Disqus - Latest Comments for minorjive

Re: michael moore’s fahrenheit 11/9

Ben — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 09:41:58 -0000

Finally a zero tolerance policy that makes sense ❤️

Re: happy birthday to my all time favorite blog about busses

Ben — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:41:07 -0000

I remember. Happy birthday, busblog!

Re: Google is promoting and monetizing a website’s fake story about Keanu Reeves

Ben — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:59:54 -0000

Definitely antisemitic. "Holywood elites" is code for Jews and the accusation is an overt evocation of European blood libel accusations that often precipitated pogroms and other persecution of Jews.

Re: Public libraries and recent computers

Ben — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 22:26:14 -0000

Something like this would also be valuable for retrieving data locked into older media and data formats. For example, I have a big stack of floppy disks, as well as zip disks and other proprietary "high capacity" data storage media, with writings and address databases and the like of my late father—from back when our family computer was an Apple IIc. Wouldn't it be cool if I could bring those floppies into the library, load them up on an old Apple II and push the data into the cloud for retrieval on my current devices?

Re: minor jive • Liberating the laptop from my iTunes library. This...

Ben — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:25:38 -0000

Yeah, finally moving to a networked backup drive that can serve the music and other media files. Mostly going to use iTunes as a player and as a mirror of of my iPhone.

Re: Restructuring news

Ben — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:32:14 -0000

On my frist read, before I was logged into Disqus, at #10 I chuckled when you wrote something along the lines of "And possibly date" after the bit about the cafeteria line. Unless I hallucinated the whole thing...

Re: Restructuring news

Ben — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:52:01 -0000

In the time it took me to login to Disqus and refresh this page you removed my favorite sentence in your post ;)

Re: Happy new year. Time to make the comics: this... | Deanna Zandt's Extra Helping

Ben — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:19:08 -0000

PS great comic!

Re: Happy new year. Time to make the comics: this... | Deanna Zandt's Extra Helping

Ben — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:18:19 -0000

Ahh. Context for our IG exchange. Sorry you have to deal with these restrictions but congrats on discovering the cause of debilitating health issues. If you want recs for some of my fav Indian, Thai, and vegan cookbooks that you could use for building a dairy/wheat free repertoire, lemme know.

Re: diabola in musica

Ben — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:39:58 -0000

PS I love that you wrote this! Quibbling about directions is a VERY Boston/Cambridge/Somerville kind of thing to do....

Re: diabola in musica

Ben — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:39:17 -0000

I was also a bit confused and unnerved by Walter's locations and navigations to them. I have to rewatch but it wasn't clear to me at first that Cedar St was in Worcester. Was first thinking of Cedar in Somerville... The one thing that might add a modicum of plausibility is that I think they called the train line something else entirely. They could have built some other kind of train line in the intervening years while the Fringe fam was sleeping in amber.

Re: Report: Seward Park Seniors Stranded, Terrified

Ben — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:05:12 -0000

'Thank you so much for organizing this! I am in Boston and cannot be there. The seniors there are not my relations but they could be my grandparents. My grandparents, Solomon and Sarah Novogrodsky, lived in 383 Grand Street for 40+ years, until they passed away in 2002. My grandmother's brother was Ralph Lippman the original manager of the Seward Park Co-ops. I've been going crazy about this since I read this post earlier. Thank you so much Elie for bringing attention to this situation and to everyone volunteering. I know the how the buildings smell inside, how footsteps echo in the hallways, the sounds of those elevators... Please post updates where you can—here/on Twitter/your own blogs, and let us know if there are needs you cannot meet. I will try to bring more attention to this if I can. There are other similar buildings—Amalgamated, Hillman, and East River Housing (the latter is where my family lived when I was born): those buildings should be checked with apartment by apartment door knocking too.

A friend of mine noted on Facebook that Ari Hart and Uri L'tzedek have been organizing visits on the Lower East Side. Perhaps they can help bering more people and coordinate efforts. There is also a Young Israel synagogue on East Broadway, which has long had congregants from these buildings. Perhaps there are folks there who could get involved.

Please let me know here or on twitter (@minorjive) or email (minorjive at gmail) where you are posting updates. These buildings and this Lower East Side community are very important to me.

Re: New Article: The Legacy of a Murder

Ben — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:06:37 -0000

Clarence, thank you for your comment! It means a great deal to me to hear from you and others in your family. I hope that I have done some justice to your grandfather's legacy. I am also the father of 9 year old son, so I can relate to the need to convey this history and our parents' legacies to our children.

Re: minor jive • Dime bag of kichel (Taken with Instagram at...

Ben — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:40:45 -0000

Yup yup yup. Perfect with my coffee.

Re: Cold-Case List Omits Many Names

Ben — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 21:26:12 -0000

Thanks for getting in touch, as well. I will email you for further contact.

Re: Cold-Case List Omits Many Names

Ben — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 11:39:21 -0000

Hi Teetosha10. Thank you for getting in touch about Eli Jackson. I've sent you an email so we can discuss.

Re: New Article: The Legacy of a Murder

Ben — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:14:46 -0000

Thank you for your comment, Robert. So pleased to know you've found the article. Did you find the link above, in my reply to your cousin David, to download the full piece? It means a lot to me to hear from you and other members of your family.

Re: Cold-Case List Omits Many Names

Ben — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:15:18 -0000

Hi Rhumberosoy. Thanks for your comment. I know Anne Moody's book and have long been interested in whether her connection to her uncle Clifton Walker had anything to do with why he was targeted for the brutal shooting that ended his life so terribly. I'm familiar with the story of the three individuals found dead in a car about a year earlier, in Dec 63, not far away from where Walker was shot.

Re: http://dominickbrady.tumblr.com/post/9048842730

Ben — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:26:33 -0000

Well said. And he sure can dance!!

Re: http://minorjive.net/post/8204935833

Ben — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 20:38:52 -0000

That's awesome to know. I'll look for his work online. I love all the art and photos that churn through Tumblr, but it's annoying when things get posted without credit to the artist.

Re: Why I’ll Never Redirect my Personal Blog to Google Plus

Ben — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:35:26 -0000

When I saw those announcements re: redirecting personal domains to g+ I had the same reaction as you for many of the same reasons—though not as well articulated as here.

Re: http://minorjive.net/post/6711907331

Ben — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:14:15 -0000

Thanks, Derek!

Re: http://minorjive.net/post/6376230232

Ben — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:35:27 -0000

Yeah... wish he'd hurry up and come out with a full length album!

Re: http://minorjive.net/post/6027842574

Ben — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:41:31 -0000

Yes... a huge bummer... glad to know you've been listening to GSH all weekend, too.

Re: http://abbyladybug.tumblr.com/post/5841426350

Ben — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:35:33 -0000

I'm glad we're on the same page here, Abby.