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links for 2008-09-25

• Our hyperlocal experiment and why it works - Lost Remote TV Blog
  Cory Bergman on myballard.com and his other local sites.
  (tags: hyperlocal citizenjournalism)
• Panic of 1907 - Then J.P. Morgan today Warren Buffett
  So is Buffet the Morgan of our day?
  (tags: economy)

links for 2008-09-18

• Fresh from dip into TechStars grant, blogger revives Watertown's H2Otown site - The Boston Globe
  Nice post about Lisa Williams and the company she has started with Susan Mernit
  (tags: social_media SocialSoftware)

links for 2008-09-16

• The wheel thing: Will Self on the Brompton bike - This Britain, UK - The Independent
  "It was love at first sight the first time I saw a Brompton folding bicycle, I fell in love with it. All right, perhaps this is an exaggeration on all fronts: it wasn't the first time I'd seen one, but the first time I'd really noticed it or her. And it was not so much love an emotion, I concede, that unless you're seriously perverted, only truly exists between sentient beings as a kind of lusty covetousness; but, you can take it from me, it was a very strong feeling, and one that has only increased over the years I've either had a Brompton between my thighs, or hefted one in my arms." Quote by the author not me though I share his feeling. Right now I am wrestling with making a major upgrade to my old steed. Do I add a dynamo hub? And I'm sad that I won't be racing her in England in two weeks.. B & W didn't want to go and doing something so goofy without my family didn't seem like much fun.
  (tags: cycling brompton)

links for 2008-09-12

• Map Shoes
  Adding map images to custom sneakers
  (tags: geolocation)
• Gail Collins - Misery Loves Democrats - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
  Thanks Gail for the soothing word. Now back to TPM, fight , fight grrr.
  (tags: politics)

links for 2008-09-10

• Steven Johnson's talk at the dConstruct conference in Brighton
  About the talk Stevengave at the dConstruct conference. Last week, a social network of dead people...about his book the Ghost Map.

links for 2008-09-10

• Slovakia Beats Bulgaria 82-0 In Ice Hockey
  I guess once you pass 6-0 in hockey you might as well keep going.

links for 2008-09-08

• Gothamist: Manhattan Bridge Archway Reopens
  Had no idea that the forbodding shortcut was called "stabber alley".
  (tags: brooklyn)

links for 2008-09-06

• Digital Domain - How Many Reviewers Should Be in the Kitchen? - NYTimes.com
  A great NYT article about Yelp and Zagat's and how their fortunes have diverged online. One flat the other booming. Two years I made it through several rounds of interviews to run the website of Zagat's and was asked about my vision to which I said - OPEN IT UP, enable people to add reviews, cover more locations etc. I guess it was too big a risk for them, they didn't want to give up their subs or compete with their books which are given away as corporate premiums (for now at least). Needless to say I didn't join this old media company, and am a Yelp user.
  (tags: social_media publishing crowdsourcing)

links for 2008-09-03

• Talking Points Memo has Lieberman's Speech to the RNC and his speech from a few year's ago to the DNC
  "...I'm a lifelong Democrat...will fight for the values of the party...integrity..." Sen. Farbisener
• Service call gone awry leads to playwright's arrest
  A story about a writer in Nova Scotia who had an extremely frustrating experience with her local ISP. Would make a nice performance piece.
  (tags: tech customer_service)