Universal Hub - Kendall Square

Software company offers $30,000 bounties for developer referrals

adamg — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:26:50 +0000

HubSpot, which offers online marketing software from its offices in Kendall Square, today launched a referral program: Refer a software developer to them, and if they hire him or her, you get $30,000.

Excavator hits gas main in Kendall Square, buildings evacuated, roads shut, Red Line halted

adamg — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:52 +0000

Move it!

Happened around 11:10 a.m. at 5 Cambridge Center, AlertNewEngland reports.

Robert Love, who took the photo, reports:

Leak so big, it sounded like a fire hose.

UPDATES: NStar got the gas turned off around 11:40 a.m. Robert Love reported at 12:40 that the streets were re-opened and that people were being let back into their offices - except 3-5 Cambridge Center.

The excavator that caused the commotion. Photo by Robert Love.

Kendall kids want their bells back

adamg — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:22 +0000

Get the handle fixed now, they implore.

It was only a couple of years ago that MIT fixed up the musical installation.

Via Boston Reddit.

News flash: If you make threats on a train, you might find yourself surrounded by armored cops

adamg — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:57:06 +0000

MBTA cops with automatic weapons rushed into the Kendall Square Red Line station to pull some alleged fool off a Red Line train at lunchtime. A spokesman reports:

A customer reported that a man aboard a northbound Red Line train had made comments of a threatening nature. The train was held at Kendall while police investigated. The man was removed from the train and questioned by police.

Smush, smush, smush went the taxi

adamg — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:06:35 +0000

Keith Richard snapped this photo of the bus he'd been on and a taxi in Kendall Square around 5:45 p.m.:

This cab just pulled in front of the CT2 I was riding at Kendall. Bus braked, we all went flying.

Alex Wheeler, also on the bus, reported no injuries, but, naturally, rush-hour traffic quickly backed up as a result.

Vietnamese food truck loses its wheels, but not its edge

adamg — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:06:34 +0000

Limeduck tries out the new bricks-and-mortar version of Bon Me in Kendall Square (same building as the Friendly Toast):

The BBQ pork was zesty, the bread crusty, the carrots crunchy, the pate livery, the mayo spicy, the cilantro uppity, everything in its place and as it should be, dare I say it maybe a tiny bit better than at the truck. This is a $6 sandwich, $8 if you somehow think you need "extra meat," and really, I love this stuff, but I'm pretty sure you do not need extra meat. Same price as at the truck, and you get a roof over your head and music, too.

Kendall Square gets a psychologist

adamg — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:38:48 +0000

Cambridge Day reports a local psychologist was seeing so much of his business come from Cambridge's tech corner that he decided to set up shop there. Although he already had offices in Harvard and Central squares, "people were kind of stressed out about taking the time off work" to travel the next stop or two on the Red Line.

New York paper amazed at the success of Kendall Square

adamg — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:50:19 +0000

The Times marvels: Biotech Players Lead a Boom in Cambridge.

Help-wanted ads give clues on what Amazon's working on in Cambridge

adamg — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:17:26 +0000

Xconomy seeks answers in the help wanteds for Amazon's local expansion.