Photo Diary

Snapped this in Times Square this past weekend. Here are a few other photos from my life the past couple weeks.

What was the First Banner Ad?

According to Mental Floss, AT&T ran the first online banner ad, seen above, and it was displayed on HotWired.com on October 27, 1994. Cue NBC’s “the more you know” public service announcement.

Colbert Before He Was Famous

Someone unearthed this old commercial starring Stephen Colbert before he became The Stephen Colbert. That the commercial is for a bank is mildy ironic considering his satirical posturing during these tough and turbulent economic times.

Semi-relatedly (so far as actors appearing in commercials before they were famous…), here’s a young Jared Leto and Rebecca Gayheart in a Noxzema commercial.

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Oh Snap

Apple’s lawyers oh snaps HTC. If you aren’t sure when to oh snap, this handy flow chart will lay it out for you.

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I Was Just Talking to Charlie Rose in My Head

I’m not aware of the reason myself, but in the past year I’ve become addicted to the Charlie Rose show on PBS, which makes this New Yorker cartoon relevant.

11-11-1911

Meant to post this a few days ago when it was actually 11/11/11 but I was too busy tweeting that it was 11/11/11. Anyhow, here is the New York Times elucidation on this date a hundred years ago.

Harold & Manny

I should submit this picture actor John Cho tweeted of himself with The Champ to Awesome People Hanging Out Together.

Design Your Own NYC Subway Station Sign

Customize your own NYC subway stop sign with this discount from Fab, a design focused flash sale site. Here’s your sign up invite if not a Fab member yet.

MoMA’s First Exhibition

NYC’s MoMA turned 82 years old today. It opened its doors in 1929 with a bellwether exhibition “Cezanne, Gaugin, Seurat, van Gogh.” They had 681 visitors on their first day. Coincidentally I renewed my MoMA membership and my new membership card arrived today.

Daredevil at The Highline

The Highline Park makes its appearance in a recent issue of Daredevil, our favorite blind superhero.

[Hat tip Lawrence!]