The Daily News’ politics blog has an informative recap of examples of New York politicians losing it while in Binghamton, including a photo of Rockefeller giving some protesters the finger at Binghamton University.

Steve Balogh, who usually posts at Groovy Green but has his own blog as well, piped up there to note the Doc’s Little Gem Diner fire – which resulted in the diner being closed for the first time in 55 years. They had to bring in a locksmith to create keys for the door, which [...]

I give you the humble salt potato, Syracuse’s gift to the world. Unlike the rest of Upstate cuisine, there are no great secrets about the salt potato to protect. This post reveals all. Unlike some other Upstate foods, you don’t need a special sauce or marinade to make salt potatoes. Nor do you need a [...]

Funny how things change: It was just a few months ago that we were supposed to be envying all those regions of the country that had a “robust economy.” But looking at this map, I see there are some hidden drawbacks to all that prosperity: immense and possibly unaffordable housing costs. Costs which seem to [...]

And here I thought I was paying attention… wow, how’d this one get by? New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed against state Assemblywoman Donna A. Lupardo, D-Endwell, and others by an energy company that wants to develop a power line through upstate New York. New York Regional Interconnect [...]

A demonstration of how much times have changed: what happened on September 11, 1994 (or rather, the wee hours of September 12) at the White House was treated very differently than it would be today. (Wow, does anyone even remember this incident?) In other news, it’s a sign of the times that Jim Walsh has [...]

I’m not usually concerned with news from the world of gadgets, but I just had to comment on the recent news that Apple has drastically slashed its price for that holy grail of modern consumer technology, the iPhone. The phone, which debuted two months ago at a price of $600 (and which scores of “early [...]

While it is probably not the first time that artwork has been suppressed from the annual New York State Fair Photography Exhibition for annoying someone’s delicate sensibilities, it’s probably the first time that a piece of award-winning artwork has been yanked during the Fair for non-obscene content. Fair boss saw smoke, and put out photo [...]

This post is a little out of season, but I just discovered the following story in the Buffalo Business First from last year: the view of a foreign visitor to Niagara Falls. Patrick Doyle, who has friends in Syracuse, has visited the falls once in summer, once in winter. His summer visit matched the perceptions [...]

I have read many silly things on the Internet in my life, but quite possibly one of the most memorable silly things I’ve ever read was this post at the blog Cato Unbound about a year ago, by Frank Levy, who was discussing RichardFloridian thought and what to do about the Upstate New York Problem. [...]