It is Spring!
“Ice Out” has officially been called for Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
The official call on this comes from a tradition of flying over the lake and determining if the M/S Mt Washington cruise ship can travel safely between her ports in Center Harbor, Weirs Beach, Alton Bay, Wolfeboro and Meredith. Aviator Dave Emerson, [...]
I have tried all sorts of Internet radios over the last several years. Never had one grab me or monopolize my interest.
At the suggestion of a “tweet” on Twitter that said: “With Pandora why does anyone download music to their iPhone…” I got to thinking that maybe this is for me.
Internet radio is surely not [...]
This year marks the tenth year for the Nantucket Conference, which brings together leading technologists, entrepreneurs and investors each May. The goal has been to create a forum regarding innovation in the New England region. I can think of noone better to organize this for 2009 than Scott Kirsner who has been tracking and bringing [...]
Pepsi has launched a pretty cool site that it is calling Pepsi Zeitgeist,to track all of the action at the upcoming South by Soutwest Festival (SXSW). SXSW has grown from a tiny music festival to a massive gathering that showcases trends in culture and media. SXSW will be the social media capital of the [...]
Our Craftster site is the coolest place on the web for indie crafts. The indie and (do-it-yourself) movements are really advancing these days.
Crafting is big business. The Craft and Hobby Association reported that in 2007, craft sales in 39 categories reached nearly $32 billion, and nearly 57 percent of U.S. households engage in crafting. You [...]
SwapTree.com, which is a JeffBennett.Org “Cool Site” has been featured in The New York Times in an article addressing saving money around the house in these difficult times.
SwapTree.Com is a web site dedicated to the online “trading” of books, cd’s, dvd’s and video games. The barter economy has always been a huge source of trading [...]
Photo.net is providing live online coverage of the biggest media event for the photo imaging industry, the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) International Convention this week. The PMA Convention features new product rollouts, previews and seminars about the latest trends in the imaging industry. Only members of the trade can attend the show but all Photo.net [...]
Amazon has launched the Kindle application on the iPhone (and iTouch) today. I know this for sure as I already downloaded it first thing this morning. What a great way to start the day!
All 240,000-plus titles are available on the smaller devices which is nice. What I think is really great though is that Amazon [...]
I recently was introduced to the Daily Grommet which is a site dedicated to review one product per day and featured through entertaining and informative video on their site. If you like the product then you can buy it right on the Daily Grommet site.
You say here is just another product review site. To this [...]
FetchDog.Com an online community and commerce site for dog owners has retrieved $4 million in capital from Borealis Capital Partners and Harbor Light Capital Partners. The Maine-based company has been funded to date from David E. Shaw and his wife, actress Glenn Close.
FetchDog.com has been a labor of love. The site has been focused on [...]
