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From The Daily News, Thugs slay Brooklyn social worker Douglas Smith in fight over exercise equipment: A Brooklyn social worker described as “the picture of health” was slain at his neighborhood gym in a feud over exercise equipment. Douglas Smith, 50, was knifed and clobbered with a hammer by a pair of muscleheads who attacked [...]
Uncommon Projects is yet another example of Brooklyn’s abundance of inventors, creators, makers, designers and engineers – and how the boundaries between all of the previous description have blurred or disappeared. They write code, build websites, and build machines. And here’s some of what they’ve done. Photo-taking bicycles for yahoo’s Purple Pedals Project; in turn, [...]
The Sun Table – which has no moving parts, adjustable stainless-steel legs – and whose wooden frame is made of teak – comes with an inverter and internal battery. Four hours of direct sunlight, according to Sudia, will yield enough energy to use a laptop for for hours via the battery. (Use the laptop at/on [...]
We know that there are other great local blogs out there – we seem to discover them slowly – and this morning discovered the Ditmas Park Blog. They’re far more organized than we are, so it’s a fair bet that we’re going to plagiarizing as much as we can get away with as soon as [...]