Steve in Manhattan

imagesI like, and got, this app:

A phone app allowing users to identify products used by questionable companies like Koch Industries and Monsanto has generated enough demand to cause problems for the developer, Forbes reported on Tuesday.

“The workload is a bit overwhelming now,” said 26-year-old Ivan Pardo, the developer behind Buycott. “Our Android app was just recently released and the surge of new users today has highlighted a serious bug on certain devices that needs to be fixed immediately. So all other development tasks I was working on get put on hold until I can get this bug fixed.”

Apparently Tito’s vodka has no connection to the Kochs, thank FSM.

Even if it moves slowly, it just might overtake you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3PkXiYO4k

And more fun stuff here

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Best Music Video in (or near) the world:

And if you’re not following @Cmdr_Hadfield, well, WTF?

Amazing:

[via Buzzfeed]

Don’t like the design, don’t like the 1,776 foot height silliness, but I’m glad the hole is filled. Here’s video of the top off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqCSZs4SQ5s

And here’s a link to some Buzzfeed photos.

Worked a job downtown in late 2009 and stared into that hole every day from a height of twenty-some stories. Glad to see some semblance of normalcy return to downtown now that this construction and the demolition of the DB building is done.