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architecture journalism is fucking dying, but NYRA is a bastion of hope, cleverness, insight, beauty, irreverence.
+ subscriptions are on sale rn, 50% off w code MAYDAY. $24 for a YEAR print+digital, you'd be crazy not to subscribe
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have rec'ed before. so much more than an architecture newspaper... really thoughtful (and often quite amusing) writing + journalism.
Nov 20, 2024
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I’ve had a growing interest in “premium magazines”, I love reading something in magazine format that’s put together with a little extra care, bound with a solid spine, and a more substantial paper stock. My most recent foray into premium mags is the architectural review - which explores different architects (dead or alive) and their work, with building plans, final products, reflections, collages, and so much more. It’s a joy to flip through, both to appreciate the art of the architecture itself as well as the layout and design of the zine.
Sep 2, 2021
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think it’s finally time for me to give up my NYT subscription… I barely open the app anymore. NY Mag on the other hand… you get Vulture, the Cut, Strategist. Always prepared for whatever insane Cut essay drops. Always up to date on Vulture recaps. I love my NY Mag subscription so much.
Mar 28, 2024
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you people seem cool so i try to avoid too much nerd/code/tech talk but here we go anyway. 🤓
one of the most useful skills i have acquired as a coder is the ability to steal things from the internet. there is so much stuff on the web that you ostensibly are supposed to pay for, but with a little coding know-how you can scrape the relevant data, download it to your computer, keep it forever and never pay a dime for it. Or maybe pay for it once but be able to cancel your ongoing subscription to it.
I have used this skill to steal / borrow / archive:
- workout videos from a paid yoga app
- cocktail recipes
- food recipes
- music
- library books
- instructional materials
- graphical source material for making art
Depending on what you’re doing, this can require more or less technical skill, but likely less than you expect. this is also a thing that chatgpt is very good at walking you through, if you ask it for help. it feels especially rewarding to learn a new skill in service of saving yourself money, too.
Even if the content in question is free, it’s nice to know you’ll have it for eternity even if a provider goes out of business, and it enables you to search/organize/manage the content however you like (with no ads, paywalls, etc).
it’s a useful exercise in digital literacy that demystifies a little bit of the technical world that surrounds us, and it always gives me a thrilling little frisson of “civil disobedience” or at least naughtiness.
Apr 28, 2024
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i still read hyperbole as “hyper-bowl”
Mar 18, 2024
so first of all, if you didnt know, you can press and hold on stuff in a photo on your phone and create "stickers" you can send in imessage.
but i just discovered you can press and hold on a "live photo" and get an animated sticker
i am going to be so annoying in chats with this feature
(I don't think pi.fyi supports gifs/animations so visit link to see example)
May 5, 2024