Local Farmingdale News - At Your Fingertips

Hi All,

Farmingdale is known for many things: Grumman, Republic Aviation, the Farmingdale Public Library, Farmingdale State College (remember the Aggie school?), Mile-a-Minute Murphy, Bethpage State Park and much more. 

Which, of course, means there is plenty of history and news relating to Farmingdale.

For a timely, unbiased, current, interesting and well written site that covers the ins-and-outs of Farmingdale...check out the Farmingdale Patch.  Click on this link to learn a bit more about Patch.com - basically its the Patch FAQ. 

The Farmingdale Patch has a wide variety of sections relating to Farmingdale: including a section on Arts and Entertainment,  Business, Community Corner, Health and Fitness, Home/Garden, Jobs, Kids/Family, Politics/Government, Schools, Sports and Weather.

As you can see and read; the Farmingdale Patch has Farmingdale very well covered.

Enjoy the site and the news!

Regards,
Stu

24/7 Wall Street

Hi All,

Just came across a well organized, popular and reputable finance/money/investing website called 24/7 Wall Street.  Click here to visit the site. http://247wallst.com/

So, what is 24/7 Wall Street you ask?  As usual, good question.  Basically the site is a financial news and opinion website that delivers content on the web. Many of the articles are republished on other major websites including: MSN Money, Yahoo! Finance, MarketWatch, Time.com, USAToday, and The Huffington Post.

The company publishes over 30 articles per day and has readers throughout North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

At the heart of the site are links to Business, Technology, Investing, the Economy and Special Reports.  Click any of the links above to go to that particular section. 

Under the Business heading readers can find other links to article dealing with Aerospace/Defense, Autos, Banking/Finance, Commodities/Metals, Consumer Products, Energy, Healthcare, Industrials, Infrastucture, Media, Retail and Services.

Once you click on a topic, you'll find current articles related to it.  Articles include the date/time when it was posted, the title,  the author of the article, and of course, the article itself.  Readers can print or email the article.  Articles can also be Tweeted on Twitter and posted to Tumblr.

Of course there is a site search at the top right side of each page.  Results appear on the left side of the page after a search is completed.  Two or three sentences of the relevant article appear on the results side of the page - along with the date of the post and a link to the read the full story.

Articles on the site are relatively fresh and are generally easy to read.  You're not going to find the latest news on a particular company, but you will find helpful, additional information on specific industries and/or companies when you look for the information. 

Finally, on the 'About Us' page users can have a free daily newsletter emailed to them.  Click here for that link.  All in all a pretty helpful site.  And there is virtually no advertising that can be so annoying on other finance/money/investing websites. 

Enjoy the site!

Regards,
Stu

Good News - Its the GoodNews Network!

Hi all,

Between all the weather related news, international geopolitics and the fact that school began today for many kids on Long Island, I figured we could use a good news blog entry.  And that's just exactly what you'll find here. 

The GoodNewsNetwork (hereafter GNN) has, since 1997, been the place that many people have  turned to as an antidote to the barrage of negativity experienced in the mainstream media. Because of its long history, staying power, and public trust, the Good News Network has remained #1 on Google.

Click here for the GNN 'About Us' page. 

Users can click on various topics to get 'good news'.  For example there are links to News, Culture, Uplifting News and more.  Believe it or not there is a GNN app - which can be downloaded here. 

There is also a GNN newsletter - click here for that. 

Finally, there has been some press about GNN - click here for various news outlets take on GNN. 

Enjoy the good news and the links and GNN!

Regards,
Stu

HubbleSite - Space Images, Videos and More!!!

Hi All,

Check out HubbleSite for news, images, videos, blogs and more about astronomy, space and 'things related to NASA'.  

Click this link for news articles about celestial phenomena and the universe.   Click on this link to learn more about Space Telescope Science Institute.

This link takes you to many different space images while this link takes you to many videos related to space, astronomy and NASA.

The site has many interesting blog posts.  Users can search by type of blog post - for example you can search by text, video, audio and more.

Users can explore the site in much more detail by clicking on any of these 4 links - Discoveries, Astronomy, Technology or Education/Museums.

And to see the future of big space astronomy, click on this link to the James Webb Space Telescope!  Great information and 'inside baseball' related to the telescope on the site.

Enjoy the site and the videos and the pictures!

Regards,
Stu

Only In Your State

Hi All,

Travel tip ahead - watch out!

Click on this link - for a state-by-state guide to unique accommodations, waterfront and rooftop restaurants, hot springs, swimming holes, little known islands, covered bridges, swinging bridges and even haunted houses and much, much more on 'OnlyInYourState.com'.

Users can click on tabs at the top of the page on topics like food, attractions, news, life, community and more to find more attractions listed on the site.

Once you find an attractions or spot of interest an article with pictures describes the venue and the attraction. Directions to the location are given as well.

What a great way to learn about lesser known spots of interest in New York state - or any state for that matter!

Enjoy the vacation spots and the trips you'll take!

Regards,
Stu

Even More News Sites!

Hi All,

Evidently I like news -  lots of news!

Why?  Because I've generated a whole bunch of blog entries regarding news sites over the last few months. Its easy and understandable why I'd like to blog about news sites!

News sites are common, important for folks to read and, well, they are just darn interesting. Add to the fact that you learn a lot from reading a newspaper (or reading the adjacent news website) and who wouldn't want to read about the juicy morsels of politics, elections, entertainment, science, business, movies/books, technology, sports, health, weather and other topics?

So...simply put, click on this link from Kadaza and you'll find a whole smorgasbord of websites related to the news.

And just for the record, you'll find links to some of the world's preeminent news organizations by clicking on this link. Included on the site are CNN, HuffPost, ABCNews, The New York Times, CBS News, NBC News, Washington Post and many, many more sites.

Enjoy the links and the sites and the news!

Regards,
Stu

Reuters Technology News

Hi All,

If you are interested in computers, tablets, internet news, smartphones or anything else related to technology you might want to visit RTN.  What is RTN?  Simply put its an acronym for Reuters Technology News.

With main topics like business, Google, Apple, Cybersecurity, Technology videos, and more, readers will be in the know with respect to technology news. News is current, relevant and the articles are very well written.

Enjoy the site and the technology news!

Regards,
Stu

Hi All,

Newspapers - they aren't what they once were, but they still survive.  And in some cases they are thriving.  But what if you want to see a newspaper from another part of the country? Or what if you want to take a gander at a newspaper in the UK or Italy or Russia?  Or from New Jersey or California or Brazil or China....or...well, you get the idea

Indeed - internet to your rescue!

Click on this link to go to Online Newspapers.com.  The site bills itself as having 'thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips'.   And yes, its true.

Newspapers can be searched geographically - North American, Africa, South America/Central America, Asia/Middle East, Europe and Australasia/Oceania.

Clicking on any of the links above sends you to another page where users can find newspapers listed by state or an alpabetical list of newspapers.  Digging deeper into the lists gets you to the geographic area that you are interested in finding and ultimately, the newspaper that you are looking for.

Click this link for the 50 Most Popular newspapers by country. Finally, click on this link for magazines listed by category.

Enjoy the links and the newspapers!

Regards,
Stu

Have You Heard? News Sites

Hi All,

News on the internet is free, readily available and covers every possible topic you can imagine.  There is a lot more news than just the Yahoo newsfeed or the Google newsfeed.  And while they are good for broad overviews of information there are other sites on the web that cater to other 'types' of news. 

Traditional news organizations were early to the 'news' game on the web.  Some of the more prominent news organizations that used the web to expand their presence include CNN, CBS News, ABCNews, Reuters, BBC News Online, MSNBC, FOXnews, USAToday, Time, Associated Press, the New York Times, and News.com.au.

Note that some of these news organizations cover different regions of the world - BBC, News.com.au in particular.  Also, some of the organizations are international in scope - Reuters, Associated Press and BBC in particular. 

Enjoy the links and the news!

Regards,
Stu

Vocative - The Deep Web Revealed

Hi All,

Vocative. Yes - its a website. Yes - its a real word.  Yes - here's the link.

What is Vocative you ask? Indeed - a good question to be sure.  Its a news website with a difference. 

"As the site itself puts it, " Vocativ is a media and technology venture that explores the deep web to discover original stories, hidden perspectives, emerging trends, and unheard voices from around the world. Our audience is the young, diverse, social generation that wants to share what’s interesting and what’s valuable. We reach them with a visual language, wherever they are naturally gathering....

At the heart of Vocativ is our exclusive technology, a place where science meets storytelling. More than 80% of the Internet sits beyond the grasp of Google, in an area called the deep web. Vocativ explores this vast, uncharted space, which includes everything from public forums and databases to social platforms and commerce sites."

Okay. with all that out of the way, exploring Vocative is fun, easy and well, educational.  The top of the homepage has a ribbon with links to Video, News, USA, World, Underworld, Tech, Money, Culture and Photos. 

As users can see, the site does not shy away from the controversial topics of the day.  Click here to see the Vocativ FAQ - the section on FAQ's to answer your questions about the site...

Enjoy the deep web news reports!

Regards,
Stu

Hi All,

You've probably hear about them on the radio or possibly in a newspaper or magazine article somewhere.   They do surveys, studies, research and more.  Who - or what organization - am I talking about?  Gallup - that's who.  

As their website says, 'Gallup delivers analytics (statistics) and advice to help leaders and organizations solve their most pressing problems. Combining more than 80 years of experience with its global reach, Gallup knows more about the attitudes and behaviors of employees, customers, students and citizens than any other organizations in the world.' 

Users can visit the website for free.  Of course their is a fee version which companies and organizations purchase for research.  Upon visiting the site users are faced with a window called 'Gallup Daily' which has all sorts of statistics....for example there is data on people engaged at work, payroll to population, economic confidence and more....

There are links to the latest news article on the left side of the screen.

The 'Topics' icon at the top of the page opens so users can choose areas of interest - for example there are options for the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Economy, Education, Politics and much more.

Upon clicking on a particular topic - I chose Education for this tutorial - users are brought to another page where you can sign up for the latest news via email, and read articles. 

Examples of articles include, 'Asking a Simple Question Can Change Everything For a Student', 'Don't Wait Until the End of the School Year to Recognize Teachers' and 'Six Things the Most Engaged Schools Do Differently'.

Users can use the Trends A-Z option which enables users to explore all Gallup trends in one place. For example there are options for topics as varied as Alcohol and Drinking, Country Ratings, Crime, Economy, Medicare, Religion and many more.

Gallup.com might be best used by high school and/or college students and adults looking for statistics and information behind various current events and popular topics.

Enjoy the site and the graphs and the charts and the data!

Regards,
Stu

Popurls...Genuine Aggregator

Hi All,

With today's access to information folks can get news 24x7x365 via tv, tablets, smartphones, internet, cable tv and other methods...

If you like news headlines, click on this link - which goes to Popurls - a genuine aggregator.  What the heck is it you ask?  Glad you asked!

Popurls is a news aggregator.  Basically it scours the web - and sites like Reddit, The Verge, Digg, Huffington Post, New York Times, Buzz Feed, Slashdot, Boingboing and many others.  It then presents the headlines - of which you, the reader, can click on.  Clicking on the various headlines takes you to the original text of the article on whichever site it is located.

News comes in various flavors: Tech, Geek, Design, Business, Entertainment, Sports and Politics. 

For more information about Popurls, click on this link; which comes from the sites' 'About Us' section.

Enjoy the news in this interesting format!

Regards,
Stu

It's All Good (News)

Hi All,

Have you ever watched the news on tv (CNN, ABC, CBS or NBC or any other news outlet) or listened to the radio news and been completely disgusted with all the crime, negative news, corruption, depressing stories of war, death and more?

Well...today is your lucky day, because todays' blog entry is all about good news.  The site is called AmazingNews.org and bills itself as presenting 'positively pleasant news'.  Awwww...that it sweet.  And an interesting (and contrarian) take on the news treadmill that traditional media outlets put forth.

Click on this link to find just exactly what AmazingNews is all about!

Click on the following links to find more Amazing News or Amazing Quotes or Amazing Videos.  

The main news link - Amazing News has some sub-categories that are very, very interesting in their own right: Charity, Environment, Featured News, Health, Science & Technology and Society & Entertainment are the major sub-categories.

Readers can subscribe to AmazingNews.org by clicking on this link and scrolling down the page.  The email sign-up box is on the right side of the screen toward the bottom of the page.

Finally, users can search for articles anywhere on the site.  There is a dialog box where users can input search terms (i.e. puppies, sunshine, babies, food, or whatever you want to search for) and articles are displayed.


Enjoy the site and the good news!

Regards,
Stu

Get Your Newspaper Here, Get Your Newspaper Here...

Hi All,

Just found a very interesting news website. Its not like a traditional newspaper site like the New York Times or Newsday or the Washington Post though.

The site name is Paperboy and bills itself as letting readers being able to 'Choose From Our List of 12092 Online Newspapers and ePapers to Get Your Daily Newspaper Fix!'  That is pretty darn awesome!  Try subscribing to 2 newspapers, let alone a dozen or so.

Anyway, there is a search box at the top right side of the webpage where users can click on a dialog box to be able to search for a particular newspaper or to do a Google webs search or to search for news headlines.  Simple and straightforward.

A visit to the site lists the top 25 newspapers listed by circulation. The names of the newspapers - and links are included in the first section of the page. 

Further down the page is a link to the Top 100 US Newspapers and US Newspapers Listed by State.  Even further down on the page is a list of World Newspapers Listed By Country.

There are links to World Newspapers, US Newspapers, News Headlines and Front Pages at the top of the sites' homepage. 

Interesting website and it'll help you keep the conversation going at a cocktail party - especially with all the news that you have at your fingertips!

Enjoy the site.

Regards,
Stu

Good News!

Hi All,

Just wanted to write a feel-good post today - especially because Christmas is coming and the New Year is just around the corner!

Have you ever heard of a website called HappyNews.com?  Well, it definitely qualifies as a news site - the only difference is the slant on the news that they post/publish/report. 

Happy News' byline is 'Real News. Compelling Stories. Always Positive'.  Indeed it is. 

The site has News links, Video links, Product links (links to products that are well, Happy related) and Happy Living (issues related to, well, Happy Living) links at the top of the page - toward the right side.  There is also a search box on the right so readers can search Happy News.

Readers can also search various categories of news on HappyNews.com - just a like a regular website.  Categories include International, National, Business/Money, Health, Science & Technology, Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Heroes, Opinion & Editorials, and Environment.

Examples of articles taken from the Health section on the day that I wrote this blog entry (December 23rd, 2014) include:
The Best Way to Fight Germs on Airplanes
Centenarians Share Their Secrets to Long Life
Revolutionary Laser Treatment Could Kill Off Breast Cancer in 15 Minutes
Doctors Announce Historic Breakthrough on Cure For Skin Cancer
A Homegrown Fix for 'Food Deserts'
Study Revelas How to Win Belly-Fat War
10 Things You Can Do To Burn More Calories...

And More...

Note that there are advertisements on the website - they are easily seen since they are at the top of each article.  They aren't too intrusive - but they are somewhat annoying. 

One other caveat about the site...some of the articles have been 'aged' as they say.  That is, don't expect current events - as in yesterdays' news.  Some of the articles can be as old as 6 months or more.  FWIW...take the site with a small grain of salt - it is a take on the news, which, as we know, isn't always (unfortunately) happy....

That said, the site is a 'happy' take on news - which is definitely a different take on the news!!!

Enjoy the site.

Regards,
Stu

End of the Year Lists - Part I

Hi All,

So we have 12 days left until the new year comes around.  2015 here we come!  With that in mind, lots of news sources and outlets come out with various 2014 lists.  Here are some of the highlights (and hopefully the best - or at least the most interesting) of these lists. 

And please note, there just might be a second part to this entry since there are so many interesting lists available on the web. Stay tuned for the next episode!!!

Science Announces 2014's Top 10 Breakthroughs
PC Mag - 10 Best Desktops
PC Mag - 10 Best Laptops
TechRadar - 10 Best Tablet PCs in the World Today
Car and Driver - Editors' Choice Awards 2014 - Best Cars, Trucks, Crossovers and More.
Gayot - Top 10 Fall Beers
Wine Spectator - Top 10 Wines Revealed
National Geographic - Best Winter Trips 2014
Vogue - Top Ten TV Shows of 2014
IMDB - Highest Rated TV Series Released in 2014
Mother Jones - Best Books of 2014 (Fiction and Non-fiction)
Washington Post - 10 Best Books of 2014
Yahoo! News - Yahoo's Top 10 News Searches of 2014
Washington Times - Celebrity Deaths in 2014
Bing Link to People, Moments, and Events That Shaped 2014.
CNN - What You Really Googled in 2014

Enjoy the links - and stay tuned for part two of this list in the coming days!

Regards,
Stu

Farmingdale Observer - local news at your fingertips

Hi All,

Would you like to know what is going on in and around town in Farmingdale? Are you tired of searching through Google News or Yahoo! News in the hopes of finding an article related to Farmingdale?

Well folks, search no more.  The Farmingdale Observer is online - and has been for years now. Just pop on over to this link and you'll be delivered to the website of the Farmingdale Observer.

So...what do you find when you go to the site?  Lots of Farmingdale related news - and its well organized.  For example, there are tabs for Healthy Living, Classifieds, Subscribe to the Farmingdale Observer, Advertise with the Farmingdale Observer, Contact, Contests and Promotions.

Note that the online version of the Farmingdale Observer contains a limited selection of what the full newspaper contains.  Click this link to subscribe to the Farmingdale Observer - and you'll be connected to the community weekly when the newspaper arrives at your doorstep.  

Readers can contact the Farmingdale Observer by calling 516-747-8282 or by visiting this page to figure out who you want to email at the newspaper.

Enjoy your local news being delivered to you house - or reading online.

Regards,
Stu

RefDesk.com

Hi All,

One of the better reference related websites available on the internet is Refdesk.com.  The site is eclectic - it has something for everyone as this blog post will attest to.

Refdesk has many, many useful features for users including options to check your email from a central location, a debt clock, Contacting Elected Officials, Job Search Resources, USA Gas Price Map, Headline News from Bing, Google, and Yahoo.  There is also a way to select a news source from either AP, BBC, Bing, Fox, Google, NPR, UPI, WSJ,  or Yahoo!. 


Users can search Yahoo! or YouTube from the homepage and also look for the Fact of the Day or Though of the Day or This Day in History.

Users can actually search Refdesk.com - use the search box on the left side of the page.  Users can also use TheFreeDictionary.com as a computing dictionary, medical dictionary, legal dictionary, financial dictionary or an acronym finder.

There are also People White Page Resources available to users.  For example, users can search 50States.com, AnyWho.com, Intelius.com, WhitePages.com.  There are also Reverse Phone Lookup sites and Reverse Address Lookup sites....sigh. 

And, finally, there are good news sites like Amazing News, Gallup Well-Being Index, Good News Broadcast,  and HappyNews.com.

What I just mentioned are just 'some' of the link from the top half of the homepage on RefDesk.com.  When I say that the site is eclectic and chock full of links, I am not kidding.

One last note...toward the middle of the page are various links under the rubric 'Today's Pictures'.  Trust me - this is awesome.  Link under this category are as varied as Botany Picture of the Day, Earth Images, Kodak, Latest Mars Images, National Geographic Photos in the News, Reuters Pictures, Top News Photos, Weather Photo Gallery and Webcam Index.

The pictures and photos are completely addictive so watch the hours flow by as if they were minutes!

Enjoy the site and the many, many links!
Regards,
Stu

Oddly Enough! (The Lighter Side Entry...)

Hi All,

Oddly enough.  It sounds interesting and by gosh it is interesting.  What are we talking about?

Many news and news-related websites have various sections for users to pick and choose from while viewing their website.

But....did you realize that many of these website have interesting parts?  Didn't think so.  Generally the 'fun' part of the website is called 'Oddly Enough' or 'Funstuff' or names something like that.

For example, Yahoo!'s section is called 'Odd News', while Reuters' section is called 'Weird News, Odd News'.  Lots of sites have this type of section....click on the various links below for a whole bunch of interesting, weird, fascinating, unique, rare and just plain fun news!  Google Spotlight, Huffington Post, and MakeUseof, and Happy News!

Enjoy the sites - hope it makes you day a bit brighter and more fun!

Regards,
Stu

Newseum Washington D.C.'s Most Interactive Museum

Hi All,

Just a quickie post today - really. You'll love this. If you like news, you'll love this site!!!

Who: Newseum - click link to visit site.
What: Great way to view the front pages of newspapers from 89 countries
When: On the web - 24x7x365. Link is Newseum.org and updated daily.
Where: On the web - link above.
Why: Because information is power. You can view archived pages also - click here for that option.
How: It is free - on the internet and a great way to get free news!

Click here for a link to Today's Top Ten Front Pages from Newseum.

Enjoy.
Stu