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clock | March 14, 2007We are starting this summer's Foodblogging series of events early - on April 21st & 22nd. We'll start where it all begins - at the farm! We will rent a couple of vans and do a tour of local farms, most of them organic and/or sustainable. I am assuming we'll get to sample some local fare at each farm. Bring your boots - it can still be quite muddy at the farms in April in NC.
Get more information about the FoodBlogging series and sign up for various events at the wiki.
clock | March 7, 2007Apparently, neither Anton nor Brian nor me can make it to the Chapel Hill/Carrboro meetup tonight - watch BlogTogether for announcements for the replacement date.
Also, get your graphic design juices flowing and submit your suggestion for the BlogTogether logo - there is a cool prize to be won.
Finally, next edition of the Tar Heel Tavern will be hosted by Scrutiny Hooligans, so send your entries promptly:
The Tarheel Tavern's 107th incarnation comes to life this weekend at Scrutiny Hooligans dressed in calculus, symbolism, and accounting.
In the year 107 c.e. that Titus died. Titus was a…
clock | February 21, 2007I'm back and ready to go to bed. After a couple of days of being sick as a dog (hence hit-and-run blogging) I managed to get myself up for tonight's event which was great fun, but now I am drained, so instead of trying to write a long-winded account of the evening myself, I'll ask you to go and get all the information - what it was all about, who was there, how good the food was (yummy!) on BlogTogether.
clock | February 21, 2007Professor identifies mystery creature:
The odd-looking animal spotted in several Piedmont counties last year evidently was a hairless gray fox.
That's the conclusion of Jaap Hillenius. He examined the carcass of a similar animal that had been hit by a car in the Charleston, S.C., area.
So it wasn't an exotic cross-species, though some central North Carolina residents who spotted the animals had reported it having the head of a cat and the body of a canine.
Just a fox sans hair because of a mutant gene, said Hillenius, associate professor in the biology department at College of Charleston.…
clock | February 21, 2007Are you coming to the Triangle Bloggers Happy Hour tonight? Sponsored by DukeEngage. There will be free food, free drinks and free wifi, courtesy of Duke University.
clock | February 15, 2007Global warming change is the topic of a symposium, free and open to the public, in NC State's Campus Cinema, located in Witherspoon Student Center, February 26-28, and featuring excellent speakers. Elizabeth Kolbert, author of FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE, opens the meeting on Monday, Feb. 26, at 7:00 p.m.
For more information and to see who else is speaking during the three-day event, click here
clock | February 15, 2007Raleigh Leaders Plan Test of LED Lighting:
Raleigh officials have teamed up with Cree, Inc. in Research Triangle Park to save money and help the environment. Raleigh public works employees will test and implement Cree's Light Emitting Diode lighting components across the city.
In a pilot program late last year, LED lights were installed in a parking deck downtown. Progress Energy, the city's primary energy provider, said that the floor equipped with LED lights used more than 40 percent less energy than the standard lighting system. Also, the quality of the lighting was greatly improved,…
clock | February 14, 2007Tonight at 6pm, bloggers go bowling. Bring your lap-top - the bowling place has wifi.
Monday, some of us will go and get the NBC ascertainment.
Next week (2/21/2007) at 6pm free food and drinks for bloggers, courtesy of Duke University and its new DukeEngage initiative. Read more about it here and about the Wednesday happy hour here.
clock | February 10, 2007
Hold the dates: October 19-20, 2007 for ConvergeSouth '07 at NC A&T State University. Things are brewing on two coasts to make sure that the 2007 ConvergeSouth is more special than ever.
The Web site and blog will be online by March 1 (crossing fingers).
We are seeking proposals for interactive discussions, DEMOs and how-to sessions in these areas:
1. New media and journalism
2. New creative online models and tools
3. Blogger how-to and blog improvement
4. Music performance (evenings)
5. Original video and film
This year's ConvergeSouth features a new track: screening original video and…
clock | February 9, 2007The call for submission has been issued:
This week's Tarheel Tavern (#103 for those of you keeping score) comes on the Sunday before Valentines Day. In a declaration of vitality and ecstasy, the theme of the Tavern is Utter Transformative Joy. While all submissions will be received like family, take the opportunity to gush your gushiest goodness for our readers all over North Carolina.
This week's Tavern will be a week to get your blogfriends and neighbors involved. Invite new voices and feel free to submit the work of other NC bloggers. I'm ready for a deluge.
This week's Tavern will…
clock | February 8, 2007Foodblogging, Storyblogging, Healthblogging, Bowlging...this is turning into one busy year in North Carolina online.
But Anton can't do it alone. Please participate and make the local blogosphere matter!
clock | February 7, 2007Hwoosh! What a day! Hit-and-run blogging instead of a nice long post about amylase I was getting ready to write....
I went to Raleigh for lunch and to start planning for the next years' edition of the Science Blogging Anthology - stay tuned, there will be more news soon.
Of course, I was following the whole Edwards/Marcotte/McEwen saga every time I had a minute to get on the computer (which was not that much today)
Then, in the evening, we had our first Blogger MeetUp of the month. Apparently there was a game (UNC vs. Duke) going on, so not many people showed up, but we had a great time…
clock | February 6, 2007Yes, there is a Blogger MeetUp tomorrow (Wednesday) night. New place and time: 6:30 p.m. @ Milltown Bar & Restaurant (map). No particular topic this week (still preparing for all the topical meetings later on this season). See you all there.
clock | February 4, 2007About two days ago, about 120 local bloggers (their e-mail addresses probably taken from the local - and now obsolete - Triangle Bloggers MeetUp.org page) got an e-Vite to this:
You are cordially invited to attend to the NBC 17 Triangle Blogger Community Ascertainment.
What: NBC 17 holds community ascertainments once a month in our viewing area. A community ascertainment is a casual meeting with representatives from the community and NBC 17. They are also referred to as Listening Tours.
We would like to invite you to our groundbreaking Blogger Ascertainment. We recognize the…
clock | February 2, 2007Some politicians fear blogs. They must have something to hide, dontcha think?
Other politicians love blogs and run their own. Unsurprisingly, they are beloved by their constituencies.
clock | February 1, 2007So, whats' cookin' in the local blogging world? Quite a lot, actually.
First, our little group, BlogTogether is growing, growing. Instead of being just a little " target="_blank" title="">Anton's sideproject, we are thinking of turning it into a non-profit organization - so if you have experience with founding non-profits please let us know ASAP.
Also, apart from Anton, several others (including myself) are now able to post there. This will make the blog much more active and interactive this year than it was ever before. We are also looking for a nice-looking logo for it so we can slap…
clock | January 30, 2007I am so glad to see that conversations started face-to-face at the Science Blogging Conference are now continuing online (see the bottom of the ever-growing linkfests here and here). While some are between science bloggers, as expected, others are between people who have never heard of each other before and who came from very different angles and with different interests. The cross-fertilization we hoped for is happening (and if you had such an experience, let us know)!
See, for instance, what a casual chat over lunch at the Conference did to David Warlick - made him think about education…
clock | January 30, 2007Parenting is hard. Are you ready (re-posted from October 20, 2005)
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Earlier today Mrs.Coturnix and I took Coturnix Jr. and Coturnietta to the pediatrician (and the dentist - they are in the same building). While sitting in the waiting room we saw a strange scene. A father and a son (about 14-years old, I'd say) walked out of the office, the boy vigorously rocking a little baby, the father saying "It's great we have a car. Cars are good things".
I guess I made such a face that the receptionist started laughing: "It's a doll". A girl waiting in…
clock | January 29, 2007All the new information is here - four meetings over the next month: one in cyberspace, two in the Real World (sitting and sipping coffee) and one in the Real World (moving about and doing fun stuff).