• Don’t you just hate a “slider?” (why are your hands so sweaty?) Or “the clingy girlfriend,” who’s got her whole body wrapped around the pole? Here are the 11 types of subway pole grips. [TONY]
• The Greenwich Village store that is a shrine to the “The Big Lebowski” merchandise is closing. [Daily Intelligencer]
• Get a first look inside the Lowline Lab. [Bloomberg]
• Amazon has launched a new service called Handmade that lets artisans sell their handmade goods. Here’s what you need to know about the Etsy copycat. [Core 77]
• You ride this “Bird of Prey” bike lying down, and it feels like you’re flying. [Contemporist]

Images: Pole hogger via Richard Yeh/WNYC (L); Bird of Prey bike (R)