If you remember President William Henry Harrison from U.S. history class at all, then you probably remember him as the poor fellow who died from pneumonia a month after delivering his inaugural address in freezing rain. Except was it really pneumonia after all? A New York Times article suggests a different theory, and a cautionary tale against giving long speeches instead turns into one against improper sewage systems.
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Libraries used to be places for doing bookish. It’s not that simple anymore. Washington DC just announced the winning proposal for renovating its historic central library. The winner? An ambitious plan to turn the building into a place where ideas are born—and things actually made.
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Washington D.C. is overflowing with crap—and not just the sort spewed in Congress. Rather, its ancient sewage system regularly overflows, sending a literal river of poo into the city’s waterways. Lady Bird is the name of the giant tunneling machine sent to stop it.
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Now that we know it was an eight-inch steel pipe that brought the world’s largest-diameter tunneling machine to a halt
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Crime! Cars! Lululemon! There’s always something trying to bring your neighborhood down, right? Each week, we’ll round up the stories about what exactly you think is ruining our cities. See a story we missed? Drop it in the comments.
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As mind-blowing as science is these days, it’s probably safe to say that we’re not going to invent a time machine within the next century. Through the magic of code, though, there is an entertaining alternative in the world of interactive maps. Obviously, The Smithsonian is on it
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Do you ever wish you lived in a video game? But not like a fancy Xbox game or anything like that. Do you ever wish you lived in Legend of Zelda except with all the comforts of home? If yes, then Brett Camper’s 8-bit city maps are for you.
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A still-chilling consequence of post-9/11 America is that we remain all too aware of the fact that we could be attacked at any moment. And so with worst case scenarios in mind, the military is constantly upgrading our defense systems in increasingly creative ways. Washington DC is next in line. It’s getting blimps.
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Between Chicago Hope, Chicago Fire and, erm, The Chicago Code, the Windy City’s got a strong pedigree in television drama. That’s why it makes perfect sense that streaming TV service Aereo is coming to the Chicagoland area of Illinois on September 13th. As with Aereo’s other launches, users will be able to watch the local ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox (yup) affiliates on your computer, smartphone and tablet — with DVR add-ons starting at $8 a month. At the same time, we’ve also heard a rumor that Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia has revealed that the service would launch in Washington D.C. at some point in August, and we’ll keep an ear to the ground to see if that’s true.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio/Video, HD
Rovio’s Angry Birds have been known to knock down a number of structures which their sworn pig enemies have built for several years, but one thing we have yet to see is an Angry Bird in the wild knocking real-life structures down. That is, until today.
An Angry Birds wrecking ball was spotted by Redditor bmorschwack on a construction site for an upcoming condominium community called CityCenterDC. Bmorschwack caught a glimpse of the wrecking ball as he was working on the construction site and claims the painted wrecking ball was the work of its operator as he was seen to have a Spider-Man painted hard hat while he was seen working. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Coming To iOS This Summer, PopCap Games’ Solitaire Blitz Jumps From Facebook To iOS, 
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