http://theoreticalken.com Computers, cameras, websites, unicycles, music, food, massages, Michelle and more Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:55:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, this is not about the beloved NYC rock-opera musical. It's about the differences (and benefits) of access vs. ownership; and a look at just what will have value when so much is available for free. Kevin Kelly over at KK.ORG has just posted a very interesting essay on this topic, ... http://theoreticalken.com/2009/01/22/better-than-owning-better-than-free/ The Sacred Vault at Peter Luger Steak House There's an article in the NY Times today about the meat storage box at the famous Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn. It's a 2,000-square-foot industrial walk-in cooler (located below the restaurant's kitchen) packed with 30,000 pounds of raw, aging meat. Read the article ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/12/23/360-degrees-of-meat/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y[/youtube] Say no more! It's... Monty Python's Flying Circus! No it isn't. Yes it is! http://theoreticalken.com/2008/11/26/argument-clinic-sketch/ Can you believe this? I couldn't! So I took a few pictures. I actually bought gas for $1.89/gallon tonight in Fort Lee, NJ, on my way home from a client's house. I've just become numb to the price of gasoline lately, and hadn't really noticed the prices falling. I cannot remember ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/11/20/i-bought-gas-for-189-gallon-today/ Has every state now gone blue? No, there are still a few red states left. But what the above map does show, is the levels of flu activity in each state (as of today, November 11, 2008); lighter blue for minimal flu activity, and darker blue for raised levels of flu ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/11/11/google-flu-trends/ If you love music, but don't know about SomaFM yet, you're really missing something special. Based in a warehouse in San Francisco, SomaFM broadcasts 14 unique channels of listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative radio. But SomaFM isn't a station that you listen to on a regular radio. They stream their music over the Internet, ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/10/18/soma-fm-the-best-internet-radio/ How exciting! My wife Michelle's Unnata Aerial Yoga class was written up in the NY Times "Thursday Styles" section this past Thursday! You can see a copy of the print article over on the Aerial Yoga website. Or if you like, you can read the article on the NY Times ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/10/12/unnata-aerial-yoga-featured-in-ny-times/ It's been a busy week over at my wife Michelle's Aerial Yoga class! Last night was the grand opening party at the new home of Unnata Aerial Yoga. And tonight, Unnata Aerial Yoga was featured on NBC's 1stLook NY, on channel 4 at 7:30PM here in New York City. As I ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/09/13/unnata-aerial-yoga-featured-on-nbcs-1stlook-ny/ Park Slope, Brooklyn, residents should note that according to the NYC Department of Sanitation, the temporary suspension of Street Cleaning/Alternate Side Parking (ASP) Regulations will end on Monday July 14th, 2008. The no-parking window (during which the street is cleaned) has been reduced from 3 hours to 1.5 hours, so ASP ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/07/08/park-slope-alternate-side-parking-resumes/ About twenty years ago, I was working next door to a shoemaker's shop. One day, I was complaining to Joe (the Shoemaker) that my new sneakers kept coming untied. These shoes had roundish, nylon shoelaces and my standard shoelace knot that I had been taught as a child was not ... http://theoreticalken.com/2008/06/29/how-i-tie-my-shoelaces/