1. Nightlife guru Ben Pundole (Ian Schrager, Morgan's Hotel Group etc.) has re-surfaced in Montauk with Ruschmeyer's, a restaurant and small hotel ("small' as in eight rooms) opening on May 27 at 161 Second House Road. His partner in the newly re-furbished spot is Robert McKinley and the pair are planning other ventures under the name King & Grove Hotels. [East Hampton Star]
2. Artist Ryan McGinness plans to "camp out" in the vitrine behind the reception desk of LA's Standard Hotel (8300 Sunset Boulevard) for three nights starting June 1. He'll be drawing nude models and hosting a pool party behind the hotel where hotel guests can also sketch live models. [LA TImes]
3. Congrats to all the winners at last night's WEBBY awards including: REDU, Pitchfork, LEGO, Engadget, Nowness, Angry Birds, Zach Galifianakis and Epicurious. The full list of winners is here.
4. Forty pieces of rock memorabilia -- including Justin Bieber's skateboard and Ray Charles' braille copy of Playboy -- are going on a tour of the USA starting May 18 in NYC. It's a celebration of the Hard Rock Cafe's 40th anniversary. [Art Daily]
5. Lady Gaga's single "Judas" from her new album, out on May 23, fell from #6 to #19 on this week's digital sales charts.
6. Signal To Noise, "the late-night arty party," returns for round two at the Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria) this Saturday, May 7, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. The So So Glos and Shark? are performing plus DJs, visuals and more. Tickets are $15.
7. A District Court Judge ruled that an IP-address does not equal a person. "A (copyright) infringer might be the subscriber, someone in the subscriber's household, a visitor with her laptop, a neighbor, or someone parked on the street." [Torrent Freak]
8. A penguin named Bonaparte at an aquarium in Germany has fallen in love with a rubber boot that he thinks is a lady penguin. [GermanHerald]
