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Twitter – BrianR- BrianR: OMG! Socialism being seriously discussed on Hacker News http://flur.be/77
- BrianR: RT @one_duran William Gibson in today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/opinion/01gibson.html?_r=1
- BrianR: RT @negaratduke: Walking down the street, I'm more & more convinced that we are device operated creatures.
- BrianR: I had a good 2 mile walk this morning. Quality shoes made a huge dif. #fb
- BrianR: @jreesnc ah. new oauth is breaking old auth. nice. http://flur.be/76
- BrianR: . @seesmic FYI - v1.4.3 on Android is having auth probs. So is my desktop version. Uninstalling & reinstalling to see if that helps.
- BrianR: They Might Be Giants - Computer Assisted Design http://flur.be/75 <-- awesomeness!
- BrianR: The Truth About Real Estate by Jason Fried http://flur.be/72 <-- make $ from your knowledge w/events in your space #37signals
- BrianR: Mural by El Mac http://flur.be/71 #yesh
- BrianR: Good running shoes bought. Now to carve time outa my work/parenting schedule. Taking your good advice. #jogging
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Live on Lawn Video
Learn more about the crazy stuff going on at Weaver Street Market lawn in Carrboro at the Foot Loose Bruce archive at Orange Politics. Basically, Bruce Thomas was banned from dancing at Weaver Street Lawn by the Carr Mill Mall … Continue reading
DivX Stage6 Video is Beautiful
I just learned about the new video sharing site Stage 6 from the DivX company. (via: GigaOm) Its in direct competition with YouTube and Google Video. But the quality of the video at Stage 6 is much better. The catch … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, video
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Don’t Download this Song
Weird Al Yankovic has a new album coming out and his new song Don’t Download this Song is hilarious. If you’ve been following the insane story of the RIAA suing grandmothers and teenagers then you’ll really appreciate the irony of … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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UNC 2006-2007 Basketball Schedules
Carolina has released the Men’s and Women’s basketball schedules for the 2006-2007 season. Yeah! I can’t wait to see some college ball!
Posted in Basketball, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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There aren’t just “A few bad Apples”
An amazing bit of investigative journalism from by Martha Mendoza of the AP titled Military Recruiters Cited for Misconduct. More than 100 young women who expressed interest in joining the military in the past year were preyed upon sexually by … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Military, Sexuality
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Lots of Fake News in NC
Kirk Ross alerts us that the FCC is seeking information about “fake news” reports at four North Carolina television stations. WCCB (Charlotte), WCTI (New Bern), WGHP (Greensboro) and the Sinclair station WLFL (Raleigh). The FCC has sent 77 letters to … Continue reading
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Sen. Allen caught saying racist slur
Ed Cone’s blog has a clip from You Tube of Virginia Sen. George Allen (R). In the video Allen insults and harasses an opponents staffer who was video taping him on the campaign trail. Straight into the camera Allen calls … Continue reading
No Military use clause in GPL
I just read a cool story by Tina Gasperson on NewsForge called Open source project adds “no military use” clause to the GPL. (GNU Public License) Tiziano Mengotti and Rene Tegel are the lead developers on the GPU project. Mengotti … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
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Remix My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
David Byrne and Brian Eno have released the full tracks in WAV and MP3 form of two songs, Secret Life and Help Me Somebody, from their famous 1981 album My Life In the Bush of the Ghosts. This is so … Continue reading
Posted in Music
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NASCAR could save us from Global Warming
Flipping channels I came across a NASCAR race and it dawned on me. If NASCAR would start using cars that ran on alternative power plants they could change minds. Imagine generations of young boys and girls getting excited about building … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental
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