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Of all the unlikely party venues in New York, I think the Hall of Planets at the American Museum of Natural History takes the biscuit. Well, that’s where we found ourselves on this night. Hanging out with Anthea and Kaity of Update Graphics, the night was a change of pace all around, eventually listening to the sounds of DJ Jazzy Jeff and watching the massive crowds sway the whole place.

I wonder if I can rent out the Museum for a wedding reception, or something. It certainly has a sense of grandeur which I find adds to the entertainment.

By the way, February 29th!

Here’s some video to get a feel for the madness of the party. Photos after the jump:

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This is the reason I still desire children…

Out to dinner in the East Village with Keith and Chemda and company for a bit of dinner and some fun afterwards. We previewed Keith and Chemda’s new DVD and had a good laugh about how terrible the pilot episode of Aquaman was.

Of course the dinner was much funner than the afterwards dancing because who likes to be crammed into crowded bar with loud music and young people spilling drinks everywhere?

Still, makes for fun photography, for a little while.

Just one more way Debbie Millman is awesome: she can write backwards, from right to left and duplicate those words with her opposite hand.

Sorry for the street noise and general jankiness of this video. Debbie, what were you writing anyway?

This was filmed at the Stefan Sagmeister exhibit/installation “Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far”, down at Deitch Projects in SoHo.

I don’t know how she can write like that, makes my head hurt just thinking about it. Then again she’s got nothing on President James Garfield who was a professor of ancient languages and was also ambidextrous. He is said to have been able to write in Latin with one hand while writing in Greek with the other!

Luckily, I don’t think Debbie or Stefan will be targeted for assassination any time soon.

A few quick shots of the NY Tech/Web design/Diggnation meetup.

This is why the internet exists. Yes, I know I haven’t posted in a while.

I usually watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, but this year we watched less of the commercials and more of the game. I suppose because it was the Giants, and because New England’s perfect season was on the line.

After many train rides and transfers, I arrived in Queens to meet with Keith and Chemda. The usual suspects were in attendance and all in all it was a good time. Although I have to re-assert that folks get way too loud when they are drunk. I mean, cmon.