Wormtown Fleet Launch

A number of Worcester bloggers and, all-around GREAT people(I haven't had an opportunity to meet many of them yet), have formed like Voltron in support of fellow blogger-- Jeff Barnard of WormtownTaxi.com.

Jeff has been blogging about his health issues and while I'll leave it to him to give you the details, I can't wrap my mind around what he's going through and the range of emotions that he may experience on a day-to-day basis.
Today we announce the launch of The Wormtown Fleet. You can read more about TWF here: http://fb.me/ET76sJjl

Be on the lookout for more posts and updates, and hopefully, by the grace of God, Jeff experiences a miracle because he truly is a Positive Innovator.

Worcester Woogle & More

It appears that whatever is being done behind closed doors to enable Worcester to be one of the cities that Google graces with Google Fiber is working and I'm continuing to keep my fingers crossed.  When I posted this on July 14, 2010, things appeared alot brighter and I just heard from some peeps I know in California that the city that I call home is "on the short list". 

Hey, what can I say?  It pays to know folks in key positions and some peeps that are willing to say, "Hey, I thought you'd find this interesting".

Not knowing the full details, I have to say first and foremost a HUGE hat-tip to Brendan & Scott of Worcester Woogle.

In other Google news, if you have a Gmail account, you can now make FREE telephone calls to US and Canada (both landlines and cellphones) right from within your email inbox.  Thus far, this has been the best write-up that I've read and I've since tried it and it does work pretty well. (If you weren't one to sign-up for a Google Voice number or luck enough to have someone grace you with an invitation, don't worry, you can get a local "508" area code Google number.)

Today in History

On August 22, 1989, Black Panther Huey Newton was shot to death in Oakland, CA.

In 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower & VP Richard Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.