Last week Cathy and I had a great time at the Jazz Fest. Thousands of people braved the heat while waiting for upcoming shows however we decided to pass the time somewhere quiet, and more importantly, with air conditioning. We ended up heading over to the Roc Brewing Co. Opening a little over a year ago Roc Brewing Co. is one of Rochester’s newest microbreweries. The jazz fest was definitely cutting into business but the smaller crowd made for a…[...]
Last week was the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Thousands of people made their way into Downtown Rochester for some good food and great music. Cathy and I attended both opening and closing weekends and had a great time. The first weekend of music actually started out a few blocks from the jazz fest at Party In The Park where we saw an old favorite of ours, Rusted Root. This is where I was treated to one of the most random…[...]
CNN, America’s most trusted news source (really?), couldn’t decide what the Supreme Court ruling on Obama’s Healthcare law (Obamacare) meant so they just took a guess while the rest of the country sorted it all out. All other major news organizations took their time before posting a definitive story on the ruling. Gotta love American media! Take a look at some screenshots below of both reports. CNN: “Mandate struck down” CNN: “UPHELD” …[...]
Today I was driving along the Long Island Expressway in Queens, NY when I got the distinct feeling I was being watched. I look to my left — nothing in the fast lane. I look to my right — what the hell? I see what appears to be an old Saturn with some sort of Radar/Lidar/Camera mounted on the trunk and a laptop on the passenger seat. I couldn’t make out much on the laptop screen but I could clearly see some…[...]
Last weekend was hot and muggy but I had the itch to get out and do something physical. I managed to convince Cathy to join me for a short hike. We didn’t really feel like walking around Mendon Ponds Park so I fired up AllTrails on my iPhone and looked for something interesting but on the shorter side. I came across a listing for the Barnes Creek Trail but comments suggested ditching the trail and walking up the creek itself. Doing so…[...]
6pm yesterday marked the beginning of our vacation. Cathy and I are destined for Montreal after attending a wedding this afternoon/evening in Danbury Connecticut (Congrats Kelly & Terrence). Cathy flew into JFK as usual so I picked her up on the way home from work. On my way into the John F Kennedy Airport I noticed the space shuttle Enterprise out of the corner of my eye. Yes, the shuttle is still calling JFK home — though now removed from the back…[...]
It’s only May and the calendar is filling up with important events and vacations. In just two weeks Cathy and I are attending a wedding for one of my childhood friends. After sending the happy couple off with a post wedding breakfast we’ll be heading off for a vacation ourselves. To where? Who knows! Montreal. Philly/Washington DC…someplace else? We can’t decide. The only thing we know for sure is we’re going somewhere. I might even, gasp, leave the cell phone at the…[...]
I grew up cycling everywhere. Floral Park was a community where children had bikes and rode them to school, friends houses, the park, for recreation…pretty much everywhere. Then I went to college in a less than hospitable climate for cycling — Rochester, NY. Don’t get me wrong, Rochester has been evolving into a bike friendly city for the last decade or so. It was just that the idea of riding a bike to class, to the store, or just for the sake…[...]
A little less than I year ago I was forced to move to shared web hosting after running my own dedicated web & email servers for years. The reason for the move was purely financial — hardware and internet connection costs simply pushed the luxury of dedicated hosting out of reach. When searching for a web hosting service the usual suspects kept surfacing; Bluehost, Dreamhost, FatCow, HostGator, and HostMonster (powered by Bluehost). I decided to go with HostMonster based on their being…[...]
I showed up at JFK’s security checkpoint just like I have dozens of times before. Belt-less, shoeless, jacket-less, liquid-less, with my shoes and laptop on their own trays for inspection. Today, however, security had another requirement. “Are you wearing anything under your sweatshirt?” shouted the screening agent. “Yes, an undershirt” I replied. “I need you to remove your sweatshirt.” The person ahead of me was wearing a polo shirt over a t-shirt as were several people around me but for some reason…[...]
