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What lies beneath Jamaica Pond

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:45:21 +0000

Jamaica Pond Monster (Jessie) sightings.

Blue and Red masses to go dark tomorrow to protest potential Internet censoring laws

adamg — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:04:07 +0000

Blue Mass Group and Red Mass Group are joining the online protest against two bills in Congress that would privatize parts of due process and force Web sites to become proxies for music and movie companies in their mad dash to go after copyright infringement.

Fish heads, fish heads, write 'em up, yum

adamg — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:06:38 +0000

Richard Auffrey reports that a company called iPura is once again offering a $1,000 prize to the local blogger/tweeter who best captures the raging glory that is the awesome world of seafood products and services at the annual International Boston Seafood Show in March.

The blogger vs. the publisher

adamg — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:01:18 +0000

Mike the Mad Biologist notes the annoying irony of giant publisher Reed Elsevier posting an extract of something he wrote and then slapping a copyright notice on it - an explanation of why he thinks Reed Elsevier sucks.

JP monk discusses the ultimate punk rocker: Jesus Christ

adamg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:14:11 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports:

Sammons, who often traverses the neighborhood dressed in his brown cloth habit tied with a cord, writes about the religious life in a blog called “A Minor Friar” (friarminor.blogspot.com). His posts range from scholarly commentary on Catholic theology to the perils of walking across the Arborway.

Mixed in are plentiful references to the likes of horror-punkers the Misfits and diabolical thrashers Slayer. The music may seem surprising—and certainly is to some of Sammons' peers. But the metal and punk subcultures brought Sammons a key realization: "the given thing, the given taste, is not what you really want."

Organizing against MBTA service cuts

adamg — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:28:51 +0000

Students Against T Cuts is just what it sounds like: Area college students working to fight proposed cuts at the T. Repeal forward funding, they argue.

Newton gets a new Web site

adamg — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:56:27 +0000

Village 14 is a collaboration between longtime local blogger Sean Roche and Greg Reibman, who is also a longtime blogger and who was, until recently, publisher of the regional chain that owns the Newton Tab. Reibman, however, writes the site is not a strike back at GateHouse. The duo aren't looking for ads, to start. It's just a couple of Newtonites who are really interested in the place and who love to blog, he says.

H/t Ian Lamont.

When a doctor's wife is diagnosed with breast cancer

adamg — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:13:55 +0000

Dr. John Halamka at Beth Israel reports on his wife's diagnosis and plans - with her consent - to blog about her treatment:

Last Thursday, my wife Kathy was diagnosed with poorly differentiated breast cancer. She is not facing this alone. We're approaching this as a team, as if together we have cancer. She has been my best friend for 30 years. I will do whatever it takes to ensure we have another 30 years together.

She's has agreed that I can chronicle the process, the diagnostic tests, the therapeutic decisions, the life events, and the emotions we experience with the hope it will help other patients and families on their cancer treatment journey.

Area blogger makes Times front page

adamg — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:20:48 +0000

Joey Ciaramitaro of Good Morning Glouester makes America's front page with some choice quotes about towns with lobster-pot trees that can only hope to grow up to be like the stirring and stunningly beautiful one in Gloucester.

MBTA Missed Connections

adamg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:32:41 +0000

No, it's not when you miss the last train to Haverhill because the Orange Line was delayed. It's people realizing too late they're looking for love on the T. We eagerly await MBTA Forum, with letters that begin, "Dear MBTA Forum, I never thought I'd be writing something like this, but ..."

Boston food bloggers meet to eat, blog

adamg — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:12:40 +0000

Boston Food Swap recounts a marathon holiday weekend of greeting, meeting and eating.

Hey, men: Enough already

adamg — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:43:11 +0000

Hollaback Boston is back, giving women a place to discuss and do something about street harassment (On Facebook, too - the old site still up as well).

The bloggers who brunch take a field trip to America's Test Kitchen

adamg — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:48:57 +0000

Liz reports on a recent visit by a group of brunching bloggers to Brookline's very own recipe central.

Since moving to Boston I've watched hundreds of ATK and Cook's Country tv episodes and Cook's Illustrated Cookbook is my go-to guide in the kitchen. So you can understand how I felt like a 10 year-old waiting for the end-of-the-year awesome field trip.

Curbed appeal?

adamg — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:30:51 +0000

The latest New York online venture to try to crack the Boston market is the Curbed Network, which today launched Boston Curbed (real estate) and Boston Eater (food).

Blogging's a risky business, at least, in Revere

adamg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:13:58 +0000

You never know when some crooked cop will punch you in the head.

Naturally, the Herald doesn't say which blog the guy writes, but that's why God gave us Google.