Links: Kensington in Popular Mechanics, Pittsburgh makes cars fly and more

DEFINITE READS

• Popular Mechanics magazine reports on Google Sketchup being used to design the skate park at Pop’s Playground in Kensington (or Fishtown if we’re willing to accept east of Frankford and south of Lehigh avenues will ultimately become Fishtown)
• New York Times media critic David Carr gives a column to Buzz Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize winner, celebrated author, Inquirer Currents columnist, Chestnut Hill curmudgeon and, yes, one of our 10 recommended tweeters to follow for Philadelphians.
• The Inquirer reports that the three Haddonfield, N.J. teens charged with hacking into that school district’s computer system were put on probation, during a ‘contentious’ hearing.

Below, join Brent Celek’s fantasy football league, Pittsburgh helps make cars fly and more.

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Friday Tech Links: SEO with Duck Duck Go, 8-bit music and More

In which we link out to the tech news from Philly and elsewhere (when it matters) that slips through the cracks and make it way fun. See others here.

The blog from incubator DreamIt Ventures features some knowledge spilled at a lecture on search engine optimization by Gabriel Weinberg, the CEO of Duck Duck Go, the Valley Forge search engine we’ve covered.

After the jump, business leaders playing squash, video from the Philly Startup Leaders barbecue and six other tech stories, including our best read story of the week.

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Friday Q&A: John Zito and Tony Trovarello of the Black Cherry Bombshells

Like other media, comic books have had to deal with the paradigm shift of the Web. Comic book artists that were previously limited to just ink on paper, now can use a wide variety of technologies to show the world their work. Just like the Internet has given independent musicians an alternative to record labels, the independent comic book artist can reach audiences like never before.

Tucked away in South Philly are two members of the city’s booming comic book scene, John Zito and Tony Trovarello who are riding the new wave of comic distribution. The two have been using the Web to publish Black Cherry Bombshells, a comic about a post-apocalyptic world where all of the men have been turned into zombies leaving the women to fend for themselves.

What sounds like a description of last week’s South by Southwest festival, is actually a entertaining read full of everything a comic fan for ask for: “gratuitous” violence, zombies and women who could take you in a bar fight. Technically Philly sat down with John and Tony to talk about the city’s comic book scene, the Web’s effect on comic books, and who played Lynne Abraham in their Ed Rendell musical.

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