Month: December 2014
Some high-profile members of Conde Nast are saying the seemingly always troubled building of One World Trade Center now has a rat problem. The magazine publisher is the first to take up occupancy in the $3.9 billion skyscraper, and Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair tells the Daily News that a substantial rat problem has […]
Hershey, Noho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Clint Mario x ME, City Hall. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
While it’s socially acceptable for the drunken masses to stumble around New York on St. Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Eve, there’s no place in this city for SantaCon. That’s the message being sent by the torch-and-pitchfork crowd to organizers of the yearly pub crawl. Earlier today, the newly lawyered-up revelers announced a change in […]
Hobbits beware, because Saruman is back with something more powerful and destructive than the One Ring, and that is heavy death metal. Christopher Lee, the 92-year-old actor who played the corrupt wizard in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, has released another heavy metal Christmas music single, based on “Darkest Carols, Faithful Sing.” This […]
I will say no more. Just…watch. […]
Daniel Pantaleo, the police officer who put Eric Garner in a prohibited chokehold that caused his death, is also a liar. According to Pantaleo’s lawyer, the troubled cop told investigators that he didn’t choke Garner: “He indicated he never used a chokehold,” said his attorney, Stuart London, who was present at the interview with several […]
Microsoft, the software giant everyone loves to hate, has announced it has begun accepting bitcoin for Xbox and Microsoft accounts via Bitpay, a Bitcoin payment processor that most companies use. You can only add in fixed dollar amounts up to $100, and the funds can be used to digitally purchase Xbox games, music, video, and […]
As impressive as they are invasive, Google Maps are about to get a lot more detailed. The company has introduced 3D imaging to Google Maps and Google Earth in San Francisco and New York, with more cities getting rendered in 2015. TechCrunch reports that the change comes from “better cameras and improved algorithms,” which really […]
“Where’s my jetpack?” That’s the common refrain when we wonder why the future isn’t coming fast enough. Well, here ya go: Yves Rossy is known as Jetman and has been featured on Top Gear performing crazy stunts like a real life Rocketeer. From the video above it looks like his skills are only getting better. Flying in […]
