Steve Ames

Junco nest. Tricky with the new Broadwing hawk family in the...

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:43:55 -0400

Junco nest. Tricky with the new Broadwing hawk family in the neighborhood.

Mushrooms pretending they are birchbark

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:09:54 -0400

Mushrooms pretending they are birchbark

Fantastic!

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:05:17 -0400

Fantastic!

Visiting Stan at Mt Mansfield Creamery. He’s now in NY and...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:36:00 -0400

Visiting Stan at Mt Mansfield Creamery. He’s now in NY and Boston.

We have very cool spiders.

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:41:46 -0400

We have very cool spiders.

"The old, genuine, traveled, cultivated, pedigreed aristocracy of New York, stand stunned and..."

Sat, 29 May 2010 19:59:44 -0400

“The old, genuine, traveled, cultivated, pedigreed aristocracy of New York, stand stunned and helpless under the new order of things. They find themselves supplanted by upstart princes of Shoddy, vulgar and with unknown grandfathers. The incomes, which were something for the common herd to gape at and gossip about once, are mere livelihoods now, would not pay Shoddy’s house-rent. They move into remote new streets up town, and talk feelingly of the crash which is to come when the props are knocked from under this flimsy edifice of prosperity.”

- Mark Twain in 1867 (via soupsoup)

Rock Art- on the rail trail in Morrisville #btv #beer

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:39:45 -0400

Rock Art- on the rail trail in Morrisville #btv #beer

Drip line

Sun, 09 May 2010 09:57:24 -0400

Drip line

May 9, 2010. 05661

Sun, 09 May 2010 09:24:31 -0400

May 9, 2010. 05661

Cool! (via earthtotiffany) NARWHALES!

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:37:15 -0400

Cool! (via earthtotiffany) NARWHALES!

dears: isay: moth: Best Google Streetview EVA? via MissCay...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:00 -0400

dears:

isay:

moth:

Best Google Streetview EVA? via MissCay on Twitter.

I’ve said many times how utterly fuck off terrifying the seagulls are in Brighton.

Happy.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:38:32 -0500

Happy.

Everything you need to know about buying airfares as cheaply as possible, in 500 words or less - Airfarewatchdog

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:55:46 -0500

Everything you need to know about buying airfares as cheaply as possible, in 500 words or less - Airfarewatchdog

Ozzie, first tracks, “widowmaker” lower Hazelton,...

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:30:01 -0500

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Ozzie, first tracks, “widowmaker” lower Hazelton, #Stowe this morning.

Mission: Impossible — Dubai - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:11:48 -0500

Mission: Impossible — Dubai - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com:

Detailed analysis of the assassination of a person in a foreign country by a foreign government. Chills the blood.

Music startups are showing the way

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:27:08 -0500

bijan:

It’s always fun watching startups taking on big companies. It’s particularly true in the music industry.

The labels have banded together with YouTube and created Vevo. In a short period of time, Vevo has attracted a huge US audience (thanks to YouTube) but I don’t sense any community powering the service. Since their launch I haven’t found myself clicking over. Same thing with other music services powered by large companies. I just don’t use them.

Instead I use music services built by startups.

-We Are Hunted is a wonderful service. They tune into blogs, twitter, message boards, p2p networks and facebook and pick 99 top emerging songs. The user interface is a delight. There is also a Boxee app as well which I love.

-TheSixtyOne is stunning. You have to try it to believe how good it is. They changed their user interface and dropped a few things that I hope they add back (e.g. embeds). But overall i love the new UI and this service.

-The Hype Machine is my daily radio. I listen everyday come rain or shine. If you are new to the Hype Machine then sign up today and start with their 2009 Music Blog Zeitgeist.

This isn’t meant to be a complete list. Just a quick post to get the point across. Startups show the way and it’s particularly true in the music world. I wish labels would embrace them.

Photo

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:54:04 -0500

Are They Students? Or ‘Customers’? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:31:23 -0500

Are They Students? Or ‘Customers’? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com:

Higher education - it’s as broken as public education is. People participate in it because they think they have to. Because most of the rest of the world is participating. But the institutions have such conflicting and complex pressures that they have lost track of their missions. As have the Public Schools. I think the answer to is it “students or customers” needs to be neither - it should be a collaborative generative process of learning. I’ve hired kids out of REACH that were sharper quicker and more effective workers than those from 17 years of private institutional education.

This is sure some rough thinking on my part though. Needs more discussion..

Here’s the picture

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:52:47 -0500

Here’s the picture

Glögg

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:51:31 -0500

Delicios Glogg from Boyden Farms in Cambridge