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Oh hi, High Line.

Let’s go Yankees. New stadium.

Pike-nic?

Screen on the Green (with James Dean). Rebel Without a Cause.

Fiction.

A Crowd-Sourced National Communications Census 

Great post from Carl Malamud on national broadband strategy. I’d be curious to see if such a Census would result in too much self-selected data from folks with good broadband access.

For example, if one of the main problems in closing the digital divide is that we’re unable to identify areas with inadequate coverage, then how would those citizens be able to chime in on a crowd-sourced endeavor?

The Associated Press reported Tuesday night that a widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several American government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cybercrime.

Cyberattacks Hit U.S. and South Korean Web Sites

“We see attacks on federal networks every day, and measures in place have minimized the impact to federal websites.” - Amy Kudwa from DHS

Matthew Broderick movie or real life? Real life.

Hanging out with my buoys.

Happy Birthday, America. You’re the best!

America’s Funniest Home Videos Intro.

thereifixedit.com 

Q: How would I describe this site?
A: Occam’s Razor— if Occam shaved with a butter knife tied to a hockey stick with duct tape.

“If you want to understand this country and its people and what it means to be optimistic and complex and tragic and wrong and courageous, you need to go to his home in Virginia. Monticello.”

Maira Kalman, you’re pretty fantastic.

Time Wastes Too Fast - And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog - NYTimes.com

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