From the monthly archives: November 2007

EVENT REMINDER: Meet Congressman Brad Miller

By On November 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Please Join Congressman Brad Miller

For a discussion hosted by Ruby Sinreich of OrangePolitics.org and Brian Russell of Yesh.com about the impact of blogging on today’s political environment.

When: Thursday, November 29, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Where: Mill Town Restaurant, 307 E Main St, Carrboro, NC

Suggested Donation: $10
Cash Bar

Congressman Brad [...]

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Carrboro and UNC T-Shirts

By On November 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment


Tim Ross and The Merch are selling Carrboro and UNC Basketball T-Shirts on at a Shopify website called Orange County Line. Aren’t they cool? I love living in Orange County, NC.

My first suggestion for a new t-shirt is a Starting 5 shirt from the UNC WOMEN’s [...]

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Just Pay the Writers Fairly Dammit!

By On November 26, 2007 · 1 Comment

Have to say I was pretty confused about the details of the TV writers strike. But then I saw this video.

I was impressed that some actors and producers spoke out in solidarity. But now that the smart writers of The Daily Show have laid it out… I grok it. Viacom is [...]

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Stop Media Consolidation

By On November 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Watch this Bill Moyer’s video about the latest FCC attack on our media freedom. It explains the threat very clearly. Such amazing footage of the Seattle FCC hearing held recently.

More info here on Freepres.net. Bipartisan Bill to Put the Brakes on FCC

If you are on Facebook consider joining the 100,000 [...]

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Social Carolina: Tech Events Calendar

By On November 18, 2007 · 1 Comment

Wayne Sutton is on top of local tech events in our area. So a couple of us asked him to create something to keep track of these events. He set up a blog at socialcarolina.org and I created a google calendar. Plus we have the Twitter user RDCH to follow and stay [...]

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Best Biz Blog

By On November 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Last Wednesday I went to a Social Media Club event at Ignite’s offices in Cary. We talked about a ton of things. But the one part I’ve can’t stop thinking about is what businesses blog well.

My favorite example of business blogging is the Twitter blog. They promote good uses [...]

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Meet Congressman Brad Miller

By On November 15, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Ruby and I are sponsoring a get together for Congressman Brad Miller at Mill Town in Carrboro on Thursday November 29. Its a great opportunity to chat with someone who works for US in Washington, DC. He’s a blogger, an incredibly nice guy, and interested in what you’re doing. Please join us in [...]

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Is the Internet a Global Argument Clinic?

By On November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Sometimes the Internet seems like one giant argument clinic. Case in point…

The Argument Sketch (or Argument, Argument Clinic, or Six More Minutes of Monty Python’s Flying Circus when including the non-argument sections) is a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Palin: “An argument is a collective series of statements to establish a definite [...]

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I’m in Ur Office

By On November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment


moar funny pictures from I Can Has Cheezburger.

Find another random LOLCat pic to brighten ur day here.

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Open Letter to the Government from an AWOL Soldier

By On November 14, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday I got an email from James Craven. He’s an Indigenous Leader, Radical Pedagogue, and anti-war activist. He sent me a link to a Open Letter to the Government from an AWOL Soldier by James Circello of Iraq Veterans Against The War. I found this writing intense and compelling. So I [...]

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