Kingston’s Own CSA Farm

[singlepic id=86 w=320 h=240 float=left]One of the greatest assets of the Hudson Valley is its wide array of CSA’s or Community Supported Agriculture farms. And Kingston has it’s very own CSA farm, Fruitful Harvest Farm at 185 Sawkill Road.

Summer shares are still available, so dive in and get a great selection of locally [...]

Badda Bing

Check out this tech post on Seeking Alpha by Andy Beal about a user study testing Microsoft’s Bing search engine with Google (which garners 65% market share). The “small study” involved 12 subjects. Couldn’t they find any more than that? Talk about a focus group.

Anyways…personally, I like Bing. It looks like something with [...]

Peddling for AIDS Relief

What goes from Niagara Falls to Manhattan (560 miles) in seven days in support of AIDS research and local AIDS relief? Team Project 19 of course. The bike riders — all from Ulster County — include: Jesse Hutton, Frank Moscowitz, Richie Serringer, Michael Frank and Joe Concra. The fundraising effort also includes a live, [...]

Solo Riff

[singlepic id=82 w=320 h=240 float=left] If you’re living in the New York-metro area and are completely bored with the current weather pattern that soaks us nearly every day (are we turning into Seattle?), then you may want to diffuse the monotony by doing one of my favorite home office pastimes: building a rubber band [...]

Free Your iPhone

Interested in freeing the mobile internet from corporate gatekeepers? There’s a movement afoot. Check out this website.

Take a Chance

Check out this story from U.S. News and Reports that sheds some light on why it’s a good idea to launch a small business during a recession. Of note is that vendor partners are likely to be more supportive during lean times.

The idea of forming stronger partnerships now is also a great tactic [...]

That’s the Point

Check out this thoughtful personal essay from Mindful Walker about Kingston Point, which includes links and neat insights about a a park with a well-storied past.

Midtown on Tour

This past weekend, Jenny Schwartz, who works at the Ulster County Planning Department, gave a walking tour through Midtown Kingston and revealed some amazing historical and architectural tidbits.

Of note:

* The Kingston High School on Broadway, built about 100 years ago, was inspired by the East Wing of the Louvre in Paris.

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