Quickies: Whiz kids

• You know how the Comcast Center is going to be a “green” building with urinals that don’t use water but aren’t disgusting? Yeah, that’d be so cool! Being Philadelphia, the plumbers’ union is crying that they’re not going to get enough money from installing these toilets as they would regular ones. Waaaaaah! There’s really not much more I can add to this fantastic Daily News editorial, although I don’t think they were harsh enough. [DN]

• The New York subway system is getting messageboard signs that say when the next train is coming. They’re already in London, Paris and Washington. Philadelphia should have them in about 2156. [AP/Yahoo!]

• Delaware hired a new basketball coach Tuesday, then rescinded the offer due to the coach’s 2004 DUI. Which he had been forthcoming and honest about during interviews. This is officially your WTF moment of the day. [Wilmington News Journal]

• Rick Mariano resigned from two City Council posts yesterday, but he’ll still keep receiving that $102,000 paycheck until he’s sentenced. Oh, whatever. [DN]