Day: March 17, 2026

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Driving Along NY 8.

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During the shoulder season of the year — when there is snow on the ground or a high risk of snow and ice — the East Branch of the Sacanadaga River is my place of choice to camp. I’ve always enjoyed the scenery of this rural highway through the Adirondack Wilderness. Some pictures of this highway …

Near Griffin On NY 8

NY 8

NY 8

Route 8 In Wilcox Lake Wild Forest

Road Summit Eleventh Mountain

And a short video of part of the drive from Fox Lair to Baker Mills …

Bookmarklet for Logging Into Newsbank

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This actually can be adopted for any login site, just by adjusting the login fields. It does require two clicks of the login script, but whatever.

javascript:(function(){
  const targetUrl = 'https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/user/librarycard?destination=easy-search%3Fp%3DNewsBank';
  
  if (window.location.href.indexOf('infoweb.newsbank.com') === -1) {
    window.location.href = targetUrl;
    return;
  }

  const form = document.querySelector('form#nbauth-library-card-form');
  if (form) {
    const fields = {
      'nbauth_library_key': 'xxxx',
      'nbauth_library_card': 'xxxxxxxx',
    };

    for (let name in fields) {
      let input = form.querySelector(`[name="${name}"]`);
      if (input) input.value = fields[name];
    }

    form.submit();
  } else {
    alert('Login form not found. Please ensure you are on the NewsBank login page.');
  }
})();