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  1. Heading out to Borders Columbus Circle for an event at 5pm with @jeffvandermeer @ronhogan and Jeffrey Ford. The city and its fictions. Free.
  2. Hilariously negative article about Le Corbusier: http://is.gd/4ZQrw
  3. RT @nicolatwilley: Listening to xylem, WWII firestorms, abandoned military infrastructure, and the empty rooms of Dubai: http://is.gd/4ZlaB
  4. "Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing." Cormac McCarthy: http://is.gd/4Z1Ck
  5. Fantastic and haunting photo show opening in NYC tonight. "The Fall" by Richard Mosse: plane wrecks, war ruins and more: http://is.gd/4YZl4
  6. Thanks, @archlighting.
  7. Dear Twitter: Anyone in NY out there in possession of one of the smaller, half-sized phonebooks and, if so, cd you send me its wdth & hght?
  8. Got a tour of the NYC Office of Emergency Management tonight, including the "watch command" room with a dozen TV monitors tuned to the city.
  9. And if you're in Cleveland on Thursday, @sarahrich will be giving a talk about design at the Cleveland Institute of Art: http://is.gd/4WuuQ
  10. Thanks for Philly tips, too, @jovialist @avierkant and @nikkifwd. Wish I had more time here to see how the city has changed.
  11. Philadelphians, if you're around this evening at 6pm, I'll be giving a free talk at @penndesign in Meyerson Hall: http://is.gd/4WtOD
  12. RT @stevesilberman: Hacking bacteria to sense landmines - http://bit.ly/mwbeK
  13. That last tweet resulted in getting porno-spammed. Hilarious.
  14. Hotel bed had no less than 13 pillows on it.
  15. I'm in Philly! Spent nearly ten years of my life here, all told - wild nostalgia right now. Hotel near Penn, dinner alone, very warm night.
  16. Final note: @djnron talked about a "warehouse-sized analog musical instrument" that broadcast its music over telephone lines. Telharmonium.
  17. Is there an emerging political geography of offshore, even floating, data centers, and what would a citizen of data be? And other questions.
  18. That followed an amazing look at sonic weaponry and the weird future of militarized acoustics by @djnron. At Parsons conference, NYC.
  19. Great talk by Ben Bratton, on "computational globalization," uncanny geographies and the "cloud-based citizenship of the Google Caliphate."
  20. Design symposium today with @kazys @djnron @katherinevonjan @camerontw and more, from noon-7pm, up at Parsons. Free! http://is.gd/4USFy