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Making Light: Geeky standup comedy in NYC
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:00
Geeky standup comedy in NYCPosted by Avram Grumer at 11:28 PM * 15 comments My friend Sumana Harihareswara is working on a geeky standup comedy routine (“about project management, Linux, relationships, Agile, public transit, science fiction, and these Kids Today”), and needs an audience of science fiction and computer nerds in front of whom to [...]
The Book Bench: Down Below the Street: Helvetica and the New York City Subway System : The New Yorker
Friday, April 22, 2011 2:00
There are a few truths New Yorkers hold to be self-evident. 1. You can’t get a taxi in the rain. 2. Anything can be delivered at anytime, to anywhere. 3. The official font of the MTA is Helvetica. Okay, so maybe the last one is less self-evident. still, typography lovers and design aficionados know that [...]
500 Servlet Exception
Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:00
[show] javax.el.ELException: org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: failedto lazily initialize a collection of role: com.amg.common.pixie.core.domain.CMSDocument.documentRelationships,no session or session was closedorg.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processingfailed; nested exception is com.amg.condenet.commons.exceptions.ApplicationBug:-:[2077686727]:- Thread id: 77404. [Cause bug: com.amg.condenet.commons.exceptions.ApplicationBug:-:[368019401]:- Thread id: 39930. Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException.Msg: Invalid uri ‘blog.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/04/down-below-the-street-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway-system.html</link><guid?proxyuri=online%2Fblogs%2Fbooks%2F2011%2F04%2Fdown-below-the-street-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway-system.html%3C%2Flink%3E%3Cguid’:escaped absolute path not valid. ->> 10:org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.<init>[222]->> 9:org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod.<init>[89]->> 8:com.amg.condenet.commons.web.taglib.proxy.ProxyServiceHttp.getHttpMethod[266]->> 7:com.amg.condenet.commons.web.taglib.proxy.ProxyServiceHttp.get[112]:[url=blog.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/04/down-below-the-street-helvetica-and-the-new-york-city-subway-system.html</link><guid][followRedirects=true]->> 6:sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor527.invoke[-1]->> 5:sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke[25]->> 4:java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke[597]->> 3:com.amg.condenet.commons.spring.ScheduledWork.run[64]->> 2:de.myfoo.commonj.work.FooWorkItem.run[101]->> 1:EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.PooledExecutor$Worker.run[-1]->> 0:java.lang.Thread.run[619]]. Cause: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException. Msg: [...]
ONE DAY WILL BE FAREWELL: No Handle on My Bars
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:01
This is how I found my bike last FridayThere are only a few things in life that are worse than having to go to work Monday to Friday, only to repeat the process after two short days of relaxation. This past Friday what I thought was the start of a fine weekend turned to sadness [...]
MTA Anti-Terror Efforts Have Been Slow And Costly, Says Comptroller – WNYC
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:00
The report says the new York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is falling behind and going over-budget on projects to reinforce bridges, tunnels and train stations — and adding electronic surveillance and ventilation systems to the subway. DiNapoli said work is four years behind schedule and 44 percent over-budget, with an expected final price tag of $851 [...]
How to nyc subway?
Saturday, March 5, 2011 2:00
Com, features historical and technical information about the new york subway system, we’ve made it easier for translators to help make this map available in more languages. Bronx and staten island, including images, queens, subway, hopstop, subway, com with subway lines, mta, this map is also available in pdf format. in, maps, these cool products [...]
Weiner Warns Of GOP’s NYC Un-Friendly Budget
Friday, March 4, 2011 4:00
With Obama’s budget out today, politically hungry Representative Anthony Weiner gave a Schumer-style presser yesterday that focused on how the GOP’s alternative budget would directly harm New York City. How much would it hurt us? he calculates it would cost us like, one beeee-lion dollars. “There aren’t too many corners of the city that you [...]
NYC MTA Chair: “If You Don’t Need to Travel (In Blizzard), Don’t”
Monday, February 7, 2011 2:00
(New York, NY — Jim O’Grady, WNYC) MTA Chairman Jay Walder held a press conference this afternoon to outline transit preparations for the blizzard bearing down on New York. In opening remarks, he said: “Service during a winter storm is always fraught with difficulty. If you don’t need to travel tomorrow morning please don’t.” Walder [...]
Another Winter Storm? Broadway Still Whistling a Happy Tune for Jan. 12
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 4:00
a winter storm heading into New York City Jan. 11-12 prompted Mayor Michael Bloomberg to issue a Weather Emergency Declaration on Tuesday that will help the city clean up an expected "significant snowfall." come the wild, wild weather, however, Broadway will be open for business as usual for its two-show Wednesday. a spokesperson for The [...]
