Earth Day 2013: How to get rid of e-waste

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger

Monday, April 22nd, 2013, 11:36am

Earth Day 2013: How to get rid of e-waste

The Atwood family has a hard time getting rid of stuff. We still have our first computer — an iMac Plus. Yes, we are loyal Apple fans. We took our daughters to DC during April vacation back in the 90s and our computer was already on display in the Smithsonian. By then we’d moved up to a newer version. We still have them both. We also still have the computers we bought the girls when they were in high school — they’ve long since graduated from college. We have them all, mostly because we didn’t know what to do with them. We just put them away with all the other things we’ve accumulated over the years. (Did you notice that container of doll stuff under the computer? It’s full!) Out of sight, out of mind.

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Thinking About Evolving Search Behavior

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer

Sunday, April 21st, 2013, 2:08pm

I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently about kids in school in these modern times. We were reminiscing on how we had to collect information for school reports – libraries, old magazines, microfiche, interviews with experts and encyclopedias.

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Bark For Life: More than just a walk in the park

Submitted by Diane Atwood, Freelance Writer and Blogger

Saturday, April 20th, 2013, 5:23pm

Bark For Life: More than just a walk in the park

Julz Poirier invites all dog owners in Greater Portland who have been touched by cancer to join her and Bella, her beloved dalmatian, for Bark For Life — a spin-off of Relay For Life, an annual American Cancer Society fundraiser. Read more.

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Interview with Pat Keane - Mastering Engineer (he makes music sound good)!

Submitted by Wil Whalen, dangerwilrobinson - The Music Blog

Saturday, April 20th, 2013, 9:27am

Interview with Pat Keane - Mastering Engineer (he makes music sound good)!

Pat Keane may have one of the best jobs on the planet. His job is to make music sound good. He's the last step in the process for any recording artist when cutting an album. He is a mastering engineer. It's his job to add the final polish that turns a collection of music tracks into a complete album. On St, Patrick's Day, I had the opportunity to join Pat in his mastering studio and watch him at work.

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Movies: "The Place Beyond the Pines"

Submitted by Peter Weyl, Movie Blogger

Friday, April 19th, 2013, 6:44am

The title is confusing, sounding perhaps like some teen horror movie, but it’s actually the Mohawk name for Schenectady, NY, where this complex, well-made film takes place.

It opens with a bravura steadicam shot worthy of Martin Scorsese, as we follow motorcycle stunt rider Luke (a blond, heavily tattooed Ryan Gosling) through a crowded fairground. (The cinematography is by Sean Bobbitt, who delivers several more boffo set-pieces along the way, including a jumpy police chase.)

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Windham mom shares harrowing tale of Boston blast

Submitted by Heather O'Bryan on Tuesday, April 16th, 5:11 pm

WINDHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Windham mom Dinah Aldrich was just 100 feet away from the bomb blasts near the finish line at the Boston Marathon.

Her daughter was running in the race and she was with the rest of her family waiting for her to cross the finish line.

Luckily everyone in her family is safe and they have all returned to Maine.

She shared her story with us on the MORNING REPORT.

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Incubating chicken eggs part 5 - Moving chics to brooder

Submitted by Nate, Community Blogger & Farm Geek

Monday, April 15th, 2013, 9:34am

Incubating chicken eggs part 5 - Moving chics to brooder

We moved the chics to the brooder the day after the hatch. Sadly the other two eggs mentioned in this video did NOT hatch. Not sure why. They had pecked one hole but didn't get any further. I opened the eggs and found fully developed chicks inside. The only think I can think of is that these eggs got jostled and rolled around as the other chics hatched. Maybe that dissoriented them?

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