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The gadget got awesome press and it is pretty decent but browsing their App store is discouraging. The #1 app, Accuweather, has 300k downloads. The "Palm Classic" app only has 50k.

Every one of these shots is indoors, mind you.

               

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From: Jeremy Downs
To: all@getpeek.com
Subject: Lance in the house!
Date: Aug 27, 1:24 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
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I'm hanging in Texas and reflecting on the excellent recent MoMA show on the subject of western photography. This joint is covered in cowboy photos (the bbq joint was covered in cheerleaders).

 First of all the Richard Prince (Marlboro Man) imagery is an absolutely maasive departure from the crowded, grainy, action photography that seems the feel of most of this cowboy stuff on the walls here at the Gaylord Texan. Those images are iconic partly because they are amazingly distinctive -- in form and emotional content.

 Second, no Indians!

 Third, "the West" as a place of fantastic self-imagination isn't just for California. It's definitely definitely rooted in this near-West "I'm a cowboy badass" self-image of Texans etc -- probably as old as Texas itself. These you only think of California for fanciful re-invention; but you can absolutely put on a cowboy hat and be reborn.

 By the way, it was 100 degrees here in Dallas today. Ouchie. I spent about 3 minutes total outdoors.

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The Daily Beast - The Morning Scoop - August 25, 2009
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 CHEAT SHEET
MUST READS FROM ALL OVER

 DECLASSIFIED
1. CIA Releases Cheney Docs

 Earlier this year, former vice president Dick Cheney had requested that
the CIA release documents that he said would prove that "enhanced
interrogation techniques" worked. His request was, at first, denied, but
now ABC News reports the documents have been released. So is Cheney
vindicated? Spencer Ackerman at The Washington Independent gives the
documents a read and finds that, not only do they not support Cheney's
claim, but in fact they sometimes show the opposite: traditional,
non-coercive interrogations often worked well at prying valuable
information from detainees. "Cheney's public account of these documents
have conflated the difference between information acquired from
detainees, which the documents present, and information acquired from
detainees through the enhanced interrogation program, which they don't."

 Read it at The Washington Independent:
http://e.thedailybeast.com/a/tBKk9NwB7SwhTB7uvPd-Zwl3bfX/dail2
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1 requires a download
2 sms yields "this program hasn't started" msg
3 website doesn't know what a palm pre is
Result - nothing. "ralph lauren got taken by some qr code agency..."

She's 2.5 years now -- 31 months.

 38 inches tall - grown 2 inches since Jan 19. At that rate, she'll do 3.5 inches per year or another 3 feet by age 9?? Probably slowing down a bit.

 Some big milestones:
- the answer to WHY is "Because" (and then the same thing again - tautological mostly)
- she went to the potty by herself on 8/20. And again the next morning 8/21. Still in diapers though
- she is singing songs like 'Tomorrow' and 'Somewhere over the rainbow' -- showtunes! Not just Wiggles
- she is playing pretend with Ultra, in a room with the door closed, doing some dances.
- she draws squares and faces with necks and letters P, C, O, U
- she can count to 20 including #15 and add 1 and 1
- she is comfortable in water, jumping in, but not yet with floaties
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This sky-high crane towers over a city block that used to be a massive municipal parking lot. New use? A few hundred thousand square feet of offices, coming to Queens Plaza in a year or two.

Investment continues to reshape LIC.

I'm only back a day in NYC and already it's strikingly clear that the color this fall is going to be pink. It was all over Madison Avenue.

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I came back to town for this??
 
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From: Ent
To: amol@getpeek.com
Subject: Weather for 11101
Date: Aug 18, 3:02 AM
 
 Temperature: 80.6°F / 27.0°C
Humidity: 57%
Dew Point: 64°F / 18°C
Wind: West at 0.0 mph / 0.0 km/h
Pressure: 30.07 in / 1018.2 hPa (Falling)
Conditions: Clear
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear (CLR) : -
 
Yesterday's Maximum 92°F / 33°C
Yesterday's Minimum 75°F / 23°C
Sunrise 6:09 AM EDT
Sunset 7:49 PM EDT
Moon Rise 3:43 AM EDT
Moon Set 6:42 PM EDT
Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
METAR: METAR KNYC 180951Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 24/16 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP190 T02440161 TSNO
 
 
Long Island City, NY
 
Current Forecast as of 3:54 am EDT on August 18, 2009
 Heat advisory in effect until 7 PM EDT this evening...
 Today
 Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Breezy...hot with highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph...increasing to 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph this afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values in the mid 90s.
 
 Tonight
 Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Breezy and lows in the mid 70s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph...becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.
 
 Wednesday
 Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms... mainly in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
 
 Wednesday Night
 Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
 
 Thursday
 Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the mid 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
 
 Thursday Night
 Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
 
 Friday
 Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
 
 Friday Night
 Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
 
 Saturday
 Mostly cloudy in the morning...then becoming partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
 
 Saturday Night
 Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
 
 Sunday
 Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
 
 Sunday Night
 Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 60s.
 
 Monday
 Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
 
 
  National Weather Service:
 Heat Advisory
 
 
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