Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Bedbug Detection System, Barclays Center On the Map, and More Brooklyn Briefs

- Cheap do-it-yourself bedbug detection system.  Wired via  Brokelyn

- Parents fight to keep special needs preschool open.  Cobble Hill Blog  

- Recently killed Brooklyn strongman Joseph Rollino, 104, rescued his men during WWII four at a time -- two under each arm. He brought them back behind the lines and then went out for more.  Brooklyn Eagle

- Alex Paterson, the 15-year-old son of Gov. David A. Paterson, was questioned on Tuesday in New York after police officers found him and his friends playing dice on the Upper West Side. NYT Cityroom

- The proposed Barclays Center Arena at Atlantic Yards is already on Google Maps. Curbed

- Opening reception for "Hall of the Gowanus" at Proteus.  PMFA

- Google threatens to shut its Chinese web site after a “highly sophisticated” attack aimed at human-rights activists. Bloomberg

- Solution to world problem number 1: Let's have TWO Tonight Shows!  Huffington Post 

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