Out here in Holland, we got hail. Lots of it. So much so that 5 hours later there were still piles of it around the yard.
No noticeable damage other than to our corn stalks which got knocked over, and and handful of tomatoes got knocked off the plants.
In case you missed it, you can listen to Aunt Fran’s appearance on Buffalo Style radio talking about the Broadway Market.
This week’s Spam article is on a more serious note. Having long been a subscriber of McAfee’s security products, including McAfee SpamKiller, I was very curious as to certain changes made in their recent update from version 7 to 8. In version 7, SpamKiller would download all your mail to a “holding area” passing through…
Let’s start off with the big news of the week – Microsoft buying Skype: #1 – 5 Key Takeaways From the Microsoft-Skype Press Conference [gigaom] On the morning Microsoft made its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype official, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Skype CEO Tony Bates held a press conference in downtown San Francisco to discuss…
Got half an hour? Let Penn and Teller tell you a bit about the real costs of recycling. Thanks, Craig.
Courtesy of Mike Miller… Well, after almost a year of soliciting vendors and model train clubs, CTRC members Beverly Mruk and Mark Lewandowski (board member) have pulled off what is destined to be the biggest model train show in Western New York! At last count, we will have 122 model train and train-related vendors plying…
This is a cool app that I just ran across today. The Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition (NITTEC) overlays traffic data, camera feeds, and message board messages on top of Google maps for the Buffalo area. Comes in handy on days like today, and presumably tomorrow morning!