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The name’s Bond. Aitzaz Bond.

This is what is like to be a lawyer in Islamabad.
New York Times
It’s like James Bond meets Indiana Jones, only in real life.
(via The Sartoriaist)

Snow

New York, like most cities, is a lot warmer than surrounding areas. It still snows here, but the snow often doesn’t last the day. After spending many winters here you start to get the impression we no longer have winter in the north east. This, however, is not true. Last weekend […]

P2P Junk food

Ron Paul vs NYC Subway

Saw this the other day on the L platform. 

Moving out sidewalk sale

Robin never found takers for her velvet couch, so we ended up leaving it on the street. And then having a little tea party right there, on New Years Eve Day.

Woo!

Cheap Ikea Furniture, or, Time for a Diet

Went to Ikea yesterday to pick up a replacement bed. Why you say? Check it:

This is exactly at the point where I sit on the bed. It actually cracked from the bottom up, but was connected until I propped it up with the books at which point crack.

I heart Italy

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Tree Biomorph Toy

Here’s a processing toy which uses the basic idea of fractals to make shapes that look like plants, or blades of grass. Each planet has a “genetic code” which describes how it’s grown, and the sketch displays the plant from seed to the end, simulating the branches getting bigger and heavier and getting tossed […]

The leaves at Starlight

On my way up to the Binghamton for my week of flying, I stopped by Starlight PA and took some photos of the leaves. I’ve been playing with the new camera, and I think these came out pretty well for the point and shoot. It’s amazing the colors that are out there.

There are […]

Monday night performance night

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Joel Reading, originally uploaded by combray.
Last night I helped Robin with her monthly monday night extravaganza at the No Malice Palace. We’re currently trying out the name […]

watermelon

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watermelon, originally uploaded by Joshua Sierles.
That’s a very clever use of how the rind is lighter and whiter than the inner flesh.

Things outside my hotel

I’ve seen pictures of this “2D image painted in 3D space” but never in person. Pretty neat.

Smart car in action.
Sweet looking grafitti. I’m standing on the sidewalk on Friedrichstrasse which is a pretty major street, but this is basically in the backyard of an old (school?) building which has been turned into an […]