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I love my neighborhood.  

Two of my favorites, and Ray Charles owns it!

The amount spent on IT increases every year. Does this mean the tech industry is not succeeding at driving down the cost of IT? Here’s the seemingly paradoxical answer: it’s the exact opposite – driving down the cost of IT can cause greater spending on IT. When IT is very expensive, only the highest revenue projects…

Just your regular every day New York City gas station.  I love NY.  [Thanks Rick!]

I really dig the anonymous lab scientist standing proudly next to the Univac 1108.  Next to this sign was a life-sized blow up of him.  “Look kids, a scientist!” Fort Trumball, now a CT State Park, was home to Naval sonar research during the Cold War and until the lab was relocated to Rhode Island…

This flowering vine grew from the bottom of the fire escape railing to over the top in just days. The flowers are a brilliant purple, and close for the day once the sun is high.  Anyone know what it is?  

Fantastic new podcast from Radar on reputation and ranking models, including Hilary Mason of bit.ly and Sean Taylor at NYU. The clear outcome is long-term social rankings are heavily and disproportionately affected by positive early votes.  This reinforces to me that the social structure of communication has a large impact on social norms. Podcast: ratings, rankings,…