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lostlikeme
05/11/09

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[prototype.nytimes.com]

i use the article skimmer which looks like a pretty similar layout to this except it's in a web browser....... and it's free.
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matt buchanan
05/12/09

@lostlikeme: Thanks, added at the bottom.
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Blaxpear
11/21/08

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I don't get it. BSOD??? I haven't seen one since Windows 98! Why do folks continue to talk about BSOD??? The only rationale I can come up with is, these BSOD articles are written by Mac Users who obviously are disconnected and out of touch with the other 98% of the world of Users. Amazing.
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Sora57 is rendering
11/21/08

@Blaxpear: I only use PCs at work and like them. But I do get BSOD once every two months, I'd say. The two PCs I use do some pretty serious video work. Once machine is XP, the other 2000. BSOD happens. And it happens on both those OS's.
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Tony Bullard
11/21/08

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It's a good thing traffic in New York is so slow. Driving through Atlanta at night with full motion video ads going on right next to the highway is hard enough...I can't imagine what it's got to be like trying to pay attention to the road in an area like that.

Amazing tech and all, but seriously...a historic landmark is now nothing but a magazine with all the content ripped out.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/21/08

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A couple of my coworkers were there yesterday for the grand opening. As a result I got a promo card, which from the angle makes it look like there's a giant referigerator on the side of the building. Plus the red & white colored logos remind me of Coca-Cola now.

It should be fun next month when they drop the New Year's ball on the roof....
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Sora57 is rendering
11/21/08

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I swear I thought I saw this on weeks ago. Maybe just 2 of the 3 sides were on then? I don't know why Walgreen's would do this in Times Square. The top portion is so high you really have to strain to see it from the street. On the other hand, the new Budweiser sign next to it looks nice. Makes me thirsty....
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Hiphopopotamus
11/21/08

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I am pretty sure most shoppers, like myself, base their choice of drug stores on the criteria of "Which is closest to where I am currently standing?"

Walgreens seems like a weird choice of companies to do this advertising...
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
11/21/08

@Hiphopopotamus: This is for their new partnership, Star-Greens. Coffee and prescription drugs. YAY!
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
11/21/08

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Any guesses on what those news anchors have on their laptops sitting in front of them?

And can I get one of those truck mounted signs w/Gordon Ramsay on it?
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LoganSix
11/21/08

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So, in 10 years NYC will completely covered in LED billboards. No wonder New Yorkers keep moving to the south in droves. Please stop, we're all filled up down here.
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MavrixWK
11/21/08

@LoganSix:

Idk, an LED sidewalk would be cool. Although a bit distracting.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
11/21/08

@Mavrix: Especially if you get a jerk programmer who has it flash an open subway grate or manhole cover while you walk over it.
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