Archive for May, 2005
The Soho Synagogue
Posted by: | CommentsIt could be an advertisement for a hotel, a holiday resort, or a swanky new cocktail bar-cum-nightclub. But it’s actually the new Soho Synagogue.
(Hat Tip: Barbecue Boy)
Lew on League (An occasional RL blog by my dad)
Posted by: | CommentsLeeds 42 24 Leigh
As expected Leeds defeated Leigh but unlike the away match it was no walkover. By half time Leeds were leading 24 – 6 and it seemed that again Leeds were handing out a beating. Yet within 7 minutes of the restart Leigh had scored 12 unanswered points and by the 60 minute point the scores were equal at 24 – 24. A late Leeds rally saw their extra speed and class tell with Leeds runnning out clear winners, but to the 14,000 spectators it was a distinct relief. Why the loss of form? Read More→
Google Homepage
Posted by: | CommentsWhy is Google leagues ahead of everybody else? Maybe it’s because it keeps coming up with the simplest ideas you never knew you needed.
The latest is the new Google homepage which is especially handy if you have a G-mail account.
(Hat Tip: Pogues Posts)
Unsettling In – New York Times
Posted by: | CommentsYes, it could be anywhere. But it is here (NYT).
Laughter. Hawking, spitting. Cigarette smoke wafts into my room. It is night, late spring, and the air in Brooklyn already feels hot and still, foreign and oppressive. I am actually sleeping naked, which ordinarily I never do. In the heat and humidity, I can’t tolerate the feeling of a nightgown against my skin. Music from a bar across the street twaddles out plaintively like a lost child. I live on the ground floor of a prewar brick building in Bay Ridge. A group of teenage boys are leaning against the wall of my building beside my window, smoking and shooting the breeze. I turn on the light beside my bed, thinking that perhaps if they know I’m here, awake, and listening, they will go away. They don’t budge.
The question is. What does she do? The answer is here.
RSS recommendations
Posted by: | CommentsDo you have any recommendations for RSS news readers? I’m writing a little piece for the Washington Post’s Sunday Source section and I would love to include as many good RSS news readers as possible. Of course, a warning about not-so-good readers would also be a help.
