'Faking It': The College Humor Book Party

Yesterday marked the publication of the sophomore College Humor-branded literary effort, a guide to faking one's way through adulthood. To celebrate, the boys threw a party at the bar of Hotel QT, which has a great gimmick: the glass-walled room adjacent to the bar contains a little swimming pool. ...

JCondo Views From the 32nd Floor and ProJect Dumbo Winners

The blog, Dtourist - the local tourist blog has posted some photos from the 32nd floor of JCondo. Love it or not, JCondo has some great views from the 32nd floor. In the second photo below, the windows look pretty solid (triple paned soundproofed windows) and from what I am told, the outside [...]

'Stoner Outed: 'If I Struck it Rich, I Wouldn’t Move Back to Manhattan.'

After more than two years of blogging behind his Wall Street boss' backs, Brownstoner has granted an interview to the Observer's Tom Acitelli in which he reveals his identity and announces that he's quit his job to work on the site full-time. He is 37-year-old Upper East Side native Jonathan Butler, ...

Doctors? Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View

Minnesota records provide a window on the financial ties between drug companies and the doctors who prescribe their products.

Comics Bed & Breakfast, Italy

"It will seem you to live in a comic strip!" If you haven't outgrown you yearn for the great graphic pleasure of comics, we found just the place for your next destination holiday......

Daniel Johnston (the Nazi?) played SXSW

Daniel Johnston & THe Nightmares @ SXSW - March 17, 2007 (CRED) Daniel Johnston played SXSW this year. I was there, but I never saw him. Though I was pretty excited Daniel was playing, I didn't even make a serious...

Bjork - 2007 Tour Dates (!)

Bjork @ Radio City Music Hall, 2001 (CRED) As many pointed out in the comments (thanks!), Bjork just announced some post-Coachella shows including THREE NYC dates. I'm most excited for Radio City again. Bjork - new 2007 Tour Dates May...

Rust-Oleum Magnetic Primer

Forget the limited selection of magnetic paint colors. Instead, you can prime surfaces with Rustoleum Magnetic Primer, then paint on a topcoat in any color you please. This could be used on kitchen cabinets to provide a magnetic storage...

Noise Wars Head to Brooklyn, But it Ain't About Bars

What's it like to be slowly driven insane by a high-pitched piercing sound that goes off for hours at a time—one that the police have given up on locating? Ask this Brooklyn Heights resident, whose quiet nights on Montague Street have been interrupted by this alarm since February. He swears. No ...

YouTube for Games?

Microsoft's Chris Satchell explains the plan to bring a gaming version of YouTube to the Xbox

YouTube Video Awards

YouTube will announce on Monday the launch of “YouTube Video Awards” - a late attempt to honor the best-user generated videos of 2006. The seven categories are Most Inspirational, Most Creative, Best Series, Best Comedy, Musician of the Year, Best Commentary and “Most Adorable Video ...

DaysAgo Digital Day Counter

Stick on timer for food (read the full review...)

Butter Bell Crock

A recent well-loved addition to my own kitchen, a butter bell is a ceramic dish with a simple ingenious design that keeps butter at the perfect consistency for spreading while also preventing it from turning rancid. The bell-shaped lid holds about a stick of butter and stores away into the crock creating ...

Technical Difficulties, Explained

Sorry Gawker wasn't here to coast you through the last few moments of workplace procrastination today! A giant cat came and sat on all our keyboards. Also, you should spend some time at I Can Has Cheezburger, from whence this delightful image comes. You really have not lived until you've seen the ...

Nice Try in Vinegar Hill

We've always got our antennae up for decent affordable housing on a brownstone scale. We're not sure whether this example on Evans Street in Vinegar Hill qualifies as affordable (lowercase or uppercase) but it does strike us as a good attempt at modest townhouse-style homes. It uses nice brick, the ...

Google Is Reviving Hopes for Ex-Furniture Makers

The Internet search giant announced that it would build a ?server farm? in North Carolina where land is cheap.

David Sedaris May Sometimes Exaggerate For Effect!

So the David Sedaris takedown piece that we've waited so long for has finally arrived, courtesy of the folks at The New Republic. Unfortunately, the takedown has nothing to do with the fact that Sedaris is essentially the Dave Barry for the NPR set. Instead, it focuses on the fact that—wait for ...

Air - 2007 Tour dates, album stream, video

Air's new album Pocket Symphony is among those streaming at AOL right now. The French duo are kicking off a North American tour in Vancouver on April 21st. They play the Theatre at Madison Square Garden on May 10th....

The Bubble Guru's Take on Housing

Yale's Robert Shiller thinks the market hasn't hit bottom, but he leaves room for the human factor

Revelation! 'Daily Show' Crowd Smug, Knee-Jerk

Radar interviews former Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry, and obtains an exclusive and shocking tidbit. That show's audience is composed of "college kids and NPR listeners" who "just applaud at every reference to some right-wing guest being taken down. Or anything slightly to the left of center." ...