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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, ...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 ...Lindau Nobel conference - the Lindau island
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:48:37 -0700
It's a beautiful place: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this ...Money & Finance
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Some state judges say they won’t take a pay cut
State employees didn’t have a choice when Gov. Bev Perdue announced their pay was going to be cut, but they could have time off to make up for it. But the state’s elected officials (including judges) did have a choice. They had to agree to the cut. Turns out not all judges are:
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Hurricanes will break even financially thanks to last night’s win
The Triangle Business Journal has an interesting article about the Carolina Hurricanes’ financial state. Turns out the Canes win last night means there will be another home game this season, which will help the Canes’ bottom line. Details:
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It’s that time again: Triple coupons
TGFSS. Thank Goodness For Sue Stock. The retail guru at the N&O is constantly saving me money by alerting me to sales and coupons. The latest is her announcement that Harris Teeter is doing triple coupons again! It’s a coupon collector’s dream. It starts Wednesday.
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Are you worried enough about the economy to withdraw your money from the bank?
The guys at HowRDUDoing? found an article from the Hendersonville Times-News that says Sen. Richard Burr recently instructed his wife withdraw as much money as she could from their bank’s ATM. Should we be worried?
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Bill would make it easier to get public records, recover legal fees
If you’ve ever tried to request public records from the government, you know it’s easy to get screwed out of a document you legally have the right to. But NC lawmakers are considering a bill that would perhaps make it easier for folks to get their hands on public records.
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Are you selling anything to make extra money?
I’m in the process of boxing up belongings for a yard sale that I hope yields me so extra dough. But apparently some Triangle residents are doing a lot more than selling junk from their closets. Some are turning to plasma, eggs and cemetery plots to make some money.
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Coupon clippers will want to check out this sale
Coupon guru Sue Stock has listed all the items coupon clippers can get for free thanks to a triple coupons special at Harris Teeter. If you clip coupons like I do, be sure to check out this post for incredible ways to save even more.
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Local coupon clippers form club
I recently started clipping coupons and watching the sales fliers in the newspaper, and I’ve been saivng a lot of money (I saved $43 at Kroger this weekend). Now I’m addicted to coupons. I really need to check out this coupon exchange club these Apex women have formed.
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Twelve ways to keep your car in good shape
Raleigh blogger Mike Helms has a list of 12 things you should do to help make your car last. It’s advice that hits home to me since I’m truly trying to preserve my VW Golf to 200,000 miles. Some of this is common sense, but it doesn’t hurt to take a look.
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Raleigh gets ready for plug-in cars
President Barack Obama wants to add 1 million plug-in vehicles to America’s fleet by 2015, and Raleigh is one of three cities participating in a program to overcome barriers related to technology and ifrastructure so that those cars will see a higher use rate. Will we be successful in leading the way to a cleaner [...]