WAIT what? 3 hour videos of walking around in New York City?
Oh wow. I just discovered that there's a whole genre of videos, *beloved* videos mind you, featuring somebody just tooling around New York City on foot wearing I guess a go-pro and filming the endeavor. These are like two hours or four hours long. Viewers are putting in some serious time here. I'm equal parts perplexed and also proud, so let's start at the top. Here's an example of one of these videos: It looks peaceful, I'll grant you. Which is a weird thing to say about midtown NYC. The whole "eyeballs only seeing directly ahead in a little box on your computer" trims down, wildly, on the actual 360 degree possible chaos-coming-from-any-direction of this place. You might be wondering what 360 degree chaos I'm talking about if you're not from around these parts. Here's two examples: 1: Yesterday I was walking down the street and, without warning, a small splash of water dropped directly onto my eyeball. It was a direct hit. I may or may not b...