2014-11-22

Notes.

This week I visited Sims Metal Management's Sunset Park facility with NYIO. It was cool. Here's what it looked like.

I was also asked to translate a 15 page prose document into PowerPoint, which always makes me think of this brilliant version of the Gettysburg Address.

Pathing.

• A video about a totally non-normal guy who kinda pedantically recreated a restaurant in his house, and then - touchingly - had a major revelation about the nature of creativity.
• Concept Laser formed a US subsidiary.
• Jack Ma says that the Alipay parent company will go public in China.
• NBA commissioner Adam Silver says that sports betting should be legalized.

Building.

• Fanuc America's Youtube page is *so* cool. Check out especially the videos of Robodrills being loaded by single-arm robots.
• A good video of Leica's lens manufacturing & assembly process.
• Materialise built a new additive build processor for SLM's industrial 3D printers.
• GE's new Connecticut advanced manufacturing lab looks pretty cool.

Logistics.

• A special MTA commission recommended a bunch of stuff, including measures to mitigate damage due to warmer temperatures - and fare hikes. They also noted that the NYC subway system carries 70% of all subway riders in the US, which is nuts.
• NYC unveiled a new use for payphones (now called "links"), and they're cool - free wifi and US voice calls, charging stations, and digital maps. Also they left three Superman-style phone booths on the UWS.

Reflecting.

• Randy Moss had a *huge* positive effect on the many QBs he played with.
• The rise and fall of Manhattan's population density; its population peaked in 1910.
• A kind of extreme breakdown of what Uber drivers really make. Spoiler: It ain't $90k.

Stuff that doesn't fit into my dumb/arbitrary categories.

• An interesting analysis of the Hortonworks IPO, and the (difficult) business model around open source software.
• Kineticorp makes 3D renderings of some pretty wild stuff, including high speed car crashes.
• You should move to Minneapolis.

And.

A collection of photos of NYC Public Library branches.