Google Chrome
Once I gave Google Chrome a chance to fully infect my computer, it’s been running really fast.I have to confess: My time spent drilling down into the inner workings of my own computer has slowly dwindled down to practically zero over the past 22 months since I bought this current setup. (It’s a quad core [...]
Cup of Woo: Worcester Mag Reviews Buddha Hut Soups
In addition to the mention of the 2010 Mac Daddy Competition, this week’s Worcester Magazine features a review of Buddha Hut’s soups. Here is a clip from the review: Renée ordered the seafood noodle soup, and I tried the spicy Thai coconut. While both had excellent flavors, we were somewhat disappointed in each. My spicy soup had [...]
Just Visiting
I took a spin out to Tatnuck this morning to visit my friend, Pete Mancevice, and his wife Lydia.We had to make a quick run to pick up some more coffee beans, though… so… as is my undying habit at this point, I snapped a picture of Peter as he came out the door of [...]
Hits on the Brain
This is an Excel graph I’ve been maintaining for the past 130 weeks…Every week I get an e-mailed report from SiteMeter, and so I’ve taken the numbers and posted them… every week.Keeping track of numbers is a habit I got into long before the 1970′s when I worked in the accounting department at Phalo Corporation [...]
Bay State Gambling
If anybody has any objections to legalized gambling in Massachusetts, the history (and future) of the Massachusetts State Lottery needs to be where they re-focus their attention. Starting today, Massachusetts joins 30 other states, Washington DC, and the US Virgin Islands in selling Powerball lottery tickets.The only reason this has happened is because the gambling [...]
Hyperlocal, Local, & Special Interest
Here’s a mouthful: A local news article about hyperlocal news can be found in tomorrow’s issue of a special interest publication.
Affordable Housing
WB Journal has a generally positive spin for Winn.
IMAX iPad
After mulling over the implications of it for a couple of days, it dawned on me just a few minutes ago that the giant version of the iPod that was announced last week (but won’t be available for months) will be able to play IMAX movies if you hold the screen about an inch from [...]
"Small Packages" Art Show (Sun, Jan 31)
Westboro Gallery, 8 West Main St., Westborough, MA The latest show to open at The Westboro Gallery should prove the adage that bigger is not always better. Good things do come in small packages! “Small Packages,” is an exhibit of small format works by gallery members. The show features both 2 and 3 dimensional works, [...]
A Miniature Milestone: The Marianne E. Gibson Portrait Miniature Gallery at 20 (Sun, Jan 31)
Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA The portrait miniature, one of the Worcester Art Museum’s greatest strengths in American art, is paradoxically one of the smallest physical types of objects within its collections. Although not as large as easel paintings or sculptures, portrait miniatures do tell a “big” and important story in American [...]
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