7/31/2008:

One Hoboken411 reader wants to let residents know about a “targeted” area for car break-ins:

Hudson St. car break-ins

“I was wondering if you might be able to spread the word about a series of smash and grabs incidents for cars parked around the 700 block of Hudson street. I live on 8th/Hudson and walk past the area going to the path every day. In the past several months I have noticed several vehicles with smashed drivers side windows or seen lots of glass smashed on the sidewalk/road. I’ve probably noticed about one vandalized car a month so whoever is doing it is smart to not do it all the time and draw attention to it.

I was thinking of putting some flyers up to make people aware but it probably won’t do much good since people don’t read signs.”

7/31/2008:

One Hoboken411 reader sent this cameraphone picture in today, thinking this “new” Starbucks might have fallen victim to their recent “meltdown,” as they were meddling with the letters above the entrance:

Below is a picture I took two days ago.. maybe those were just “temporary” letters, and will be replaced with a more formal sign?

5/12/2008 Update:

It’s true! At least one of the two rumored Starbucks Coffee Shops are coming… this one replacing the doomed Fabco Shoes:

See Fabco before it’s “dooming” after the jump…

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7/31/2008 Update:

Forgot to mention that the “Greetings from Hoboken” postcard exhibit was extended through August 3rd.

Additionally, a companion book was published too!

Come for the book, stay for the cake!

Museum members and the general public are invited to a reception on Sunday, August 3, from 2-5pm. to celebrate the arrival of the companion book, Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History, based on our current exhibition. All those who made a donation in support of the project will receive their hardcover copy of the book at the reception. A limited number of hardcover and extra copies of the softcover editions will be available for purchase as well ($35 / $25). The book was edited by Bob Foster, Museum Director, and designed by McKevin Shaughnessy.

Nearly 400 of these brightly colored images are on display through Sunday, August 3, in an exhibition of postcards from the Museum’s own collections that presents a lively portrait of a booming young city, proud of its fine homes, new businesses and thriving shipping industry. And check out the Upper Gallery display of winning postcard designs by Hoboken School chirldren!

12/28/2007:

Since the Hoboken Historical Museum will be closed through January 19th, those of you suffering from “Museum Withdrawal” can be rest assured that two nice new exhibits will open up for your historical pleasure on Sunday January 20th, from 2-5pm.

The big event is the “Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History,” which covers the city’s boom years from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s, as well as “Waterfront as Muse: 1960’s Photographs by Guy Ciarcia,” which is an award-winning photographer’s re-interpretation of photos he took in his younger years of the NYC skyline and Hudson County Waterfront.

See you there!

7/31/2008:

Here’s another shining example of how the city just doesn’t pay attention.

This sign on 4th Street is what, 10 years old?

Funny thing is, our “Tree City USA” sign a couple blocks away gets promptly updated!

7/30/2008:

Here’s today’s Hoboken411 reader mail segment about the letters to the editor section of the local paper.

Does the Reporter make backroom deals?

“I’m a longtime follower of your site, and appreciate the fact that you seem to be able to keep a lot of the paid posters that permeate other forums (like some cheesy Jersey web pages) off your site, probably by being at least somewhat vigilant about tracking multiple user names and the like.

Wish the Hoboken Reporter would take even a small percentage of that initiative and vet some of the letter-writers that darken their back pages every week (though I’ve long believed the Reporter is in for their cut of the backroom take in this town anyway, so I shouldn’t be surprised).

Thanks for your time!”

7/31/2008:

As many of you probably already know, there is lots of action & rumors brewing up as the MLB trade deadline approaches this afternoon. The biggest one being Boston’s Manny Ramirez.

Even if I was a big Red Sox fan, I wouldn’t like Ramirez. Cocky, arrogant, and lazy. Some ESPN commentators said Boston would be stupid to trade away his “production” at the plate, and would be unable to fill his spot in the lineup.

From ESPN:

“The Red Sox don’t deserve a player like me,” Ramirez said. “During my years here, I’ve seen how they [the Red Sox] have mistreated other great players when they didn’t want them to try to turn the fans against them.

“The Red Sox did the same with guys like Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez, and now they do the same with me. Their goal is to paint me as the bad guy,” Ramirez added. “I love Boston fans, but the Red Sox don’t deserve me. I’m not talking about money. Mental peace has no price, and I don’t have peace here.”

7/31/2008:

Danny’s Upstairs Comedy Show tonight at Tutta Pasta features comedian Chris Monty. Starts at 9pm.

“Chris began his Comedy Club resume at Governor’s in Levittown Long Island in the late ’90’s. He later teamed up with fellow comedian Marc Lund to create Long Island’s Funniest Comedy Team of Monty & Lund. It was in the team that Chris got his first break. Monty & Lund were asked to open for Gabe Kaplan (from TV’s Welcome Back Kotter) at McGuire’s Comedy Club. The show was a smash. Eventually Chris decided he wanted to go back solo as a comedian. He later was asked to open for Jimmy “JJ” Walker (from TV’s “Good Times”) at the same club. Now he performs regularly all over the country including such rooms as The Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City. He also has opened for such acts as Bobby Slayton, Jim David, Adam Ferrera, and Jim Norton.”

Here’s one of his stand-up routines:

7/31/2008:

Meant to post this a while ago, but for the PATH riders that aren’t already aware, you can now conveniently refill your SmartLink card online. (Thanks to Halley Wolowiec for the tip - I rarely ride the train these days…)

Do any of you use the SmartLink Card?

No more credit cards?

However, one Hoboken411 reader mentioned that the ticket machines no longer accept credit cards… Is that true?

“I’m not sure if you have been told that none of the vending machines at the path station (Hoboken and WTC) are accepting credit cards. Its funny how NJTransit just started a promo to automatically refill the Smartlink card online. Is this coincidence??”

7/30/2008:

This 1,500 square foot 3BR apartment at the Archstone building is $5285 per month! If you (and a few friends) have $63,420 burning a hole in your pockets, why not rent it?

http://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/abo/768643952.html

Archstone Website.

One thing I love about that ad is that there’s no interior pictures of the apartment itself. The courtyard, the exquisite architecture, the fabulous lobby (that you’ll spend a total of 2 minutes per day in), and some pictures of the NYC skyline. Don’t forget the “Seal of Service” too!

Sign me up pronto!

7/31/2008:

Often times, when it gets really late.. I tend to go exploring new technologies.

Today’s “beta test” is Firefly.

If you look at the bottom right of this page, you’ll see a grey box. This is a live chat applet that I installed a few hours ago, that will let you just make “comment bubbles” anywhere on the the page you’re viewing. It shows how many people are viewing that particular page at the moment (not the site as a whole) and how many readers are “chatting” (on that specific page).

You click the “start chatting” link, and the screen becomes slightly darkened (you can’t navigate the site at this point), but you can have a “bubble conversation” with anyone else that’s chatting at that time. Sort of reminds me of “pop up videos.”

On the bottom of your screen, you’ll see a scroll bar, that shows a historical record of the chat bubbles recently created.

I’ll probably only test this out for a day or so, because you never know what kind of issues (or “trouble”) this may cause. If you decide to try it, please let me know what you think. I find it to be a bit useless, but you never know, it could be entertaining! I’ll probably remove it today/tonight (depending on whether it causes technical issues or not).

Thanks!