Tough-Ass Grannies, Scary Botnets, Gnarly Bikers and Brooklyn Developers

- Don't you just love tough-ass grannies? New York Magazine does, too. Here you'll find a list of grannies who kicked, shot, and slashed their way through a mountain of young toughs. New York Magazine

- A developer proposes a two-story addition to an existing building at 85 Third Street. He gets approval and a permit from the Department of Buildings. Then he proceeds to tear the existing structure down and puts a new structure in its place. Make sure to check out all the photos on the Pardon Me For Asking blog.

- On April 1, the Conficker botnet goes active. If you use Windows, go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and download every update. "Conficker is shaping up to be the scariest, largest botnet ever to have existed." Unixronin More on Conficker at the NYTimes, via Making Light

- At 11 p.m. Saturday night, a group of cyclists are going to be competing in a "gnarly unauthorized brakeless bike road race" through Red Hook. The quarter-mile course features "several hairpin turns, a fast sprint through the parking lot of a chain retailer, a cobblestone stretch, and a sprint finish." Gothamist


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