Archive for the ‘local’ Category
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
BE ON THE LOOKOUT!
And not just stolen from a light pole or clipped from a bike rack, but someone actually broke into my property, clipping my yard’s gate lock with bolt cutters (ON VIDEO, coming soon!), probably proceeded to poke around my house’s perimeter, and eventually clipped my bike’s lock and rode off into the sunset.
Incident occurred at approximately 3:30pm on Wednesday January 25 in Long Island City, Queens. The very guilty suspect can be seen walking up the street (my landlord has video cameras on the street and on our property, which is set about 45′ back from the street) with a bag of tools, obviously, and the whole thing takes about 5 minutes for his in and out theft. Bikes get stolen, I know that, but it’s pretty shocking that whoever this was was ballsy enough to bolt-cut the lock on the street, in broad daylight. And oh yeah I was home at the time! Anyhow it’s an iconic looking bike: 2010 Bianchi San Jose, shiny red; neon green handlebars and neon orange pedals; if you see it LOCK IT and email me [nick@geekathon.net] or call my hotline [419-NOR-MALS that's 419-667-6257] with its location!!
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
set stuff on fire:
Friday, December 30th, 2011
And so the headlines read again and again in this week’s Nonsense NYC list – so many good choices for one evening, from Cheryl to Occupy to the Pratt Steam Whistles, and then, recovery, while the boroughs clearly take a break from partying, as indicated by the disparity of events for Mon/Tues/Wed. Also, Nonsense are currently asking for donations – give a buck, if you can.
See you in 2012!
Friday, November 18th, 2011
“The whole point of this protest is that it doesn’t go away. That’s the tactical point.”
–Rachel Maddow
I AIN’T GOING NOWHERE BABY!!
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
En route back home from work, did a bike tour of areas nearby. Some new condos going up, some economies of scale, a new way to park your truck, and the light yesterday was incredible – clear blue with a slight pink or yellow tint coming from the horizon, cold in the shade but intensely warm in the sun.
I also encountered this gem of a hoarding – I’m still perplexed about the whole thing, the pigs, the flying pigs, the lone tree, the underwater-ness of the blue. But it’s an amazing use of the paneled plywood, and I’d love to see more hoardings – if they have to be there – take this approach:
