Three-Hour Tour – 3 Quick Stops in NYC
A few weeks ago, a friend who had never been to New York was coming to the city on business, but only very briefly. With just a three hour window open in his schedule,...
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“Clerks” Quick Stop market – Leonardo, NJ
I was down in Red Bank, NJ over the weekend and took the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Quick Stop market from Kevin Smith‘s Clerks. It’s one of my old-school favorites, the...
Gamechanger – Ballblazer
In 1984, George Lucas expanded his empire, and the Lucasfilm Games brand launched by releasing two games. Rescue on Fractalus! was a first-person flight-rescue simulation, similar to Choplifter. It certainly was a fun game,...
This Old Game – NATO Commander
Before he became a universally-accaimmed game designer, Sid Meier was just a recent computer science graduate from the University of Michigan. All-be-it, one who could beat the crap out of an actual retired Air Force pilot, Bill...
Gamechanger – Star League Baseball
In 1983, a small software company in Santa Barbara, California, Gamestar, Inc., released a groundbreaking new baseball game – Star League Baseball. The game itself was still simple. Two teams, still no leagues or...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum – A Day Onboard The “Fighting I”
Sporting one of the most distinguished service records in U.S. Navy history, the USS Intrepid was commissioned on April 26, 1943 – just one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers the U.S. produced during World...
The Mysterious “Golden Era” Passenger Railcars on the Northeast Corridor
Sometimes, very rarely, but sometimes, when taking a train into New York City, you can glimpse a jewel from a bygone era – a vintage Pullman or classic railcar. Curious when I first saw...
MartinLogan MLT-2 – The Best 5.1 Speakers You Can, Usually, Buy For $200
There’s an old rule-of-thumb which states, “half of your stereo budget should be spent on speakers”. After all, that’s the part you actually listen to. Most folks with an A/V system are using some...
