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The Ice’s Cat Gene
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:27:22 -0700
The Ice’s Cat Gene from Lisa Creech Bledsoe on Vimeo. This is one of our family’s favorite stories about The Ice. ...Confused?
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:52:07 -0700
Me too.The governor of South Carolina says quitting would be the easy way out.The governor of Alaska says finishing her ...Why Palin quit (including a Freeper battle cry)
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:00 -0700
Everyone out there has a theory -- the latest is that Sarah Palin stepped aside as governor of Alaska because she's about ...Clock Tutorial #3c - Darwin On Time
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:31:03 -0700
This post is a modification from two papers written for two different classes in History of Science, back in 1995 ...Happy Fourth of July!
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700
Happy Fourth of July, everyone!Like most of you, I am taking the day off to celebrate with some patriotic festivities.If ...Ken Hutcherson: Obama has no 'black experience'
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700
Hutcherson photo art via Mike Tidmus. Oh man, the homo-hating pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Washington state, Ken Hutcherson, ...Is Social Media the New Punk Rock?
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:31 -0700
This video comes to me via Jennifer McClure via Web Ink Now. I have a love of disruptive, loud, and ...Clock Quotes
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:04:14 -0700
No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility. ...Ladder 22 / Ladder 5
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:56:00 -0700
One of the city's two new Pierce platforms was placed in service as Ladder 22 on Thursday, July 2, at ...Fourth of July and Fireworks Safety in the Philippines
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:06:04 -0700
While the Philippines also celebrates Independence Day on July 4, Christmas and New Year's are their big fireworks season. ...Tweets from 2009-07-03
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:59:59 -0700
1 week in to new Palm Pre: local Sprint store rocks, national Sprint service is incompetent, phone reception blows (when ...A Pacemaker is a Network
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:04:05 -0700
This is going to be a challenging post to write for several reasons. How do I explain that a paper ...links for 2009-07-03
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:00:24 -0700
Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security Not to yell "fire" in a crowded social networking site, but this article ...Friday night senior pet pic blogging
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38:29 -0700
Presenting the most handsome dog in the ...Merge video retrospective: Superchunk - "Driveway to Driveway"
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:51:00 -0700
It's not technically Friday anymore, but here's Friday's Merge Retrospective video. Here's another classic Superchunk video for "Driveway to Driveway" ...Lindau Nobel - interview with Bente Flier
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:03:11 -0700
A brief interview with one of the young researchers attending the Lindau Nobel conference - Bente Flier of the University ...Archive for November 24th, 2008
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Training is the only way to eat a dozen donuts and run four miles
It’s almost time for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, a disgustingly amusing race where competitors run two miles, eat a dozen donuts and then run two more miles to the finish line. Some local Twitter users (tweeple) have formed a team, among them is Jeff Cohen. Watch his donut eating training regime:
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How much should an elected official understand about local government?
Get this. A recently-elected Durham County Commissioner wrote a letter to the editor (in this weekend’s Herald-Sun) complaining about his high water bill. Kevin at Bull City Rising thought this was strange and did some research, look at his interesting findings about this elected official.
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What local shops will you visit this holiday season?
Looks like John from the Goodnight, Raleigh photo blog is turning into quite the downtown booster. In an effort to promote local businesses, he is highlighting alternative places you may consider doing your holiday shopping. Take a look at his profile on Stuff, a hip consignment shop with holiday deals.
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Carolina Rollergirls crush their challengers, take a look
I’ve been to roller derby bouts before, but I never saw the Carolina Rollergirls until this weekend. They were astounding. Tough and hardworking. Take a look at this slideshow one of my coworkers put together from Saturday’s bout. My favorite is the last photo of the little girls getting autographs.
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Playing with the Carrboro Creative Coworking Webcam
Playing with the Carrboro Creative Coworking Webcam by Abbyladybug
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What will you be like when you’re 97?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I’ll be like when I’m gray-haired and pushing a walker around. I hope I’m a fraction of what Karolyn Cleveland was like. At 97, she was among the most active residents at Glenaire retirement community in Cary. Her obituary shows us a truly spry, sweet woman.