Posted at 10:00 AM on 5-23-08 by Rob T Firefly
Did you know that a secret tunnel has been burrowed through the Earth over the past century joining New York City with London, England?
Did you also know that a massive telescope system has been set up at both ends of the tunnel, giving us and them perfect views of each other?
Be sure to check out the Telectroscope at Fulton Ferry Landing, near the Brooklyn Bridge. It will be operational until June 15.
Coverage:
Gothamist
CNN
Boing Boing
NewYorkers@LJ
tags: events, fun, nyc, wtf
Posted at 10:25 PM on 3-18-08 by Rob T Firefly
Looking for something to do this Saturday?
Looking to burn off some extra calories?
Looking for a way to relive all those teenage slumber parties?
Looking to meet interesting new people?
Looking for an excuse to hit them with a large foreign object in broad daylight?
If so, you might like to check out the 2008 NYC Pillow Fight.
tags: events, fun, nyc, wtf
Posted at 12:39 PM on 12-10-07 by Rob T Firefly
The so-called “hypersonic sound beam” billboards are beginning to pop up around town. These billboards are equipped with ultrasonic emitters that focus a narrow beam of sound through the air on a highly directional carrier wave. When you walk past a particular spot at a particular time, the result is sound that only you can hear, which seems to come from inside your own head.
Naturally, it’s being used to make people hear strange voices in their heads whispering things like “Who’s there? Who’s there?” in order to market a paranormal-themed TV show.
An insightfully titled Gawker post asks, “How soon will it be until in addition to the do-not-call list, we’ll have a ‘do not beam commercial messages into my head’ list?”
Have you been hit with it yet?
Coverage:
Advertising Age
WFMU
PSFK
Gawker
tags: nyc, wtf
