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A Podcastable Street Art Mashup

Here's a nice little mashup/ podcast of some of my recent-ish street art shots from around NYC, using a cool new site called Splash Cast Media. Check it out, lemme know what you think.  Ill have more soon when i figure out how to rock the video feature the way i want it.  Oh yeah....i got some sizzlin stuff in the works...don't you worry your pretty head.


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The 7 Train Comes and Goes

in Long Island City, Queens there she blows. 
FYI: I made this with a cool tool called Gickr that mashes together photos on your Flickr account into a GIF file.  Its a terrifically cool tool that I've always hoped would come out eventually.  Now I probably won't sleep for days as I will be vigorously mashing photos together for the next 3 or 4 days.  Thanks Gickr!


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Are you paying out the ass for your rent?

Probably.  But this tool will tell you if you are paying to much...or rather, more than others in your hood. Rentometer gives you a visual representation of your rent versus the regional median.  How snazzy is that?  Well...justiNYC predicts that it could be a pretty useful tool in NYC, if they made it work in about 30 different languages and steered clear of information taken from brokers.
[Link via Lifehacker]


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Some Do It Yourself Throwing Stars that might get you arrested

Forget paper throwing stars, these things will hurt.  These real deal stars [from Instructables] look like they pack a punch!  Now, I'm not recommending that you throw these at brokers or anything. In fact, hardware like this might be better left to real ninjas.


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Deal with Real Estate Stress: Make a Ninja Star and Throw it at your Broker

But be careful, he just might have a few of his own.  If you have a little time on your hands, try making a few paper throwing stars for the next time you go on the real estate hunt.  Chances are youl want to throw them at a few brokers or owners before settling with something.  And if you get the chance to hang out with the LoftNinja, you could be in for a little fun as he will (more often than not) be more than happy to join you in your war.

Folding Diagrams for the Traditional Shuriken
(Two-Piece Throwing Star -- All 22 Steps)

Weekend Project: Ninja throwing stars for the office [LifeHacker]

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"Trendy Micro-Ass Nabe Names" and Google Maps Has them

Thanks to Curbed for pointing out that Google Maps now has NYC neighborhood names indicated when you zoom out a little bit.  Apparently there are a few who are none too excited for this technological development.  Maybe we should just make Brooklyn a neighborhood and Manhattan a neighborhood and call the whole thing good...right?  I suppose next someone will try to tell me that Greenwick isn't micro-trendy. Nonsense!  Its just not trendy.


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the modern list [NYC]

Found this brilliant little NYC resource via SwissMiss [via MUG]
The Modern List



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Pre-layout your tiny NYC crib with this Room Planner

Remember a while back justiNYC tipped you off to how to make templates for your furniture when moving? Sure you do.  Well, lets take it a step further and skip all the cut and shape.  A site called HGTV.com gives you this handy dandy online tool for planning the layout of your crib.  So now in your free time, you can dream about all that extra space you don't have in your little East Village joint! Hooray!!!   I wonder if it can tell you the best place to store your toothbrush in the kitchen.

if a normal room looks like this, your joint in NYC will be more like this

Its the price you pay to live in the city, but it always pays to plan ahead.

Layout your home with the Room Planner [Lifehacker]

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Google goes Green with thier new map mashups for environmentally friendly destinations

Good Grief... Google's done Gone and Got Green! Their new map mashup for environmentally friendly destinations in the US.  The mashup supposedly points out happy granola-type destinations and
services in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando or San Francisco.  A suggestion from Google via Lifehacker:

try searching for “environmentally friendly hotels” instead of
just “hotels” when researching trips to any city.

[link Lifehacker]
I'd hug a tree, but its hard to find one in NYC hugworthy!  Maybe i should try this mappy thing.....hmmm


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Brownstoner's new brokerage rating tool is out

My good buddy Brownstoner rolled out his new broker rater site yesterday- Brokerate - and the buzz is buzzin...
Inman News
Curbed
Brownstoner (himself)
NY Times
Gothamist

Have fun with this!   It looks to become a powerful tool for flushing out the rif-raf. 
[Beware B.S. pushers...there have been precautions taken against your kind!]



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