From Gawker. Here's a work sample from the new editor of Vanity Fair online. Didn't I hear Atoosa Rubenstein's contract was up for grabs?
Monthly Archives: June 2006
Gawker takes Dorothy on
Not bad, for beginners. Some of us, however, have been ripping off Mrs. Parker for so long that the primary charms of Gawker's effort lie with its endearing amateurism.
Itinerary
Taxis will crash you;
Subway folks stab;
Pedicabs have no a/c;
Buses are drab.
Ferries take ages
and leave you stuck at the dock.
Limos are expensive;
You might as well walk.Four stabbings at Times Square, New York subway [Reuters]
Cabbie, vics: Two realities [NYDN]
what Marx neglected to mention
is that the problem with mass transit is the bloody masses. The problem with public computers is…
you got it
the damn public!
Now, I must admit that using the computers at Pivot to do A) a wee bit of Pivot work and B) three blog posts about Squid isn't a hardship, really, particularly since while I was sitting there I was introduced to half the board and an important consultant from TO. And invited to a reception. And had a chance to formulate policy for the upcoming Downtown EastSide photo contest.
But
Using the computers at the Job Shop entails a choice of A) sitting in the lobby beside the stairs with my back to both door and stairs, a feng shui alignment sure to result in my untimely, aesthetically unattractive, and painful death OR B) sitting in a large, sunny, warm room with three friendly, personable and intelligent (Updated on further eavesdropping) two out of three ain't bad) women who
Never
Stop
Talking
At least they can't see the screen from there.
Giant Squid Robot Kewlness!!!!!
Here's a Giant Squid Robot, from da Squid Blog I think…working on public computers is so disorienting, dammit!
Nemo Gould's Giant Squid will be on display at Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco from June 8 – July 15, 2006.
The robot is 6'7"(h) x 10'8"(l) x 3'6"(w)
See more at http://www.nemomatic.com/
A Return to Squidsville
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