A less rough cut of the Duck Sister’s Rocket Propelled Tour of Cape Ann

Posted on by paultmorrison

I am posting this outside my normal posting schedule because of the unfortunate accidents occurring upon viewing the previous rough cut of this time lapse video.  Several keyboards have been damaged and Ejay’s birthday cake has spoiled some new birthday shoes. This remake is after Rubber Duck read the directions. Much higher resolution since I am not rendering a 4:3 format to 16:9 format. The rubber ducks are much clearer. I also slowed it down by half so one does not have to wear a seat belt or snort an expresso to keep up. The music is also more Rubber Duck twin sister genre.

Rubber Duck has got the time lapse bug now and she has already designed some RDBM for quick mounting. (Rubber Duck Butt Magnets complete with felt padding.)

How about a map? 

Playing with Engineering Prints

Posted on by Alicia Pensarosa

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I decided to try out this new fad of engineering prints for myself. A lot of design and craft blogs have been featuring these prints lately and raving about them. It’s an inexpensive way to get large scale photos made. Engineering prints are usually just used for building plans and such. I tested one out with one of my photos from Lighthouse beach.

I have been thinking of using this as an idea for my friend’s upcoming shower as inexpensive decorations, but I wanted to test it out first. I ordered a 24″ x 36″ from Staples and picked it up in store. It cost me a total of $3.19.  The quality isn’t perfect but the contrast and impact is excellent. It’s very lightweight paper so it can crinkle easily and really made for one time use, unless you mount it to foam board or plywood.

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I have heard rumors, that printers don’t really like doing photos as engineering prints because it’s uses more ink and wears out the printers. I didn’t seem to have a problem, but I’m sure as this gets more popular some places may crack down and not do photos.

I plan on ordering more and mounting them to foam board to hang from the ceiling for party decorations.They would make great inexpensive decor for theme parties, weddings, or as dorm room posters.

~Alicia

Join The Manchester Athletic Club Now For Only $1 and Get The Rest Of November Free! #Boom!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I’ve been authorized to allow you to print this out, bring it in and qualify for this killer deal.

So click the title of this post, once you click the title it will open it up on it’s own page and underneath the graphic there will be a button that says print.

Hit that print button and print it out for a ridiculous savings!

You can also call and mention the offer at 978-526-8900 to take advantage.

Mention the $1 Free Joining and November Deal and score!

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Lost Dog

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

Happy Thanksgiving 🙂

I found this dog this morning on Main Street and thought for sure we would have found her home by now.  She followed three little girls on bikes and they were worried she would get hit by a car.

Could you please post her picture?  She is very sweet and is waiting so patiently for her family to find her.  I know I would be worried sick.

Thanks so much!

Schmoop

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Contact Schmoop at Tiny Island Beach Glass In Gloucester’s Historic West End

Community Photos 11/19/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Ipswich Bay Wooden Buoy Co. Bayview Photos by Anthony Marks

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Mary Page Submits-

Hi Joey   Love GMG   thanks for your good work

This morning green buoy 29 was pulled by the coast guard for cleaning. Photo taken from Rust Island.  Mary Page

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Gail and Mary signing the second turbine arm Saturday.

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Purple Heart Highway dedication from Linn Parisi

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Community Stuff 11/19/12

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Did you sign up for the 2013 Discover Gloucester Visitor Guide yet?

It would be a lot easier to print & fill out the insertion order if it was attached, right?!

Here it is:

Discover Gloucester Insertion Order 2013


We’re already working on the 5th edition of the very popular, digest-sized local Visitor Guide and your business should be in it, right alongside those who’ve already signed on.

100,000+ Visitor Guides will be printed and distributed locally; in our near and far drive markets, even Internationally. It also goes to trade shows; cruise ship passengers get it…it’s everywhere there are visitors!

Send in your insertion order and payment now to take advantage of the Early Bird Deal: FREE listing with a display or FREE highlighting of any basic or enhanced listing- ONLY UNTIL DECEMBER 1

Questions? Contact Linda Stockman stockmandesign@comcast.net         or Linn Parisi linn@SeaportGloucester.org

We wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. We all have so many reasons to be thankful. See you at the December 5th Holiday Award Party at Jalapenos!

Linn Parisi and the Discover Gloucester Board

Hello Joey,

Through our many connections in Gloucester, including our brother and sister, Officer Chris Frates and Erin Frates we have been introduced to your fantastic site about the comings and goings in your great town! 

Our family’s world was thrown upside down this year when our 27 year old son Peter was diagnosed with ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Since March, we have rallied behind our remarkable son along with his many friends and our beloved community to help him spread awareness about this horrific disease.  The best way to learn about Pete, our family and our journey is to go to Pete’s website, www.petefrates.com .   There are many news items and newspaper articles there that have been written about our journey.

On Dec. 29th our Gloucester friends are planning a Plunge 4 Pete at Good Harbor Beach and a post plunge party at Bass Rocks.  I have attached a flyer to invite people to plunge or just sponsor a plunger.  Any help publicizing this event you can assist with would be greatly appreciated. 

Sincerely,

John and Nancy Frates

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Note To Sandwich Makers Everywhere (Rant)

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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If you go and pile all the meat in the middle of the sandwich so you can cut it in half and make it look like you use all that large amount of meat throughout the sandwich but leave the edges devoid of meat I’m gonna find out you freakin dumbass.

…and I’m gonna feel like you were trying to pull one over on me. 

…and is that really the message you want to send to your customers?

Yeah, you got me to buy your sandwich because it looked all loaded up with meat where you cut it down the center and displayed it wrapped in cellophane.  Once.

Who the hell wants to eat three quarters of a sandwich that’s all dry because it’s all bread and then get to the center where they cut it and not even be able to stuff it in your mouth?

It’s insulting.  Spread the goddamn meat out and make the best sandwich all the way through, first bite to last.

That’s just being honest. 

What, do we all look like that big of idiots that we’re not going to realize what you did there?

(don’t answer that question)

Powder Puff Part III (David B. Cox Photos)

Posted on by Manuel F. Simoes

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Click below for Slide Show and More Photos:

Jason Miller Represents! At The Great Wall Of China

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hey Joey,
I wore my GMG tee on the trip to the Great Wall today.  It was too cold for more pics in a tee shirt, notice the snow. 
Jason Miller

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Awesomeness!!!!

Rough Cut Rubber Duck Rocket Tour of Cape Ann

Posted on by paultmorrison

[Rubber Duck edit] We are inserting a more sedate video since the incidence of nausea and sea sickness is reaching epic proportions. Watch the second video at your own risk.

Rubber Duck’s sister came for a visit. So RD drank a quart of coffee then took her on a round trip tour of Cape Ann. From Andrews Point, Rockport Center, Motif #1, Bearskin Neck, back road to Rocky Neck, a dip in the water where we have to go swimming on January 1st, Eastern Point, stop inside Capt Joe and Sons dock, a visit with Homie having crab lunch on the state pier, Main Street Gloucester (did you see Fred Bodin do a double take?) Man at the wheel, Joanie on a pony, Annisquam Center, Lanesville, Save Our Shack, Folly Cove, Fire Trucks at Halibut Point (this is the only place where I got a “what the hell” chortle from a volunteer Rockport Fireman and back out to Andrews Point. All in barely three minutes.

Go wide screen, crank it up and finger on the spacebar to pause.

Another Artist’s View of Annisquam Light

Posted on by God's Morning

After I posted this photo of Annisquam Light, I received an email from Tony Marolda of Annisquam with this photo of a painting he had done of almost the exact same perspective, but his was a summer view.  Check out some of Tony’s paintings at http://www.anthonyjmarolda.com/ajm_paintings_and_writings_aug_2012_002.htm.  He is also an author who has written a number of very interesting sounding books – historical maritime adventures and an historical novel about the Adams Family (no not Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley, Pubert and Thing) who owned the home they now reside in during the summer on Adams Hill.

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Investigating Tripods

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

This morning while filming at Good Harbor I was reminded once again that I need to upgrade my tripod (for myriad reasons). The first problem is that wildlife, especially ducks and geese, are fearful of my tripod’s shiny black metal because it so closely resembles the barrel of a gun. When I got back to my office I randomly googled camouflage tripod in hopes that there is such a thing. There are many options but the tripods that seem most appealing to me are the Berlebach models. Read the following from the B & H Photo Berlebach description about the superiority of wood over metal and carbon: “…despite wood’s impervious nature to temperature and its general asthetic appeal, the best reason to choose wood over any other material for a tripod is its incredible ability to absorb vibrations. Wood simply does not resonate vibrations such as other materials, instead it gobbles them up. A wooden tripod placed in a shallow stream may be vibrating quite a bit where the legs meet the water, but up at the column it is dead as a doornail.” WOW! Okay, I am sold!

The next thing to figure out is the difference between a leveling center column and a ball leveling system. I often struggle to get a smooth shot with my current tripod when filming, especially in sand and other unstable surfaces, and have to spend many precious minutes adjusting the legs to create a level platform, whereas a ball leveling system sounds ideal.  I am reading a great article from Videomaker,  “The Best Type of Lightweight Tripods for Cameras,” and am looking at lots of panning and tilting heads online, but would love to know of anyone’s positive experience with their tripods and tripod heads.

Cape Ann from a Boeing 737

Posted on by paultmorrison

I was in San Francisco for 24 hours last week and had one hour free time so they took me to Chaat Cafe, an Indian Restaurant on 3rd and Folsom next to the Mosconi Center. Highly recommend if you are in a hurry or not. 
6AM flight out of Boston and I had the starboard view of Cape Ann as we turned west. From left to right, the Essex River complete with Cross Island just inland which is the turn around for the Essex River Race. Then Annisquam River cutting off Cape Ann from the mainland, Folly Cove, Halibut Point, Hoop Pole Cove, Andrews Point Sandy Bay, Straightsmouth Island and you can just pick up Thacher and Milk Islands. A tiny bit of Salt Island on the photo’s edge.

Packed so light I forgot a GMG sticker to represent!

Tacos Lupitas for Saturday Lunch, Good idea RD!

Posted on by paultmorrison

I recommend the Enchiladas Lupitas Special. 

That’s what I had last Saturday. Haven’t had anything here I would not recommend. Has anyone had the tongue in a taco or enchilada? Haven’t pulled the trigger on that one, yet.

[editors note] It was pointed out by normbarr that RD was incorrect in an earlier rendition of this article stating she went to Sunday brunch when in fact Tacos Lupitas is closed on Sunday.

The photo no one else got at the opening of Savour…

Posted on by Matthew Green

… was the first purchase!  They had a slight delay in opening the point of sale due to technical difficulties, and that gave me time to be the first one in line to buy something on opening night:

I got a few more photos too, of course.  You can tell what GMG contributors like when three of us show up at the same event without any prompting…

I am glad to have this great new store as a neighbor; they are right across the street from the parish parking lot!

– Fr. Matthew Green

“The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Makes A Jumbo Jet Look Tiny What a cute wittle double decker plane!”

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

From Fast Company- Pictures from Siemens Manufacturing mold of a 250 single piece  fiberglass construction turbine blade. Click the pic for the slide show and details at Fast Company.com-

Thanks Craig Kimberley for forwarding the link-

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Also Video-

What’s inside a wind turbine?

An overview of the layout of utility-class wind turbine generators – where are the major components, what do they do, and what differences can be found between models and size ranges. Click for video-

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