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- MTA Subway Map for iPhone
Since I bought my iPhone on June 30, I've been looking for an easy, high-quality method for viewing the MTA Subway map. The phone's built-in Photo application “optimizes” all photos and images down to a dimension and resolution that doesn't work well for images with lots of small text and details. What I wanted, was the ability to view a PDF, or large PNG of the system map – and to be able to zoom in and drag it around easily. Bill at iSubwayMaps.com outlined one such solution, which involved setting up a Yahoo! mail account, since IMAP mail accounts... - Giving Back
Ani DiFranco recently donated $40,000 to her alma matter, Visual and Performing Arts High School in Buffalo, and to other Buffalo public school arts programs.... - Jane Jacobs Changed My Life... or, Modernists Should Die
What makes a good neighborhood? I've started reading everything I can get my hands on regarding urban planning and issues surrounding sprawl, and I think it's so inspiring that Jane Jacobs had it all figured out in 1961. I think it would not be magnanimous to say that she saved Greenwich Village from becoming another Robert Moses highway. Check out this discussion about Jane's life and the state of urban planning. (Real Audio) As a designer, I've always loved modernist design -- it's big, it's humanist in the sense that it is utopian and egalitarian, and it shows off our...
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