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Here’s video of the Google press conference in Chapel Hill that occurred May 25. Thanks to the folks at RTP for capturing this. AGAIN they provided more detailed coverage than the local media.
He’s the link to the Google Economic Impact info. This is the PDF of data for North Carolina.
Internet search giant Google held a official press conference in downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina today. You can read more about it in these news stories.
Herald-Sun
News and Observer
Triangle Business Journal
If I may I’d like to add a bit of personal commentary to this story. I feel Orange County, ALL OF IT, is well suited for the future of doing business. Especially on-line. A major reason I feel this way is because we’ve heavily invested in knowledge, quality of life, and creativity.
The Research Triangle Park blog wrote about this event today. They have a pretty good description of the event. Better than the pro-media press coverage in my humble opinion. But the part that most interested me was their last paragraph.
“But still, why choose Chapel Hill for the big unveiling? [Google Vice President for Global Agency and Industry Development] Penry Price had an answer: “We looked at the way business is growing in North Carolina.” He said they wanted a fair representation of the face and future of all the types of US cities Google works with, and Chapel Hill fit that bill.”
This is says to me that from an economic development perspective we should stick with our strengths and stop trying to be like the rest of the Triangle. i.e. building new shopping malls and office parks
I’m also crossing my fingers that this event hints at some Google Fiber coming our way… 
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1747161314.html
A friend of a friend is selling this diesel VW. I haven’t seen it or driven it. But it looks cool. Run biodiesel!
About this talk
As the world’s attention focuses on the perils of oil exploration, we present Richard Sears’ talk from early February 2010. Sears, an expert in developing new energy resources, talks about our inevitable and necessary move away from oil. Toward … what?
Goodbye Rocker!
One day before I die I must sing this song in front of a lot of people. If I did it would probably come out like the Wall of Voodoo version. (You know them. They did that song Mexican Radio.)
Believe it or not I’m kinda a purist about this song. I’d try to make it sound a bit more like the original. Horns and all. Here’s the real deal to clean your pallet.
This man is my Appalachian rock-a-billy super hero.
More on our transition town unconference soon.
When i was in Mexico last I saw these yellow tricycles everywhere. They where used for all kinds of street vending. I wondered what models they where. Just a bit of googling later and I discover the word Mercurio on a yellow frame. It looks like Mercurio sells the Triciclo de Carga.
Then I found the HUSKY MODEL T-370 CARGO TRICYCLE YELLOW. Looks pricey and tricky to ride without a ton of stuff in it.
Check out the flickr search results for the words cargo bike mexico. It shows how creative people are with these things.
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