links for 2006-06-03
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Hey, maybe Dodgeball will work again for me; it hasn't since the end of March. "Previously, to interact with the service you had to SMS or email @dodgeball.com. Now you can text 36343 (DODGE) to let your friends know your location."
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"I really felt like the Seaport was this 'undiscovered' venue in a way. Our goal has always been to create a one-of-a-kind place to hear live music, particularly new bands, outdoors and for free."
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"Several companies are experimenting with systems that let drivers go online or even use cell phones and handheld devices to reserve a space in a garage or locate nearby street parking."
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"The real surprise, though, has been the staying power of their signature style--that frathouse-macho bass-slapping funk-rock--which still feels definitively late-'80s-early-'90s, a relic of the first Bush administration and the second Lollapalooza tour
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Oh, for the love of Ghod: "One Credit Suisse trader paid a Shake Shack worker $1,000 for the privilege of calling orders into the guy's cell phone. The lunch orders then get top priority and someone walks right up to the window to pick up the order."
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"In the late 1990's, the area, known as the East Loop or South Michigan Avenue, was a fairly sleepy retail and office district. In the last five years, however, it has emerged as one of the city's hottest residential neighborhoods...."
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Renting in Manhattan: "The vacancy rate for rentals is a slender 0.89 percent, according to the Citi Habitats' survey...."
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Me on Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy.
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A new book by the creator of forgotten-ny.com.
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