The Roomorama Blog

We will never leave you guys again. 
Through our start-up lives, we constantly struggle betwen doing things right and doing the right things. We had to shut down the website for a couple of weeks to re-gut the site for better performance, better security, and improved userbility. For the long term good, we had decided it [...]

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Reported: Obese have right to 2 airline seats
The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the Canadian Transportation Agency that people who are “functionally disabled by obesity” deserve to have two seats for one fare.
Other considered blog headlines.

Is being fat the new gay? 
Do obese people also have a [...]

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Headline: You tried to mug me outside of Whole Foods - w4m - 24 (Lower East Side)
Text: 
I was putting away my money, although I had little left since I had just bought a loaf of bread, popcorn, water and tomato sauce at Whole Foods, when we met. You were pretty big and I am pretty [...]

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[Photo: Daily Intel]
I know my news, damn it. Secretary of State, “team of rivals”, capable diplomat, transition team, blah blah blah. Can we stop and think for a moment?! LOOK AT THAT PHOTO! UNTAG IMMEDIATELY! 
Bam the Man looks like he could appear in a face anatomy class — “Look students, the face folds longitudinally. ” Or [...]

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So many things have happened since we last spoke — Obama has been elected president, and some other stuff that I’m sure is important.
When I first saw the photo of Bam the Man (pronounced “Baam” the “Maan”, rhymes with the “baack” in Arnold’s “I’ll be back”, sounds more reggae than “Alabama”) striding out of the waters, [...]

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Frizzy hair? Check. Over-proportioned nose? Check. Incredibly full eye-brows? Check. Incredible sense of style? Check. 
See, no one needs to use the equine reference for things to click.
Sarah Jessica Parker’s sisters in Paris! Found by the ever sharp Sartorialist

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Windows Vista Business is charging a premium for the option to use its older counterpart?
By releasing a sub-par, annoyingly difficult to use, and fat program that is the Vista, Microsoft may have just come up with the most counter-intuitive genius strategic business choice ever. They basically charge a premium for the XP now by introducing [...]

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Nestled in the east village, at the corner of 13th St and Avenue B, lies our favorite cafe. As anyone who lives in a big city knows, there are just too many cafes to choose from, and adopting one as “home”, to announce to your friends as your favorite, is a complex task requiring checklists, [...]

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Jane of SeaOfShoes showed us her vintage necklace from Tulsa. Yeah, nice. But I am not looking at the necklace.

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As Obama went into the nitty-gritty of his health care plan, I found my brain slowly shutting down, leaving ample brainRAM to observe the visuals on screen. I noticed all the other men using those reaction dials where going into slumber as well, as indicated by the flat green line in the picture above; while [...]

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Elizabeth Peyton at The New Museum. The Roomorama team had to check it out. Well, yes, the Roomorama kids are arty and cultured.
But also because only start-up people know that business inspiration starts from within. And the start-up soul is best nourished through art, and “spaces”. And nothing says “spaces” like a good ‘ol museum with [...]

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A politcal ad started playing on TV and like most political ads, it takes at least 5 seconds before you can tell if its an Obama or McCain ad. It’s confusing because they quote and reference the opponent all the time and I need to pay attention to the black and white colors to know [...]

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Dear Governor Palin,
We support you and really want to help with your subsequent interviews. Here, allow us to recommend two websites that we personally have found really useful over the years:
1. Google
2. Wikipedia 
You may want to check them out. 
Sincerely, 
Roomorama 

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“Why don’t we pick up trash, paint it white, and call it Shabby Chic?”

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