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  • My Talk About MTV Scratch With The ROI Group Last Week

    Thanks to Jacob Shwirtz and ROI for having me last week. I enjoyed sharing the mission of MTV Scratch with such a progressive group. Great questions, and nobody made fun of my new sweater vest. For more on the event, click here. And what does Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks have to do…

  • The “Miniature NYC” Video

    Pretty amazing video via Alana Newhouse… The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo. (By the way, if you’re not reading Alana’s magazine, Tablet, you’re missin’ out.)

  • Sergey Brin’s Donation Might Help Us Find Bolislav

    Did you read the NY Times story about Sergey Brin’s $1MM donation to the organization that saved him and other Jews from death at the hands of Russian anti-semites? Maybe the money I sent to Bolislav Vainman, my “Russian Twin,” in 1986, did find its way to him, after all. Maybe my mom was wrong,…