Talk About Renting a Hole in the Wall - New York Times

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 1:58 PM EST (The New York Times)

So you think your place is small? One night recently, a group of architecture students staying up late in a loft in Brooklyn took to amusing themselves by stuffing a mattress into a hole cut into the wall above a bedroom door. Then they tried the mattress out for comfort.

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Gothamist: Video of the Day: Thundercut Assembly

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:35 PM EST (gothamist.com)

http://www.gothamist.com/attachments/jake/2006_1_thundercutvideo1.jpg We've long been fans of Thundercut, makers of those amazing crossing sign men and crazy helicopter car paste-ups.

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Media Buyers Praise UPN, WB Merger

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:25 PM EST (adweek.com)

Media buyers are lauding the merging of financially struggling broadcast networks UPN and the WB into the new CW Network, but also cautioned the new partners to stay grounded as far as what they plan to charge for advertising in the new venture.

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The CW Merger

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:25 PM EST (Advertising Age)

Consider the math: UPN programs 10 prime-time network hours and WB programs 13. Under the new model, 10 hours -- or about 43% -- will disappear. But the remaining programming hours will be stronger.

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MTA PayPass Test

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:03 PM EST (amny.com)

Starting this spring, a small group of straphangers will pass through turnstiles not with a swipe, but with a tap.

technology, nyc, mass-transit, mta

Lesbo Sluts Run Wild at Stuyvesant High!

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:55 AM EST (gothamist.com)

Alair is headed for the section of the second-floor hallway where her friends gather every day during their free tenth period for the "cuddle puddle," as she calls it. There are girls petting girls and girls petting guys and guys petting guys.

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