Rolando Peñate

Rolando Peñate lives in Brooklyn, is Design Lead at OpenGeo, part of the design team at The Open Planning Project, and occasionally syndicates parts of his life here.

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These Might Make Drivers Take Bike Lanes Seriously | GOOD

These ZEBRA bicycle lane dividers, which they have in parts of Spain now, would really come in handy to keep cars out of bikers’ space. They’re designed by Curro Claret and made by Zicla, out of…



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The century that produced the greatest number of artifacts may leave the fewest behind: http://bit.ly/U9cv8 (RT @GreatDismal & @missmoun)



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Apparently only Osama bin Laden can save America now: http://bit.ly/10NyNq



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“Them faggots in that thar bar touched mah officers and now they’re complainin’ about some rough stuff…” (http://bit.ly/16IfSH)



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“The storm that is the honorable governor of the great state of Alaska, Sarah Palin!” http://tr.im/qpsB & http://tr.im/qps9 (@jayrosen_nyu)



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Nice to see @TOPPLabs getting some press for their open data and #civichacking efforts in NYC: http://bit.ly/cjXKB



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“We’re seeing a new incarnation of ‘white flight’” - Danah Boyd about the exodus of some groups from MySpace. (RT @nicholasbs)



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I just became the mayor of New York sports club soho on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/TiZkp



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Finally got my keyboard repair back from the Apple Store. It’s all quick brown foxes and lazy dogs from here on out!



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Check out this great little cartoon, The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/brewtv/alpha9.html



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John Stewart calls out the Obama administration for lacking the transparency they promised: http://bit.ly/pG6iE (RT @ostrain)



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King Michael - Thriller was Michael Jackson's curse. - By Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine

“Weeping for Michael, we are also mourning the musical monoculture—the passing of a time when we could imagine that the whole country, the whole planet, was listening to the same song.”



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Less than half of college grads under 25 are working in jobs that require a college degree: http://bit.ly/9uIBJ (via @ltucker)



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Gov. Sanford, Farrah Fawcett, and Michael Jackson… I’d wager that TV coverage of Iran is about to go off air.