Full story and pics at the New York Times, even if it does include the clumsiest opening sentence I’ve read this year.
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They’ve found an 18th century schooner under the World Trade Center
Posted by John Winters on July 15, 2010
http://www.ellj.co.uk/blog/18th-century-schooner/
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“Alexa Chung was at that secret Strokes gig last night. I find her really irritating.” “I’d like to find her really irritating. By rubbing her all over myself until I went red.”
Posted by John Winters on June 10, 2010
http://www.ellj.co.uk/blog/oh-alexa-chung/
Live from the sea bed
So we all know that BP are trying to plug the Gulf oil spill by top filling it with mud…live on the internet, right?
Posted by John Winters on May 26, 2010
http://www.ellj.co.uk/blog/live-from-the-sea-bed/
The Facebook Effect
Really interesting excepts from David Kirkpatrick’s new book about the birth of Facebook over at Techcrunch.com.
Posted by John Winters on May 6, 2010
http://www.ellj.co.uk/blog/the-facebook-effect/
Magnificent maps
Check out Magnificent Maps for this amazing, zoomable, annotated hand-drawn map of London (as seen on Boing Boing).
Posted by John Winters on May 4, 2010
http://www.ellj.co.uk/blog/magnificent-maps/