Year: 2011

Careful All You Footwear Freaks (Paul Morrison This Means You)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
Study Finds Risks and Benefits from Vibram FiveFingers

Paul Morrison’s actual feet^^^^^^

Check out the study here-

Study Finds Risks and Benefits from Vibram FiveFingers

Thank you Toby Pett for forwarding the article along

To think it all started with an innocent little post back in May-

If you wear these I WILL make fun of you.

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Joey C

Seen in the window of a shop in Newburyport.

OUR FOB Bobby Ryan on The Next Cape Ann Profiles

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

On the next Cape Ann Profiles show host Rich Sagall interviews  Bob Ryan and Dave Wood, the founders of the Ryan and Wood Distiller. They discuss how and why they got into the distillery business, how they make their products and the ins and outs of the distillery business.
Cape Ann Profiles can be seen on Cape Ann TV Channel 12 on Friday, September 30 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, October 2 at 2:00PM. It repeats on Friday, October 7 at 10:30AM and 7:00PM and on Sunday, October 9 at 2:00PM.
Upcoming guests include Sam Frontiero, a retired local fisherman, Greg Bover of C.B. Fisk other Cape Ann personalities who have a story to tell.
Rich Sagall is a physician and the president of NeedyMeds, a national non-profit that provides information on programs that help people unable to afford their health care costs. He also publishes Pediatrics for Parents, a children’s health newsletter.

Great and Worthy Things

Posted on by Marty Luster

When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality. . . Henry David Thoreau

FOB Dani Lubbers Doesn’t Mess Around When Growing Pumpkins!!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

She gave two to our little ones.   Send in your home grown pumpkin pics if you got ‘em!

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Posted on by God's Morning

Friend of the Blog, Lois McNulty from Newburyport and friend, Elaine O’Grady from South Beach, FL represent at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery on Rocky Neck.  Lois and Elaine met and became friends while they were in the Peace Corps together in St. Lucia from 2008-2010.  Lois first connected with the blog when Joey posted from St. Lucia while on vacation with his family.  Elaine is friends with Jane Gibbs, FOB Linda Coleman’s sister-in-law.  The web of connecting people through the blog is ever growing and expanding.  The day will come when everyone everywhere will know someone who is a friend of Good Morning Gloucester.

E.J. Lefavour

 

The 1926 National Historic Landmark dory-fishing schooner Adventure Has Been Awarded a $250,000 1:1 Matching Grant From The Dusky Foundation

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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The Schooner Adventure, the 1926 National Historic Landmark dory-fishing schooner, has been awarded a $250,000 1:1 matching grant from The Dusky Foundation. This grant provides a major step forward in helping the Adventure organization gain the momentum needed to finish the restoration of the vessel and realize the goal of becoming a maritime, environmental and educational resource for future generations.
The three recent, very visible restoration projects; the USCG approved access, allowing visitors to walk Adventure’s decks; the steering gear, two projects funded by the Lynch Foundation grant and; the construction of the barrel windlass, used to raise and lower the anchors, funded by the City of Gloucester’s Community Preservation Act; along with the extremely well designed education programs have helped to renew public interest in the project and inject new life into the organization. The Dusky grant and the matching funds will enable the installation of water tight bulkheads and other below deck structures, and the outfitting of the vessel to allow Schooner Adventure to once again sail as Gloucester’s official flagship. This is a significant move forward to finish the vessel.
While the Schooner Adventure has national significance in terms of America’s maritime and commercial fishing history showing America at work, the vessel has particular importance to community of Cape Ann. Ties to the New England fisheries will lead to fund raising credentials in other areas along the coast but the sight of Adventure under sail cannot help but connect the people of Gloucester to their own history.
It is imperative that the restoration of Schooner Adventure be completed and the vessel returned to active sailing, so that future generations can experience what the life of a Gloucester fisherman felt like and meant. If Gloucester’s history is to be understood, it should be viewed in large measure through the eyes of a fisherman. What better way to tell Gloucester’s story than on board the last of the “Gloucestermen.”
 
About Adventure
The Gloucester Adventure, Inc a 501(C)(3) non-profit historic preservation and educational organization, was established to restore the schooner Adventure as a historic community resource and living classroom. Volunteers help year-round with vessel restoration, innovative educational programs, events, and fundraising.
For more information and support for Adventure, visit
www.schooner-adventure.org  or call 978-281-8079

The Gloucester Adventure, Inc. is a non-profit organization, Federal ID number: 04-302-0719               

Bird Rescue From Laurel Tarantino

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Laurel Tarantino writes-

Good Afternoon Good Morning Gloucester!  Yesterday I had the pleasure of being part of a search and rescue team with my cousin Annette.  Here’s the poor little creature who was very glad we found him.  You catch ’em, we’ll release them.

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Video From Brianmoc- Blue fin Tuna Fishing off Gloucester MA 9/28/11 Bluefin Tuna 76 inch Giant

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Brianmoc writes-
Fishing Off Gloucester MA for blue fin tuna is becoming fun. This is the second Fish out of three trips but its not easy. The captain of this boat has been a quick study and thanks to that we got this 275 pound Blue fin that only took 50 min to get in. This shows the how to fish for blue fin tuna are way so in enjoy.

Photos- 2011 Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce $25,000 Game

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

This panorama I let Peter Webber take with the new camera-

click the photo for the full sized picture

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See Peter, I told you I’d credit you Smile

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Video comig

Kindle Fire Tablet and Why It Will be Wildly Successful

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The Kindle Fire Color Tablet is going to sell like hotcakes.

The Amazon Fire Tablet is going to be this year’s Zhu Zhu Pet and Past year’s Cabbage Patch Doll.   The thing where everyone will be killing themselves to get and there won’t be enough to go around creating a frenzy to get them.  you heard it here.  Sepember 28th, 2011.  Write it down.

It’s brilliantly priced for people who don’t have to do everything an iPad can do or as seamlessly.  Also there are more pixels than the already fantastic iPad screen?
This will sell well, really well for all those folks who can’t justify an iPad at the same price of a decently spec’d laptop.

You can and should pre-order one for Christmas presents if you don’t want to spring ALL the money for an iPad.

get on the list here

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Technical Details:

Display
7″ multi-touch display with IPS (in-plane switching) technology and anti-reflective treatment, 1024 x 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi, 16 million colors.

Size (in inches)
7.5″ x 4.7″ x 0.45″ (190 mm x 120 mm x 11.4 mm).

Weight
14.6 ounces (413 grams).

System Requirements
None, because it’s wireless and doesn’t require a computer.

On-device Storage
8GB internal. That’s enough for 80 apps, plus either 10 movies or 800 songs or 6,000 books.

Cloud Storage
Free cloud storage for all Amazon content

Battery Life
Up to 8 hours of continuous reading or 7.5 hours of video playback, with wireless off. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as web browsing and downloading content.

Charge Time
Fully charges in approximately 4 hours via included U.S. power adapter. Also supports charging from your computer via USB.

Wi-Fi Connectivity
Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use the 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, or 802.1X standard with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication; does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

USB Port
USB 2.0 (micro-B connector)

Audio
3.5 mm stereo audio jack, top-mounted stereo speakers.

Content Formats Supported
Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8.

Documentation
Quick Start Guide(included in box); Kindle User’s Guide (pre-installed on device)

Warranty and Service
1-year limited warranty and service included. Optional 2-year Extended Warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Kindle is subject to the Kindle License Agreement and Terms of Use.

Included in the Box
Kindle Fire tablet, U.S. power adapter (supports 100-240V), and Quick Start Guide.

$199.00 Free Super Saver Shipping

Pre-order now to reserve your place in line

Our all-new Kindle Fire will be released on November 15, 2011. Orders are prioritized on a first come, first served basis.

Ships from and sold by Amazon Digital Services. U.S. only.

Movies, apps, games, music, reading and more, plus Amazon’s revolutionary, cloud-accelerated web browser

  • 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books
  • Amazon Appstore – thousands of popular apps and games
  • Ultra-fast web browsing – Amazon Silk
  • Free cloud storage for all your Amazon content
  • Vibrant color touchscreen with extra-wide viewing angle
  • Fast, powerful dual-core processor
  • Amazon Prime members enjoy unlimited, instant streaming of over 10,000 popular movies and TV shows

This thing has more pixels than the iPad at less than half the price?  If anyone has seen the iPads gorgeous screen you know that’s a big deal.   The thing will play windows videos as well as mac videos and best of all it supports Flash, so all those flash based sites you can’t access on an iPad, you can on the kindle Fire.

If they were both the same price I’d buy the iPad all day long but when you take that $200 price into account it’s tough to beat for value.

My prediction, when you want to buy one, for Christmas present’s they will be so backordered you probably won’t be able to get one.

Best move is to put in a pre-order for one ASAP and even if you change your mind you can cancel the order before November but best case scenario is you sell it for double on eBay to someone who desperately needs one to give as a Christmas present.

There’s no way they produce enough for the demand at that price point.

A laptop and/or pc replacement for $200 and will do everything that 90% of people need it to do.

Is it a replacement for a power user?   Obviously not, but power users only make up 10% or less of the marketplace IMO and the  Kindle Fire will capture the other 90% of the marketplace’s needs.  This would be PERFECT for my mom, my wife, my nephew or niece, my sister, just about anyone whose computing use is 90% Facebook and 10% web browsing.

No-Brainer as my boy Patrick Ryan said to me earlier.

2011 Rockport Harvest Festival Preview With Sarah Kelly and Law Hamilton

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

For More Info Chickity Check- RockportArtFestivals

Fishin’ Panorama Taken at The State Fish Pier

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Loving the panorama feature on my new Sony HX9V.  Click pic for larger view.

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Easy at putting it on panorama mode, pressing the button and sweeping in the direction you would like to take the panorama.  Even a dope like me can do it.

You Meet The Nicest People

Posted on by Marty Luster

. . . at Long Wharf on Jones Creek.

 Chris and Barb from Pittsfield, Ma. spent a delightful 6 hours cruising Jones Creek, the Annisquam and Lobster Cove in their kayaks. They visited the Annisquam Light and Wingaersheek Beach. Chris and Barb experienced the full range of the tide, leaving at morning high and returning near dead low. See below.