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This event is a such a bargain.  You get to taste the best local food and drink.  And there is an auction with some awesome deals.  Please get tickets now.

 

The 10th Annual Taste of the Finger Lakes will be held on Thursday, May 12th at The Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Thirty Finger Lakes area restaurants, wineries, custom brewcrafters and specialty food vendors will be on hand offering delicious samples. In addition to the tasting booths, attendees will be able to bid on live and silent auction items.  Special guest auctioneers will be Lauren and Brian Kolb.  Live musical entertainment will be provided by Greg Kane.

With thirty tasting stations, attendees should plan to bring an appetite. People’s Choice awards will be given in five categories:  Best Taste, Best Sip, Best Specialty,  Best Display and the Grand Prize  Best Pairing.   Attendees will want to make sure they have a good sampling before casting their votes.

The proceeds from The Taste of the Finger Lakes benefit the Canandaigua BID. The BID is a non-profit organization created to promote, beautify and improve downtown Canandaigua for its residents, merchants and property owners. The events and services that the BID provides for Downtown Canandaigua have an impact on the entire community by helping to attract new residents, new businesses and tourists to the area.

Tickets: $40 advance & $45 at the door.  Tickets on sale now at Canandaigua National Bank’s Downtown Canandaigua and Lakeshore Locations.  Tickets will also be available through the Canandaigua BID. 

Confirmed Participating Vendors:

• Anthony Road Wine Company
• Arbor Hill Grapery
• Billsboro Winery
• Brown Hound Bistro
• Casa Larga Vineyards
• Deer Run Vineyards
• Eagle Crest Winery
• Fiddlehead Concepts
• Finger Lakes Beer Company
• Hartmann’s Old World Sausage
• Heron Hill Winery
• Hotel Clarence/Divine Kitchen & Bar
• Inspire Moore Winery
• King Ferry Winery
• Long Point Winery
• Muranda Cheese
• Naked Dove Brewing Company
• New York Wine & Culinary Center
• North Shore Grille
• Peppers Deli & Pasta
• Red Jacket Orchards
• Schooners Restaurant
• Simply Crepes
• The Inn on The Lake
• Wagner Vineyards
• Wegmans

Thank you to our sponsor:

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call (585) 396-0300

I was just 6 years old when the Commodore 64 computer went on sale in the summer of 1982. Although I already owned a computer at the time -- a ZX Spectrum -- I remember my excitement about possibly getting my little hyperactive hands on the newly released Commodore.

At the time, the Commodore computer cost $595 and came with a whopping 64 kilobytes of memory. It also contained a graphics and sound card that stood apart from other computers of the day.

Now, nearly 30 years later, the Commodore brand has taken on new management and is re-releasing its flagship computer, this time with all the amenities of a modern-day computer packed What a hoot. Its back. I used this back in the stone age and now its back as a full featured retro computer.

read more via finance.yahoo.com

Missing Bronx Zoo Cobra Has Been Found

After a week of mystery, the Bronx Zoo cobra has been found.

The infamous snake, who last week absconded from her zoo quarters and has been at large ever since, was found early Thursday at the Bronx Zoo Reptile House.

The pencil-thin Egyptian cobra, which has spawned a hugely successful Twitter account (which on last count had over 200,000 followers) and countlessmarketing opportunities that come with becoming a beloved meme, is "alive and well," the zoo said

 

2004: Google unveils Gmail. It will change webmail … and a few other things as well.

Seven years ago, if we wanted to talk to somebody halfway around the world, we’d open up Outlook, Eudora or some other bulky piece of software on our desktops and type an e-mail.

Most of us had webmail, which was a convenience on the road since we could access it from any computer, but it wasn’t enjoyable. Web inboxes were slow and cumbersome, messy with checkboxes and radio buttons, and often so riddled with spam they had to be emptied frequently lest they reach capacity.

Gmail changed all that. It was fast and elegant just like a desktop app. There was so much storage, you never had to delete anything. In fact, you couldn’t — there wasn’t even a Delete button! And you didn’t miss the Delete button, because it was almost entirely spam-free.

Gmail was so slick and easy to use, many of us switched to it full-time and have never gone back.
 
On its seventh birthday, it’s difficult to ignore the enormous influence Gmail has had not only on web-based e-mail services, but on rich web applications in general. Several of the concepts introduced by Gmail, which were at the time on the bleeding edge of application design, have since been adopted by the web’s mainstream.

Complete article via wired.com

Anime used to help explan the nuke situation to Japanese kids. The ananlogy is that the reactor farted, but dont worry at least it didn't crap. The "doctors" the Fukushima 50 are giving it medicine - cold water. It should get better. But we will take precautions by putting a diaper on it.

Its weird alright. pictured is the crap and the worst case scenario the leaky diaper. Yikes....