Krispy Kreme Challenge 2012
[singlepic id=7291 w=320 h=240 float=right]The premise sounds simple - run from the belltower at NC State to the Krispy Kreme eat a dozen doughnuts and return in under an hour. Approximate distance 5 miles give or take. This isn't the first time we're been to or participated in the challenge and while it is much harder than it sounds - it is likely the most fun race in Raleigh. Congrats to Mark, EdG, Eileen/iLean, BobG 11.75, Zach, Nick, Lisa, Bentley, the rest of the DC crew and anyone else I may have missed that we saw. Special congrats to those runners ...
Rembrandt in America at the NC Museum of Art
The Rembrandt in America exhibit at the NC Museum of Art uses the slogan "You know the name. Now find out why." And much in the same way that I had heard of Genghis Khan I could have told you very little about our other museum guest in the city. Namely he may have been French (not true) and he didn't have a Ninja Turtle named after him (this one is true). Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition and the first major exhibition to explore in depth the collecting history of ...
Genghis Khan at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
[singlepic id=7209 w=320 h=240 float=right]The name Genghis Khan is probably a familiar one even if you don't know who he was exactly. Before going to the exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Science I had a very vague idea of who Genghis Khan was and something of a concept of who he was historically but knew very little about the role he played in history. Genghis Khan is famous as the ruthless Mongol warlord who conquered half the known world. Under his rule, the Mongol Empire grew to be four times the size of the Roman Empire at its largest ...
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So I am working on a new project with Twitter that I am calling the “Raleigh Blog Bot” for lack of any other better name or concept. The premise is it will take blog posts from local bloggers, convert the post to a tweet and tweet it using Yahoo Pipes and Twitterfeed.com. So far it looks like it is working. This is of course a very basic test. I’d like to find something more useful to do with the program.
This is where you can help. What would be useful? Is there an information aggregator that would make sense? It seems like something that would be worthwhile – condensed information populated automatically. That being said – I know I use info differently than most people.
So give me your feedback. Of course there are limitations – he can’t make you a sandwich. But there might be some function out there that would be useful or cool. We just need to figure out what it is.
Governor Perdue: Sierra Nevada Taps NC – Press Release: Gov. Bev Perdue today joined executives from Sierra Neva… bit.ly/zpLeL5
— NC Governor’s Office (@ncgovoffice) January 25, 2012
So I thought this was pretty good news.
The company plans to create 95 full-time jobs as part of the grant and invest $107.5 million during the next five years in Henderson County. In addition the company expects to hire another 80 part-time employees and expects to create about 60 construction and mechanical jobs during its 24-month building phase.
Something the Western part of the state needs.
Jobs – and good beer.
I know that as soon as I start talking about anything that has to do with politics about 90% of my audience leaves for a week. I get it. You either don’t agree with me or don’t want to involve yourself in anything that isn’t part of a Star Wars Lego battle. For those of you that fit that category – click here. For the rest of you – both of you – keep reading.
Here is some info on TC-07-09 which is coming up in front of Raleigh’s Comprehensive Planning Committee this Wednesday. So other than sounding like a cool name for a Stormtrooper what is TC-07-09? Simply put it is a text change that would provide some guidance/regulation to front yard parking. A common sense update for both the environment and the appearance of single family homes in Raleigh. This means regulations for the size of a driveway and parking pad and the use of said driveway and parking pad. If you are saying to yourself – why don’t we already have something like this – you aren’t alone.
What can you do? First stop off here and learn more. This particular text change is going to impact the Southwest/District D area of Raleigh. (Maybe more if it is seen as effective in this area.) Second go to the Comprehensive Planning Committee Meeting this Wednesday (5PM Council Chambers Agenda) or email the members of the committee and tell them you support TC-07-09. (Councilors Russ Stephenson (chair), Bonner Gaylord, and Randy Stagner.)
Note: The image here is not a car parked in a Raleigh front yard. It is what I found when I Googled “TC-07-09 Stormtrooper.”
BobG just forwarded this photo with the subject line – guess.
At first I thought it kinda looked like Reynolds Coliseum but I don’t think so. I figured – it is Friday not like anyone reading this blog has a real job (or life) anyway so I’d throw it out and see if anyone had an answer. First person to answer correctly (other than BobG) gets to ride on the float. Sound like fun? You bet. Could you do this without correctly answering the photo challenge? Probably.
Answers only accepted in the comments here – even if you first saw this post somewhere else.
Editor’s Note: I’ve read xkcd for a long time and think it is one of the many things that makes the internet great. This is an awesome post by one of the most humorous geeks out there.
Learn more:
EFF: One-page guide to SOPA
reddit: A technical overview of the SOPA and PIPA bills
DYN: How these bills would break DNS
EFF: Free speech on the web