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Month: June 2009
i totally want one of these (via goldwada)
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Now, Sim City is a game, and to be fun it has to be quick to learn, so of course it will simplify. The problem is that these two fallacies in SIm City are also great fallaces of mid-late 20th Century urbanism. Sim City didn’t just simplify, it simplified in the direction of the old habits of urbanist thought — habits that were already being challenged (in part by the New Urbanism) by the time the game was invented in the late 1980s. In short, Sim City could be hailed as a triumph of reactionary brainwashing — in that it instilled in a generation of 1990s teen geeks all the worst assumptions of 1960s city planning.
From a coworker: Kissing became habit in ancient Rome bc husbands wanted to see if their wives had been hitting the wine while they were out
bklyn 2.0: the reboot
hello gang,
over the past few months, eric has been looking for a new organizer. a week or so ago, i picked up the reins as that new organizer. as a 5 year resident of greenpoint, former NYC taxi driver, active bike commuter, world traveler, geek and activist, i’m really excited to see how WE can reboot bkln 2.0.
my vision of a bkln 2.0 isn’t too different than what eric originally planned. i too am looking forward to monthly meetups, but instead of a south bkln focus, i want to cross pollinate the best of the north and the south. honestly, i know we can churn milk into butter.
beginning with this month’s meetup, i’m looking for YOUR help. i cannot do this alone. to do this, i’m looking for a committee of passionate, co-organizing bkln-ites who will help organize future events: bike rides, volunteer events, and, last but not least, social/happier hours. if you are up for the challenge, let’s do it!
as of now, i’ve opened up the email list for the following topics of discussion.
• next meeting, June 24? north or south? in the north, i propose a happy hour at spuyten dyuvel, williamsburg. in the south, someone will have to host or point me to a righteous location.
• additionally, first co-organizers meeting, June 17 or 18. at my house; email me noel(a)noneck.org.
• as for future meetups, i was hoping we could start to venture to places that embody bkln 2.0 things or partner with orgs that embody the bkln 2.0. also, i think it would be fun to add non-drinking events on the menu. while i love beers, they don’t always jive with how i want to treat my body.
thoughts? post them to http://www.meetup.com/bkln20/
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For the plaintiffs and more specifically for me, it is time to pause for breath, a time to contemplate that this settlement can finally release us from the torments of the past so that we can face the future with a tangible measure of hope. Or just maybe it is time to stop being the son of my father and be the father to my sons.
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After a quarter of a decade representing parts of East Harlem, Mendez changed her status to Republican. She explained her move by saying Democrats had done little to help her district. But in the general election, José Serrano defeated her by a wide margin in the heavily Democratic district.
A raucous leadership fight erupted on the floor of the Senate around 3 p.m., with two Democrats, Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens, joining the 30 Senate Republicans in a motion that would displace Democrats as the party in control.