Here’s a great site. It’s the Daily Dose of Architecture – Daily musings from New York City. It isn’t exclusive to NYC by any means, but it is a very interesting blog to follow.
For those who enjoy visiting Atlanta, you’ll enjoy the Atlanta Time Machine. It’s full of fun info and photos of days gone by compared to today. Pictured here is Lenox Square Mall looking toward the garden court end. The entrance to Rich’s (now Macy’s) is on the left.
Pretty neat. It turns out that Google has a secret little flight simulator application within the new version of Google Earth. Simply install version 4.2. Look at “sky” mode, make the large view window active by clicking once upon it, then click Ctrl-Alt-A. A little pop-up should introduce you to the hidden gem. Here’s more about it.
The answer to most any question one may have about Saturday Night Live can be found at The SNL Archive. Strangley, another resource seems to reside at that site, but is found through a back door. It is the SNL transcripts site.
One of the funniest skits I’ve ever seen was the “Out of Africa” skit in the ’94 season opener show starring Charles Barkley/Nirvana. In the skit Rob Schnieder owns a primitive African art store where seemingly every item has a place to “put your weeeeed in it”. I looked for this skit when this episode reran on Comedy Central, however it was edited out when they whittled the show to fit the 1-hour format. Unfortunately it remains a lost piece of SNL lore.
The best Windows Wallpaper site I’ve seen is Socksoff, a site in the UK.
New York City Skyscrapers is a great site for learning about each of the Great Apple’s highrise buildings. Especially impressive is the interactive aerial photo of downtown.
By far, the best way to be nosy is to use the Wake County Real Estate Search page. You can read all about sales transactions, see photos, and get fairly accurate square footage on houses.
Check out this 8,500 square foot house which recently burned to the ground. The family was at the hospital visiting their daughter in the ICU. Word is that two firefighters nearly died as the chandelier fell when the ceiling collapsed.
Wanna site that can help you do everything from organizing your closet to organizing your headphone cord? Lifehacker is great.
