Facebook matures with OpenID technology

Submitted by nick on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:57

Facebook has thrown its weight behind OpenID, an open-source technology intended to create portable identity for Web users.

What potential does OpenID have? I take a swing at that question at Digital Media Buzz.

It's never too late to come of age

Submitted by nick on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:53
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Proud family members snap photos of eight members of Riverdale Temple who are about to become b’nai mitzvah at Saturday morning services on May 30. Karsten Moran // Riverdale Press photo

Community has history as a target

Submitted by nick on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:44

When law enforcement officers shattered the window of an SUV on Independence Avenue the night of May 20, the shards left on the ground spread out like a puzzle.

Members of the NYPD Emergency Services Unit broke the window to apprehend four men — James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laguerre Payen — accused of attempting to bomb two Jewish centers within blocks of one another in Riverdale.

What the plotters allegedly planned to do was spelled out in disturbing detail in a criminal complaint from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. But why they planned to do it in Riverdale remains unclear.

There are, however, clues.

Rapid arrest culminates year of patient planning

Submitted by nick on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 23:42
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Prosecutors David S. Leibowitz and Eric Snyder, second from right, stride from the Federal courthouse in White Plains after the first appearance of three terror suspects. Karsten Moran // Riverdale Press photo

Google's Summer of Code approaches: Long live open source programming

Submitted by nick on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 17:20

The Google Summer of Code begins in earnest in just a few days — meaning more code for all, and a payday for some talented young developers.

Read the full story at Digital Media Buzz.

State politics: More cash for the Bronx

Submitted by nick on Sat, 05/02/2009 - 00:32

Thanks to the new organizational chart in the Bronx Democratic party, the Northwest Bronx will get more cash.

This redistribution comes as a Democratically-controlled state Senate means Democrats get to pick who spends how much in member item money, and for the first time, the Bronx party leadership is friendly with Northwest Bronx politicians.

Epic fail, MTA

Submitted by nick on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 22:47

The New York Times reported today on a lawsuit that revealed MTA plans for a $212 million security camera system in the city subways is a year behind schedule, and the contractor, pleading MTA's deficiencies as a business partner, is suing for the right to pull out of the contract.

The contractor, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, says in its lawsuit that it will seek monetary damages in a separate suit.

The latest

Submitted by nick on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 13:04

Embattled state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. is expected to move in to his district this week. If the state lawmaker opens his district office, not far from Fordham University's campus, as planned on May 1, he will have represented his Bronx constituents four full months without having a base of operations in his district.

Candidates and Gerrymanders

Submitted by nick on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 21:06

Backfired gerrymandering, a political history of Oliver Koppell and an uncontested pol who will likely be the next Bronx Borough President — at least for the next few months.

PSA: NoLa non-prof seeks construction manager

Submitted by nick on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 15:37

I'm reposting the following job ad as a public service — both to the good people rebuilding New Orleans and to any of my friends in construction who might want a gig.

ODR Rebuild Construction Manager Wanted

March 11, 2009

Title: Construction Manager
Reports to: Rebuild Program Coordinator
Location: New Orleans

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