Find Some of Boston’s Hidden Restaurants

The Boston Red Sox are gearing up for another World Series, and baseball fans will be coming to Fenway Park in droves.

What restaurants are worth checking out before or after a Red Sox game?

In the latest Boston restaurant feature, Boston’s Hidden Restaurants gives a selected list of some of the best lesser-known restaurants near Fenway Park, home of the world champion Boston Red Sox, as well as a list of restaurants slightly further away from the ballpark.

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New pictures of Jake

Here’s one of Jake Jake riding his bike down stairs

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Memorial Wristband for Dave

I’ve made a deal with a company to make wristbands like the Livestrong bracelets by Nike. Although these will be black and say IN MEMORY OF DAVE SAVAGE.

It’s something I’ve been thinking for a while to do but never found the place where I could make my own.

I mostly wanted to do it for myself but a few other people wanted them also. I’m going to sell them for $10 each and all the money will goto Brian’s Trust Fund.

They ship sometime mid april. Leave a comment if you’d like one.

Update: Dave’s braclets will be in Sunday, April 17th. $10 each and the money goes into his son Brian’s trust fund.

Update: The wristbands are in!! Call or leave a comment here if you want to stop and pick some up. Again I’m collecting $10 for each and the money goes in to Chuck’s savings.

Microsoft AntiSpyware beta software update

Microsoft released an update with improvements and bug fixes to their beta Microsoft AntiSpyware software which protects against spyware and other undesirables on your Windows PC.

The update to the first build released in February fixes two major bugs including disrupting network connectivity and displaying alerts that moved over the screen so quickly they were unclickable (this one happened to me, argh!) The beta release “expiration date” is December 31, 2005, extended from the previous version. No word on what happens on January 1, 2006. Free download, Windows only.

Are you wearing your Yellow LiveSTRONG wrist band?

Lance Armstrong is gearing up for his 7th and final Tour de France win. Help support Lance and Cancer research by buying a Yellow LiveSTRONG wrist band from his store and also other LiveSTRONG gear.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation is working to ensure people with cancer have the practical information and tools they need to live strong, but this requires a change in the system, a change that takes a team effort-and we can’t do it without the help of people like you. How do you help? Get involved.

Prevent scratches from your ipod

Got an hour, a kitchen sponge with one of those green abrasive backs and some elbow grease? Then Australia’s Adam Podnar has a permanent fix so the back of your iPod never shows fingerprints, tiny scratches or, as he puts it, “the sweaty hand on the back of an expensive MP3 player look.” He says within and hour, you can give it a brushed finish. It looks cool, and Apple has promised him that it won’t void your warranty.

To see what it looks like, head to the picture page.

There’s an excellent tutorial that’s full of pictures (including some nifty chrome designs you can etch, er, brush into the back of the iPod),too.

You can check out the guide he put together on how to brush your iPod here.

Windows Longhorn will support RSS

Microsoft Corp. said Friday that the next version of its Windows operating system will have built-in support for RSS, an increasingly popular way to get news and other information channeled straight to a computer.

RSS, short for Really Simple Syndication, hasn’t broken into widespread use yet, but the world’s largest software maker believes it will become a mainstay.

“We really believe that RSS is key to how people will be using the Internet in the future,” said Megan Kidd, a Windows product manager.

In the long-delayed Windows upgrade, code-named Longhorn and expected to be released late next year, an RSS icon will appear in the Internet Explorer Web browser to make it easy for people to find, much like Apple Computer Inc. has done with its Safari browser.
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Your Hard Drive is Going to Explode Why a UPS is Essential

It’s most peoples worst computing nightmare. You wake up in the morning, flip on the computer, and it doesn’t boot. Sometimes the problem rears its ugly head as a horrific clacking noise. Other times it simply gives a read error.

At this point, most people panic. The first thing you wonder is whether or not the data is recoverable. There is no universal answer to this. In some cases, a simple scan with some data recovery software is all that it takes to retrieve the contents of the drive. In other cases, if you want it badly enough, it will take thousands of dollars and a shipment of the drive to a clean lab where they will pull the platters inside of the drive and access them that way.

Now you’re probably wondering if there’s a way to prevent this from happening. Well, you’re in luck. Getting a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) is the very best and most effective way to prevent your data from pulling a disappearing act.

While it is not fool-proof, having something that regulates the electricity flowing into your computer can reduce the risk of a drive failure by up to 70%. This figure goes up to around 90% if the computer is being used while in an electrical storm. (My computer repair business always gets a little boost after a thunderstorm, courtesy of the lightning wreaking havoc on people’s hard drives.)
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Spyware Your Web Browser is the Culprit!

My first experience with a spyware BHO based infection was several months ago. I had gone through all of the usual steps with the client’s machine to clean it. Ad-Aware was run, Spybot: Search and Destroy was as well. Nothing looked suspicious in the system’s startup. All appeared well, but it wasn’t.

After extensive testing and no further symptoms I returned the computer to my client’s home. I hooked it back up, and dialed the internet. Everything so far was progressing smoothly. But, as SOON as I loaded Internet Explorer: BAM the same pop-up advertisements and other annoying things started happening again. With much embarrassment I had to take the computer back to my office and try again.

It was all Internet Explorers fault. Microsoft Internet Explorer comes with a feature that is designed to add third-party functionality to their browser. It’s actually a very good idea. Unfortunately, it now gets taken advantage of.

The producers of spyware know that many people now have spyware removers installed on their computers. They also know that quite a few people have the ability to check what is in their start-up. Because of this, BHO’s are crafted so that the spyware lies dormant until Internet Explorer is opened. Then it can start its dirty work.
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Spyware Attacks! Windows Safe Mode is No Longer Safe

Many of us have run into an annoying and time-consuming error. With your machine running goofey you decide to run a scan for trojans and spyware. Following the scan, which usually takes fourty minutes or longer if you scan the entire system, you are hit with the “access denied” error. Frustrating, for sure, but being the savvy computer user that you are you decide to boot to safe mode to take care of the issue. No spyware can load when booted to safe mode, right?

Wrong.

The newer variants of the CoolWebSearch, HuntBar, and VX2 infections all load even when safe mode is used. There are a few different ways of accomplishing this, the most common being that the spyware registers itself as a critical system process. This ensures that it is loaded regardless of what happens, and makes it much harder to shut down.
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Free Spyware Removal It’s Not As Easy As It Sounds

Nobody wants to pay to remove spyware. At the very least, I don’t. The blasted stuff shouldn’t be on my computer anyway, so what ever would make me want to shell out cash to get rid of something that I shouldn’t have in the first place?

Spyware removal tools come in many different forms, and from many different places. Lavasoft’s Ad-Aware is from Sweden, and Spybot: Search and Destroy is from Germany, I think. (Their error messages come up in German, so I have to assume..)

Purchasing adware removal software can even be dangerous, so to speak. If you’re buying it from a pop-up then more than likely you’re just lining the pockets of the person that infected your machine in the first place. I’ve had many infested machines have icons for spyware removers magically appear on the desktop. Of course, if you want to actually clean anything, you have to shell out some dough.
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2 Planes Nearly Collide at Logan Airpot in Boston

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the near-collision earlier this month of two passenger jets mistakenly cleared to take off at the same time on intersecting runways at Logan International Airport.

Federal Aviation Administration and airline officials said yesterday that the June 9 incident involved an Aer Lingus Airbus A330 with 328 passengers bound for Shannon International Airport in Ireland and a US Airways Boeing 737 carrying 103 passengers to Philadelphia. At the planes’ speed, they were within seconds of colliding, aviation officials said.

No one was hurt in the incident, which an FAA spokesman yesterday called an ”operational error” by air traffic controllers. According to a federal aviation source who spoke on condition of anonymity, the Aer Lingus flight was cleared to take off from Runway 15R and head southeast over Boston Harbor. At about the same time, the US Airways jet was cleared to take off eastbound on Runway 9.
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Don’t miss SegwayFest in Manchester New Hampshire

SEG America continues its regional SegwayFest schedule with the second event in Manchester, New Hampshire! Deep in the heart of New England, Manchester is home to the company that designs and manufacturers the Segway HT and its inventor, Dean Kamen. This one-and-a-half day event will be held at Segway LLC’s offices and plant in Bedford, NH and at the Radisson Hotel, in downtown Manchester, NH.

Who is Dean Kamen and what has he been up to lately?

Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway HT, holds more than 150 U.S. and foreign patents related to medical devices, climate control systems, and helicopter design. He’s an inventor whose rebellion against convention has consistently yielded smart solutions. Dean built on his success to form DEKA Research & Development, where he and his team solves a wide range of medical problems. He also founded For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) to inspire high school students to pursue careers in science.

Search google and Yahoo at yagoohoogle

yagoohoogle

The Norwegian blog founder of Yagoohoogle, the twin search-engine that one month ago could find 120 hits for “tap-dancing militant Islamic fundamentalists,” wants you to know that Yahoo and Google did not much like the name Yagoohoogle, so it is now going to be Twingine at twingine.com.

There were 2,870,255 April searches on Yagoohoogle, with the top 10 searches being “test,” “yagoohoogle,” “google,” “sex,” “yahoo,” “hello,” “hi,” “a” “java” and “lol.”

There are currently 147 Twingine hits for “tap-dancing militant Islamic fundamentalists,” by the way.

3 great sites if your planning a road trip

1. RandMcNally Plan A Road Trip: A very useful site to get you to, well, plan a road trip.
2. RoadsideAmerica.com: Just in time for summer, a guide to all kinds of offbeat roadside attractions.
3. IndependentAmerica.net: A travel blog that avoids all things corporate (as much as possible) on a drive across the US.

Laconia Bike week 2005

We went up the New Hapshire this weekend for a mini vacation. It was also bike week in Laconia. I’ve been up there a few times and know it’s always fun if your into motorcycles. Not necessarily Harley Davidson’s but all kinds of motorcycles. We were about 10 miles from Laconia in North Conway and still there were TONS of bike everywhere.

Storyland in NH for Father’s day.

We went to Storyland in Glen, New Hampshire this weekend. It’s a kids theme park and is all based around nursery rhymes. We went mostly for Jake but I have fun there too. Erin and I watch as other parents yell at their kids and we can see how they act with their children. We’re so much cooler parents. haha.

Jake had fun and knew some of the songs that some of the rides played. Where’d does he learn this stuff? Here’s some of the pictures from the weekend.
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What is Bunker Hill Day

Bunker Hill Day, on June 17, is a legal holiday in Boston and surrounding Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Elsewhere you’ll have to use your own time to celebrate the battle that launched America’s war for independence.

1. Visit the Bunker Hill Monument and the adjacent museum, which tells the story of the battle and the subsequent war. While you’re in Boston, walk the 2 1/2-mile Freedom Trail, which winds through some of the major shrines of the nation’s infancy.
2. Attend one of the stirringly realistic battle re-enactments staged in Boston and environs. And imagine what it must have been like to be a farmer, tradesman, housewife or schoolchild with fighting raging round you, day in and day out.
3. Read a detailed account of the battle, the events that led up to it, and the conflict that followed in Richard M. Ketchum’s “Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill.”
4. Honor the spirit of the colonists by helping to preserve a building, a battlefield or an art treasure from the Revolutionary era. Volunteer to help at special events, take on a full-time project, or simply send a donation to help with upkeep and expenses.
5. Contact the National Trust for Historic Preservation for ideas on ways you can help if you live far from the scene of the action.

Next time your child or a friend ask, What is Bunker Hill Day? You’ll know now.

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