In 1985, artist Andy Warhol created his first digital painting on an Amiga computer (the family of personal computers marketed by Commodore). See him work his magic on a portrait of Debbie Harry in the machine’s “paint system” ( Photon Paint ?) where he experiences a happy accident with a “leaky flood fill.” [ more › ]
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Watch Andy Warhol "Paint" On A Commodore Computer
Yesterday came word that 1 World Trade Center , formerly known as the Freedom Tower, has officially grown taller than the Empire State Building. That’s counting the external framework, which has reached the 100th Floor— the floors themselves look to be at least four stories behind. But as 1 WTC approaches its final height of 104 stories, it is time to ask a difficult but important question: Is this skyscraper a little too short? [ more › ]
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Is One World Trade Center Going To Be Too Short?
According to reports, a man was hit by an R train just after 2 p.m. this afternoon at the 4th/9th Street station in Brooklyn. FDNY told us that a male was on the tracks, power was taken off the line, and the victim was currently being transported to Lutheran Hospital in serious condition. There are varying eyewitness reports about what happened: some have tweeted that a man jumped in front of an R train, while another says the victim missed hitting the train : “Someone just jumped in front of a train at 9th st & 4th ave. MTA employee told me he fell in gutter between the tracks & was not hit.” [ more › ]
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Massive Response After Person Struck By R Train In Brooklyn
Yesterday, Carson Daly discussed Jet Blue Captain Clayton Osbon ‘s mid-flight freakout during his radio show, saying , “On this particular flight, most of the people were on their way to some sort of security conference in Las Vegas. It was a bunch of dudes, and well trained dudes…If that were me, I mean, my luck? It would be like, ‘this is the flight going to Pride in San Francisco.’ I mean, that would be my colleagues,” implying that the gay passengers wouldn’t act in a similarly brave manner (and he said that while affecting a gay stereotype lilting tone!). Of course, this has made the mother of a gay 9/11 victim very angry. [ more › ]
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Gay 9/11 Victim’s Mother Slams Carson Daly’s Idiotic, Homophobic Remarks
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Kiwi Chef Kayne Raymond On Gibnut And His Experience On No Kitchen Required
Believe it or not, we don’t publish every single subway fight video that comes across our desks. There needs to be something special that sets it apart from the belligerent pack, a certain je ne sais quoi that elevates it above your average voyeuristic brawl porn— a food angle , perhaps, or a baby stroller that rolls out of a subway car while mom slaps around another straphanger. The video below distinguishes itself by its epic length, its dramatic reversals between fighting and hugging, and the deliriously gleeful face made by the big guy at the 3 minute mark. (Also, there’s no obnoxious Worldstar Hiphop watermark… yet): [ more › ]
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Video: Subway Fight Or Bromantic Hug-a-thon?
The Christmas tree vendors in New York City are pretty fascinating—so much so that we did an entire series on them years ago. Now they’re headed to the big screen, where two French Canadian Christmas tree salesmen who travel to New York to sell trees, will be portrayed by Paul Rudd and Paul Giamatti. [ more › ]
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It’s A Very Paul Rudd Christmas In Greenpoint Right Now
An NYPD officer accidentally shot a woman in the neighboring Brooklyn apartment where a raid was going on early this morning. The officer was participating in a drug raid in a third floor apartment at 3003 Clarendon Road when he accidentally fired his weapon just before 8 a.m, shooting a 25-year-old woman in the apartment below. [ more › ]
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Cop Accidentally Fires Gun During Raid, Hits Woman Downstairs
With ” pink slime ” producers shutting down and the “lean, finely textured beef” being banned in fast food restaurants and schools alike, it was about time The Daily Show caught up with the story. And so, hot on the heels of their exploration of the miseries of grocery shopping in Park Slope, John Stewart gave Pink Slime its Comedy Central closeup. [ more › ]
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Video: Jon Stewart Takes On "Pink Slime," AKA "Bovine Velvet"
In a stroke of brilliant brainstorming to increase revenue, the Port Authority says it wants money from those annoying travelers who delay flights and force planes back to the gate . And one big-shot loudmouth is singled out: Alec Baldwin . [ more › ]
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Port Authority: People Who Delay Flights Should Pay Up