Public (Not Private) Internet Access for Chapel Hill
I wrote a guest post on our local politics blog Orange Politics called Public (Not Private) Internet Access for Chapel Hill. Check out the discussion about it over on that thread. Here it is in it’s...
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On Dating a Geek
Yep I’m dating a geek. I’m about to get married to her in July actually. (See brianandruby.org) So when I saw this post by Sally Green titled The way to a geek’s heart is through his keyboard I was...
View ArticleEconomics is Pseudo-Science – Part 6
Economics is Pseudo-Science – Part 6, Doing the Laundry Here is Stan Goff reading the sixth track of his essay “Economics is Pseudo-Scienceâ€. Enjoy! MP3 3m 56s 1.9MB 44.1kHz 64kbps
View ArticleA GRIM Report
Crossposted from OrangePolitics.org Guest Post by Alan McSurely Alan McSurely gives an update on efforts to get our member of congress, David Price, to support impeachment of President Bush. There’s...
View ArticleNYT article about Anarchist household in Greensboro
Ed Cone links to a really well written article in the NYT by Liz Seymour called Inviting Anarchy Into My Home. It’s about her experience growing an intentional community run with consensus – aka...
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Local Blogging Community
Last night we held our regular Chapel Hill Bloggers meetup. Usually 3 to 5 people show up. Last night sixteen (by my count) people showed up. One person in town to do research, one person just moved...
View ArticleNational Change Starts Locally
I’ve been reading Emergence by Steven Johnson. Part of it is about organized complexity and discusses how global/national change happens when we interact with our neighbors locally. It’s confirming...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Obstructs DNA Testing for Condemned Man
The State of North Carolina is refusing to perform a DNA test in the case of Jerry Conner. He maintains his innocence of the murder of Minh Rogers and the rape and murder of Linda Rogers. A DNA test...
View ArticleSave Jerry Conner
This podcast is an interview with Mark Kleinschmidt a lawyer at The Center for Death Penalty Litigation. It’s about the death penalty case of Jerry Conner. He was convicted of rape and murder in 1991...
View ArticleDrinking Liberaly Chapel Hill Style!
The Chapel Hill chapter of Drinking Liberally will be meeting this Thursday, April 6, at Tyler’s (back in the Speakeasy) from 7pm until 10pm. To keep up with goings-on, you can sign up for the chapter...
View ArticleMy Council Members Approve Resolution to Impeach Bush
The Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution calling for the Impeachment of the decider in chief George W. Bush! Thank you Council members! I believe this resolution reflects the opinion of the...
View ArticleTown Forum on Municipal Networking
On Thursday May 18 the Chapel Hill Town Council will host a public forum on Municipal Wireless Networking. The event will be from 7 to 9PM and be held at Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. All...
View ArticleJerry Conner got a Stay for DNA testing!
Mark Kleinschmidt, a lawyer at The Center for Death Penalty Litigation, just emailed to tell me Jerry Conner got a stay of execution to perform DNA testing! THIS IS HUGE! A man’s life could be saved!...
View ArticleMake Phone Calls with WiFi
Portable VoIP phone + Free VoIP service + Free WiFi = Free International Phone Calls. Read about it on ChapelHillWireless.
View ArticleBarCamp RDU
Fred Stutzman has announced he’s organizing a BarCamp here in the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill Area. There is a wiki and a e-mail list. Go sign up on the wiki and subscribe to the list. Its...
View ArticleNC Black Media Past and Present
With the release of Wilmington Race Riot Commission report we receive a way overdue official history of what happened on November 10, 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Did you know about this bloody...
View ArticleBora the Pro Blogger
Bora Zivkovic, local blogging ledgend, has a new paying blogging gig over at ScienceBlogs.com. Congrats Bora! We’ll be reading. Side note: Remeber that post I wrote called Harnessing the Work of...
View ArticleDid your US House Rep Sell Out the Internet?
After reading MediaGeek’s blog post about how his US Representative voted on COPE (Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act) I was inspired to make a list. I’m happy to say that my...
View ArticleKirk Ross has two new blogs
Check out Kirk’s new blogs The Cape Fear Mercury and Exile on Jones Street. It’ll be very interesting to see how they progress. Kirk is an experienced writing professional who ‘gets it’. Put him in the...
View ArticleSign the Chapel Hill WiFi Petition
I just wanted to renew my call to everyone who lives and works in Chapel Hill to sign the Free Public WiFi in Chapel Hill, NC NOW! petition. As of today, June 19, 2006, we only have 42 signatures. We...
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