Archive for November, 2009
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
awesome collection of vintage travel posters
grain edit, which is a sweet little blog, has a great collection of vintage travel posters. Here is one sample:
No Comments » - Posted in design, interesting by Marty Finestone
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
great interview with ‘Roger Stirling’
Vanity Fair takes on John Slattery, who plays Roger Stirling on Mad Men. Questions range John’s his acting style, to whether he likes Roger, to shark attacks. As a plus, if you make it all the way through the article, you can see John’s top 5 playlist (hint, there’s some Wilco and Mos Def).
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Marty Finestone
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
billboard is letting us watch concerts for free on their new site
Billboard has launched a new website, Billboardlive.com, to watch concerts for free. A nice plus is that users can select between 5 different camera views, including picking the band member/artist to focus on.
Right now the line up (e.x. Daughtry, R. Kelly and Imogen Heap) does not excite me in the least, but [...]
No Comments » - Posted in music, tech(ish), website by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
has yamaha made a better piano
Slate.com offers up this interesting piece, which evaluates and admires Yamaha’s new AvantGrand electric piano. To quote “…Yamaha has done more than capture the soul of a grand piano in an electronic device. They have improved on a 300-year-old instrument.”
1 Comment » - Posted in music, product by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
how to install a programmable thermostat
This how-to from

