April 2009
68 posts
Money saving tips for dads - patches [diyfather.com]
Here’s a little “bring back the 80s” tip for dads to save money on clothes … which might get you in trouble with a fashion conscious mum … but it WILL save you money! Remember iron-on patches? Well - at some point in history (I believe) they were quite popular … either because you were a fan of the Greatful...
Brownstone Voyeur: Small and Stylish in Carroll Gardens [OTBKB]
BV is a joint project of casaCARA and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn. Look for it every Thursday on both sites.
ROBERT FARRELL, an architect and interior designer, has lived since the mid-1990s in a 600 square foot rental on the ground floor of a Carroll Gardens row house, with lumpy plaster walls and a tiny, tubless bathroom.
He...
Free Bouncy Rides [Wooster Collective]
You know Winter is over when guys are dressing up in a fish mascot costume and giving free bouncy rides on the L Train
More here.
Will the Owner of a Black SUV Please Report to Rivera’s Grocery in Greenpoint?[daily intelligencer]
Herewith, the scene after a white van sped down Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, lost control of his vehicle, hit a young woman, then crashed into a black SUV, which was forced backwards on top of a station wagon in front of Rivera’s Grocery at India and Huron Streets. The driver was,...
“New York Street Advertising Takeover” Brings Art to 120 Illegal Billboards in NYC [Wooster Collective]
Jordan Seiler and Eastern District Gallery’s incredible ambitious project became a reality yesterday, with over 120 illegal billboards throughout the city white washed by dozens of volunteers.
Here’s some of the initial photos that are coming in:
Artist: Ji Lee
Thousands March Over Brooklyn Bridge to Rescue ‘Invisible Children’ [mcbrooklyn]
About 3,000 people marched over the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday afternoon and spent the night camped out in Fulton Ferry/ Empire State Park in DUMBO. It was part of an event called the RESCUE that the organization Invisible Children staged in 100 cities around the world . Thousands of people symbolically...
One Frugal Family [American Profile]
Extreme frugality: The economics of the Economides household. via: murketing.com
Faile Piece Disappears [gothamist]
Photo on left by Luna Park, photo on right via AnimalNY
Well, this is unsurprising. The Faile prayer wheel bolted on to North 6th Street in Williamsburg has been uprooted by some enterprising art collector (eBay seller). AnimalNY reports that “Despite being bolted to the sidewalk, the carved wooden post with a spinning prayer wheel on top has...
Vintage Kids Furniture Sale at our studio [swissmiss]
My studio mate Jennifer is having an awesome vintage kids furniture sale today and tomorrow. She is selling her private collection of modern and vintage children’s furniture and gear. The two-day sale will be held at our studio at 10 Jay St., #612A, Brooklyn, 12-5pm.
IRON DESIGNER: THE WINNERS! [inhabitat]
This past Thursday, April 23, four teams made up of third-year Master’s of Architecture students from Columbia GSAPP, Parsons The New School, Pratt Institute, and City College of New York (CCNY) competed against each other in an hour-long design competition to propose a sustainable design solution for the DUMBO archway. After several years of being used...
Hubba Hubba Hubble Desktop Backgrounds [gizmodo]
NASA is preparing the final—and very risky—Hubble maintenance mission. They have released an interactive site to explain it, which includes some of my favoriter favoritest Hubble images ever, ready for desktop background use:
Because Pirates Are Cool: Awesome New LEGO Star Wars Pirate Tank Coming Soon [geekdad]
It seems like Pirates are getting all the good press these days. Well, add this to the list, because we’ve seen a teaser of a new set coming from LEGO soon in the Star Wars line, and it’s double-plus good. Kit #7753 - the Pirate Cruiser includes two of the coolest minifigs we’ve seen,...
Pampers Manages to the Find the One Diaper-Changing Dad [rebel dad]It is a time-honored tradition: every year, on Mother’s Day, the fine folks at Pampers send me a sweet note telling me I’m doing a fantastic job of being a mom. It drives me nuts: not because I am actually offended, not because it’s one more piece of spam, but because it has apparently never occured to Proctor...
Gowanus Grind [free NYC]
Carroll Gardens’ finest coffee/skate shop, Homage, hosts a fundraiser this afternoon for Thomas Greene Park. There will be a skate contest and skate clinic plus food and drink to purchase to help with the revitalization project. More info here. Read More…
Free NYC Weekend Activities for Kids April 24-26: Kite-Making, Biking, Spring Carnivals and Festivals, Man-Made Islands, More [mommy poppins]
This weekend will be our first really warm weekend and as if the event planners are somehow hooked up with Mother Nature, this weekend also seems to be the first weekend of Spring Fairs and Carnival events. So get your t-shirts out of the closet, leave...
NYC Food Events for the Weekend and Beyond [serious eats]
Steamin’ pile of goodness. Photograph by Alaina Browne
Sikh Day Parade Saturday, April 25, 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Celebrate Vaisakhi, the ancient harvest festival in Punjab, with 50,000 brightly turbaned Sikhs parading down Broadway. Festivities culminate in free food for all 50,000, including vegetarian curries, rice, and fresh...
Paper AND Plastic: Somewhat Compostable Children’s Chair By Claesson Koivisto Rune [daddy types]
See, Magis? You can make plastic-looking furniture for kids without using ecologically damaging petrochemicals.
At Milan 2009, the Swedish architecture and design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune is debuting a compostable [!?] plastic children’s chair called Parupu, which is Japanese for...
Glow-in-the-Dark Train Set: Ready for Thomas’ Area 51 Adventure [droolicious]
My eldest two boys outgrew their wooden train sets by age 5, but had this Glow-in-the-Dark Space Train Station been an option, I’m betting we could’ve gotten a good three years more out of their train table.
Featuring 100 pieces — including dozens that glow when the lights are out — the...
Wii Overuse Causes Injuries [outside blog]
Patients of all ages are complaining to their doctors about a variety of aches and pains stemming from their overuse of the popular Wii videogame, the New York Times reported. Doctors are calling it Wii Knee or “Nintendinitis.”
“Skateboarding, snowboarding, you name it,” Dr. William N. Levine, the director of sports medicine at...
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How To: Make a Mini Parachute [ohdeeoh]
We’re sure by now most of you use reusable bags for groceries, but if you still have some plastic bags around, here’s the perfect way to recycle one. Those stuffed animals are going to be fighting for a chance to try out their new parachute. Besides the bag, you’ll need just a few things: scissors,...
1961 Thunderbird Junior [dinosaurs and robots]
From a 1961 Ford Times: We want to call your attention to the 1961 Thunderbird Junior, because juniors are as much in love with Thunderbirds as their elders are. This is an electric car that will run five mph for eight miles with one charging when operated on a paved surface. It will take two youngsters (under 5’-4”). To recharge the...
Amy Winehouse Writing a Children’s Book [strollerderby]
The best word to describe my daughter’s library? Eclectic. We have the bunnies saying goodnight to their room on through to stories about funky jazz cats.
But here’s where I may have to draw the line: Amy Winehouse says she’ll be writing a children’s book about her life.
Done sputtering?
There’s no...
LEGO Builders of Tomorrow Contest [geekdad]
Less than two weeks remain before this contest is over! And with only 9 entries thus far, anyone can win!
To recap:
1) Take a pic of your family (i.e., parent(s) and kid(s)) playing with regular (i.e. not Bionicle, Duplo or Technics) bricks.
2) Upload to the GeekDad Flickr pool with the tag buildersoftomorrow.
That’s all!
Deadline: April...
City Announces Ringling Bros. Circus Tent At Coney Island [gothamist]
Photograph of Mayor Bloomberg—along with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (resplendent in red coat and top hat)— passing out vouchers to the Ringling Bros. Circus from NYC Visit
Mayor Bloomberg announced that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will be setting up a seaside tent at Coney Island this...
Gowanus Canal Octopus Supports Superfund [gothamist]
Brooklyn artist Anthony Clune says from his Gowanus studio he “can smell the overflow sewage that cascades into the canal after heavy rains, inhale the concrete dust billowing from mixing facilities, and meditate on the prismatic oil-slick rainbow floating out to sea.” So he gave what he calls his Gowanus Canal Tonky Octopus...
Who’s That Man with His Face on a Van? [brooklyn heights blog]
Mrs. Fink found this van from Rice n Ribs in Augusta, GA parked on Columbia Heights on Saturday morning. There’s a lot of layers going on here: a restaurant named after a James Brown song with a picture of the late Isaac Hayes aka Black Moses and a devout Scientologist on it parked just a few feet from the world headquarters of...
She May Be a Crazed Hipster Grifter, But That Works For Her [mcbrooklyn]Say you’re a normal, decent person who is having a little trouble finding a job or a relationship at the moment. Times is hard, right? Not if you’re a crazed hipster grifter wanted on all kinds of charges in Salt Lake City. Just move to Brooklyn, get lots of boyfriends, land a job instantly, get into clubs, and...
Steve Martin plays the banjo - A Tentative Evening of Bluegrass (tickets on sale Friday) [brooklynvegan]
Rubin Museum of Art and The Bowery Presents A Tentative Evening of Bluegrass with Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers Tickets can be purchased at 212.620.5000 ext. 344 or on line at www.rmanyc.org. Tickets include admission to the Museum’s galleries before the show.
Venue: Rubin...
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Jose Reyes scores from FIRST on a wild pitch.
From last night’s (4/15) game.
via: soupsoup: brooklynmutt: jeanphony
New Dad Tshirt [droolicious]
Rarely, if ever, do I see new dad or dad themed tshirt that I think a man might actually wear without hours of coersion. However, this one looks pretty good. I can actually picture it being worn without bribery.
Click on over to Jellybean Apparel to check it out.
2011 Toyota Sienna: First Egg-Shaped Look [Jalopnik]
Running alongside the 2011 Toyota 4Runner shot earlier was the 2011 Toyota Sienna. Based on what well-placed sources are telling us, Toyota is going for minivan blood this time.
The next Sienna is planned for a debut sometime this fall with sales following in 2010 and it’s going to be bringing the heat. It will wear styling borrowed...
Months of delays will snarl commutes on E, F and V lines [urbanite]
The daily grind has gotten even worse for more than a million Manhattan and Queens straphangers, and it may not get better for months to come.
Since last month, the E, F and V lines have been running with delays of five to 10 minutes throughout the week because of track work. Additionally, the MTA is sending two fewer trains...
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Tweenbots: Help a Lost Robot Find Its Way [geekdad]
If you encountered a lost robot, would you help it find its way? Would you nudge it in the right direction, watch its progress or just look the other way? Kacie Kinzer tested this in Washington Square Park in New York City, as Mission 1 of several of the Tweenbots project. She describes the project best:
Tweenbots are human-dependent robots...
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Green Advertising Campign From Cardboardesign [inhabitat]
A pioneer in eco-conscious design and a leader in green marketing, Cardboardesign is a company that makes furniture and home accessories out of recycled honeycomb cardboard. In partnership with an advertising agency, Cardboardesign created a promotional campaign entitled ‘The Cardboard Speaks.’ Cardboardesign developed a series of...
Snuggiefest ‘09 [free NYC]
This one is pretty straight forward for ya. Snuggiefest is a free (plus whatever you spend in your adventures) bar crawl hosted by Snuggie Fans for Snuggie Fans. More info here. Read More…
Lost City’s Guide to Gowanus [lost city]
Gowanus always seemed to me a leftover neighborhood. It’s composed of the blocks that Park Slope, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill don’t want for themselves. Still, for those who like landscapes that evoke New York’s bygone industrial era (that would be me), it has its share of architectural and cultural attractions. LYCEUM...
