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Trees Near You - nice NYC BigApps entry

via www.treesnearyou.com

This looks like a great NYC BigApps competition entry. Hope Brett makes one for the parks too.

Judging for this competition is going to be tough. I've seen two others that really compelling too; Blocks and Lotsenables the look up of any building's info using millions of city records, and the other TaxiHack posts complaints about cabs to twitter pulling down the driver's name, hack # and garage. Can't wait to see the application gallery after the deadline, there must be so many more projects coming by Tuesday.

Odd publishing concept - DK books and the Kindle

A long time in a galaxy far away... well, in 1974, Christopher Dorling and Peter Kindersley founded a publishing company called, yup, Dorling Kindersley. Along the way, it became known as the premier illustrated reference publisher on the planet.

via nozama.typepad.com

DK essentially created a new kind of lushly illustrated book so I thought it was odd  to see mention of the company on the Kindle Storefront blog. The gist of it that FT press is publishing parts of DK's management guides for the Kindle. They are also publishers of a book titled Do You Love Shrimp? Learn All About Them.

Etsy's Blog covers ESellerAds

via etsy.com

I had a big hand in making this over the summer and it is great to see it coming to life. Nice post filled with metrics and a nice photo of Max and his proud papa Kael.

Jesper Parnevik sums it up

"I have lost all respect for him, primarily as a man and a father," Parnevik said in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet on Thursday from the PGA Tour qualifying tournament in West Palm Beach, Fla. "It doesn't even feel like it matters what he has done on the golf course. My respect for him as a person is gone. We have been nice to Tiger before, but now he only has himself to blame.

"We thought better of him, but he is not the one we thought he was."

via sports.espn.go.com

I used to admire Tiger for his concentration and his lack of fear which I attributed to a meditative influence. I put out of mind his being a corporate shill, who didn't stand for anything, and just thought of his golf. But earlier this summer as I learned more about his on course outbursts, which the media hasn't shown, and thought about Jim Brown's really cogent criticism he began to have less and less appeal. As I rode home tonight on a train with several people going on and on about his prenup, I thought that he may yet break the records but he will never hold a candle to Watson, Palmer, Nicklaus, and many others greats as ambassadors of the game. At next year's majors I expect he won't be running away with anything. He may yet be formidable and capable of greatness, but I think respect will be lost and players won't be in awe. They will see a flawed human, evidentially not just a cheat but a lecher, who is beatable and I will cheer those who conquer their fear and go after it.

Le Web iz ze hot ticket

Le Web in Paris is next week, and it’s one of the best lineup of speakers I’ve seen at a conference in a long time. This isn’t just Europe’s most important tech event any more. Le Web is turning into a must-attend event for people around the world.

via www.techcrunch.com

obviousment zhat iz becauze DJ is speaking on a panel zhere

Brothers living in cave to inherit billions from lost grandmother - Telegraph

“If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now — all we really had was each other — no women would look at us living in a cave,”

via www.telegraph.co.uk

City To Remove 14 Blocks Of Bike Lanes On Bedford Ave.

This is highly suspicious. I know one girl who will not re-route to Kent. Just because there isn't a bike lane there doesn't mean Bedford's off-limits. And if it's really a clothing issue, I'll be sure to wear my best bathing suits henceforth.

via gothamist.com

NYT Blogs Will Be 'Pruned'

Asked directly which blogs might be vulnerable, Mr. Schachter said, “I’m not going to sort of drown any of the babies in the bathtub.”

“It’s not useful for The Times to think of blogs in an entirely different category from the newspaper—it’s simply another platform for the exchange of information,” he explained.

via www.observer.com

Don't mind if they lose the Formula One racing blog or the one about web humor since I didn't know they existed before this article.

Pulling a Double - a new Coop Tee

via definitiveink.spreadshirt.com

At the request of a fan I've created a Pulling A Double shirt for those lost souls who want everyone to know how hard they are working to get back to active and change shirts.