Patrick from the City Desk here with an interesting item out of New Jersey.

Freehold InJersey, a community blog run by the Asbury Park Press (a Gannett publication) has set up a newsroom in the middle of Zebu Forno Cafe, a local coffee shop. Patrons will be able to dish with reporters and editors while enjoying a saucer of their favorite hot caffeinated beverage.

What do you think of this partnership? Would you take the time to chat with a Saratogian reporter working out of Uncommon Grounds, Saratoga Coffee Brewers or any other shop or cafe in town?

I like the idea of spending one day a week filing stories from a cafe, especially if free caffeine is part of the partnership! Let us know what you think!

Are you familiar with the Wayback Machine? Bookmark it, now. Trust me, you'll love it.



It's a function (honestly, the only one I've ever used) of Archive.org. The site archives websites and then allows users to type in a web address and access the page in the past.
Nostalgic about facebook's earlier incarnations, say circa 2004? Type it in and travel down memory lane. Was the site you need to visit taken down, no problem Archive.org probably saved it.

I used the wayback machine this weekend to access the former homepage of Hamilton University for this story. The (fake) college's website was taken down a few years ago, but with this (free! no signing up required!) service I traveled back in time and saw the online claims they were making years ago.

The site's not perfect, some of the links it provides are dead. But, when it works it's awesome.