Monthly Archives: May 2007

NC HB1587 is still bad

Posted on May 31, 2007 by BrianR

Yesterday the NC House Utility Committee [excel file of emails] meet and discussed HB 1587, “The Local Government Fair Competition Act”. Turns out lots of people showed up and spoke in favor and against the bill. So the committee vote … Continue reading →

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Library Thing

Posted on May 30, 2007 by BrianR

I just learned about the neat book cataloging site Library Thing. I love how it grabs book info from so many sources. Who knew that the UNC Libraries allow external websites to grab data! Yeah UNC! The person who showed … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Street View

Posted on May 29, 2007 by BrianR

Uh… wow… this is pretty cool. Warning video contains super geek in orange spandex! Check Street View out for yourself.

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Wilson, NC builds fiber network and fights HB1587

Posted on May 29, 2007 by BrianR

I found this cool blog called The Fiber Optic Files – Wilson, NC today. Its written by Brian Bowman, the Public Affairs Manager for the City of Wilson. He linked to my post about the bad bill NC HB 1587. … Continue reading →

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What are people Twittering about?

Posted on May 27, 2007 by BrianR

Maybe Tweet Volume can help answer this question. What are people Twittering about? Some more questions… Are these answers valuable? How accurate are they? How do we display the change that comes about over of time? Hat tip to Biz … Continue reading →

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Listening to “Spirits in the Material World”

Posted on May 27, 2007 by BrianR

Got my record player hooked back up. The first album I randomly selected to listen to was The Police’s Ghost in the Machine. The first song Spirits in the Material World strikes a cord with me. Here are the lyrics. … Continue reading →

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Why you should care about the Carrboro Citizen

Posted on May 25, 2007 by BrianR

Jock Lauterer has a straight to the point bit of witting in this weeks Carrboro Citizen called Why we should support our hometown newspaper. My fav part: So why is this new paper special? How is it different from the … Continue reading →

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$599 Dell laptop with Ubuntu

Posted on May 25, 2007 by BrianR

Yep. A pretty dang good deal. Dell laptop with Ubuntu for sale. I think this is a wonderful deal for non-profits. There is little reason left now for NGOs to be shackled to Microsoft products. Hat tip to Justin.

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Bora got a job at PLoS

Posted on May 24, 2007 by BrianR

Congratulations Bora Zivkovic! He got a job at the Public Library of Science by applying from his blog and getting a ton of recommendations in the comments. Paul Jones put it best, He got his job in an unusual way; … Continue reading →

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Stop NC HB 1587: Prevent Big Telecom from killing Muni WiFi