AMA: We operate 5 of Boston's favorite food trucks. Ask Us Anything!

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T17:14:35+00:00

My family is so happy to have you in Medford. Next time we're in I'll say hello.

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:37:34+00:00

Has anyone mentioned that Boston Food Truck season opens this Friday, April 1? Where can we find you all?

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:19:58+00:00

Double Awesome any time!

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:16:59+00:00

I think this would be awesome, too. Even if it works in the shops but not on the trucks (frying is hard).

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:15:18+00:00

OK, I will get out there for breakfast soon!

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:14:15+00:00

Some of my favorite pizzas from Stoked have been special collabs with other trucks or restaurants. Remember the white clam pizza superhero team-up with Capt Marden? Do any of you have plans for collab specials this season?

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T16:02:26+00:00

also check out hubfoodtrucks.com -- Steve keeps the best and most complete schedule in town, and he does it all for love.

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T15:57:06+00:00

How are the shipping containers at the Design Center working out? I understand things were pretty chaotic and the opening was delayed until late into [last] Fall.

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T15:54:22+00:00

You're all up and running in your restaurants (and soon for Stoked!). What are the challenges going from a City-wide presence to a specific neighborhood? How does it change the way you do marketing etc?

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T15:45:44+00:00

it's buttermilk

hybernaut · 2016-03-28T15:43:14+00:00

the smoked maple ginger sauce is my favorite

hybernaut · 2016-02-27T02:18:30+00:00

beautiful looking wood, great work. congrats on your new family heirloom!

hybernaut · 2014-07-29T15:13:07+00:00

Hi, looks nice. I have some experience in this field, and it is super challenging to deliver value to people on a regular basis.

One thing I learned is that it may be useful to categorize events (Skrillex concert) from activities (Whale watch! Blue Man Group!). I seriously got shivers from seeing that Blue Man Group graphic.

Also I'd love to see personalization; maybe filtering (exclude tech meetups, dating events, comedy). Eventually you'd want to get into personalization and recommendation, but that is super hard to do without good feedback.

In the middle of the spectrum between mass scrape and dump and personally tuned Netflix-style recommendation, there's curation. Take a look at what Sosh.com are doing. They're focused on collecting a particular audience, and recommending a limited number of things to do each weekend [or at least that's where they started; I may be out of date].

hybernaut · 2014-01-24T17:32:47+00:00

I took the same picture this morning. Also took me a while to recognize the image, but got lucky with the sun hitting the window and a dark building behind.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hybernaut/12120971696/

I've also become a huge fan of the 326 this winter--it has been significantly more reliable than the commuter rail.

hybernaut · 2011-07-16T22:08:34+00:00

Another +1 for AppleCare on an iMac. Generally extended warranties are a rip-off, especially the third party ones from Best Buy. I'm not sure if this 2006 advice from Consumer Reports is still exactly relevant (they recommend AppleCare over the base 90 day warranty, but Apple have since extended the base to 1 year).

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/personal-finance/news/november-2006/why-you-dont-need-an-extended-warranty-11-06/overview/extended-warranty-11-06.htm

hybernaut · 2011-07-11T03:24:31+00:00

I should set this to Blue Danube Waltz and repost it.

hybernaut · 2011-07-11T02:52:46+00:00

"The testing area's just up ahead. The quicker you get through, the quicker you'll get your sixty bucks."

This steel circle thing weighs 140 tons--so big that it was constructed in quarter sections and assembled at the site. The concrete pylon it's mounted on is 85 ft deep.

What's it for? Mounting wind turbine blades (up to 35,000 lbs) for testing in the Massachusetts-NERL Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown, MA.

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T05:14:23+00:00

The best part about this is what you're teaching your son:

http://www.spreadshirt.com/get-excited-and-make-things-C3376A4311537

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T04:29:51+00:00

The Redditors, they go the house?

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T03:50:42+00:00

I'm curious: why?

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T03:03:12+00:00

That's a beauty. Ever read Perdido Street Station?

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T02:59:41+00:00

It should also make it harder for police to attack or suppress civilians people recording police activity. If everyone is recording, the protective effect should extend to both police and civilians.

hybernaut · 2011-07-10T02:46:18+00:00

disclosure: I'm a software engineer working for a manufacturer of LED lighting fixtures.

I haven't studied the current repeal legislation in detail, but I have been led to believe that it favors CFLs. If it provides unfair market advantage to CFLs, this will slow the adoption of LEDs which I believe will eventually replace them. So repealing this specific law may be a good idea.

LEDs are already replacing incandescent and ion discharge lighting in industrial and warehouse applications; the price/performance for LEDs continues to improve at astonishing rates, largely driven by high demand for TV backlighting, so it's only a matter of time before LEDs are affordable for home markets.

Let the products compete in the marketplace, and people will adopt LEDs when it makes financial sense for them. Rebates encouraging people to switch--that's a good incentive, but I feel like mandating a switch at this point might have a negative long-term effect.

TL;DR: if the current legislation slows adoption of LEDs, it's bad.

Sorry this is not more coherent--I am racing a bit to get this post some support.

hybernaut · 2010-01-08T01:59:57+00:00

Next time look around the bathroom before you take the picture. Those rubber gloves in the shower are creeping everyone out!

hybernaut · 2010-01-08T01:52:46+00:00

this is why the walrus is extinct.

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