Software entrepreneur Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals and co-author of The New York Times bestseller REWORK, talks at TEDxMidwest in October 2010 about his theory of why real work actually doesn't get done at the office. He outlines the main…
When I was a kid, the speakerphone on Charlie's Angels was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. Bosley and the girls would talk to Charlie without holding a phone. A company called ALIPH® has created Charlie's speakerphone on steroids: JAMBOX. I want one.
Sipping the daily joe from Empire Coffee & Tea on 9th betw. 41st/42nd. Listening to streaming radio, specifically an NYC local... The Penthouse Radio (http://www.thepenthouseradio.com). Fantastic stuff.
A friend shared this video from Funny Or Die on Facebook today. It made me laugh really hard... An AssCastle is any LARGE, well EQUIPPED, fully LOADED home owned by a MAN, that he resides in WITHOUT a wife or…
When I was about 10 years old, my father took me to New York City for the first time. Throughout his life, he had a great deal of business in New York, and since it was on the company dime, the accommodations were always of the Central Park South variety. On that first trip, and on several others, it was the two of us – just me and my dad.
Those trips gave me indelible memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I remember my first New York City restaurant experience (Sea Horse Grill, Rockefeller Center), my first Broadway show (A Chorus Line), and my first New York everything. I was in love with this town from Hello, and I knew from a very young age that this is where I was going to live. This town was a knock-out to me (still is) and had a distinct vibe that we didn’t have at home. A town without an inferiority complex. There were cool impressions of New York on televisions and in movies, but I owe all those important first real-life impressions of NYC to my dad.
These days, “Uncle George” (that’s me) gets to pay it forward and show NYC to my nieces and nephews when they come to visit.
On December 15, 2009, NPR's Fresh Air aired this magnificent interview with Griffin Dunne about his father Dominick Dunne, who died in August of 2009 at the age of 83. I missed this interview when it first aired on December…
I don’t get to travel out of the city as often as many. I’m not among the fortunates who have a house somewhere in the country or at the beach, but I am lucky enough to get invited out by such people from time to time. I fondly think of them as “friends with places.”
Since I got Smokey, such outings are a little trickier, since I don’t like to go many places without him unless I really have to. But I do have “friends with places” who are either dog-friendly or have dogs themselves. This weekend, my host was a little bit of both.
On March 26, 2010, Alec Baldwin stood in for Kurt Andersen as guest host of Studio 360 (PRI). In this segment, his guest was author Mary Karr, who'd just published a new memoir called 'Lit' about her struggles with drugs…
I recently pulled a Dylan and went electric. I'd been using disposable razors for years, relying on those inexpensive 10-pack single-blade disposables from Duane Reade. My skin has always been extremely sensitive, making daily shaving torturous, no matter what the…