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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 ...

Declaration of Independence…Bluebirds vs House Wrens

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:10 -0700

Happy Independence Day, everyone! Well, it’s not quite July 4th, but by the time many of you read this, it ...

Two quick things

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:16:57 -0700

1. Aremid is recovering after having spent two days at the vet. He had lots of pricey test performed on ...

Mystery Station

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:13:00 -0700

What fire, rescue, or EMS facility is pictured below? Hint #1: It's located on a street. Hint #2: It has ...

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Chapel Hill

  • Town of Chapel Hill launches new website

    Local governments don’t often revamp their websites, so when I found out the Town of Chapel Hill had it’s site redesigned, I thought I’d point it out. I don’t know what their last site looked like. If you do, tell me if the new one is better.

  • UNC’s Danny Green gears up for the NBA draft

    If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to tryout for the NBA, then take a look at the story in today’s N&O, which follows UNC’s Danny Green through the process. It involves a lot of flying, a lot of basketball playing, personality tests, medical exams and more:

  • A Southern Season hosts a nut focus group

    Raleigh blogger Abby got to do something I didn’t even know existed. She got to participate in a nut focus group. Spare the whacko jokes. She actually taste tested nuts and created recipes at A Southern Season in Chapel Hill. She details the cool $150 gig on her blog:

  • Another Sign Of The Times — State’s Food Stamp Numbers Rise Sharply

    Listen to this report from WUNC on the rise of food stamp applications as the recession continues.

  • Franklin Street’s Varsity Theatre for sale

    Rumors that the Varsity Theatre might be closing down aren’t entirely true, reports The Chapel Hill News. The theatre is for sale, but so far, it appears the show is still on.

  • Could an artists’ co-op being coming to downtown Chapel Hill?

    About 50 artists and supporters packed a building on Franklin Street this week for a discussion about establishing an artists’ co-op. There are a lot of questions about whether this could work in Chapel Hil, including:

  • UNC students stage flash mob in Davis Library

    This video definitely makes me want to be in college again. UNC students staged a flash mob at Davis Library yesterday. More than 3,000 students danced and body surfed, all while sporting glow sticks. It’s pretty incredible that they pulled this off:

  • Durham/Cary edging out Raleigh on job growth potential

    Good news on the job front for Durham-Chapel Hill metro areas. A new survey shows it has a greater job growth potential than the Raleigh-Cary area. The Triangle Business Journal explains:

  • UNC protest ends in pepper spray and shattered window

    A couple hundred UNC protestors quelled a speech by former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo last night. Tancredo was supposed to speak against in-state tuition benefits for undocumented immigrants. Instead, students shouted and held banners until campus police dispersed the crowd.

  • Do you have old school UNC basketball paraphernalia?

    We’re trying to pull in some fan-submitted content to MyNC.com. Iur web producers really want to go old school and put together a slideshow of photos displaying T-shirts, soda cans and any other random victory paraphernalia that you have from past UNC wins. E-mail photos to newstips (at) wncn (dot) com.