scott AT skidder DOT netCurrently:Director, Editorial OperationsGawker MediaBusiness GuyHype MachineFormerly:NYU GallatinMiscellaneousOld and BustedArchives!Tumblr (3.0; @skidder)http://notes.scottkidder.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyaalisAZw1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seems about right.</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/16390744606http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/16390744606Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:48:54 -0500“State workers answer the phone with, “It’s a great day in South Carolina” because the governor, the Tea Party favorite Nikki R. Haley, wants them to. Democrats are trying to pass a bill prohibiting the greeting unless it really is a great day in South Carolina, which to them means the unemployment rate will have dropped by half to 5 percent and everyone will have access to health insurance.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/us/politics/south-carolina-loves-its-quirks-but-not-its-critics.html">South Carolina Loves Its Quirks but Not Its Critics - NYTimes.com</a></em>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/16235582431http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/16235582431Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:04:26 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxdrwmfXET1qapevzo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/15442847517http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/15442847517Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:24:20 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx879jioRq1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My favorite delivery van to see outside of Public</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/15240215819http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/15240215819Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:08:07 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lww94nQu8y1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No more Christmas</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14897018535http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14897018535Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:17:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwqmyhCSY21qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Do your Christmas Carols involve bag pipes?</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14749620540http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14749620540Sat, 24 Dec 2011 21:30:17 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw0smdpw4D1qzdzbuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/14094480033/lingerie-fashion-designer-shopping-sale-beauty-clothes-b">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Men at a soda fountain in New York City, 1950s. Photo by Ruth Orkin.</p> </blockquote>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14096692744http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/14096692744Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:07:01 -0500<iframe id="NBC Video Widget" width="400" height="271" src="http://www.nbc.com/assets/video/widget/widget.html?vid=1371723" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>As a TV news junkie, SNL Dateline parodies are fantastic:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Diego confessed, but let’s ignore that. Because this is an hour show, so we’ve got to stretch this out. And because it’s “Dateline” there’s only one photo to use.”</p> </blockquote>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13763407543http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13763407543Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:21:18 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvng8kuBf61qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13697893075http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13697893075Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:38:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvnfjhrVMh1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Istanbul from the Asian side</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13697223576http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13697223576Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:23:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvl8xkyxU11qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639806323http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639806323Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:05:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvl8wvc6pZ1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>James at the baby head market</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639794360http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639794360Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:05:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvl8vd2aa71qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639769406http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639769406Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:04:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvl8u5qWPi1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fresh fish sandwich</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639750403http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639750403Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:03:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvl8spDqfx1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Renaming my Tumblr photos of people fishing in Istanbul</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639724858http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13639724858Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:02:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvja2jy6c61qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fishing in Istanbul</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13592768986http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13592768986Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:35:00 -0500istanbultravelphotos<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvchl2IhIQ1qz58o7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Today in Facebook Message Spam</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13427944053http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13427944053Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:34:14 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/7167640" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/7167640">Frequent Flier</a></p> <p>I’m not near this obsessed, but this mini-documentary is well done.</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13371626801http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13371626801Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:00:21 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv81h4IgLW1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13299426940http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13299426940Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:55:52 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv6kerMNor1qz58o7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Am I doing Thanksgiving right?</p>http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13264313158http://notes.scottkidder.com/post/13264313158Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:49:39 -0500