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More pretend 9/11 filming on our street today

For the second week in a row the week begins with a fake 9/11 scene in 
front of my office. This time was less upsetting than last week but 
I'm angrier.

Waterfall visit

During lunch I organized a group trip over to see one of the four Olafur Eliasson waterfalls . They were turned on this morning, they aren't the new gates. It seems like a Manhattan centric project as it was really uninspiring from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Really like a hose on top of a large scaffold. R sums up much of the group sentiment. The cost of the project really put us off too, it could have made so much other art. A lot of money to get people to go to the South Street Seaport. Below is a photo of the one flowing a little further uptown on the East Side. Maybe they will look better at night when they are lit. At least Almondine had their great smoked salmon sandwich.

links for 2008-06-26

• Freakonomics: Why Do You Lie? The Perils of Self-Reporting
  (tags: research science freakonomics)

links for 2008-06-25

• Media: Whatever Happened to Atoosa Rubenstein?
  Really nothing to add to this other than GO to the article to see the photo. Even many years after I worked with her she still....amazes

links for 2008-06-24

• Perhaps NPR can shake a bit of it's "liberal bias"
  Two publicists from NPR have just left to join John McCain's campaign according to MediaBistro's Revolving Door newsletter. Surprising about Mr. Ganzi at Hearst.
  (tags: media)
• Brownstoner: Gowanus By Water Taxi
  A few years ago I took a tour of the Gowanus canal on a small boat with this same group. It was fantastic. Part of the fun is all of the bridges. Highly recommend it.
  (tags: environment brooklyn)

links for 2008-06-21

• Glance - Desktop sharing, web demos, presentations with one click
  (tags: collaboration software)
• Rubicon Rucksack
  A "manly" diaper bag made of leather. Maybe so but it costs $235 which if purchased would be by someone too concerned with being manly. It is by a company called Petunia Pickle Bottom so if someone asked "Hey where is that bag from" you would be unmasked.
  (tags: shopping baby)

links for 2008-06-20

• Habeas Brulee » Blog Archive » Results: Does My Blog Look Good In This? - May 2008
  beautiful food blog photography. Amateur or not this makes me hungry
  (tags: blogging photography food)

links for 2008-06-18

• outside.in - Radar
  Outside.in has just launched a new service called Radar. Locate news and tweets near you. A new way of seeing things around you.
  (tags: blog hyperlocal web2.0 aggregator geolocation fireeagle)
• Bonobos – Pants for Real Guys
  the desc. says it all. pants. Good looking pants which I will try out in the Fall.
  (tags: fashion shopping)

links for 2008-06-17

• Woods Forces a Playoff With a Dramatic Birdie on 18 - NYTimes.com
  "NBC’s on-course reporter Mark Rolfing informed Mediate that Woods’s bogey at 15 had given Mediate the lead alone at one under." Did Mediate ask him? Think not. Not cool!
  (tags: golf)
• Do Regular People Really Read Blogs? - ReadWriteWeb
  I love that the last (#17) comment is from Richard MacManus's sister. She writes that she only knows about blogs because her brother has one.
  (tags: blogging journalism)
• louisgray.com: Why Disqus Is Winning the Web Comment Battles, and What's Next
  interesting post. ask your users what they think will make you better, partner, partner partner.
  (tags: SocialSoftware blogs)
• Bloomsday 2008 : 1000 Joyce Walks
  recreating walks from James Joyce
  (tags: art walking_tours social_media collaboration)

David Byrne gives a tour of his installation to Boing Boing finds Ed Koch

I really can't wait to see this.

Bill Wood photos

Bill Wood was a commercial photographer in Ft. Wort, Texas in the 50's and 60's whose archives were purchased by Diane Keaton in the 1988. Now his photos are out in a book and in an exhibition at ICP.  (via VSL)

links for 2008-06-11

• Cycloculture - a blog/journal about cycling
  Interviews with the "Marketing Director" of Surly, reports from China on manufacturing, etc.
  (tags: cycling)
• Elliot D. Cohen: The Bush/McCain Game Plan: What May Be in Store for Obama -- And the Rest of America. The Iran Attack. | BuzzFlash.org
  (tags: politics)
• Freakonomics: Do We Really Need a Few Billion Locavores?
  (tags: environment sustainability food)
• ColorFlip.com by Rafaël Rozendaal, collection of Sébastien de Ganay
  Oh stop playing with me corner, flip and show me the next color! (via JoshSpear.com)
  (tags: games design webdesign)
• Writing a plugin
  (tags: development mt)

links for 2008-06-10

• dpk's My LAMP Stack - Ohloh
  Interesting kind of profile - based on which open source software a developer uses.
  (tags: software social_media)
• bike porn fron the cirqueducyclisme in DC
  photos of handmade and vintage bikes from the cirqueducyclisme show
  (tags: cycling)

links for 2008-06-07

• Pegasus News | Dallas / Fort Worth | News and Events | pegasusnews.com
  Great hyperlocal site doing some interesting personalization
  (tags: hyperlocal newspapers)
• Central District News | Central District
  beta site for instantjouirnalist.com new hyperlocal platform coming our way in the summer
  (tags: hyperlocal blogs software)
• MinnPost - High-quality journalism for people who care about Minnesota
  Big not-for-profit (for now) effort by the former Publisher and founders of the Star Tribune. A newspaper on online with some print elements. Professional journalists. Really impressive.
  (tags: hyperlocal journalism news)
• Twin Cities Daily Planet | Minneapolis - St. Paul
  Citizen journalism site
  (tags: hyperlocal news community)
• Chi-Town Daily News ditches "just journalists" model | Twin Cities Daily Planet | Minneapolis - St. Paul
  (tags: hyperlocal journalism news)
• Journalism that Matter: A Passion for Place, New Pamphleteers/ New Reporters Conference
  Just attended a fantastic conference in Minneaplois bringing place bloggers and other interesting projects together. This is the conferece wiki that describes attendees and agenda.
  (tags: hyperlocal journalism community)

links for 2008-06-04

• Make blogging effortless with Zemanta
  service shows related content you can add to your posts.
  (tags: blogging tools)
• NYC MediaStorm Workshops: one video about Caroll Gardens and another about the naked cowboy
  the one about Caroll Gardens has soe interviews with old timers. The Naked Cowboy makes $600-$1000 a day and drives an Escalade. Learn this and more
  (tags: video brooklyn new_york_city)