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Uneeda Biscuit

Tony Sampas photographed this fading wall mural advertisement for Uneeda Biscuit on Merrimack Street. Prompted by Tony’s photos, I did some quick internet research on Uneeda, which I assumed was another Lowell-based cracker such as Bradt’s. I was wrong. According to Wikipedia, Uneeda was a late 19th Century product of…

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Link-to-Cell telephones

Outside the house, I routinely carry my cell phone just about everywhere and enjoy using it to stay in touch with people and the net. Some may see it as a tether, but I find the omnipresent cell phone liberating. You can go anywhere at anytime and be confident that…

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Sneak preview of 2011 Folk Festival performers

The Lowell Folk Festival website just posted a list of the performers who will be at this year’s Lowell Folk Festival on July 29-31, 2011: Dervish – One of Ireland’s Premier Traditional Music Groups Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun – Dieselbilly Eddie Pennington – “Travis-style” thumb-picked guitar Hector del…

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Business names

The history of technology is a subject that fascinates me. Although individuals have long invented things, much technological advancement comes from corporations. As part of that interest, I keep a list of company names and their meanings. This topic came to mind earlier today when I wrote a short post…

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Ken Olsen, RIP

Today’s Globe carries the obituary of Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital. I never met Olsen and never worked at DEC, but the story reminded me of the glory days of the computer industry in Massachusetts in the 1980s with Digital and Wang serving as the global leaders in that…

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