Monthly Archives: August 2007

Justinsomnia’s WordPress install hacked

Posted on August 21, 2007 by BrianR

Justin has an amazing post called Search Engine Marketeers are the new script kiddies. I recommend that ALL WordPress bloggers read it. Especially if you use Dreamhost. (even you non geeks) Basically someone hacked a WordPress theme file on justinsomnia.org … Continue reading →

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Owls Hooting Again

Posted on August 19, 2007 by BrianR

Its so wonderful to hear our neighbors the owls hooting again. Its been so hot the trees have been loosing their leaves early. I was fearful for the poor owls. I wonder how they deal with the drought here in … Continue reading →

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Fountain Pen Rotring

Posted on August 16, 2007 by BrianR

BG asked me to take pictures of my fountain pen. This is one of tha pics. The dude has a podcast of stories about Fountain Pens. I gota go get some ink. Maybe drawings will show up here later…

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AT&T Spies on you AND Censors Speech

Posted on August 15, 2007 by BrianR

Last week AT&T got caught cutting part of a live Perl Jam concert when singer Eddy Vedder criticized President Bush. During the performance of “Daughter” the following lyrics were sung to the tune of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the … Continue reading →

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Rove Gone, Chuck reacts

Posted on August 14, 2007 by BrianR

In times like these sometimes you just gota cry when your happy and laugh when you’re sad… Hurray for Chuck and The Uptake!

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Missing College Basketball

Posted on August 13, 2007 by BrianR

I became a Tar Heel fan rather fast. I’ve only lived in Chapel Hill for a few years and I’m already jonesn’ for college basketball season to start. I love summer weather much more than winter. But the lack of … Continue reading →

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BarCamp 2007 was Great!

Posted on August 13, 2007 by BrianR

Getting to Red Hat by 8am on a Saturday (Aug. 4) for BarCamp RDU was hard but totally worth it. It was amazing how many geeks where there self organizing and learning stuff. Lunch was late but Fred moved the … Continue reading →

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Muni WiFi helps bridge disaster recovery

Posted on August 6, 2007 by BrianR

MuniWreless.com points me to a good article at Computer World called New Wi-Fi network proves critical in Minneapolis bridge disaster. “Thank goodness we had it in and that this piece of the network was already up and operational,” said Minneapolis … Continue reading →

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HB1587 is dead

Posted on August 4, 2007 by BrianR

The NC House failed to act on HB1587 before they ended this session. So not only don’t we have the bad bill we don’t have the new study version either. The Local Government Fair Competition Act is dead! Goodbye! See … Continue reading →

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Soaps, Drugs and Rock & Roll

Posted on August 3, 2007 by BrianR

ESCONDIDO, CA – The Bronner family, makers of the popular organic Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps have released a new video of NarcoPouch® 928 field drug tests of its soaps and other brands. The results prove that the test kit which … Continue reading →

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