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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Just got this image in of Hurricane Irene coming through South Carolina (click to enlarge) from the sister-in-law by the sea. If you have an image you’d like to share email it to us.
The wind is blowing and the rain is coming down but we seem to be missing the worst of it here it Raleigh. Let’s hope our luck holds. There have been power outages reported in the area but nothing terrible – yet.
This is a live video feed from HurricaneTrack.com. They are currently in Kill Devil Hills, NC and plan on being in that general OBX area throughout the storm.
We’ve updated our own gallery of Hurricane Irene photos but our man on the scene is coming home for some reason. Sounds like a fun trip to the beach to me – how about you?
We’ll be checking in on HurricaneTrack and see what they are reporting for the rest of the storm.
Not too long ago we posted here and several other places about the unusual Lego bricks BobG found at the Flea Market. In addition to all the usual places I emailed James Foulds Community Operations Manager of Lego who I met at the recent Brick Magic festival this Spring. It took him a while but we finally got as close to an official answer as you can possible have – from Lego itself.
Anthony,
Sorry about the long delay in responding. To answer your question, they were made by Samsonite:
http://www.miniland.nl/
Historie/legoautos/samsonite/ samsonite%20jumbo%20bricks% 20eng.htm Cheers,
-Jim
James Foulds
Community Operations Manager
Community Dev. Americas & Australia
So now we know 100% that these are real Lego bricks. Thanks to Jim for the confirmation.
This image is in the gallery for Hurricane Irene but I felt like it needed a post of its own. Another from BobG – this one showing what one eats when battling a storm. I feel sorry for the cramped quarters they are working in if everyone is eating Vienna Sausages, Chef Boyardee lasagna and Mac & Cheese.
Hope you have an air freshener.
We’ve seen Irene from space and we’ve take a look at her path coming into North Carolina but what do things look like on the ground? Lucky for us (and perhaps unlucky for him) our camera phone welding co-conspirator BobG is in surveillance mode on the coast of North Carolina. Actually he is there for work and is keeping me up to date with the latest info on the ground. More pictures after the jump.
I’ll keep adding to this gallery as BobG sends more pictures so feel free to check back and see what the evacuation and eventually the storm looks like. If you have pictures of storm damage feel free to send them along as well.