My mother suffered from breast cancer, and still experiences complications from cancer. You can imagine then that Kay Yow’s passing on Saturday impacted me in a very personal way. I imagine we all know someone that has suffered from cancer. NC State students are honoring Kay Yow by wearing pink today. Please consider [...]

Happy Snow Day! You know you’re in the south when your governor declares a state of emergency for snow. I’ve posted some pics in my Flickr feed here: Snow Day Raleigh 2009
In other news, on February 28th, the Hibernian (one of my favorite local joints) will be hosting a St. Baldrick’s Foundation “Shave-a-Thon” for juvenile [...]

I’m working on some more serious topics for the coming weeks. Here’s something a little more fun in the meantime:
Notice, the title says man-scaping, not metro-scaping.  Guys I promise you need to do these things.

You’re probably familiar with Google Maps, and if so you’ve hopefully seen the companion product Google Earth. Both are fantastic, free resources, yet Google Earth is especially powerful because it allows you to evaluate a large number of sites — referred to as geocoding.  Commercial real estate agents use geocoding to evaluate sites from an [...]

A friend’s parents never told them about Santa Claus.  When she asked about St. Nick, her parents told her he was not real, at least in the sense of a jolly old fat man scampering down her chimney to bring presents.  They told her that they never wanted to lie to her, and that there [...]