Monthly Archives: April 2007

Coworkers/Home Workers Town Meeting in Carrboro

Posted on April 27, 2007 by BrianR

Do you work at home? Are you a telecommuter? Run a business from your home office? The Town of Carrboro wants to know how it can help you. On May 8 at 10 am in room 100 of the Carrboro … Continue reading →

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Darth Vader Speaks

Posted on April 27, 2007 by BrianR

This just cracks me up! Raw text from above image to get google cached: Wondering how its possible that, according to Kenobi, I somehow betrayed and murdered… myself. He always was an old coot. 6 minutes ago from twitterrific Darth … Continue reading →

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Buying the War

Posted on April 27, 2007 by BrianR

Bill Moyers has a great new piece called Buying the War. All the video is online here. I’ve only gotten through chapter one but I can already tell how very important this documentary is. History will be kind to the … Continue reading →

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Presidential Candidate Fakesters?

Posted on April 26, 2007 by BrianR

Fred Stutzman has a interesting post on Tech President about Democratic Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John Edwards using Twitter. (I learned about his post via Twitter actually.) Now, I’ll gladly apologize if I’m wrong on this, but it appears … Continue reading →

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Twitter in NYT and my thoughts

Posted on April 24, 2007 by BrianR

From Many Tweets, One Loud Voice on the Internet My thoughts…. Twitter is very useful for keeping up with people you care about. The tweets may be trivial to some but gold to others. As long as it continues to … Continue reading →

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Chapel Hill Town Council Receives WiFi Report

Posted on April 24, 2007 by BrianR

Cross posted from Orange Networking: Last night the Chapel Hill Town Council received a report from the Chapel Hill Connectivity Working Group. (PDF) See the meetings agenda here. It contained very similar information the Town Technology board provided in a … Continue reading →

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Apologies aren’t enough

Posted on April 19, 2007 by BrianR

Wonderful and inspiring article/interview with John Hope Franklin in this weeks Indy: John Hope Franklin: Apologies aren’t enough. But one has to wonder how far apologies will go in righting past wrongs. Is it the scab that, left unbothered, will … Continue reading →

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Thinking about the People of Blacksburg and Virginia Tech

Posted on April 17, 2007 by BrianR

In 1992 Mathias drove me to Blacksburg for a Halloween party. That was one of the best weekends of my life. I cried on the way home to Richmond because I hated to leave. Most of the thanks for that … Continue reading →

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No Power

Posted on April 17, 2007 by BrianR

We still don’t have electricity at home. Its been out now since 10am Monday. Ruby telecommutes from home so she’s a digital nomad today. Yesterday evening we saw what may be the cause of our power outage. A big ole’ … Continue reading →

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May peace be restored to Blacksburg

Posted on April 16, 2007 by BrianR

I’m really sad to hear about the shooting deaths in Blacksburg, VA on the campus of Virginia Tech. I’ve read that 33 people have been killed. I lived there for many years and love the place. Maybe I’ll blog more … Continue reading →

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