WORD OF THE DAY - NOOSPHERE - the sum of human knowledge, thought and culture
QUOTE OF THE DAY - ”To a clear eye, the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.”  Thomas Huxley
 
TRICKS OF THE TRADE - Tile Floors - To give the illusion of a tile floor or floor mass being larger [...]

                      
In late December 2010 the iconic Wall Street Bull was covered, without permission, from horns to tail in a raging camouflage crochet. Behind the wild design was an artist named Olek; she explained her creation as a gift to NYC representing a wish for a prosperous year in 2011. The design was removed shortly [...]

Manhattan is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Its 1.6 million people are jammed into a land area of only 23 square miles, bringing the population density to over 70,000 people per square mile.
The ACCRA Cost of Living Index compiled by the Council for Community and Economic Research shows [...]

The TechCrunch: Disrupt conference and start-up extravaganza has come back to New York City, this year at Pier 94 on Manhattan’s west side. On the first of three days, the morning played host to Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson, Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley and others who are fixtures of the technology stratosphere, from both here in NYC and [...]

As the world continues to struggle through an economic slowdown, the consumer is spending less on new equipment when their existing will suffice. Stemming from that, the development of new technology and it’s accompanying electronics seems to be slowing; we theorize that the cost of releasing new items is being amortized while manufacturers await the end of the recession.

I can’t make it to NY for this event, but some of you in the area might want to know about it. Here are the details as sent to me in an email.
Good Afternoon,
My name is Harry Santiago and I am the event coordinator for the Building Green Expo and Workshops which will take place [...]