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What's All this Then?

My name is Michael Krakovskiy, and this is my blog.

Here's what you might find interesting:
100 Views of the Empire State Building project: I try to take 100 interesting photos of Manhattan's (sadly) tallest building.

My Gastronomic Adventures: I eat weird food - from 13 year old New Coke to Durian and parasitic fungi.

My attempts to grow exotic plants: pineapples, coconuts, etc.

My photos, mostly of New York City.

My musings about architecture mostly illustrated with my own photos. Would you like to learn about a mental patient who died at 103 who served as a model for some very famous sculptures? How about Brooklyn's ugliest building? How about a wooden skyscraper?

I find myself frequently writing about logos. The most popular article I ever wrote is about the redesigns of the Starbucks logo.

I wrote a series of "Best Sci-Fi You Haven't Read" posts:

Psywarrior
Yes, Virginia There Is Synergy
Call Time Police - We've Got a Time Traveler

Other topics that interest me include NYPD, New York City subway system, Japan, and things made out of titanium. On top of all of that, I seem to be interested in pigeions and Rupert Murdoch.

Dear reader, please browse around. You are sure to find something interesting. I could really use some help in bringing in readership: subscribe to the rss feed, digg the stories (there's a convenient button at the bottom of every article), link to my blog from yours, write some comments. I put in a lot of effort into writing, and I really appreciate your attention.

If you don't want all this pseudo-intellectual and want some lolcats? Please don't go away. Here, I have that stuff too. Here, here's another. And another. And another. I lied about not posting cat pictures.



I Want a Skyhook in Brooklyn, Like Yesterday

Congratulations are due to Liftport for 1000ft skyhook crawl! (You can see a video and more pictures in their blog).

Notable quote: "This lifter is much smarter than our previous versions. It’s our 18th version,” he said, with the Mark VII robot named Sword Over Damocles or "Sword" for short. The belt-driven robot is battery-powered, featuring two motors and an expanded cargo area due to increased intelligence built into the device"

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Mon, 09/26/2005 - 15:10 — Brian (not verified)

I Want a Skyhook in Brooklyn, Like Yesterday

The idea of a city-wide sundial is irresistable, isn't it?

Tue, 09/27/2005 - 09:33 — deadprogrammer

Also it'll sing pretty in the wind. Also I imagine it'd be fun to take rides into space.

Thu, 09/29/2005 - 23:25 — deadprogrammer

It's just really, really good use of the media.

Thu, 09/29/2005 - 21:52 — Tatyana (not verified)

"A comic book written and drawn the way a comic book should be drawn."

Why is that?

Sat, 10/01/2005 - 00:10 — Ariel Boekweg (not verified)

I would like to thank you for your interest and support in the space elevator and LiftPort. My name is Ariel Boekweg and I am currently working on the project, along with the rest of our team. You can find out more information about us by subscribing to our monthly newsletter, at http://liftport.com/lists.php. With your support you can help us make it happen. Thanks for your interest.
Sincerely, Ariel Boekweg

Tue, 01/17/2006 - 19:28 — Gabriel (not verified)

Man, Y the last man standing was really something... The best comics ive read in ages. Really a must read.

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