NYC’s WFMU FM 91.1 radio station has a blog, “Beware of the Blog“, where you can discover tons of old or odd music from the past. Check out for the “365 days project” for really astonishing music.

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The Ninja Pirate

05.15.2007 | 5:37 pm | global connexion, neurosphere

Self-proclaimed “The Second Best Page in the Universe”, The Ninja Pirate is one kind of self-editiong ezine. Well, nobody knows what it is. Have also a look at Pirate’s MySpace page.

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Iraq Body Count

05.9.2007 | 11:02 pm | global connexion, imperfect past

Want to know how many civilian’s death reported in Iraq since the beginning of the war? This bad/good site will tell you: www.iraqbodycount.org.

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Online Secrets

05.2.2007 | 1:12 pm | global connexion

One of the blogosophere phenomena (self-proclaimed “the largest advertisement-free Blog on the Web”), PostSecret weekly publishes (real, not digital) post cards used by their authors to confess big sins, little ones and unfulfilled desires.

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Bembo Zoo

04.30.2007 | 7:50 pm | creativity

A splendid Flash application where animals are created with letters of their names: www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf.

Bembo Zoo Intro

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