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I would want to know if the main reason for the redesign was in order to integrate green living into their magazine, or if green was only one factor.

I also wonder how they balanced changing areas of their magazine identity while trying not to turn away their readers or seem like they have suddenly turned into another magazine.

I also would be interested to know about the areas of the redesign that may not be readily apparent to readers now, either work that was more 'behind-the-scenes' or possibly what they did that will come more to the front as time passes.

Will Met Home have more of a focus on apartments in the way that it sounds like AL did, especially since many associate city apartment living with 'Metropolitan'?


Apartment Therapy - AT Interviews: Met Home’s Donna Warner
8/16/07 5:49 AM

I was very interested to find out that this existed. It is a service that you never would know is there unless you really searched for it. I have not yet seen any signs in the park to mark the hotspots (has anyone else?).

Boomer has a good point about questioning anything that is 'free', but I think that in this case it is more about using wireless without knowing more about it. As campari pointed out Parks access is provided by Nokia and WiFiSalon, and NYCwireless is run by volunteers.

As far as getting people out to enjoy the parks I am all for it. Reading over the NYCwireless site, however, provides a lot of information on wireless in general. One point that I brought away was the fact that wireless is not necessarily secure.

It is fantastic to read the NY Times or browse the internet, and for students doing research for their classes, but would not be the best choice to do your internet shopping or reading your personal/business e-mails. There are services that NYCwireless mentions that will encrypt your data, but then you are talking about a monthly service charge.

Also one interesting note from WiFiSalon's press release says:

“Wi-Fi can be more than about Web surfing and checking e-mail,” noted Marshall Brown, founder and CEO of
WiFi Salon. “What if a hot spot was not just a gateway, but a destination? What if it offered rich multimedia
experiences based on the neighborhood where you are located? As prime neighborhood meeting grounds, parks are
ideal places for people to experience this new approach to public Wi-Fi.”

It could be that individual WiFi access becomes one small part of a much larger picture. It also shows how, as campari alluded to, it is in Nokia's best interest to provide this service.

Good? Bad?


PlantTherapy: Free WiFi in the Parks
6/25/07 6:45 AM

I cannot afford the Jielde. But I can afford the $60 lamp. My hope is that when I go to spend $60 on a lamp, which I can afford, that it can be every bit as beautifully designed as a Jielde.

I think beautiful design for the rest of us is great.


Jielde Knock-off's at PBTeen
6/12/07 6:23 AM

I was just curious, is this the same as having a storage locker here in the U.S.? Our building has an area where you can have a nice sized place to store things. It is not like a personal 'cave' but a nice, big and secure area to store things.

I would love to know if the Parisian system is somehow different.

I will be honest, the ones in my building would not be very inviting as wine closets. I like the one above.


Post from Paris: La Cave de Mattias
4/19/07 5:29 AM

I can't wait to seek this book out - I have many fond memories of the love hotels;) when I lived in Japan.

They were the most fun, most creative, and most affordable places to stay overnight. And you couldn't make a reservation, only show up and hope there was a room.

The other interesting thing was that they would only let you rent a room if you were with someone. They consider what they do as providing a very necessary service to a population that has no privacy.

Once I was stuck in Kyoto at night and needed a place to stay (and was low on cash). I tried to get a room in the love hotel 'district' but was turned away. One woman smiled and said that if I could go out and find someone they would be happy to provide a room...needless to say (and happily, for my wife) I moved on and found a regular hotel with a vacancy and watched silly game shows all night.


Love Hotels
4/17/07 6:57 AM

Is there any reason why these couches would be a bad choice for indoors? I love the couches that are being offered by all the companies this season (even though they are expensive) and am wondering if they make a good choice for inside the apartment.

Any thoughts?


Smith & Hawken's Royal Hall Sunbed
4/9/07 8:08 AM