Panty Raider Gets Her Come Uppance
Laura Crimaldi writes with charming righteousness in the Boston Herald about an Andover woman who cheated welfare and stole panties from Victoria’s Secret. “A brazen lingerie hustler who lived luxuriously for years in an Andover gated community while bilking $117,500 in welfare from taxpayers is still tooling around in a […]
The Web is More than a Way to Sell Newspapers
Paul Maidment writes in Forbes.com about a meeting of newspaper execs facing the new Internet publishing world. “Even the mighty minds behind Google took several years to realize that they were a media company, not a tech company. But they and their fellow West Coasters have invented a new way […]
Mushrooms in Amsterdam: Rock On!
Seth Stevenson writes in Slate about taking mushrooms in Amsterdam, the day before he was flying home to the US. “I’m in an H&M, on the edge of the socks and accessories aisle, when the drugs begin to take hold. My body starts to yell at me: “Something is happening! […]
What Would You Do?
I came home this afternoon and there was a rare message for me on the home answering machine. Rare because nobody ever calls me at my home number, they know I am always at the office or on the cell. I listened to the voice on the tape…it wasn’t familiar, […]
Equity, Ownership Excite Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest was profiled in today’s NY Times by Lola Ogunnaike. The Idol host gets up at 4 am to do a radio show, then works for E! and has his hands in lots of other things–including hosting duties on the #1 show on TV. “Equity, ownership, production fees, license […]
Me and the Legends on TV
Tonight I watched TV for a long while, beginning with the Making It Here episode that was taped in October about GoNOMAD. It was a rush to watch it after such a long time in coming. I kept expecting myself to stumble on a word, or botch up something but […]
Crowdsourcing: Using the Masses to Solve Problems
On Sunday I read the entire new issue of Wired, and found many fascinating ideas to ponder. One was Crowdsourcing, a new trend that uses the masses to achieve what was once only done by professionals. In corporate R&D, for example, Procter and Gamble employ more than 9000 scientists and […]
Forget Frequent Flyer Miles this Summer!
Today is a grey day, but a great day to read the news on the laptop. The NY Times had a story about a tough summer for air travelers. “Airlines, still struggling because of high fuel prices, have been able to raise fares because of the tight capacity. David Strine, […]
GoNOMAD Profiled on "Making It Here," TV Show
Last fall, Marla Zippay from WGBY Channel 57 came to visit us in our former small office at 14A Sugarloaf St. I drove up to the building on my scooter, they taped a few takes to get it right. She was filming the episode of “Making it Here,” that will […]
Magazine Publishers "Get" Video on the Web
The Boston Phoenix had a story last week about the future of magazine publishing. It’s not as bad as newspapers, said the story. “One operator gambling on online video is the Ehlert Publishing Group, a company that owns more than a dozen publications, most focused on “enthusiast” subjects such as […]
Grinning Director Reduced to Sobbing Nobody
David Gritten writes a blog for the UK Telegraph, he wrote about the film season in Cannes, France. “Strangest of all are market screenings, mainly for the benefit of distributors who might be interested in buying a film for their particular territory. Often these films are being seen for the […]
What Men Really Want from the Internet
Today I drove to Easthampton to pick up a new sidewalk sandwich sign painted by Jill MacFarlane. While I was at a cafe I picked up the Valley Advocate, and chuckled through a cover story by Annabel Lee, chronicling 100 Internet dates. Here is the ending: “I’m not sure what […]
Teaching Elephants to Paint in Thailand
David Rich writes for GoNOMAD about elephants in Thailand.“On the first trek into the jungle we quickly learned the most repeated command is bai, which means “GO.” The jungle to an elephant is like a chocolate factory to a Willie Wonka kid; every jungle bit is luscious, edible and available. […]
Survivor: Mass Correctional Institute, Cedar Junction
I remember well watching Survivor in 2000, the summer I lived in a youth hostel on Martha’s Vineyard. Richard Hatch was a big part of that show, and he got sentenced to prison yesterday for tax evasion. Ouch! “It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied,” Torres […]
Lots of Better Ways to Keep Your Fish Alive
The Pioneer Valley’s famous bird killers, Michael Zak and Tim Lloyd are getting lots of ink in all of the papers. What most of the stories are saying is how stupid it is to try to keep birds away from a fish hatchery by shooting them. Today’s Recorder had quotes […]
Returning Home after an Eight Month Trip
Kelly and Quang just got back from an eight-month trip around the world. In their blog, Global Roam, they talk now about what it’s like to return home… “This is how it feels: We’d rather keep our revelations and our stories to ourselves. In this way, they retain an air […]