If Frontline, or maybe Michael Bay, pondered why the T couldn't run 24/7 even if it had the money
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 9:23 amThis is the trailer for a video about the T late at night. Transit nerds will dig it; but so will regular riders what really happens in those tunnels. The complete video follows, complete with a tour of an abandoned tunnel still prepared for use as a fallout shelter and the unique problems T workers have with college students and people who fall on the tracks:
Suddenly, photos of men on the T are hot
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 8:25 amHotties on the T bills itself as:
Pictures of Men. Taken by Men. On the T.
And unlike that blow in from London, this site doesn't pretend to be about crushes:
This is about admiration. Admiration of fine looking men on the T. From a male perspective. We don't know our subjects, nor do we presume to know if they are gay, bi, or straight. We take unstaged pictures.
Via BosGuy.
Some Northeastern students marked down for unsuccessful pregaming before Barstool party; Barstool honcho told to sit down and shut up
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 8:02 amThe Huntington News reports at least three students got in a touch of trouble before they ever got to Barstool Sports' Northeastern Blackout shindig at the House of Blues, including two found on Columbus Avenue:
Early morning armed holdup in Allston
By adamg - 2/9/12 - 6:36 amThe Daily Free Press reports a woman walking to work around 6 a.m. on Sunday was held up by a guy who put a gun to her chest at Linden and Gardner streets.
Sometimes Missed Connections just isn't enough
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 10:35 pmYou'll know immediately what square the new Ferdinand building is in
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 6:39 pmThe Bay State Banner reports on the latest plans for the Ferdinand building in Dudley Square, which will feature a brick and glass extension with "DUDLEY" in giant letters on top.
The long shuttered building will become the new home of the Boston School Department on its upper floors, with stores and community space on the first two floor.
Heartache may not be the only thing Pats fans left Indianapolis with
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 5:46 pmMassachusetts health officials notified about measles carrier at Super Bowl festivities.
Chinatown building evacuated for structural problems
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 5:09 pmBoston firefighters and building inspectors are at 25 Harrison Ave., where firefighters responding to a fire alarm around 3:25 p.m. found a five-story building that seemed a little unsteady on its feet. An MBTA bus was brought in for 25-30 evacuated residents.
New York Times lives in a copyright glass house
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 3:50 pmThe day before ex-Times editor and current Times thumbsucker Bill Keller blasted people who reprint Times content without its permission, the Times reprinted a PDF of a Real Paper story without permission from its current copyright owner, our very own Boston Phoenix. Not just the words, but the actual pages from that long-ago alt-weekly, whose remnants the Phoenix bought.
The Phoenix is not amused:
This is about the most literal instance of copyright theft, in terms of source material (someone else's), method (photocopied a print article), and intention of the law (don't copy someone else's stuff and distribute it as your own), as can be imagined.
Pluto defender considers bid for Barney Frank's seat
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 3:29 pmMichael Burstein, a Brookline library trustee, science fiction writer and ardent supporter of Pluto's role as the ninth planet in our solar system, is setting up an exploratory committee to consider becoming an obstacle to the Kennedy Inevitability in the Fourth District, Brookline Patch reports.
Meanwhile, His Inevitableness, who knocked Boston City Councilor and Newton native Mike Ross out of the race, has moved to Brookline as he contemplates his own run.
Court to Governor's Council: Don't pester us with idle, hypothetical questions
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 3:01 pmThe Supreme Judicial Court today refused to answer a question from the Governor's Council on whether the council could order people before it for judicial nominations to tell the truth.
In an "answer" to the council, an obscure elected board that dates to colonial days that gets to grill prospective judges, the state's highest court said the council failed to prove the issue had actually come up, that the five members who signed the question failed to show they had consulted the three other members about asking the court about the matter and that the council really should get to know Attorney General Martha Coakley, whose office is full of lawyers versed in constitutional issues.
The court said the separation of powers enumerated in the state constitution requires justices to tread very lightly on issues of how the executive branch of government runs its affairs and to consider such affairs only on serious matters arising from "solemn" instances:
AOL trims Patch
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 2:18 pmJim Romensko reports a new "chief content officer" will reduce full-time and freelance budgets and call for greater emphasis on easily churned out content:
The editorial emphasis is now on "easy, quick-hitting, cookie-cutter copy," including mandatory "Best Of" features (i.e., best coffeeshop, best burgers, etc.) that compel businesses and readers to visit and participate in the Patch directories. (Each Patch has a directory of local businesses, organizations, churches, etc.)
Poochie Pebbles found in Lowell, reunited with owner
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 1:41 pmChannel 25 reports one of its Lowell watchers spotted the wee pet, dognapped from outside the Beacon Hill Whole Foods the other night:
He called to "Pebbles" and the dog came to him while the two women ran away, reports the Lowell Police.
South End could get high-end steak place
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 11:56 amThe team behind Deuxave in the Back Bay is looking to transform the home of two failed South End restaurants into what their lawyer called "an urban, modern steakhouse concept."
Pops in the South End to get new name, manager
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 11:39 amDavid Noble, owner of Pops, 560 Tremont St., went before the Boston Licensing Board today for permission to hire a new manager with plans to slightly alter the place's menu under the name Smithfield Kitchen.
The board votes tomorrow on Noble's request to bring on Scott Herritt and to change the name.
Herritt told the board he will basically be keeping Pops the same, but will make it "a little bit more food focused."
One thing the newly rebranded restaurant won't do is seek longer hours - Noble said he learned his lesson from a fight with the neighborhood over noise under previous restaurant manager Felino Samson.
That's gotta hurt
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 11:25 am
Workers at the Panera on High Street downtown are all wearing Giants Super Bowl shirts today to settle a bet their manager made with his counterpart at a Panera in New York.
"That's got to suck," I told the guy who took my order. "Yeah, I'm a loyal Patriots fan," he allowed.
We lose another online entrepreneur - but not to Silicon Valley this time
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 8:38 amFlo's boss backs medical-marijuana effort in Massachusetts
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 8:00 amThe Patriot Ledger reports the chairman of Progressive Insurance has contributed $525,000 to a group pushing a ballot question to legalize the medical use of marijuana here. The group has raised $1,167 from other sources.
Citizen complaint of the day: Lack of snow means early arrival of JP turd blossoms
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 7:51 amA disgusted citizen in Jamaica Plain complains about neighborhood dog owners:
what is up with all the dog crap on the sidewalks in JP? winter is usually bad, with sneaky dog owners leaving layer on layer of crap piles to be covered with snow until the spring thaw reveals what looks like anarchaeological dig gone very wrong. but we haven't had snow and crap is everywhere! can we at least get some signs up, not that i think the troglodyte owner can either read or care. and no, i don't have a photo-- do u really want one?
Caffeine huffing just the thing for people who don't have time for one of those little energy-drink bottles
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 7:42 amAssociated Press highlights the controversy over a caffeine inhaler invented by a Harvard professor. It got mixed reviews at Northeastern, where the company marketing the thing gave away free fixes samples. The company says caffeine snorting is the perfect way "for people with active lifestyles to get their caffeine fix."
Dognapping outside Beacon Hill Whole Foods leaves local woman heartbroken
By adamg - 2/8/12 - 7:26 amUPDATE: Dog found safe in Lowell.
Pebbles, a 4-year-old yorkie/chihuahua mix was stolen by two women around 6:30 p.m. at the Cambridge Street Whole Foods as her owner dashed inside to buy some dinner.
Her owner is offering a $1,000 reward for her return, no questions asked. If you spot a little dog with one ear up and one down, send info to bringpebbleshome@gmail.com.
What lies beneath Jamaica Pond
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:45 pmWithout state help, MBTA will have to cut service, raise fares next year, too, regional planning group says
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:20 pmThe Metropolitan Area Planning Council says payments on more than $5 billion in debt ensure the T will continue to lurch from one financial crisis to another, hurting riders and the regional economy for years to come, unless the legislature steps in to help do something about that debt.
Where's Whitey?
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:10 pmUPDATE: Sheesh, whatever happened to the days when you could trust stuff you read online? The Herald's O'Ryan Johnson tweets neither mobster nor moll is in transit anywhere - due to a computer glitch at the Bureau of Prisons, they've been marked as "in transit" since June.
Jack Gately checks Whitey Bulger's prison record and discovers that, like Sal DiMasi yesterday, he's also "in transit" (DiMasi is spending the night in Brooklyn). Chuck Turner, however, continues to bunk in West Virginia, while Dianne Wilkerson remains ensconced in Stamford.
