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Why Vimeo is better than Youtube - USA TODAY

Williamsburg cuts out automobiles

Where are you watching the fireworks in...

I’m looking for a roof party on the East River. If there aren’t any (unlikely),...

How to make jean shorts (jorts)

Email tip from Jessica Schroeder: Try jeans on. Mark what length you’d like with a pin or...

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“Indian food wasn’t popular in New York until the...”
— Indian-American entrepreneur...

So, I'm really into donuts...

I want to open a gourmet donut shop in Williamsburg. Usually I’m shy when people ask me what...

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The Foot Fist Way

Folding Greenhouse via Matt

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Episode #355 of This American Life does a...

Thirsty Barcelona imports drinking water

From David Tobias: “Supposedly Improv Everywhere made...

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“But the Internet had changed, and my place in it had...”
— Blog-Post Confidential by...

2012 Super Bowl awarded to Indianapolis

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“There’s a history of a lot of crazy people trying this...”
— Peter Thiel Makes Down Payment...

British companies formed to colonize and capitalize the New World were known as adventures, later...

“Half of all new college graduates now believe that...”
— The Next American Frontier -...

From 1861, Pennsylvania Infantry at Queen’s Farm,...

“We’d be better friends if you still used instant...”

kulturhuset = free art/studio/gallery/workspace for kids 13...

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Need help in LA

A couple of 20-year old Germans I’m supervising need a floor to crash in LA tomorrow (friday)...

Apes & Androids play Bowery Ballroom on May 30th.

I love Dropbox

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“A woman can’t switch her phone’s Bluetooth feature on in a...”
— Love on Girls’ Side of the...

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Adobe Fireworks

oats: Creative Instinct Is Like Fire… Humanity needs your...

Want Ad: Beautiful Minds

Would love to know what other startups...

I’m registering an LLC for a new venture. When you file with New York State, the first...

I hope that someday movie theaters set aside a few great...

I disagree. It takes a great designer to know when to keep...

Do everything you can to see this movie!

My dream summer job.

Sign in bathroom at Apple headquarters, via Alex Bickle.

I learned how to use Google Sketchup this weekend in order...

Best senior prank ever?

Brijit - The world in 100 words

via swissmiss

True Story

An hour ago, I spoke to business class at a midwestern Catholic university about my experience at...

milesbarger

Light-emitting wallpaper set to debut

Me: What time do you finish work tomorrow?
Justin: Probably when the fish need to take a coffee break.
Headed to North Java, NY tomorrow to visit my older brother and get my fishing license.

billybrown: illustration by Frank Chimero from his ‘The...

I want to sell these barstools. Let me know if you’re...

“A shoemaker usually walks barefoot”
— An architect told me this...

I'm satisfied

Eric Costello from Flickr just emailed to ask if he could take me to brunch. Peace restored, cease...

Flickr knockedoff my player design. I hope I at least get a...

Transmission is my new OSX BitTorrent client...

Pitchfork reviews Apes & Androids, rates them...

New residential development in Kuala Lumpur.

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Tickets for Apes & Androids Bowery Ballroom...

I bought an apartment and I’m moving in.

William: I need to buy some shoes today, there's a place on North 6th, right?
Me: yeah, it's good
William: I've got a date tonight at a place where you can't wear sneakers
Me: look at you, growing up
William: grown ups = duped in to spending too much on food

Back from Norway, uploading pics to Flickr now …

Plywood never looked so good.

Lost: The Time-Loop Theory

Tim Goeglein, Aide To President Bush, Admits...

Lost: The Time-Loop Theory

Great show last night, boys.  noahkalina: Apes and...

Rolling Stone Magazine names Apes & Androids...

rickyv: Is The Suburb The Next Slum? “The subprime crisis...

Seek lodging, will trade services

Wow, lodging in Norway is expensive. A basic hostel room is going to cost me $80/night. The Dollar...

I feel crazy! I am paralyzed! I have a bible-length list of things to do this morning but I...

Eugenio Recuenco, Beauty and the Beast.

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the...

How Devil’s Tower formed. via Noah.

I’m cleaning out old files and found this picture that...

courtneyc: Social networking preference by continent....

Google Docs: London/Norway/Germany Trip

Staircase envy.

“Tradition is keeping the fire burning, not praising the...”

If for some reason Port Authority and/or God allows my...

“I finally have health insurance again.”

Montreal (via Noah K)

Universal Feed Update

I added “Travel Plans” to my Universal Feed.

Yahoo Pipes tutorial wanted

I’m looking for someone to teach me the in and outs of Yahoo Pipes. Preferably in person, but...

Hate to quote Huckabee, but ...

If we end up with the (tax) rebates, we’re going to borrow the $150 billion from China. And...

Young Gallery via Nick.

Announcement regarding my nationality

Here’s a heads up that I’m giving America my 12-month notice and effectively I’m a...

Snail Mail

This reminds me of an Onion article reporting the U.S. Postmaster’s plan to outsource mail...

My drobo arrived today.

ZAK FM

patwoodward: Maybe I’ve missed the explanation, but how have you compared *your* Last.fm...

Der Ring des Nibelungen

Radiolab recently aired an episode profiling Der Ring des Nibelungen, an opera written by Wagner...

ZAK FM

heykurt: 466 people have listened for 20 minutes or more.  and concludes  People don’t need what’s...

ZAK FM

466 people have listened for 20 minutes or more. Feedback includes: “This site is replacing...

ZAK FM

ZAK FM

Laptop Bag by Working Class Heroes 

In case anyone is looking, I came across a few cool rooms...

AMC Best Picture Showcase

Best taxidermy ever.

Being a teenager and riding in a limo is like being Super...

FOODPAIRING is a project exploring the interchangability of...

Listening to this song on repeat.

zachklein: I desire to live here. Where is it? I desire to live there privately.

I desire to live here.

Full Screen Google Maps

RSVP here to get free entry to the Apes &...

Nick: I like the description that Gregory David Roberts gives of Mumbai in the book Shantaram: "The impression was of a plodding, indefatigable, and distant past that had crashed intact, through barriers of time, into its own future."

Eerily Composed

William Cotton replies to my post titled...

Mailbag: boot-polish ad from Scott Heiferman.  My new...

Mailbag: vintage Dansk dutch oven from Courtney

My building has a “Take if you want it” corner...

Read this if you intend to copy my...

I frequently get emails like this one: Hey Zach,I really like your new homepage design. It’s...

Impact of industrialism on the...

A couple of passages I’ve read recently have me thinking about this … In Alvin...

A note on how the rest of the country lives

Best superbowl ever?

I’m moving into an apartment I purchased in the...

I caught myself looking at my Tumblr...

Tumblr should accomodate this by adding a ‘remove’ button for ANY post I want to...

My new roommate Brian Jacobs. KABOOM!! EXPLOSION!!!!

appleseed: the beginning of zach klein’s painting

Ikea uses stunning slow-motion video to...

Tumblrs are like bedrooms, and we’re teenagers spending idle hours postering them with...

My neighborhood, South Williamsburg, was profiled in the...

Monetizing Tumblr as a machine of divine...

Monetizing Tumblr as a machine of divine...

When I was pre-teen, I used to pray to God nightly that he deliver me a machine which I could use at...

noahkalina: Brownstoner: Domino Sugar Factory Proposed...

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Apes & Androids updates

The guys made a new song called Creepy Girls, after they released Blood Moon. You can download it...

“Would you rather end the writers strike, or the war in...”
— CollegeHumor

*fart* That was a terrible episode. Can’t wait to...

Hot new thing? Googling yourself with a Kindle. Still, after...

Hanging out with Miami Ad School interns

New neighbor

An opera singer moved in next door and our dividing wall is thin. Subsequently, my life has become...