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Fresh off the news that Google is buying reCAPTCHA, another major acquisition rumor has emerged. According to a tweet from Mark Glaser, Executive Editor of PBS MediaShift, “Brightcove in talks with Google about buyout in $500m to $700m range.”
Brightcove, for those unfamiliar, is essentially the YouTube of b2b video, powering video streaming on [...]

My wonderful incredibly  hot friend, Lesly Bernard, has opened a fabulous new haunt in the East Village called Mr. Jones.  I still have fond memories of Clementine where cocktails were as good as mine back when I was mixing at Marions.  I just got word that Mr. Jones has received the coveted New York Times [...]

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The New York Times made news earlier this year through its release of several APIs (our Campaign Finance API Profile and our Movie Reviews API Profile). There’s been promise of more APIs to come, and the latest prototype created by The New York Times gives a preview of what is to come.

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nytimes style section – bookcase, originally uploaded by ooh_food.

I love bookcases… How lovely to see bookcases in a Modern interior. Love the shag rug.

New IKEA Modern Bookcase/Book Shelf/Display/Store Brown

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nytimes style section – floating staircase, originally uploaded by ooh_food.
I love the artistic aesthetics of this staircase.

Vintage 1962 Japanese Interiors Design Decorate HC Book

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Tom Friedman on how America can regain its international stature by taking the lead in alternative energy and environmentalism.  The New York Times
The Power of Green

It is hard to find the words to express what a fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy President Bush’s new plan is.
read the whole AMAZING article here

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AUTO SIGNED 8×10

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No Look Too Expensive to Knock Off
The 2008 Kips Bay Decorator Show House, open through May 22, is a good source of inspiration, even for those on a modest budget. Although most of the designers used expensive materials and accessories, an enterprising shopper could adapt many of the looks for a reasonable price.
Some decorators juxtaposed [...]

By ANDY NEWMAN
Published: May 25, 2008

NEW CANAAN, Conn.
FOR $3.1 million in New Canaan, you can get a middling, multi-humped colonial colossus of no great distinction but sufficient grandeur to assuage your distress at not living quite as well as your hedge-fund-managing neighbors who paid twice as much.
Or you could get a house by Philip Johnson [...]

The New York Times real estate special section, Great Homes & Destinations does a High/Low comparison of Frank Lloyd Wright single family homes in Minnesota that are currently on the market. It’s a short article but an interesting look at how much the prices of homes are influenced by location, condition and starchitect pedigree…

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When he’s not living in his West Village loft, performer and photographer Joel Grey (Cabaret , Wicked , Brothers & Sisters ) resides in a 650-square-foot former surf shack in Venice, California. The New York Times takes a peak into the simple, pared-down space that was built in the 1920s. True to its beach roots, [...]