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Not just a user of Universal Hub, I'm the founder! Been doing Internetty Boston stuff for ages now (long enough that I started out with a gopher, and who remembers that?).

You can reach me at [email protected].

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My comments
Post date Comment Article Comments New
8/5/24 - 5:41 pm Absolutely nothing Boston to offer rebates to spur e-bike use among people who might not otherwise be able to afford them 48
8/5/24 - 5:39 pm Two separate pools of money Boston to offer rebates to spur e-bike use among people who might not otherwise be able to afford them 48
8/5/24 - 9:52 am I'm sorry, but your "just askin'" question is really stupid Somebody at the Globe seems to really like J.K. Rowling and Ron DeSantis 94
8/4/24 - 8:14 pm Ah, Boston neighborhood lines ... Man stabbed to death on Amory Terrace in Roxbury 6
8/2/24 - 4:17 pm Part of a two-year citywide mural program 311 complaint of the day: How did Boston selectmen allow a woke nightmare on the side of a West Roxbury school? 66
8/2/24 - 2:40 pm Boston used to have selectmen 311 complaint of the day: How did Boston selectmen allow a woke nightmare on the side of a West Roxbury school? 66
8/1/24 - 10:50 pm Elevated food South Boston has room for at least one more market selling beer and wine, board decides 5
7/31/24 - 11:42 pm Not full bbcode All the votes on comments deleted 12
7/31/24 - 6:28 pm Thanks! Only former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping could sue Harvard for libeling him, but he can't, since he's dead, judge rules 13
7/30/24 - 9:44 pm Which has to do with this proposal? Residential Web-coding program for 14 young women approved in Roxbury 24
7/30/24 - 10:20 am A fair number ... Man threatened with pitchfork in Wellesley apartment-building incident 6
7/29/24 - 12:31 pm Gadzooks and odds bodkins: It really seemed too good to be true: Faster Red Line service already through? 22
7/29/24 - 10:24 am Had to change the headline It really seemed too good to be true: Faster Red Line service already through? 22
7/26/24 - 11:31 am Thanks! Boston' most iconic landmark is in West Roxbury? 4
7/25/24 - 8:37 pm And did you know ... MBTA board commits to making the Fairmount Line battery operated by early 2028 31
7/25/24 - 8:31 pm Did somebody mention Duracell, the copper top, dum dum DUM! MBTA board commits to making the Fairmount Line battery operated by early 2028 31
7/24/24 - 3:31 pm Oops! Oh, hey, the Olympics start in a couple days 49
7/23/24 - 10:02 am Height limits In the Boston of the future, some things will remain the same - including Red Line cars, just a little rustier 22
7/23/24 - 8:20 am Not a Brit Today's most embarassing storrowing: Driver of truck advertising a Boston specialty slams into a bridge on Storrow Drive 9
7/22/24 - 7:26 pm Possibly because ... In the Boston of the future, some things will remain the same - including Red Line cars, just a little rustier 22
7/22/24 - 2:41 pm Maura Healey joins in Pressley, Warren, Markey back Harris 175
7/22/24 - 2:18 pm Katherine Clark Pressley, Warren, Markey back Harris 175
7/22/24 - 11:15 am Moulton, who normally just likes to tell people to drop out ... Pressley, Warren, Markey back Harris 175
7/21/24 - 8:22 pm Two local delegates ... Pressley, Warren, Markey back Harris 175
7/20/24 - 11:39 am Based on my own anecdata ... After 12 hours in the operating room, a Children's Hospital anesthesiologist is arrested on child-porn charges 22
7/19/24 - 1:55 pm Yes and no ... Little pitchers have big ears, and so do cups at Boston coffeehouses, Josh Kraft learns 40
7/19/24 - 1:01 pm Even more recently Little pitchers have big ears, and so do cups at Boston coffeehouses, Josh Kraft learns 40
7/19/24 - 12:58 pm Um, not Christian altruism Little pitchers have big ears, and so do cups at Boston coffeehouses, Josh Kraft learns 40
7/18/24 - 1:09 pm Yep, 2016!!! Remember when people grumbled about the inflammatory Globe fake front page back in 2016? 21
7/17/24 - 10:08 pm Sure if ... Something we didn't realize we needed until just now: Candlepin ska 7
7/17/24 - 3:37 pm Oh, if only I had that sort of influence Restaurants in the Leather District, Seaport battle over the right to misspell 'savor' in their names 9
7/17/24 - 12:11 pm Couple of notes Oh, rats: Boston unveils new rat-attack plan; four parts of the city are particularly targeted, but residents, businesses called on to mend their slobby, food-spilling ways 36
7/15/24 - 9:29 pm It was the Costco that got me Rare house for sale in premier Boston school zone 25
7/15/24 - 9:40 am Update: The victim died Man shot to death on Arborway near Forest Hills station 5
7/14/24 - 11:29 pm That's how hot it is - everything's melting together Paging Glenn Frey again: Another heat emergency declared in Boston 3
7/14/24 - 12:31 pm Maybe not Greenbush That special all-you-can-ride weekend fare on commuter rail isn't much good if the trains are canceled 20
7/14/24 - 11:44 am Bird-sighting apps? Bird watchers flock to South Boston for look at tropical sea bird rarely seen north of the Caribbean 13
7/12/24 - 9:52 pm Oh, Jesus Former police union head gets two years probation in overtime scandal; also has to reimburse Boston for bogus OT 7
7/12/24 - 10:34 am Yeah, it's no Bromfield Street A sudden hankering for Tex-Mex downtown 3
7/11/24 - 5:35 pm We're not New York Board to consider whether South Boston is reaching a tippling point when it comes to the number of convenience stores selling alcohol 15
7/10/24 - 7:05 pm What you can do Fort Point to find out if duckpin bowling all it's quacked up to be 5
7/10/24 - 12:47 pm Ayup 311 complaint of the day: Brighton's flaming intersection of doom 6
7/9/24 - 3:59 pm I was at a loss for words Two charged with pistol whipping man in Fenway scooterjacking 10
7/9/24 - 10:20 am Hey, and Menino lived close to the border with Dedham! Sorry ladies, Marty Walsh is now officially taken 19
7/8/24 - 8:39 pm Yes-o! State approves $1.5-billion Eversource plan to bolster electrical supply in Cambridge, Somerville 14
7/3/24 - 6:25 pm Oh, that could be Brookline landlord who sues to block apartments near his buildings sues to block apartments near his Mission Hill buildings 31
7/2/24 - 4:55 pm Well, it is a fun idea Modern-day Charlie hopes to return after setting a record 18
7/2/24 - 4:40 pm Post updated SUV driver plows onto Red Line tracks at Savin Hill, cutting Ashmont service 18
7/2/24 - 10:32 am In a sense, though, he'll be breaking a record no matter what Modern-day Charlie hopes to return after setting a record 18
7/2/24 - 10:10 am Yes, but ... Train engineer in Readville loves him some air horn at 1:10 in the morning 36
My articles
Post datesort ascending Title
12/9/24 - 11:30 am Supreme Court won't take up lawsuit over Boston exam-school admissions
12/8/24 - 3:27 pm Abandoned multi-family house on Columbia Road in Dorchester goes up in flames
12/8/24 - 3:04 pm Oil flows into Muddy River on Boston/Brookline line, coating, endangering birds
12/8/24 - 2:19 pm Woman sues MBTA for nearly fatal injuries after she fell under a Green Line trolley that had started pulling out of a stop in 2023
12/8/24 - 12:51 pm Downtown brewpub hopes to open in Maverick Square building with a shaky past
12/7/24 - 10:17 pm Man seriously injured in Roslindale shooting
12/7/24 - 6:25 pm Guy tries to settle South End traffic argument by shooting the other guy's car; now he faces arraignment, police say
12/7/24 - 4:34 pm Shining city on a hill
12/7/24 - 12:11 pm Teen was strolling through Franklin Field with a gun loaded with 19 bullets, police say
12/7/24 - 10:44 am Developers will soon file plans for recreation of Allston's Great Scott in new building with 139 apartments
12/7/24 - 10:15 am Cost of Boston's part of proposed new White Stadium jumps 80%
12/7/24 - 9:40 am New nightmare for Somerville librarians
12/6/24 - 10:31 pm Some Boston views you never get tired of
12/6/24 - 5:18 pm Child injured when hit by school bus that crashed into fence at Curley School in Jamaica Plain
12/6/24 - 2:16 pm New owner of East Boston eyesore fixes it up, asks board to approve unauthorized changes made by original owner, but board says no
12/6/24 - 1:11 pm Drinking and driving on trolley tracks don't mix, woman learns
12/6/24 - 12:27 pm Globe looks to buy Boston Magazine
12/6/24 - 11:56 am Wu, other councilors call on Fernandes Anderson to resign
12/6/24 - 8:09 am Councilor Fernandes Anderson charged with getting kickback in a City Hall ladies room from a relative she put on payroll, but not one of the ones she was fined by the state for hiring
12/5/24 - 10:18 pm Man stabbed in possible Allston road-rage incident; suspect arrested
12/5/24 - 4:42 pm Boston area's best Moldovan restaurant closing
12/5/24 - 3:51 pm Workers at Boston-area enterprise kept falling ill on the job - which involved packaging and selling crack and fentanyl, feds say
12/5/24 - 12:52 pm Nick Collins once again blocks action on Boston property-tax measure
12/5/24 - 9:46 am Election roundup: Fernandes Anderson has a challenger, hotel workers endorse Wu
12/5/24 - 9:28 am Old North Church is getting awfully cherubic
12/5/24 - 9:19 am Wait, what happened to all that rain on the coastal plain?
12/4/24 - 11:33 pm Man found stabbed on Fernboro Street in Dorchester
12/4/24 - 8:59 pm BPS janitor charged with beating up three other workers at Mattapan elementary school
12/4/24 - 2:18 pm Boston City Council reaffirms support for measure that bars city departments from helping mass-deportation efforts
12/4/24 - 1:02 pm Boston expands free-museum program for schoolkids and families to include students at private and parochial schools
12/4/24 - 10:46 am Dorchester Lower Mills to get pizza topped with condos
12/3/24 - 10:54 pm Woman shot in the ankle in Old Colony development
12/3/24 - 10:41 pm Sox fans not thrilled with the signing of an alleged domestic abuser
12/3/24 - 10:22 pm Red Line trains can once again watch Speed Racer
12/3/24 - 3:24 pm Man who was charged with shooting eight in pre-Carnival gun battle removes GPS device and flees on eve of trial - and possible plea deal
12/3/24 - 9:59 am Bostonians who think their next property-tax bills seem ludicrous can thank Nick Collins; but some city councilors want to hold Wu administration to account
12/2/24 - 3:40 pm Developer hopes to break ground this spring on Roslindale Square apartment building
12/2/24 - 3:00 pm Two men shot on Seaver Street in Roxbury
12/2/24 - 2:01 pm Woman who was raped in restroom at Cambridge office building sues building owners and managers and contractors that were doing work in the building
12/2/24 - 11:04 am 311 complaint of the day: Busy beavers in West Roxbury
12/2/24 - 9:38 am Engineering entrepreneur could end bane of restaurant workers: Rolling silverware into napkins
12/1/24 - 9:14 pm Red Line made it a week before a slow zone popped up again
12/1/24 - 2:37 pm 311 complaint of the day: Rat hunting in Allston
12/1/24 - 12:23 pm Woman stabbed on Amory Street in Jamaica Plain
12/1/24 - 10:44 am One stabbed after closing time on Guest Street in Brighton
11/30/24 - 4:12 pm 311 complaint of the day: Dorchester has the most banal criminals
11/30/24 - 12:08 pm Two RNs at Boston hospital for burned children sue over their firing for refusing what they call experimental Covid-19 shots
11/30/24 - 10:02 am City councilors in Boston, Cambridge and Somerville start work to end broker fees for tenants
11/30/24 - 9:58 am Boston's biggest bow back
11/30/24 - 9:45 am What to get the kid who already has enough Hess trucks