links for 2007-05-06

• Digg’s Mob Rules
  The news-sharing Web site faces a painful choice: allow user content that courts legal woes, or risk losing users—and content
  (tags: activism digg networking social socialnetworking revolt web2.0)

• Reno Bike Project: Bringing happiness to wallets and waistlines one bike at a time
  If you are out-and-about this summer and you see the Reno Bike Project booth, stop by for a little two-wheeled education. These bicycle activists will set you on the right path to benefit your health and help heal the damage done to your wallet and the pl
  (tags: RBP reno bike project renobikeproject biking bicycling cycling nevada)

• Reno Water Sports – Reno.com
  “It’s always a tight field, and podium placement usually comes down to performance on one or two tricks,” said Jim Litchfield, principal of Fluid Concepts and competition producer for the Reno River Festival.
  (tags: jimlitchfield jim litchfield fluid reno nevada whitewater Kayak rscva special events)

• RGJ.com: River Festival more than kayaks this year
  “The vast majority of competitions are open,” Litchfield said. “When we started, I wanted to show people the highest level of the sport, so it was invitation only. It showcases the sport, but we took criticism because of the exclusivity.” Litchfield said
  (tags: renoriverfestival reno nevada Kayak whitewater competition rscva jimlitchfield jim litchfield)

• Keywords: a Growing Cost for News Sites – WSJ.com
  With the Web assuming an increasingly vital role for print and television news outlets, and online competition intensifying, more outlets are turning to search marketing to drive traffic to their Web sites. To guarantee their pages come up prominently whe
  (tags: search marketing seo sem news media print tv content advertising)

• Reno Rambler: 22 Days in May
  Reno Rambler is going to bike to work all 22 days in honor of Bike to Work Month. “I’ve decided to challenge myself to commute by bike every day to work in the month of May.”
  (tags: reno bike commuting challenge)

• Unstoppable – New York Times
  WHEN is a bicycle not like other bicycles? To begin with, when it has no brakes, or at least no visible brakes, or possibly just a front brake. That means you can’t ride this bike very well on your first try, and certainly not very gracefully, easily or
  (tags: bike fixed gear cycling culture)

• Horse Power Podcast Received “Official Honoree” Distinction for the 11th Annual Webby Awards
  To receive the “Official Honoree” distinction for the Horse Power Podcast from the Webby Awards is admittedly flattering, and both Josk Kenzer and I are quite proud to be rewarded for the hard work. But we definitely could not have done it without the
  (tags: Twelve Horses Twelve+Horses podcasting podcast blogging webby awards marketing branding josh+kenzer robert+payne David+LaPlante)

• Not Enough Snow for You? Talk to Your Father – New York Times
  Wow. Just SU’s upon this article about making snow at home. Life will not be the same at the LaPlante house in the 2007-2008 season. We’ll be making some snow for sure. Blue snow.
  (tags: snow snowmaking snowguns homemade DIY backyard jibbing)

• RGJ.com: Fallon cyclist says helmet saved his life
  While it may not be surprising, he does wonder why not one of the 30 or 40 cars didn’t at least stop and offer to make a 911 call. Eventually someone returning to Hawthorne from a trip to Fallon turned around and took him to the hospital.
  (tags: cycling bike helmet crash 911 cellphone help goodsamaritan)

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