Culture For The Non-Cultured

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They say a photo is worth a 1,000 words, and this particular New Yorker cover, first shown to the world in 1976, does inspire at least that many. It depicts what the artist saw as a typical New Yorker’s view of [...]

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OK, so everyone knows Wikipedia, the uber-popular, surprisingly accurate online encyclopedia that everyone around the world can edit and contribute to, right?
It turns out the collective wisdom of the masses is also …
Designing really cool t-shirts!!
This magic happens at Threadless, which holds contests for the best-designed t-shirt. Designers design. Everyone votes. The winning designers get a [...]

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When I went for ice-cream as a child, I would look out at all the flavors laid out in all their deliciousness, and be scared of making the wrong decision.  I began to dread trips to Baskin Robbins.
Neurotic?  Maybe.  But recent research shows that this behavior is not that unusual, and not limited to children.
In their fantastic book, Made to [...]

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On the weekends, I try to experience New York City as if I was a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tourist on one of those ubiquitous double-decker buses.  This attitude is tempered, of course, with the knowledge of one who is lucky enough to call herself a New Yorker.
This is what is known as a “staycation,” staying [...]

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It is no news that the MTA is in a budget crisis, and I don’t know about you, but my wallet is feeling empathy pains.
I read in the Gothamist blog that MTA’s counterpart in Japan reversed their own similar dire economic straits, thanks to a calico cat named Tama.  It seems that in Japan, cats are [...]

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