Well, wow! I am VERY impressed by the work of Aakash Nihalani!
Via The Daily Wh.at

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What a glorious weekend with my parents in town! (Check out the Flickr set for pictures!) The highlight was our trip to Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn on Sunday. If I were to consider moving to Brooklyn, this neighborhood would be at the top of my list. Adorable homes, boutiques, restaurants and cafes at every turn; a place to will absolutely be out to again!

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As predicted, this was a wonderful weekend! Highlights:
- Braved the weather on Saturday and checked out some of the holiday markets.
- Took a little train ride out to Greenwich Connecticut and saw our first snow of the season.
- Diana’s party was great, though we probably stayed out a little longer than we should have.
- Brunch at La Bonne Soupe.
- Saw the Tim Burton, Bauhaus & Monet “Water Lilies” exhibits at MoMA.
- Tasted terrific beers at Brooklyn Brewery.
- Dinner at Brooklyn Bowl.
- Swung by Rockefeller Center to check out the tree.
For more pictures from this weekend, check out our Flickr Stream

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After seeing My Love For You…’s tour of Elbow-Toe’s Brooklyn studio I became completely enamored by his portraiture work.

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It’s been a while, and now is a good time… (Some of these have been sitting in my inbox for quite some time and are old, but cool, none-the-less.)
- Typographica’s list of its Favorite Typefaces of 2008.
- Computer program to compete against human “Jeopardy!” contestants.
- Stripped down aesthetic at the Milan Furniture Fair.
- These birds like to move it, move it!
- Bklyn Designs draw attention to the design scene in Brooklyn.
- A video on The Secret History of Fonts.
- Written by a cosmologist, and he explains the rules of time travel, if it might exist.
- NYtimes look at the history of The Guggenheim, as it turns 50.
- Finds at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
- Reveiw of Danger Mouse and Mark Linkous (with involvement from David Lynch), ‘Dark Night Of The Soul’.
- New Yorker cover drawn on iPhone Application.
- Coke is the official drink at the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
- ‘Take Five’ also turned 50.
- Video of Banksy’s recent Bristol exhibition.
- New York’s section of “Where’s Cool?’.
- John Hodgman: I Hear They’re Going to Make Evolution Legal.
- Statue Of Liberty’s Crown has reopened.
- Patents may be harming our ability to innovate. (Great addition to my post about copyright law!)
- Spellcheck This: Microsoft Office 2010, The Movie.
- Wired’s article about New Rules for Highly Evolved Humans, with very bad advice from Brad Pitt.
- The ultimate in hipster slummin’ it: dumpster pools.
- Mural by Brazilian graffiti artists, Os Gêmeos, on Houston and Bowery, that Dad really enjoyed last time they were in town.
- Spelling bee for grown-ups.
- Inside the Cafe at Facebook Headquarters.
Image via ManBabies.com

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Jack, Rei and I took our bonus day and went all the way out to the Wildlife Refuge in Jamaica Bay (near JFK airport) yesterday!

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I am very much looking forward to taking a trip out to the new Brooklyn store! Here’s just a few things I would like to get. (Though, a $300 rug is out of the question… I can still day-dream!)
1. IKEA PS
2. JORUN VÄXT
3. MALM
4. UNG DRILL
5. VIKA FINTORP & VIKA AMON

Tags: Apartment, brooklyn, furniture, ikea, Shopping
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Yesterday was “Shutdown Day” and it went wonderfully. The only reason I touched my computer was to turn it off. We took this day and made a trip out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, did some thrift shopping and, when we go back into Manhattan, caught a movie.

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I think I inspired Jack a little by posting those logos, because today we went to the Brooklyn Museum. What a fabulous space! It has a huge variety of pieces that spans ancient to modern. I love seeing pieces I studied in college and was glad to see they still had the Dinner Party by Judy Chicago there. What a fabulous way to spend a raining day!

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I eat stuff like this up! Simply gorgeous work by 2×4, Inc.

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