Erik Ofgang

Danbury

Contributor @techlearning, @forbes, bylines in @NYTimes, @Slate, @Smithsonianmag @Connecticutmag co-author The Good Vices, instructor @WCSUWritingMFA & @Post

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Opinion: B.I.B offers fun vibe and food in historic Bethel building

4 days ago | ncadvertiser.com | Erik Ofgang

The Coastal Bucatini from Better in Bethel. Erik Ofgang/ For Hearst Connecticut MediaYou shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, nor a restaurant by its name. I learned the truth of this after a trip to the brand-new restaurant Better in Bethel or B.I.B in downtown Bethel, around the corner from Dr. Mike’s ice cream. While it took me a moment to get used to the name — I fell in love with the restaurant the first time I tried it.
Who was Gladys Tantaquidgeon? The legacy of a Mohegan Medicine Woman

5 days ago | ctinsider.com | Erik Ofgang

Gladys Iola Tantaquidgeon was an Ivy League-educated anthropologist and Mohegan Medicine Woman who lived between 1899 and 2005. During her long life - she was 106 when she died - she did many extraordinary things to preserve Indigenous culture both in Connecticut and beyond.
Do Students Learn More Writing or Typing?

1 week ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

When it comes to whether students learn better by typing or through handwriting, educators and parents want easy answers, Svetlana Pinet tells me. “People want to know, ‘What should I do?'” says Pinet, a staff scientist at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in San Sebastian, Spain. The problem is that the topic is complex and full of nuance, and students often benefit from learning both typing and writing. “Both exist and we have to do both,” she says.
OpenAI’s New Viral Art-Generating Tool and Its Potential for Teaching

1 week ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

OpenAI’s new image-generating tool through its GPT-4o model has gone viral with a vengeance. Designed to create better images, the free tool has earned OpenAI millions of new users and led to the social media proliferation of images in the style of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation studio behind iconic films from Hayao Miyazaki.
At this award-winning CT brewery, IPAs take a back seat to lagers

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Erik Ofgang

For a long time, Chris DeGasero couldn't escape IPAs.The co-founder and original head brewer at Alvarium Beer Co. in New Britain, Chris found himself pressured by market forces to focus on crowd-pleasing beers he wasn't always passionate about. Article continues below this ad "Primarily it was a lot of hazy IPAs and fruited pastry stouts and that kind of stuff," he says. When Chris sold his stake in Alvarium, he and his wife, Kyle, began discussing opening a new brewery.
Student-Led Security Operation Centers

2 weeks ago | techlearning.com | Erik Ofgang

Tim Kircher, a junior cybersecurity student at the University of South Florida, jumped at the chance to get real-world experience at the institution’s Security Operations Center (SOC). “It opened my eyes to a lot of the opportunities and broad paths within cybersecurity,” says Kircher, who is an intern at the University of South Florida’s SOC. He adds that working at the SOC empowers him and other students.
Award-winning baker's Fatto a Mano 'keeps selling out'

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Erik Ofgang

Fatto A Mano's new cafe and bakery was still 20 minutes from opening but the lines were already forming in the parking lot. It was 7:40 a.m. on a cold Sunday morning, yet roughly a dozen people were braving the wind chill to ensure they'd be among the first to taste the sourdough creations of Pierluigi Mazzella, Fatto A Mano's owner who was born and raised in Ischia, a volcanic Island on the Tyrrhenian Sea in Italy.
Himalaya Sono brings flavors of Nepal, Tibet, India to Norwalk

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Erik Ofgang

A visit to Himalaya Sono, on Washington Street in the heart of downtown South Norwalk, left me impressed - though I wasn't in love with everything, and wish I ordered differently. The restaurant offers a mix of Himalayan cuisine influenced by the food found in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Northern India. All these dishes are served in a truly unique setting.
The World’s Best Hazy IPA—According To Best Of Craft Beer Awards | Flipboard

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Erik Ofgang

1 hour agoJust a few years ago, Boston Beer (NYSE: SAM) was a high-flying stock. Gone now are the days of double-digit revenue growth, and we're now looking at a business that is moving at a much slower pace. Based on the guidance for 2025, the stock is conservatively trading at around 28 times forward …
The World’s Best Hazy IPA-According To Best of Craft Beer Awards

3 weeks ago | forbes.com | Erik Ofgang

The 2025 Best of Craft Beer Awards recently gave world’s best hazy IPA honors to Cosmic Cali, a collaborative beer made by two Long Island breweries. The event is one of the first major beer competitions of 2025 and took place March 14-16 in Central Oregon. Judges tasted more than 1200 beers submitted from breweries across the globe, though like many competitions held in the U.S., more beers from America were entered than from other countries.