The Brooklyn Public Library "My Brooklyn" photo/essay contest is on again. Deadline for entries: April 1. First prize is a $500 Savings Bond, Series EE.

Here’s last year’s winner, submitted by Catherine Brown. Excerpt: "I took the camera from Dave and put in a fresh roll of film. Through the
lens, a baby seemed to be falling from the clouds, a gift, a ray of hope. A
pair of strong hands reached out to catch him. And for the first time after
9/11, my husband laughed."

Click the photo for a larger image.

Guess what www.forestcityratner.com redirects to: "Brooklyn Papers publisher Ed Weintrob — finding the (URL) unclaimed — rented if for a year beginning August 5, and set it up to
automatically forward visitors to a brooklynpapers.com page with
articles such as "Earth to Bruce: Facts show he owns less land" and
"Members: Ratner owns community boards.""

Hey, wait. Isn’t this just an Internet land grab? Shame on you, Ed Weintrob.

If you are ProHo’er and you’ve never stumbled across Sam Sloan’s Home Page, now might be the time. Caution: There is something here to offend everyone. (Also, like dailyheights, Sam Sloan knows that the Internet is all about scrolling.) A couple we know got their first Prospect Heights Brooklyn
apartment through Sam Sloan’s website, believe it or not. No broker fee. In 2000.

This past fall, Sam Sloan tried to run for US Congress for the Tenth Congressional District of New York, on the Republican ticket. TIP: To hear two MIDIs playing at once, be sure to click through and look at Sam’s seven kids.