Archive for March, 2009

Who needs CNBC when the clearest explanation of what went wrong with the economy comes from our favorite Centennial State brats? Margaritaville is the most relevant South Park episode of 2009… thus far.
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Good news all around. Instead of kitschy gadgets, the rumor for the WWDC is that Snow Leopard and the iPhone should take main stage. Both are ready for significant upgrades.
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These boys say, “after 30 minutes of watching the commercial, we decided to make our way down to the nearest Mcdonalds.” Yikes! Is there no more soft porn on Cinemax for kids these… »

Chalk it up to school day afternoons playing Mouse Trap, but I LOVE stuff like this. YouTube user allonewordplease has created a very cool entry for a Cadbury contest LAST YEAR, yet it is making the rounds again. And since I didn’t have this blog last year, it’s all new… »

Well, Martin Brodeur has the most wins in NHL history and April 13th MSG Plus network will have an all day marathon of Marty programming. Kind of ironic, no? MSG – the Madison Square Garden – Plus will celebrate the best goalie ever – and the best player in the NY metro area – and… »

If you will be riding NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line this summer, give me a shout about summer memberships in the Jersey Shore Commuters Club. Our private railroad car guarantees you a great ride each day. We have reclining seats with trays as well as straight seats at tables. Each day we are in… »

I want to start live blogging with my iPhone, so with the app downloaded and permissions set here’s a post and a… »

Just a note that if you missed my cover stories on modeling Reading Railroad USRA “Russian” Decapods, the SD90MACs that ran on the Green Mountain Railway or the CNJ “backtrack” Mikado you can still get back issues from Railroad Model Craftsman.

Modeling the Back Track Behemoth Part 1 — September 2005

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The April 2009 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman marks my return to the national model railroad magazine scene. Jules Heiliczer and I have an article on his HO scale model of a McMyler Car Dumping Machine. It is a complimentary piece to Bob Fischer’s study of the prototype McMylers.
My last time out, Bob did… »

It is not often that I drag the video camera out in the snow, but the chance to spend a day wandering around Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom on dreary winter Friday got me motivated. Add in a car full of friends stocked with jerky and coffee and what the heck? See if you likey, we… »