Archive for January, 2009

Jan 31 2009

Protected: Video Flashback: A Day at the Beach

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Jan 30 2009

Random Friday Video: The Birth of Electronic News

Published by under History,internet,news,technology

Think back to what you were doing in 1981, then imagine getting news via your home computer—if you had one. This video of a 1981 KRON report predicts the future of news reporting on the future of the Internet. And the best part? An S.F. Examiner editor mentions how they’re not in it to make [...]

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Jan 28 2009

1st-Time Visit From a Red-Bellied Woodpecker

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Our peanut feeder had a visit from a Red-Bellied Woodpecker for the first time this morning. At first, we thought it was the chipper Downy Woodpecker that likes to drop in from time to time for peanuts, but the red nape that extends from its shoulders to its beak was unmistakable. The Red-Bellied Woodpecker’s bill [...]

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Jan 26 2009

Take a video tour of the International Space Station (ISS)

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NASA recently released a series of four videos providing a tour of the International Space Station (ISS). The series is over 30 minutes total, but provides a fascinating and rarely seen look at the insides of the ISS. I highly recommend checking it out when you have the time.

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Jan 21 2009

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg and the Nipmuc Indians

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In central Massachusetts, on the southern end of Worcester County, east of the town of Webster, lies Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. View Larger Map A couple of Internet sources explain that the lake’s name is Nipmuc (Algonquian) for “You fish on your side; I fish on my side; nobody fishes in the middle.” I suspect that the [...]

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Jan 20 2009

Protected: M learns to feed himself

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Jan 17 2009

Protected: Happiness is snacktime with Mommy and Daddy

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Jan 17 2009

Virgin Galactic may have America’s first spaceport in New Mexico

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In an almost scifi start to the new year, SpaceFellowship.com writes New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced “Virgin Galactic has signed a 20 year lease agreement with the State of New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s world headquarters will be established in New Mexico and its operations will be located at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, the nation’s [...]

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Jan 16 2009

A Sushi guide for the iPhone

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Shogakukan’s illustrated sushi guide for the iPhone can answer your sushi identification questions. Back in November of 2008, Randye and I discovered another local sushi restaurant in Newburyport, Hana Japan. It’s a nice, clean restaurant situated in a back corner of the Port Plaza off of Rt. 113 as you get off Interstate 95, heading [...]

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Jan 15 2009

Protected: M’s first wedding

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