4 days ago
Rod Begbie : Manny Being Manipulated - Outstanding (and lengthy) article by Bill Simmons about the end of the Manny era in Boston. Sums up everything I felt about the whole affair -- that it stank to high heaven, and I miss Manny as a player. I wish him all the best this postseason, and pray h #
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : Lobel: Manny fined -- and wasn't happy about it - Conjecture and rumours about Manny Ramirez -- Are we seeing the start of a "Nomar is not a team player"-style whispering campaign by the Sox front office to appease fans before they don't re-sign Manny for next year? #
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4 month ago
deusx : Moving On (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought) - "The other big problem is that San Francisco is fairly shallow. When I go to coffee shops or restaurants I can't avoid people talking about load balancers or databases. The conversations are boring and obsessed with technical trivia, or worse, busine
Jeremy Zawodny : Moving On - Moving On: "San Francisco is filled with distractions. There are always crews tearing up the street, trains that are delayed, buses that have broken down, homeless people begging, friends having parties, and so on."
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4 month ago
Rod Begbie : YAZ - Suggested advertising slogan for Boston: Avoid "the impossible dream" with this contraceptive pill. (Alternative slogan for lovers of mildy obscure late 80's British pop: Avoid increasing "the plastic population" with this pill.) [via] #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : The Best of "Manny Being Manny" - ESPN's Baseball Tonight runs down some of the best WTF?! Manny moments. [via] #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : The car, the radio, the night - and rock's most thrilling song - Travelogue round Route 128, inspired by Jonathan Richman's "Roadrunner" #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : YouTube - batting stances: red sox - Accurate and entertaining impressions of Red Sox players' batting stances. His "Youk getting a third strike" is uncanny. [via] #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : Boston Apple Store - Apple's "Coming Soon" facade for the new Boston Apple Store is fashioned after the Green Monster scoreboard. Well played, Apple! #
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6 month ago
Rod Begbie : Boston News Net - Excellently funny blog from the folks behind ImprovBoston's new weekly satirical show. If you're in New England, it'll be well worth following. #
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6 month ago
Rod Begbie : Red Sox World Series Ring Raffle - Your chance to win an ugly-ass bit of bling, and a $7000 tax bill. Um.. thanks? #
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Rod Begbie : Boston Sports Propaganda - Fantastic limited-edition screen prints celebrating the Sox and the Pats. I'm trying to convince Joy that some of these would be dashing on our living room walls. #
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : Macworld 2008 Keynote Brown Bag Gathering at Betahouse - Boston get-together to hit refresh on Gizmodo/Engadget/MacWorld and watch the news of next week's Stevenote flow in. #
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11 month ago
Rod Begbie : Beantown Blues: The world has no concept of Boston's pain - "You know, there are infants who were born 18 days ago who don't know what it's like to see a Boston team win a championship in their lifetime" #
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : papel-blog - My current-favourite Red Sox blog. "[world's saddest little fist pump]" is now a running joke between Joy & myself. #
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : Red Sox Magic Number - With accompanying RSS feed. [via] #
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14 month ago
Rod Begbie : TECH cocktail Boston - Another local geek networking event -- this one with the promise of free booze. The evening collides with O'Reilly's second Ignite Boston night, which will lead to an interesting splitting of the audience. #
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14 month ago
Rod Begbie : Betahouse -- a haven for Web entrepreneurs - The Boston Globe - The Central Square co-working loft gets a write-up in the Globe. [via] #
factoryjoe : Betahouse -- a haven for Web entrepreneurs - The Boston Globe - Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: Boston, coworking, betahouse
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15 month ago
Rod Begbie : Sox win - Extra Bases - "The Sox ended their first half at 50-31, which was also their record last year." And we all remember how last year turned out. This is why Red Sox Nation is only cautiously optimistic about our 10.5-game lead on the AL East. #
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15 month ago
Linkorama : Running a hospital - This is a blog started by a CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about hospitals, medicine, and health care issues.
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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : San Jose Mercury News - Geeking out: Young software developers resurrect Homebrew spirit - Article on SuperHappyDevHouse. Amusing that it mentions that there has never been a follow-up to DevHouseBoston... exactly one week before DevHouseBoston2! [via] #
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17 month ago
Rod Begbie : O'Reilly Radar > Ignite Boston! - O'Reilly's "Ignite" geek night is coming to Cambridge this month. I'm going to have to think of a topic to present, because the "20 slides at 15 seconds per slide" format sounds like a fun challenge. #
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : Cabs, Logan Travelers Go Green - WCVB Boston - Interesting attempt by the City of Boston to encourage hybrid taxis -- They'll get to cut to the front of the taxi queue at Logan Airport. Hybrid car owners get "preferred parking" too. [via] #
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : Public safety hang-ups - The Boston Globe - The Scottsdale, AZ police department is running recruiting ads in the mens room at Fenway Park. I saw one last week, but really didn't think it was an appropriate time to whip out my cellphone and take a photo. [via] #
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18 month ago
deusx : Mooninites coming to Hub: Theaters ‘toon’ out Tom’s plea - Local & Regional - BostonHerald.com - "If it was banned in Boston it would get bigger numbers nationally because it would be front-page news."
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