William M. Hartnett

The question of whether even journalists still read ink-on-paper newspapers, as posed by Robert Niles last week, was interestingly timed, given a conversation I recently had with my brother.
Both he and my sister-in-law were, until three or four years ago, daily newspaper reporters in a top-50 market. They’re in their early 30s, and between them [...]

They’re All Connected - New York Times
“With residents often leading the way, more buildings are being hooked up to the Internet to encourage chatter, air grievances and fix problems.”
(tags: real-estate nyt community)

Diesel Engines Clean Up for an Encore - New York Times
“After years in the wilderness, diesel is coming home, although Americans may not recognize [...]

The Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Journal, Virtual Earth/Live Maps. I don’t know the last time Lubbock suffered an avalanche, but it is home to my favorite mentally ill college football coach. Click the picture for all the hot map action.

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Neighborhood of the week is Bear Lakes Estates in West Palm Beach.
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Did Twitter Really ‘Outshine’ the Mainstream Press? - ReadWriteWeb
“(Twitter) does breaking news, and it does that very well - in many cases these days better than the mainstream press.” Too bad so many in the traditionally depth-focused news media are now placing big bets on breaking news, where they’re most vulnerable.
(tags: twitter journalism)

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Just posted over at The Official Backyard Post Blog: Neighborhood mapping help from abroad. Mapping thousands of neighborhoods is hard work. So hard, in fact, that we recently outsourced a very small portion of the workload to Backyard Post’s senior Argentina-based polo correspondent.

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Golden Gloves competitor, Philly native to test strength on American Gladiators - Philadelphia Daily News
Palm Beach Post co-worker Rochelle Gilken, all 4-feet, 11 inches and 110 pounds of her, will break you.
(tags: pbpost television colleagues american-gladiator boxing)

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Just in case you’re not friends with him on Facebook, or even if you are and missed his request, Ed Barber needs your current contact information so you can receive information about the Alligator Alumni Association. Send it to cebarber AT alligator DOT org.

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Just posted over at The Official Backyard Post Blog: We like big serifs and, no, we cannot, in fact, lie. Still coming soon over that way: The amazing true story of one programmer and his true and amazing search for the world’s most ergonomically perfect input devices. Amazing. And true. And still coming.

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