Blog de Puree

The story of famed pirate ship Whydah and its ill fated captain, Sam Bellamy has once again surfaced and captured our imaginations. OK, mine at least. This time, at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Ohio, from June 2007 to January 2008. The exhibit, named Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship [...]

Last Sunday, we couldn’t have asked for a better fall September day to go on our last apple picking trip as a couple. Not wanting to travel far, we went to Amesbury’s own Cider Hill Farm, of which we’re somewhat proud to tell everyone is one of the best apple orchards in Essex County. A [...]

We’ve outfitted the backyard for some more exciting bird watching. After taking a hiatus this summer and leaving the feeders empty—I was once told that you shouldn’t feed the birds during the summer because food is plentiful and they should not become dependent on feeders—we purchased a new sunlower/assorted seed feeder and I fixed the [...]

Working at Helium.com has been very educational in regard to working directly with a large community and helping its members improve their writing, as well as trying to earn some money with the tools that we currently have available on the site. I’ve been there almost a year and I love going to work each [...]

Scientists who were mapping 1,500 square miles of of an undersea mountain range in the North Atlantic Ocean discovered some new species, NationalGeopraphic.com reports. According to Monty Priede, expedition leader and director of the University of Aberdeen’s Oceanlab research center, the area is about the size of the European Alps. It’s remoteness and depth have [...]

Jeff Jarvis, a journalism professor and media expert, posted on his blog BuzzMachine earlier this week that the New York Times has scrapped their TimeSelect feature, which charged users for online content in certain areas of its website. “No one with sufficient experience ever thought that TimesSelect made good business sense. Oh, they talked a [...]

Last week on Friday was a great night for viewing the night sky. That afternoon, when I came home from work, my neighbor’s daughter came over in a state of excitement because her social studies teacher told her that one could see some of the moons of Jupiter, and she asked if I would set [...]

I was amazed this morning when I heard on the radio that Google.com and Amazon.com are using satellite imagery and teamed their social networking tools to assist in the rescue search for downed aviator and millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett. To me, this is the epitome of using web-based tools and crowd-sourcing to the ultimate advantage. [...]

We made more progress on our stone wall this week. A colleague and good friend of mine lives near some deserted granite quarries in Gloucester. After talking about the slow progress of our stone wall, she offered all the rocks I could fit in my car from the huge pile of rock and granite near [...]