quickbites

could you do better for 16.5 mil in NYC?

I would very much like to live at 92 Jane Street, please. “The building’s interior organization is driven by its unique south facing rear yard which is enclosed by blind 35 foot high walls, creating a condition of total privacy. This allows the rear façade to be completely transparent. It also makes a private outdoor room that serves as an extension of the living and dining spaces; entry to it is across a marble slab that bridges a reflecting pond.”

north korea and the internet

The Economist, on North Korea and the internet: “Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s dictator, has interests in modern technology beyond his dabbling in nuclear weaponry. In 2000 he famously asked Madeleine Albright, then America’s secretary of state, for her e-mail address. Mr Kim believes there are three kinds of fool in the 21st century: smokers, the tone-deaf and the computer-illiterate.” Whatever, dude—he hasn’t updated his livejournal in, like, seven months!

the hoff, in drag

Photos of David Hasselhoff in drag. I was going to say something like “to be fair, he’s in costume for his character in The Producers” but then I read this: “His dressing room – filled with posters of himself from various shows, a Knight Rider lunchbox and a magazine with guess who on the cover – looks like an homage to yours truly. “I must be the most self-indulgent person to have this stuff,” he says, “But I’ve gotta market the Hoff.” He really does speak for himself. [ via The Superficial ]