Sometimes Gothamist comes across a news story that makes our head hurt. Such is the story of the excess security doors the city bought six years ago, which were never installed, and now have been given to the State Department. more ›

Well played, MTA: All the Metrocard vending machines in the city went down during yesterday morning's rush hour. Between 6:52AM and 9:24AM, a computer malfunction prevented straphangers from buying their Metrocards with credit or ATM cards, and people waited on line to buy Metrocards from...gasp - token booth clerks! Gothamist says good luck with finding them, many of the subway entrances we use are converted to Metrocard vending machine and gated entrance swipers only. The Daily News says some people even had to leave the subway stations to retrieve money from home or an ATM in order to buy Metrocards! Aha - not only has the MTA spoiled us, but the consortium of banks and credit card companies has also. One day we dream that we can refill Metrocards online. more ›

Sometimes Gothamist is a bit of a science nerd. When the Einstein exhibit opened a few years back at the Museum of Natural History, we were there standing in line on opening weekend. Now the AMNH brings us a new subject: Charles Darwin. He was a man who hid from the public eye (even keeping many of his theories a secret for years), so we can't wait to study him and his work under a magnifying glass like he so often did with other species. We just hope they aren't selling Darwin slippers in the gift shop, as they did with Einstein at the end of that exhibit. more ›

Sometimes Gothamist gets the strangest messages at work. As we were preparing today's little forecast entry, in which we were going to mention yesterday's record rainfall of 1.04 inches at LaGuardia, and the slight chance of snow flurries tomorrow morning, we received this anonymous email: more ›

Congressman Bob Ney's site. And more on the Republican National Convention here in NY. more ›

We like records. True, we like the kind they call LP's that are the format of choice for old jazz recordings, and good white label grooves, but we also like records of the "unsurpassed measurement" type (thank you dictionary.com). The most recent local records of note that were broken according to our local NOAA office in Upton, NY more ›

Sometimes Gothamist thinks that more people than we suspect secretly hide issues of Cat Fancy in between Time Out and The New Yorker when not obsessing over their cats. We like to keep track of stories like the ones below to help build our case:
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Insane pet owner or devoted pet owner? Sometimes Gothamist cannot tell, especially when the pet owner specially makes a scuba outfit for a West Highland White. The owner says the dog, Hamish, has fun and wants to enroll him in a proper scuba class. more ›