Irene’s visit

Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/30/2011 – 12:47 Irene has come and gone, not much of a problem here. Some neighborhood photos – A block away: Rotten to the core: Our street wasn’t totally untouched :)! Next block over downed power line: Here’s the tree that did it:

New weather station

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/23/2011 – 17:04 I’ve just completed putting up a basic weather station at our new home. This time it’s a wireless system from Ambient (WS2080). There’s great free software, Cumulus, that I’m using to post the local detailed weather (http://weather.theweissguy.com). No wind data since it’s impossible to site it well […]

Our New Home

Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/21/2011 – 11:29 We are here – our GMTC (Great Move to Cambridge). Computers are finally up and updated, boxes unpacked but still some more to go. Moving from our great big house to our much smaller (but still big for a condo) Cambridge home meant much throwing out, storing in attic […]

Brooklyn Fire?

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/11/2011 – 02:09 As a native Brooklynite this Boston Globe picture and caption caught my attention: Which neighborhood? Hmm, I thought – I’ll check the NY Times for the full story. Nothing. Hmm, I thought, I’ll search on Google – nothing. Hmm, I thought – I’ll ask my sister-in-law who […]

Trail Closed!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/29/2010 – 13:00 Well, it was great while it lasted. My backyard short but fun bike trail has now been closed & posted “No Trespassing” by the owner. I was under the impression that it was on town property but apparently such is not the case. Alice tried to convince […]