I have put off upgrading my iPhone to iOS 6 because of the loss of Google Maps which I use all the time, while the Apple replacement has been thoroughly beaten down by every single report. But now I have to build something that will only work on iOS 6, so I've just updated. I can't speak to the accuracy of the maps (or lack thereof) but I can say "Wow!" The 3D view, with or without satellite overlay, is super cool. Really impressive.

Smeagol Smorgasbord

world's narrowest house

First Brooklyn record for Barnacle Goose. Prospect Park 10/24/2012.

From a pal......does Romney have a chance??

Top Campaign Contributors 2012 Presidential Election

Romney – Top Corporate Contributors

§ Goldman Sachs ($726,490)
§ JPMorgan Chase ($571,919)
§ Bank of America ($557,755)
§ Morgan Stanley ($526,697)
§ Credit Suisse ($488,550)
§ Barclays ($366,800)
§ Citigroup ($364,465)
§ Wells Fargo ($316,545)
Romney Top Individual Donors
1/ Sheldon Adelson – Las Vegas (& Intl.) Casino Mogul (Under Investigation by Justice Dept.)
2/ Harold Simmons – Metals, Chemicals, Waste Mgmt (Bush Crony),
3/ Bob J. Perry – TX Real Estate Mogul (Bush Crony)
4/ Rbt. Rowlings – TX – TR HOLDINGS, Omni Hotels (Bush Crony) –
5/ Wm Koch (worth 4 BL) – So. Florida Energy & Mining – famous for $570,000 lobby agst Collective. Bargaining
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OBAMA – Top Corporate Donors
§ University of California ($799,533)
§ Harvard ($433,380)
§ Stanford ($305,199)
§ Google
§ Microsoft ($501,101),
OBAMA Top Individual Donors:
1/ Jeffrey Katzenberg – Hollywood Film Prod., Dream Works Animation, major Democratic Party supporter
2/ Irwin Jacobs – Qualcomm – Cell Phone Producer – Philanthropist
3/ Fred Echaner – Alternative Newspaper Publ. – Major Progressive activist
4/ Jon Stryker – Philanthropist, Gay Rights Activist, Progressive Compaigner
5/ Steve Mostyn – Head of TX Trial Laywers Assoc.., Sued TX Insurance Co. for Hurricane Victims

grateful dead game

I don’t know if you need to print this, but anyway, I learned a real simple, temporary exorcism ceremony . . . which I had to perform twice a day in order to keep him out for twenty-four hours. Once around sunrise, and once around sunset.

elkhorn, 1965

blizzard of 1888

im just tired of seeing that steak.

cooks illustrated founder profiled in nyt mag.

interesting results from disabling the rotation of a slit-scan camera

RIP Harris Savides

first iPad

viva loisaida, 1978

Joe Coffman is a modern Texan. This means that Mary Sue is a pretty, loving and understanding wife, that his sons Bobby, 6, and Larry, 4, are healthy and happy, that his business is successful (four other branches in Austin, San Antonio, Lubbock and Amarillo), that his ranch-type home is comfortable, with all of the built-ins manufacturers sell these days, that he has a 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire and a 1962 Impala (both convertibles), that his close friends are mostly the ones he grew up with or knew in high school and college. Being a modern Texan also means that Joe Coffman might not recognize a cow pony if it were tied on a leash in his backyard, that he despises Stetson hats, that he likes cashmere sport coats, pin-collar shirts, Las Vegas, playing golf at Colonial Country Club, Barbra Streisand ("Think she can't sing?"), good food, good booze, Barry Goldwater and, more than anything else, the Texas Longhorns. And does he like those Longhorns!

"In the ’60s Heine was credited with introducing tie- dye to America. He created his paintings by injecting bundled sheets with dye, using a hypodermic needle, and unfolding them to an array of bright color. In “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” Dylan’s lyric, “The empty-handed painter from your streets/is drawing crazy paintings on your sheets,” is a reference to Bill Heine’s work."

-rip bill heine