Radiohead's video uses Point Cloud data, Portable GIS code update, & Dark Star Orchestra Gov's Island review

Radiohead's recent "House of Cards" video uses point cloud data. You can download the data here.

For Portable GIS users, update your code manually. Click here to see how.

Caught the Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) show at Governor's Island on Friday. DSO is a Grateful Dead cover band that emulates actual shows that the dead played. They covered the set from 5/1/77 at the Palladium in NYC. The line to get on the ferry was extremely long so I missed opener Tea Leaf Green and walked in during "Ramble on Rose." Set 1: Might as Well, El Paso, Ramble on Rose, Cassidy, They Love Each Other, Lazy Lightning> Supplication, Must Have Been the Roses, Estimated Prophet, Tennessee Jed, Sunrise, Samson & Delilah
Set 2: Dancin in the Streets> Browneyed Women, Playin in the Band> Drums> The Other One> Comes a Time> Playin (reprise) Encore: Brokedown Palace "Filler:" Music Never Stopped

Pic's and additional review from rundangerously blog:

NYC expanding pedestrian access on Broadway & wind energy

Expanding pedestrian access on Broadway...image and link from NYtimes

Wind energy could provide 15% of world's needs

St. Vincent @ Castle Clinton, etc; Charles Rengal gets low rent; & is GPS making us dumber?

St. Vincent played a free show at Castle Clinton last night as part of the River to River festival. The band was awesome and on-point. Brooklynvegan has a review. (Image from BKV) Stopped by the John Hammond performance on the way to Castle Clinton also in the area at Battery Park City. Missed the Fleet Foxes and free No Age show at South Street Seaport - pretty terrific night for music-lovers in NYC last night.

Congressman Rengal is getting a pretty good deal on his rent in Harlem.

and is GPS making us dumber...

TA: Don't Let Broadway's Protected Bike Lanes be Disconnected

There's some projects to improve bike access at Times Square, Herald Square, and Madison Square Park. Transportation Alternatives is suggesting we contact the DOT let them know that the projects are both awesome and should be connected via bike lanes.

From Transportation Alternatives:

Don't Let Broadway's Protected Bike Lanes be Disconnected

Start Date:

07/01/2008 - 00:00

Expiration Date:

08/01/2008 - 00:00

Action Type:

In-Person Outreach

On May 29th Manhattan Community Board 5 unanimously approved a DOT proposal to remove two travel lanes and create a seven-foot wide cycle-track accompanied by pedestrian amenities that encourage sitting and people-watching along Broadway from 42nd Street to 35th Street.

These formerly unremarkable seven blocks will now connect Times Square to Herald Square, and with a bit more work they could connect all the way to the redesigned Madison Square Park and create one of Manhattan's finest public spaces.

Take Action!

Contact the DOT and tell them that their plans for Broadway between 42nd Street and 35th Street and Madison Square Park are so great that they ought to be connected.

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Landmark trip completed for wave-powered boat

Image from Treehugger.com

The Suntory Mermaid II completed a landmark 4,350 mile trip across the pacific. It's not quite as fast as conventional ships but technological improvements and increasing fuel costs may make this innovation an alternative for non-time-sensitive shipping.

Boat, Moved Only by Waves, Sails to a Seafaring First

By JOHN J. GEOGHEGAN

Published: July 8, 2008

The Suntory Mermaid II completed a 4,350 mile trip, marking the longest known voyage by a wave-powered boat.

Illustrations and history of Japanese sailor Ken-ichi Horie's boats from Treehugger.com.

Free Governor's Island Bike Rentals & Measuring Area in Live Maps

Just returning from 2-week vacation in AK...

Learn about free bike rentals on Governor's Island from Treehugger.com.
(text from Treehugger article:)
Free New York Bike Rental Introduces New Riders
When we reported on the competition to design a park for Governor’s Island in New York, the prospect of 3000 free wooden bikes left us in no doubt as to which entrant was our favorite. While the full park may still be in the design stages, the concept of free bikes on the island has actually manifested itself a little early, as this new film from StreetFilms shows. Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), Transportation Alternatives and Bike and Roll have joined forces to create a bike share program, and every Friday between now and October 4th those bikes are free! What better way to get folks into biking than to let them try it in a safe environment, free of cars, and at no cost? As one interviewee put it “with the way gas prices are going, I think this is my next vehicle.” We certainly hope so. Thanks for another great movie StreetFilms – click below the fold for more StreetFilms action.

Measuring area in Live Maps. Learn more here.

American's taking the Q train

A transect of America on the Q train from Brooklyn to Canal St. in New York.