Peter wants to clarify something about his quotes in the Consumed column (Gothamist is certainly both goofy and geeky); he also floats the possibility of the next Treo, the 610, being available this spring. We'll be asking Peter for his 600 when he gets the 610. more ›

If it's Monday, it must mean Nick Denton and his sites are mentioned in a media article. In this picture accompanying today's Times article about Denton and his lemonade stand/"Web Media Empire," Denton shows Meg Hourihan and Peter Rojas the . more ›

PowerPoint, the bane of many an office wonk's existence ("I can animate this slide with builds and sound effects - just give me an hour") gets reinterpreted by David Byrne in his new book and DVD, David Byrne: E.E.E.I. (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information). Unlike office wonks, David Byrne gets to look at PP with new eyes and use it in funny, "artistic" ways, like using an outline of Dan Rather's head (unless you work in network TV news) or photos of Dolly the sheep and create a book and DVD with similar far-out slides. His enthusiasm for PP can be read in his essay for Wired's September issue: "." Byrne's essay is followed by one from Edward Tufte that calls PowerPoint evil. Well, of course, it is - it's from Microsoft. more ›

After noticing our interest in Takashi Murakami, Greg of greg.org invited Gothamist to check out the Murakami installation at Rockefeller Center. We happily accepted and headed over to midtown with Peter Rojas. The huge 30-foot ballons were strung over the rink, and the main sculpture was flanked by smaller areas of mushroom-toadstool growths. It's dramatic in a very different way from Puppy or the Spiders; there is a lot of visual information, with the colorful, complicated forms, as well as details that are enjoyed up close. When Takashi Murakami arrived, he spent some time inspecting the artworks, and told us that he needed to come back and fix some areas. Gothamist was most amused when more than a few blonde women went up to take pictures with him; we're pretty sure it's all because of the Louis Vuitton collection. more ›

Like most others readers of Gizmodo, Manhattan Users' Guide wondered what the tech blog editor Peter Rojas had in his house. The waiting is over, as MUG has the inside scoop on the highlights of Peter's apartment, like his flat screen TV and an Aibo he ignores. There's also some good-natured resentment at Peter's coolness, but hey, that's why he's our favorite blogger. more ›

- Are Asian girl musicians the next big thing for music, the way, as Gizmodo's Peter Rojas pointed out, white female bassists were de rigeur for a while? Example, keyboardist Ann Do of The Tyde. It's either Ann Do's Rapunzel/Cousin Itt like hair or the Asianness that might just be something. more ›

The hot music ticket this weekend might just be the Pernice Brothers with The Tyde at Mercury Lounge tonight and tomorrow, and that's because both bands are actually really good. The Pernice Brothers's new album, Yours, Mine & Ours, is lovely and lyrical (listen) while The Tyde's, Twice, is totally joyful pop (listen). more ›

The movie studios are adding blogging to their marketing repertoire: Fox Searchlight Pictures has started it's own blog, foxsearchlight.blogspot.com, to "join this online phenomena" plus innundate people with information about screenings, box office data, interviews, articles in which their releases are mentioned, etc., etc. Part of what's helpful in driving traffic to the blog is the fact that the releases Fox Searchlight has out there right now are actually good, like 28 Days Later and Bend It Like Beckham, and their upcoming films, frothy Merchant-Ivory Le Divorce, nihilistic teen girl movies Thirteen, and Jim Sheridan's long-awaited In America, are definitely intriguing. Also, worth checking out is Fox Searchlight's SearchLab which has Quicktime interviews with directors like Ridley Scott, Mark Romanek, Baz Luhrmann, and Kimberly Peirce. [Via Movie City News] more ›