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Cyclist hit in malicious attack in Chatham County, NC

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Triathlon Training Blog » Blog Archive » Cyclist hit in malicious attack in Chatham County, NC
If you live in this area, please help us find this person and report them to the Chatham County Sheriff.  The mere thought of it sends shivers down my spine and then makes me mad as hell.  I ride in [...]

Finally, a use for all those stupid Yellow Pages I keep getting

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

I finally found a use for some of the many Yellow Pages I keep getting:

Now, my monitor is finally at eye level and I don’t have to strain my neck looking down.  I guess “Progressive Plumbing and Piping”, “Sunrise Dental” and “Smiles of Cary” got their money’s worth when advertising in the Talking Phone Book [...]

Keystone Directories

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

Keystone Directories
So, I got yet another phone book/yellow pages today.  Thank goodness, because I think I know have a complete collection.  I figure I can look up someone’s phone number at least 4 or 5 different ways now.
At any rate, I called Keystone Directories asking them if I could opt out and they say they [...]

Atlantic subtropical storm heads for N. Carolina - Yahoo! News

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Atlantic subtropical storm heads for N. Carolina - Yahoo! News
Yeah, we might finally get some real rain here!  Seems weird to be cheering for a tropical storm or hurricane to hit, but that’s how dry it has been here in the Triangle.

Triangle Java Users Group talk on Lucene and Solr

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Welcome to the Triangle Java Users Group
I will be speaking November 19, 2007 at the Triangle Java Users Group on Lucene and Solr.   The talk will be an introduction to the features and capabilities of both Lucene and Solr, as well as some basic compare and contrast information.

Kudos to Cary Drivers Tonight

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Wow.  What an unbelievable bike ride tonight.  There must have been some good karma flowing tonight, because there must have been 5 or 6 separate incidents where cars patiently waited behind me in tricky spots on the road, waited till I passed before pulling out or gave me extra wide berth when passing.  It was [...]